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Kat tied the apron around here waist and adjusted her red fringe.

Ready, she opened the door of the hallway and went in the dining room, where the rest of the staff of her new workplace were waiting for her. Strangely though, the lights were off and the room was dead silent.

"hey..." she said. "Anyone here?"

Immediately she was caught in a light cylinder and a speaker started talking.

"And here our new model take the scene." Kat had to repair her eyes from the sudden light so she could see who was talking, but had an idea on who he was "Wearing a pair of tight blue jeans with a nice white shirt, everything adorned with our dark blue paradise cafe apron and a very cute black papillon. Here she is... Catherin!!!"

Kat heard a small crowd clapping then the light finally got back to a normal. Mathew was standing in the middle of the room with a microphone in his hands while Demise, Marco, Mike and Bull, Mike's boyfriend, where sitting on the couch in front of her.

"Really guys?" The red feline asked "I haven't been in this place for a day and you already discriminate for not being able to use magic?"

"We aren't discriminating you Kat." The big bull said placing his hand back around his boyfriend's shoulder.

"Exactly. It's just our way of having fun. We can't use magic outside so we have fun with it on our everyday indoor life." Mike concluded for him. "Besides, " he added "Most of our everyday costumers are able to use magic much better then me kids are. Take this as a preparation session."

Kat sighed, and Demise went to rescue his new employee.

"Ok guys," he said standing up and clapped his hands to gain everyone's attention "This is Catherin's first day, let's not traumatize her immediately. Now I want my two employees behind the counter in less then a minute or you'll both have trouble. And you three" he turned towards Mike, Bull and Marco "... just don't make her first day hell."

Mathew and Kat rushed down stairs and behind the counter.

"Are you ready Kat?" The shark asked getting some glasses out of under the counter.

"You can say so. It's just that all of this seams so.. strange? I mean, I knew that naturals existed, how magic works and what it can do. This are all things they teach us since primary school. I just never been so close to one." she laid against the counter "It might be cool right? Having magic constantly in your life."

"You think?" the shark said while cleaning a glass "For some it might be, but some would have prefer not awakening."

"What do you mean?"

"First get a glass" he said passing one to her "I mean that awakening as a natural isn't always positive."

"Not that" She started to imitate what Mathew did "What do you mean by awakening?"

"Someone doesn't just born and puff, he is a natural. The talent for magic has to awake in you first, and there is no way to know for sure if you will or will not. Even you could wake up tomorrow and discover yourself as one, thought it isn't so easy." he puts down the glass. "it usually goes with a dreadful trauma. Losing a parent for example, suicide attempt, near death experience, finding a dead body as a child, or simply a response of your body to a certain illness. Anyway, it isn't a price anyone would want to pay."

"Sorry..." Kat whispered mortified.

"Oh don't be. I don't remember anything about mine."

"Was it that bad?"

"I don't know, as I just said, I don't remember anything." he continued cleaning the glasses "Just for notice though. Never ask a natural about his trauma. It's something that can make him hate you in a couple of seconds." the glass cracked under his hands "And a natural isn't an enemy you want to have in your life. Opps" he said realizing the glass had broken. "I should be more carefull with this. It's the fourth this week" Mathew placed the cracked glass on a circle engraved on the under-counter, then, touching the circle with the tip of his fingers. Little white sparks flown from the fingers to the glass, repairing the crack. "Ok, Back to work" he said doing as he said.

Kat got back from the shock she had when the glass broke. It was like if all the depression of the shark in front of her flowed into the glass, creating to much tension to support. "It must have been my imagination" she thought. To prove her theory, the sensation she had lasted less then a second and his expression didn't change at all.

Without wondering more she got back into cleaning the glasses, and a few glasses later the sweet couple decided to stop making up and get downstairs.

"Look who finally shown up" Mathew exclaimed. "Did your tongue get tired?"

Mike answer was sticking his tongue out to show that his muscle wasn't tired at all.

"Really Mike? You stick your tongue out? What else? Sit and paw?" he teased

"Shut up and give me hot chocolate." Mike zipped his jumper up to the neck "I'm freezing."

"A hot chocolate at this time of the year? What are you? Ice?" Kat asked as Mat prepared it.

"Of course he isn't" Bull popped in "Otherwise I'd have chilblains every night under the covers."

"Once that actually happened" Mathew said taking a cup out "He had to walk legs wide for a week"

"WHAT?" Kat asked not understanding what they where talking about.

