"Ah, we're finally back home!"
Anderson glanced down at Len.
"Since you're gonna be staying with me from now on, let me show you where everything is!"
Anderson walked forward and approached the room with the TV in it, Len approached his side.
"As you already know, this is the TV room, where I watch TV and play games, you can use it whenever you feel bored."
He swiveled around, walking towards a door across from the TV room and opened it, Len followed suit.
"Here is the bathroom! Right now only cold water comes out of the shower, but it works, and so does the toilet, even though it may seem bad at first, you'll get used to it."
He slammed the door shut and walked towards the bedroom where the two previously slept.
"Again, you already know what this room is for, but there is also a mini kitchen in here as well that I use often since it's cheaper than dining somewhere."
Across from the mattress, there was a small white fridge next to a countertop with an electric stove on top of it. Underneath the countertop was a cabinet where Anderson kept his pans and dishes.
Anderson walked over towards the fridge and opened it. The fridge was empty aside from a carton of orange juice in the door.
"The fridge is empty right now, but thanks to you kid it'll be full pretty soon."
He slammed the fridge shut, sounding a thud even the neighbors could hear.
"There is also no sink in here so, I usually just use the one in the bathroom to clean everything."
Understandable based on the circumstances, but in a way, it was disgusting.
Anderson walked out of the room and turned slightly towards Len.
"Well that's pretty much all there is to my house, I know it's not big, but it's suitable for a small kid like you."
The tour lasted no more than a few minutes, there wasn't much to it, but it was still the place Anderson called home, and Len would soon do the same.
Len just looked at him.
"Now, how about we go test the new console out, I want to show you some games I enjoy playing."
Anderson looked ecstatic.
The two walked back into the room with the TV in it, Anderson went behind the TV, and unplugged the old console from the bottom outlet, throwing it on the ground. He put the new console in the place where the old one used to sit and plugged it into the outlet, and then back into the TV.
He reached down and next to the TV stand was a stack of discs, all with different names on them. He picked the top one up, the disc read 'Hero of the Light.'
He stood back up, the disc in hand, he first turned on the TV and then the console. He opened up a tray on top of the console and inserted the disk.
The TV slowly faded into a blue sky, white words surrounded by a slim black stroke appeared directly in the center of the screen, "Hero of the Light."
"See, look at that kid, isn't this cool?"
Len looked up at the TV and a man with blonde hair stood there, grasping a sword in his right hand as if he was about to attack.
Anderson picked up the cheap plastic controller from the ground and handed it to Len.
He pointed towards a green button on the right side of the controller.
"You see that green button?"
Len gazed down at the controller, looking to where Anderson's finger was hovering, seeing a button just underneath.
"yeah."
"Go ahead and press it."
He pushed down on the button, and the screen suddenly flashed black, slowly fading into a vast and colorful map.
"Now press that same button again."
The screen flashed black again, it slowly faded into a colorful screen, showing a man and two monsters directly in front of him.
"You see this little circular stick thing?"
He pointed towards a joystick on the right of the controller.
"This allows you to move, and that green button you pressed before is the attack button, allowing you to attack the enemies in front of you."
Len pushed the joystick up, and the man approached one of the green monsters in front of him. He pressed the green button, and the man swung his sword, killing the monster instantly.
"Looks like you're getting the hang of it kid! If you press the other buttons, they cause the hero to do different things, so you should experiment and have some fun!"
Len nodded.
"You can stay here for now, I still have to find a school for you, so I'll be on the mattress if you need anything."
Anderson walked out of the room, and grabbed a bag that was just outside the door. He walked back into the bedroom and opened up the bag taking out a laptop. He dropped down onto the mattress, then opened the laptop.
After a few minutes, he suddenly reached for his phone, and began rapidly tapping its screen.
The phone rang, and rang, then the sound halted, a man's voice appeared from the other side.
"What do you want, Anderson?"
The man seemed annoyed by Anderson's sudden call.
"I need a quick favor from you."
A windy noise sounded through his phone's speakers.
"What is it?"
***
Anderson walked back into the TV room and Len was still playing the game.
"How's the game?"
Len turned around, staring at him, Anderson averted his attention over towards the screen, admiring the blonde man with shiny new golden armor.
"Wow you're already halfway through!?"
"Yeah."
His eyes suddenly began to hurt, and small tears began to flow from his eyes.
"Your eyes are looking a little red there, I think you should take a break for a little."
"okay."
He slowly left the controller on the ground and stood up quickly, causing him to feel dizzy.
"Anyways we're going to leave here soon, I enrolled you into a school that an old buddy of mine runs, and he said he will personally look over all the details regarding enrollment. He told us to meet him and the principal at the school. There they will get you a uniform and put you in a class so you can start tomorrow."
Len nodded.
Anderson walked over to the TV and picked up the controller.
"Here, let me save the game for you."
He pressed a button in the middle of the controller. A menu popped and pressing down on the stick, he went to where it said 'SAVE,' and hit a button. He waited a few seconds, then shut off the console, then the TV.
"Alright, do you need to do anything before we go?"
Len shook his head.
"Alright let's go on out."
The two headed outside and instead of going the way of the Agency, they headed in the opposite direction. They turned a corner and reached a bus stop where they sat down and patiently waited…
***
Directly across from the bus stop stood a red building with black tinted windows. Two shadowy figures suddenly appeared on top, dressed head to toe in black. One of them held a pair of binoculars up to their eyes, looking over the bus stop where Anderson and Len sat.
"Is that the kid?"
"Yep, the same one from the footage we got. There's a man with him though."
"Here, let me take a look."
The figure handed over the binoculars, and the other snatched them from his hands, then peered through them, seeing Anderson and Len.
"I see, that's one of the men we saw investigating Doc's operating room."
"So he's with the NPA?"
"Yes, the NPA is probably looking over the kid, and based on the footage, the kid is a threat to us. If the NPA has that kid around, then we will have to operate more efficiently in the near future."
"What should we do?"
"First let's report back to the Lieutenant, don't you agree?"
"Sure."
"Alright then, let's return."