Battle for the Photon Core WATTPAD VERSION [Inter-Universal Protectors: Book 1]

Chapter Thirteen (Leo)

Leo kicked open the door to Amneris' office, his hands too full of papers to use. She was engrossed in one of the many household checks, enough so that he was unsure she had seen him enter. He knew how expensive those checks could get, so decided to make his stop as fast as possible. He dumped the large stack of papers he was holding and made to quickly leave before she noticed he was there. He reached the door. It slammed in his face. Fuck. Leo turned back to his queen who painted at him with her pen then pointed at the chair in front of her desk. "Sit." He sat.

He knew that, even though she had not looked at him, she knew exactly what was running through his head. When it came to paperwork days, everyone avoided her. It had always put her in a bad mood. One wrong comment and the speaker – usually Jay – found themselves with a snapped neck or a dagger in their heart.. The only reason Leo had done the latest run was because he quite literally got the short straw. At least I'm the one person she's least likely to kill, he assured himself. He had just decided what to say when she beat him to it. "Thought Nikki had this covered while I was gone."

"I guess she forgot."

Amneris stopped writing and looked up. The face she made would have sent anyone else running in fear and frozen every bit of water around them. "I swear if there is any more paperwork, I will go crazy." She snapped the pen between her fingers. Black ink splattered all over the table. Sighing, she waved a hand and the mess vanished. She picked up another pen and continued writing.

"Got it," Leo said, hands raised. He dared a look over at what she was doing. It looked like a letter. He tried and failed to read the upside-down name.

She took the letter in her hands. It vanished, probably going to whoever she addressed it to. She picked up the top paper on the stack he just brought in and started writing again, waving him off with her free hand. "Relax, I'm not gonna kill. Well, so long as Jay doesn't come in."

"Noted." He scanned the room. It was a complete mess. Paper, books, artifacts, and boxes were scattered everywhere. The floor was almost completely covered. Perhaps he would try and find a storage room for her later. A banging noise caught his attention. The source of it made him laugh. "You'll break the table again."

She lifted her head from the table. "I seriously can't take paperwork anymore. Five thousand years of it! What idiot invented this stuff?" She placed down the pen and rolled her wrists irritably. "I'm getting all stiff and I'm hungry and I want a drink and I don't wanna be in this room anymore." She pouted.

Leo groaned, rolling his eyes. This was what happened every time she locked herself in her office to do paperwork. "You have magic. Use it."

She gave him a look of disbelief. "First he says I can't use it. Now he says I should use it. Make up your mind."

He snapped his fingers. A plate full of crackers and fruit appeared on top of the paper in front of her. She clapped her hands like an excited child and dug in. "You can use it for small things like getting food, not for large things like causing explosions and creating black holes."

"Killjoy," she muttered. "And the black hole thing was one time. The sun in that particular lifeless system tried to eat me!"

"Whatever." He swiped the biscuit she was halfway through eating out of her hand and finished it. She squealed but picked up a piece of watermelon. "We need you at your best right now, Amns."

"If you want me at my best, then you will let me out of this room." Her eyes flared, glowing white.

"You know that trick doesn't work on me." She huffed, allowing her eyes to return to their normal state. "One more hour. That's all I ask."