"Excuse the idiots." Mike said covering his face "I have the ability of create Ice with my magic, and it is so radicated in me that I feel like I'm always covered by it. That's the reason for the jumper and the chocolate. And for the week.. well, he wanted to do something kinky in bed... It didn't end well."

"Sounds fun." she said with a skeptical voice.

Bull laughed a bit "Oh it was... Believe me when I say it was totally wort it. He just got a bit over the top with the cold"

"I did warned you it could happen" The tiger replied while sipping his drink.

"You could have avoided it anyway"

Mike took his eyes off the cup and looked at him "Why do you think I'll be throwing away all my summer nights this year?"

"Hey! You aren't the only one that will have summer school this year. Don't play the single victim when this is a mass murder" Mat complained.

Bull grabbed the two of them "Of come on guys. You'll love your first year at the accademy."

"What are you guys talking about? Do you go to school during summer?"

"Well, it isn't actually what you intend for school" Mat explained "Every summer, naturals who are 17 or above, must attend to this course to learn how to properly control their powers and how to properly use them in everyday life or in a future job. But there is a problem about it."

"And it is?" Kat asked.

"It takes place all night since magic is best controlled with the light of the moon" Mike answered grumbling "I want to sleep during the night, not study."

"School during the night? Why is that?"

"Because of the moon" Bull explained this time "Us naturals have a special connection with it. For some reason we get more powerful when it shines over our heads, allowing us even to control our powers better."

"Sounds cool to me, if it wasn't for the night study I would envy you guys" Kat said.

Mike laughed a bit "I don't think you would"

"Why?"

"We are what you may call time bombs" Bull explained "If we don't have a good control over our powers we might end up creating world wide disasters. Mike, for example, if he lost control over himself could end up freezing the whole world in the blink of an eye."

Kat looked at the tiger while he was calmly drinking from his cup "I'm not the only danger mr muscle" he said "If you don't keep under control your cells you may end up becoming a gigantic unstoppable monster rampaging around the country while destroying everything on your path"

"Guys you are terrifying her" Mat scolded them before turning to her "Don't worry, it's true, we could become disasters but the chances of that happening are what? 1 on 100.000.000? It's easier that we drop dead now rather than losing control."

"Ok" Kat said still shocked but not wanting to offend her new friends "But what would happen if you lose control?"

"Oh well..." Mat stuttered but Bull interrupted him "Absolutely nothing. His power is actually the weakest of our group?"

"Why what do you do?"

"Well I..." Mat begun but Bull interrupted him again "He control puppets on which he has placed his mark. So basically his strength depends on his puppets. The most harm he could do in rampage is scaring someone in the middle of the night."

"Can I see one of your puppets?" Kat asked at the shark starting to get curious.

"if you insist so much.." He tapped twice on a cupboard and opened it, taking out a metallic bat-like figure with a speaker for wing. "This is a bat. Basically it's a moving stareo"

"Cool.." Kat said looking at it closely "It seems he is following me with the eyes.."

"Yeah, it does that effect sometimes" Mat said looking annoyed for some reason.

The door of the bar opened, making the bell over it ring.

"Good morning sir" Mathew greeted him while Kat eyes reflected a mix of fear, rage and surprise.

"What are you doing here Robert!" she shouted.

The client, a rhino, shouted back "I'm here to check on my girlfriend. I will not tolerate that she works in such place."

"I do what I want with my life, and I'm not your girlfriend anymore, you bastard!"

"CATHERIN!!" Mathew shouted over their voice "I will not tolerate your behavior anymore. You are working now and you will not address a client with such terms, I demand that your personal life stays out of this."

"But.."

"No Buts, If you can't separate your personal life from your job then please go back upstairs."

"Fine!" She said taking the apron off and throwing it over the counter. "I'm out" and she run upstairs.

Robert was about to follow her but Bull stopped him.

"I need to have a word with you" Mathew said.

"I don't have words to share with fags like you."

At that point a smile crossed the shark face "As I thought."

Upstairs Kat was livid "How the hell did he find me? Did he ask Mary? I bet the bitch would have told him. God if I could just strangle her now..."

"Is there any problem?" Demise asked from behind her.

Kat turned to face him, the husky was holding his usual mug full of tee and had a very maternal look on his face "Uh.. no sir, just uhh... some problems with a client I guess."

"Really? I'm asking 'cause I heard you shout from here. I know I'm your boss, but you can tell me what your problem is without risking anything. I'm like everyone's dad here."

"No sir really, it's nothing. Just my ex boyfriend came here and wanted me to get back with him."

"Oh, so he assaulted you?" the husky asked searching for something in a drawer.

"In a way.." she answered.

