SPOV

We need to bring our readers back up the interest in the magazine has dropped and we are now losing the interest of our readers. Does anyone have any ideas for stories that we can be working on? My boss asks the room full of people surrounding the conference table. Everyone kind of avoiding answering the editors question because we have been having a hard find a story that would help with any interest in the magazine. I was reading about a recent motorcycle gang shoot out that happen recently. Thankfully the ones that were hurt were those members of the gangs themselves but the cops had been alert when these gangs came to town.

"I have an idea" I spoke from the end of the table. My editor raised his eyebrows at me.

"OK Plum, what have you got?" he asks.

"There has been a rise in interest in motorcycle gangs, between the recent shoot out that happen in Texas and the TV show Sons of Anarchy, what if I would to do an undercover in depth piece about life in a motorcycle gang."

"How would you do this Plum?" Johnny Marx asks from little further down the table.

"Well, I have a way, that I am sure that I can not reveal at this moment, but Tom, I can share with you in private. but I will say that I would be able to attempt to start this story, if you can give me like two days, to see if that is a go, then I could get this story started." I watched Tom think it over in his head. Everyone else in the room, had these looks like 'there is no way that she is going to be able to do this'.

"Plum, once this meeting is over, meet me in my office." Tom nodded and then asked if there were any other ideas. A few ideas were presented, none of them were great but they had potential, he sent them back to the drawing board to dig a little deeper on those thoughts. Then he dismissed us. I made my way to my desk to drop off some stuff and then, headed over to Tom's office.

I knocked on his open door. "Tom you wanted to see me?"

"Ah, yes, Steph come on in and shut the door." I nodded and then closed the door behind me. " I like your idea, I just want to make sure that you will be safe, but I also wanted to know how you are going to get inside of this gang, they do not like outsiders." I nodded.

"I have a friend that is a cop, he has an informant that is in one of these gangs. I was going to ask this friend if I could meet with this guy, see if he would be interested in being the center of the piece."

"If you can get his corporation, then you have a go on doing this story, and I want you to be able to offer him anything he demands, if he wants amenity, then he can have it, just let me know his demands, you will have to be able to contact me thur out this story and let me know what you have going." I nod. "Plum this story is not going to take a few weeks, it could take a couple of months, are you okay with that?"

"I can deal with it, but first least see, if I can give get this first meeting to start this ball rolling"

"That's my girl" I nod and then head back to my desk, I pick up the receiver of my phone and then dial Joe.

"Cupcake?"

"Hi, Joe"

"Hi, how are you?"

"I am good, I have heard from you in couple of weeks, glad to hear that you are still alive." he chuckles.

"Sorry about that I have been undercover and have not been able to call anyone. You remember how that goes."

"Yeah, I do. Everything okay?"

" Sure, what is going on?"

" I need a favor, Joe, I am not sure that you will be able to help but I have an idea for a story that would be an in depth undercover piece."

"That sounds interesting, but how can I help Cupcake?"

"You still have that informant that was in the motorcycle gang?"

"Which one?"

"You have more than one?"

"Yes"

"Oh, well I met this guy once, we ran into him at a bar, he was about our age, about as tall as you, dark hair, skin and eyes, long hair pulled back in a pony tail. Muscles."

"Alright, damn do you remember everything?"

"You know that I do. Well do you?"

"You have to be talking about Ranger, and yeah I still know him, he keeps me appraised of some of the gangs movements. What did you have in mind?"

"I would like to see if he would be interested in meeting me?"

"I seriously doubt that he will take the meeting with you, Cupcake"

"Why?"

"Well, let's just say that he is a private kind of guy, and he is not the type that wants to published all over the country."

"Can you just ask him to meet with me, you can give him full disclosure on who I am, I just want to meet with him, he can walk away he doesn't feel comfortable with the idea."

"I will see what I can do there Cupcake, but I would not hold my breathe."

"Thanks, Joe"

"Bye Cupcake." now all I have to is wait to see what the man of mystery has to say.