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Dooma had received a letter from the labs informing her of when Vali could go to this Meet One of Your Parents meeting. She had read a strange side note that there might be a problem with Vali meeting his sloth side of his genes. But she had insisted that he should go alone but that she would be waiting just outside of the gate wail Vali went to find out who he was.

Vali walked slowly up to the gate. His manner much more brave than how he was starting to feel as he drew closer to the gate. He could not remember much from his time in here. But he did remember that it had a colder feel than his life with Dooma. But he thought it might be nice to meet one of his real parents. Little did this young spawn know that his sin father had met with a rather interesting fate.

So with the hopes of maybe growing to like his father Vali walked up to the gate his tail held up and his mouth set in a small toothless grin.

Llujah made a mad dash out of the car as soon as Belinda turned off the ignition. He ran around the vehicle a few times, wings and tail twitching away, as he waited impatiently for his mother. The Eilian stepped calmly out of the seat and smiled at her son before starting to walk towards the looming and ominous building that was the Facility. "C'mon, Llu, sweetie! We're gonna be late if you don't hurry!" Llujah pouted slightly as he ran past his mother. "You're the one not hurrying! Let's go, mama!" The two walked together [one "walking" in an odd sort of skip-hop] to the gates of the building.

While the pair ventured towards the building, Llujah could not help but recall the fleeting time in which he spent at the Lab. He remembered it was not the most pleasant of experiences, but beyond that, his memory faded. Whatever was in store for him, though, he would be ready. The boy stuck his hands in his skirt pockets as he walked along with a smile on his face. He was going to see one of his real parents! Of course, this concept was somewhat hard for the child to grasp, having always thought that the Eilian was his mother. It didn't faze him, though. He would always still love his mother, and he hoped he would grow to love his real parents, too!

Belinda was somewhat... less than ecstatic about visiting the Facility. She had already seen it when she picked up Llu for the first time, and it was important for Llu to learn about his heritage, but the thought of the Lab still sent a small shiver down the senka's spine. She walked steadily alongside her son as they neared the gates, where she caught a glimpse of another pair of people going in with a rather tall, handsome looking man. She smiled at Llu. "Looks like we're on time, hm, sweetheart?"

Llujah looked to his mother and smiled, and he ran up to the gate. It towered over the pair, but Llu ventured on without worry, which was more than could be said for Belinda. After they took a few steps through the gate, the sheep Eilian turned to the handsome man she saw a moment earlier. "Hello. I am Belinda Malikov, and this is my son, Llujah." She motioned to the Greed-Diligence boy, who was bouncing on his toes in his impatience. "We're here for Llu's parent meeting."

Vali looked up at the man talking to him and gave a nod. His hair not moving with the movement. He shook his head though slightly, "Oh Dooma is not going to come with me. She wants me to meet my father on my own so it is not awkward for anyone." He smiled and moved threw the gate.

As he made his way towards the picnic blanket and the promise of goodies. Not that he was hungry right now the thought of a drink to at least give him something to do was good, he hear someone else coming up and he turned to see a spawn he had never seen before. Llujah was unlike anyone he had seen and Vali was rather interested. However now he felt a bit more alone because it seemed Llujah's 'parent' was coming in with him. Though Vali gave a slightly shrug and was about to continue when he hear a familiar voice.

He turned again and his tail have a quick sway of happiness at seeing Fitzroy. And the older spawn was alone! His mouth formed the bright shark like grin and he waved. "Hello Fitz! It is so good to see you again!" he smiled and moved back towards the gate ready to give Fitz a hug and allow Pac-Man a quick nibbling. Maybe this would not be so bad after all!

Llujah's eyes instantly lit up when he saw Fitzroy walk through the gates. He bounded over to him and gave him a large hug like the silvery boy had done and petted Pac-Man happily. "Fitz! It's awesome to see you! I didn't know you'd be coming!" Llu flicked his tail happily and held out his right wrist, on which was the Chain Chomp bracelet that was given to him by Fitzroy a short while back. "I still got my Chain Chomp, see?"