"And my son asked you to leave didn't he?" Demise continued getting out a remote and going to the cauch.

"Kind of.."

Demise smirked and turned on the television, showing what was happening in the cafe "Then I suggest you to enjoy the show miss, It won't last long"

"Let me repeat myself for your little stubborn head" Mathew said crossing his arms "Or you get out of my cafe now, or I'll have you kicked out myself"

"You think you can scare me little guy?" Robert said pushing him back "Get out of my way before I kick you little faggot ass until you become straight."

"No!" Mat said staying still.

"Yes!" Robert shouted pushing him back again. They were now near the two doors at the back of the cafe

"I said...." the red door opened and an empty armor with a pumpkin instead of its head came out pushing Robert "NO!!" The little mechanic bat on the counter begun to fly around the room, while music started to come out of his wings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrBxFeOlNZg) "I generally don't like fighting.." the armor placed in front of him "But for someone like you I'll gladly make an exception."

"What the fuck is thi.." Robert could end the phrase that the armor punched him in his face, coping Mat's movements from behind.

"Excuse him Jack, this asshole likes talking." Mathew talked to his armor before swinging another punch against the rhino.

Robert saw this one coming and backed up, avoiding it, and the next one, and the next one. At the fourth he tried punching the head, but the armor blocked his hand and twisted his arm around, forcing him to turn and blocking both his hands at the back.

The rhino tried to free himself but the empty armor was to strong for him and threw him out of the glass door.

"You gotta have the cash in store to reappear on our front door." Mat sang as the song ended "Try to show your face here again and I'll show you what my night can do with his sword." and shut the door behind him.

"Ok that's it guys" He said at the couple at the counter "Or you order something else or you go upstairs and call Kat"

Bull and Mike looked at each other, then looked back at the shark "After what we just saw?" Bull teased him "That show barely was worth a 4 in a scale up to 10."

"yeah!" Mike backed him up "We come here for some good shows, not this bad shit you just offered us."

"It was on the house guys, if you wanted a good one you could have gone in the hell room. Now go upstairs and call her." he answered at their joke.

"There is no need..." Kat voice came from the stairs. All three boys turned to look at her. "I saw everything from the tv upstairs.."

There was a minute of awkward silence before Mat begun to talk "I'm sorry for what I said earlier. I didn't mean to be rude to you or anything. I just wanted to be a good boss and at the same time a good friend..."

"You didn't have to, really." she said touching her right elbow. "Just... I don't want to talk about it but please don't do something like that again. I hate it when it comes to violence when it can be simply solved with words."

"I promise it won't happen again" Mat said..

"And we.." Bull said pointing his boyfriend ".. testify to this promise"

"as long as there isn't something worth to gain" Mike whispered.

"What?" Bull asked.

"hmmm? Nothing" Mike said looking up. "Anyway, want to see a real fight Kat? Or at least something that can be called like that?"

"A real fight? Like you guys are going to punch each other?"

"Yoooouuu could say so..." Mike answered "But with a bit more of magic in it." then he turned to Mat "What do you say Mat? Could you help me release a bit of tension?"

"Two reasons why I turn you down." he said "One: that sentence could easily begin a porn."

"True" Bull said agreeing.

"Two: You know I'm the weakest between all of us."

"Not my fault if you never won a fight." Mike said putting down his empty cup.

Kat looked at Mathew "You really never won a fight against them?"

"Unfortunately..." He answered "Mike freezes me and my armor before I can even have it moving. Bull makes himself gigantic and then there is nothing left to do for me. Chad can adapt to every situation. Cremesi's power just gives me the freaks and Drake is just to strong for me."

"Ok so. I know Mike's power is creating ice or something and I know that Bull can make himself bigger. And I saw what Cremesi can do with his blood, but what are Chad and Drake's power?"

"Well, Chad is some kind of god in the digital dimension for some reason. So he can bring back and forward other digimon to fight for him, while Drake..." Bull rubbed his head searching for a simple way to say it "There is no way to say it easily. It has to do with gambles but that is as far as I can go. You should ask him next time you see him."

"I'll remember" she said slightly confuse. This persons moved to fast for her, slipping from an argument to the other, expecting her to understand things to her unknown.

Cremesi entered the front door carrying a grocery bag full of what seemed bottles "Hey guys, I just crossed a rhino on my way here warning me on this faggot bar full of crazy people. Ever heard about it?"

"I don't think so" Mathew said getting back to his place, followed by Kat "So, what can we get for you?"...

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Sitting on a dead tree in an empty valley, a creature looked up at the full moon. "Soon we will be together again mad. Soon.."