"There you are! what do you think you are doing?!" 

Hector groaned and rubbed his eyes. He looked to his left and saw Selena with her hands on her hips shaking her head. "Didn't you sleep all the way back from Trabia?" He shrugged and looked down at his chest to see Shaddow curled up on it still looking up at him. Then they both looked at Selena. 

"Yeah, Just waiting though for the head master to get back. Must of dosed off." He said as he swung his legs off the couch and Shaddow slid down his chest into his lap. Glancing up at Hector with a look, [i]"What the heck? I was comfortable!"[/i] Hector smirked and rubbed shaddow's head who then jumped off his lap and moved over to Selena who bent down to scratch his chin. 

"What are you doing here?" Hector asked, as he looked around the waiting room to the headmasters office, the secretary typing away on her computer. He glanced at his watch as she answered. 

"Well to give my report... like we are supposed to do after a mission remember? I know that you hate to give reports and wait till the last second to do so, but other people...."She places a hand on her chest." Like to get it done as soon as possible." She then stood up and smiled. "Even though I was planning on it, I was called up to talk with the headmaster... What are you doing here? I know it's not to give the report, since I was in charge this time."  

He got up and answered, "Before I even had a chance to unpack I got called up here as well. Apparently the Headmaster wanted to talk to me too." As he said that the doors opened and another SeeD walked out of the room with the headmaster following. Once he saw Hector he motioned for him to come in. The headmaster then motioned Selena to come in as well. 

Once inside the doors swung shut. Not before shaddow slipped through and sat down just next to Hector. 

"Sorry to call you two in before you had a chance to relax. But I was hoping you would be back earlier. But it would seem that the Trabia Exam took a little longer than expected. But I need you two to go help a team that I sent to Timber. Sorry for no rest but we are running thin lately." 

"When do we leave?" Hector asked. Still at attention. 

"Right now." He handed Hector a file, "Here was their orders and their authorized comm frequency. There is no other way of contacting them. If they are not in timber they are at their second Objective. You will Catch up with them, Provide support for Duncan in any way possible."  

"Yes Sir!" they both said as The headmaster nodded and said, "Dismissed. Good luck," 

With that they turned and left, and made their way to Balamb village to take the train. 

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-Current morning-

Hector stood on the edge of the train platform looking over timber, with Selena on his right and Shaddow sitting on his shoulder, his tail wrapped around his neck. A discreet comm was in his and Selena's ear, they then began to try to connect with Duncan's Team. Though it looked as though they were speaking to each other. 

"Come in Duncan team, This is Support team Bravo. What's your Twenty?" 

It was a long shot, but it was all they could do at the moment to meet up with them. It was required to have comms open incase of emergency, though communication was limited due to the jamming which effected any long wave Radio signals. A phenomena which occurred twenty years before yet no one has figured out yet. But Short wave does still work.