The ding of a door greeted the curious sleuth to the 30th floor of the Roan Maxis Hotel. This was the floor Abigail had seen her friend’s elevator proceed up to, while she had been stalking him and the suspicious boys.

“Rae hold on! Abi’s coming sweetie. I’m gonna freaking murder those punks if they even touch you!” Abigail thought, as she squeezed the taser in her purse for reassurance. “No one hurts my Rae and gets away with it! Not while I’m around buster! But you better not be doing drugs again, or I’M GOING TO HURT YOU.”

The nerdy girl scurried along the hallway doing what, she believed, was an inconspicuous impression of Sherlock Holmes; but, was in reality, a very conspicuous 17-year-old girl pressing her ear to strangers’ doors. Though she stopped a few times to hide from room service waiters, she proceeded as fast as she could in her frenzied search for a potentially endangered species of Rae.

The corridors of the 30th floor were so ornate looking with it’s rich furnishments that belonged more to a mansion than a hotel. All along the interconnected web of doored tunnels were sprinklings of lavish artwork, marbled statues, benches for wealthy guests, and numerous exotic looking potted plants; as well as, tinted glass windows to frame the outer edges of the floor.

“This is ridiculous! How big is this freaking hotel!? Those Maxis a-holes have too much money for their own good.”

After many failed attempts at listening through doors, lurking around statues, and tumbling behind potted plants to spy for potential clues, Abigail had found nothing but trauma in the form of sex sounds from random strangers. But finally after a last bit of diligent searching, she happened upon a promising door. As the girl adjusted her angled glasses and leaned in to the door listening for her potentially endangered bestie, her eyes suddenly lit up as she heard a hint of what she was seeking.

“What do y— mean the— only 2 beds? I told you gu— I’d sleep here tonight. Fuly why did you order a—?”

Abigail listened intently as she heard the muffled voice of Rae complaining to the suspicious transfer students.

“What did he say he’s sleeping here? Whose ‘Fuly’?” Just then the door swung open and knocked over the ex-sneaky girl onto her rear.

“—uggh Dude you should have got one with 3 beds. WHAT THE FU—?! Abi?”

Rae looked down at his bestie, and after a second of contemplation about the starting situation, he turned beat red in embarrassment; because, he knew that he had some explaining to do, and he hadn’t yet been ready to do the explaining.

“Shit! Why now… I’m so tired, and I’m just… fuck man... I can’t look her in the face.” Rae thought, as he looked away to avoid her investigating eyes.

“Abi why are you—?”

“Who is this Sir Rae?” The Giant Guardian’s head popped out over the top of the significantly smaller boy as he also looked down upon the seated Abigail.

Abigail’s eyes went wide, and her face began to blush slightly as she saw, what she thought, was a dreamy hunk peering towards her. Then she snapped back to reality, she grabbed her taser from her purse and held it up next to Fulbrik’s leg.

“GET AWAY FROM HIM! YOU WEIRD… WEIRD SEX PERVERT!” Abigail shouted, as the traumatizing noises of stranger sex still rang through her delicate ears from the earlier room. There was an electric rattling buzz, like the sound of a bee carrying a tiny chainsaw, as Abigail flicked on her 1200 volt police-grade taser. Blue dancing light brightened the space next to Fulbrik’s ankle, though the Guardian seemed unfazed and did not acknowledge her threat; it was quite likely Asgeeri Warriors were used to far more threatening things.

“Hmmm— Miss I believe you are mistaken, Sir Rae is my friend.” He slapped his titanic hand onto Rae’s shoulder and smiled. “Also he is not my kind of desire, I prefer Females.” Fulbrik said rather warmly. “And even if he were, he is a teensy bit scrawny.” The giant smirked teasingly at Rae.

Rae gave a goofy grin as he looked up at the Guardian. “Is… is he actually teasing me? I didn’t think they even had a sense of humor or were playful at all. —huh.”

Rae sighed. “Abi put down the taser please, he’s not a sex pervert. Come inside, I have something to tell you.” He gave a small frown and a large gulp.