Llujah turned his attention to the silvery boy beside Fitzroy. He seemed to shine like metal and he had... amazing hair. Llu smiled and twirled his dress. "Hi! My name's Llujah! I'm friends with Fitzyroy too!" Llujah felt somewhat relieved. He wasn't scared or apprehensive about meeting his biological parents, but having friends there with him made him feel more relaxed.

The boy ran over to Belinda, who was turning to leave. The Eilian bent down and gave Llu a hug. "Now, you be good, 'kay Llu? Do everything the man tells you to do and don't get into trouble, all right?" Llujah giggled. "'Kay, mama. 'Bye!" Belinda gave her son a light kiss on the green gem in the middle of his forehead and turned to leave. She nodded to the blond man who was closing the gate and left.

Llu got up and walked over to where the man was bidding them and sat down on the blanket, swishing his tail from side to side in his excitement. His eyes gravitated towards the food and he snatched a chocolate-chip granola bar and began munching on it greedily. He stared at the pictures curiously, but what the man said next made Llu look up in surprise. No longer... with them at the Labs? "So... my real mama and papa are... gone?"

Vali smiled feeling the lick to his skin he lowered his hand for Pac Man's full use as the feminine male introduced himself. Vali gave a nod, "It is a pleasure to meet you Llujah. My name is Vali. I am glad to meet any friend of Fitzroy's and of Pac Man too!"

He smiled and allowed the other spawn to take the lead towards the blanket and the food. He sat down and watched as Pac Man and Fitzroy started in on the food. He sometimes wished he were able to enjoy food so easily. But he hardly ever felt the need for food or sleep. He was going to ask his 'father' about that then as he held up a large shiny pear for Pac Man, Almas dropped the bomb on them. He looked from the man to Llujah then to Fitzroy, then back to the man. He bowed his head a moment to think about what he was just informed. "So they are dead. No longer with us is a nice way to say dead. I will never get to meet my demon father?" he bit his lip slightly then gave a nod. "I...if it is alright I don't want to see a photo of him. I never met him and seeing his photo will only rub it in that I will never actually get to see him." The metal spawn said softly.

As he sat there he wondered how his father died or why, then if the demon of sloth was gone, that Vali had to even come. It seemed that Fitzroy was not right. None of them were super heros.

Llujah's eyes lost their sparkle and his face was downcast. So... His real parents were... dead. The spawn did not know much about death and what it entails, but from what he knew, it meant that someone was gone and they could never ever come back. Death often made people very sad, especially the people who cared about those who had died. Llu, on the other hand, did not feel sadness for the loss of his true parents. He never knew them, so how could he care for them? In place of the sadness was a sort of forlorn and regret that he could not meet his true parents.

Llujah perked up instantly, however, when the man made mention that the Angel of Diligence, Polondraeli, was still present. Diligence was one of his traits! That meant that one of his real parents was still alive! "So, the Diligence angel is still here? Can I meet her?" Without waiting for a reply, the spawn grabbed the file in front of him and skimmed through the pictures. There were a few pictures of a scaly looking thing that didn't look very angelic, but then Llujah found a few pictures of the Diligence angel. He looked at some of them while nibbling on a muffin.

When Almas gave Fitzroy a slight warning it was then that it dawned on the metallic spawn that he and Fitzory shared a parent. He turned to look at the greenish spawn and he shook his head. "No...I...I never met either of my parents." He was normally a happy and up beat person but he could not help but feel anger and pain at the thought that both of his parents were gone. That he would never get to meet either of them.

Sitting back quite for a moment Vali watched the other two spawn looking threw their parent's files. He could not help think that his parents must never have wanted to meet him if they would both die before even looking at him. His body tensed at the thought as anger started to fill him for the first time. Why should he get to know someone who more than likely never even knew he existed. Lowering his head a bit Vali just looked at the unopened file of his sin parent. Why bothering knowing about where you came from?