Alec was physically okay, but emotionally down. Failing a mission, not just any mission, but an important one that came up in the most surprising way. He had treated it as a mission from the start even before he met Shadowborne face to face, and the System had also had it as a mission to handle, a task to complete successfully. But he failed. And that did something sour to his mood. It just didn't sit well with him...at all. He kept thinking back to how he stood in that building, staring hard at Shadowborne with the determination to take him down, he still ended up failing. Alec looked around the living room and didn't meet his dad there as he'd expected. He glanced at the direction of his dad's bedroom. "Guess he slept early today." He muttered.Alec headed straight to his room and collapsed onto the bed with a sigh."Xander" He called slowly with a low voice. "Yes, Alec. How may I help you?" Xander answered instantly. Alec sighed again. "I did everything I could to take Shado