Lower Elements, Police Plaza,
As Holly walked past the office of Major Kelp she noticed the lights were still on. It was the middle of the night, what was Trouble still doing here. She knocked on the door softly. No answer came. She opened the door and Trouble picked his head up off his desk.
"Oh sorry." Holly said. "Were you asleep?"
"Yeah, but don't worry about it. I shouldn't be asleep anyway." Trouble replied.
Holly sat down across from him. Her deep concern was apparent in her eyes. "How long has it been since you last set foot in your apartment?"
"About two days."
"You really shouldn't do that to yourself. Go home and get some sleep." She said placing a hand on his shoulder.
Trouble shook his head. "Not until we catch Alek." Jason Alek was a murderer they had been chasing for about five months. Chasing might not be the best word in this particular instance. The LEP had no idea how to find him.
"What can you possibly do right now that you can't do during normal hours?"
"I can wake people up."
"You're just trying to avoid the inevitable. We haven't had a real lead in almost a month. You need to see if Rybeka can help at all." Rybeka Tusitala was a reporter who was far too good at her job for her own good.
"Root will never go for it."
"He put you in charge of this mission. You don't need his consent to do anything unless it involves sending fairies to the surface."
"You know how much I hate relying on an informant with no police ethics." He seemed to have no end to excuses.
"Would you rather Alek go free for another couple months. It's not like she hasn't helped before."
"Fine. Have I mentioned I hate you"
"Once or twive"
" Foaly, get me Rybeka."
"How did you know I was there?" Came Foaly's voice followed be the centaur's appearance on the wall screen.
"Lucky guess." Trouble replied.
"Actually I already called her. She is on her way over now."
"I'll talk to Rybeka," Holly said. She rounded on Trouble. "You are going to get some sleep."
Trouble might have protested, but he was too tired. Instead he just nodded.
Holly smiled. "Good."
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Rybeka Tusitala wound her way through Police Plaza. Major Kelp needed something, though Foaly refused to elaborate on what. It probably had to do with Alek.
"Rybeka!" A voice yelled. She turned around to see Captain Short.
"Could this wait?" She asked. "I need to talk to Major Kelp."
"I'm going to talk to you about that."
"Why?"
After a glare from Holly, Rybeka dropped it.
"So what's going on?" Rybeka asked.
"What do you think?"
"Hm…You need me to help find Alek."
"Yes."
"I could do that. If I get something, of course."
Holly groaned. This is exactly why she hated reporters. "How about I don't revoke your credentials to cover Police Plaza."
"I'll think about it."
Holly counted silently to five. "Are you done?" she asked.
"What?"
"Really, what's to think about?"
"Okay I'll do it."
Holly walked away from Rybeka. "Someone get me Captain Sobiat!" She yelled. Alita Sobiat was one of the few females in the LEP, and worked mostly exposing smuggling rings. She had a fair number of contacts outside the LEP, and was exactly the kind of fairy she needed right now.
The pixie she had been waiting for rounded the corner just a few minutes later. She weaved expertly through the crowd, mostly headed the other way and called out to Holly. "What do you need?"
"I need you to see if you can dig anything up on someone called Jason Alek."
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A/N: there we have a first chapter. Yay! # 2 should be up soon. Hmm…I can't believe none of my older OCs aren't In this yet. That shall have to be remedied.