Hojoma made his way to the nearest hotel, which was two blocks away. He was in bad shape, yet still had enough energy to walk...kind of. He took a step and then he would drag his other foot to the next postition. Hojoma managed to make it to the hotel without much fuss. By the time that Hojoma got to the hotel, the police were at the bar where the fighting had taken place.
Hojoma was given a room on the ground floor, which suited him fine. He thought he wouldn't make it up the stairs after a transformation. He was hungry, but there were no other Terrans up at this time of night. Cursing to himself, Hojoma opened the door to his room and was intending to sleep on the bed. But there was somebody else on the bed.
It was a Terran with ice blue hair and he wore a uniform made out of gold with sliver trimmings. The man's expression was unreadable.
"Who are you?" asked Hojoma.
"My name is Z" said the Terran. "and I'm here to offer you a job"
"I'm already in the employ of Jerome" said Hojoma flatly.
"Oh, I know someone that'll pay better than Jerome Johnson" said Z with a smirk.
"Indeed?" asked Hojoma. "and who would that be?"
"I prefer not to say at the moment" said Z. "the name might attract some unwanted visitors" at this, Z looked up at the ceiling. Puzzled, Hojoma looked at the ceiling, but saw nothing.
"I could really use some sleep now" said Hojoma. "so please leave"
"Quite right" said Z. "I'll be in touch"
Then, Z vanished into thin air with a flash of light! Hojoma was puzzled, but was too tired to ponder the meaning of it. Hojoma climbed into the bed and was asleep almost at once.


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In the depths of space, a small crystal was making its way through an asteroid belt. The crystal was small, about the size of a small asteroid itself. It was a red triangle with two 'eyes' on it. The 'eyes' of the crystal were blue within blue. The crystal met with another crystal of the same type and size and seem to merge with each other. Now, the crystal was larger and turned a orange-red.
The crystal drifted in and out of the paths of large asteroids. In fact, the asteroids looked as if they couldn't get anywhere near the crystal at all. If an asteroid got too close to the crystal, there would be a flash of bright light and the asteroid in question would be in pieces.
The crystal remained in the asteroid belt near the very center of the belt itself.