Keeping Time

Broken Home

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Kris Emerson rolled over again exasperatedly looking at the clock on her wall. 5am, and she couldn't fall back to sleep. Kris yawned and stretched, her mind was racing, what was she going to face today?

What life-threatening event might happen once she meets up with Leon. Leon. She had briefly forgotten about him.

She groaned and sat up stretching her back then sighed heavily.

"Today he can get his own fucking coffee." She grumbled before slowly getting up out of bed, she rubbed her face in her hands and winced, she had forgotten about her busted eyebrow and black right eye.

She entered the connected bathroom and lookec at her reflection with a frown, she would have to wear her hair down today and hope Leon will notice, that was far fetched.

Explaining why she had it in the first place made her stomach turn just thinking of it.

Emerson got dressed, putting on her stretchy arm glove that hooked around her shoulder and middle finger, it being the same colour of her skin, before hooking her right arm in the coat band. After that she went for a long hard run, the best way for her to calm her mind and still her anxiety was to run herself ragged. Sprinting from all of her problems, all of her concerns. Maybe if she could run faster, run harder, run further she could get away from it all.

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Raymond woke up in a cold sweat, nightmares again.

He groaned angrily tossing his blanket off of him before sitting up and rubbing his face in his hands. He was turning 80 this year and he still couldn't fight off the nightmares. He hated that.

He pushed the hair back that was sticking to his forehead before standing and checking his clock. 4 hours, as usual.

He rolled his shoulders then neck to stretch out, he was in for a long day the sun had just begun to rise it was too early to be up but Raymond knew there was no way he could go back to sleep.

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Kris yawned and wiped her eyes as she walked up to the table Time Keeper's Korsq and Jaeger were sitting at, Raymond standing with his hands folded behind his back looking over the monitor.

Emerson quietly set herself down next to Jaeger and rolled her shoulders tiredly.

"That time left town." Raymond announced beteeen chewing his gum, Kris had gotten in on the last of that conversation. Raymond turned and headed towards the nearest exit.

Kris jumped and tried to follow him, his long slender legs carrying him much faster than her 5 foot body could carry her.

"Mr. Leon! Wait up." She called out as she quickened into a jog.

Jaeger and Korsq looked to each other rolling their eyes, they had been working with Leon for a few years now, Kris has a lot to learn.

Raymond spared her a quick glance over his shoulder.

"Keep up Time Keeper Emerson." He replied coolly pushing open the glass doors of the compound as they swung open, Raymond did everything that way, swiftly and extravagantly.