Day and Night
Prologue

Lisa Wildbourn walked up to the old two story apartment building and did her best not to pull at the collar of her turtleneck. Summer was entirely the wrong time to wearing the type of shirt but she really didn't feel like risk anyone asking why she was wearing such a bulky collar around her neck, lest her new 'boss' decided she was too much of a risk.

It had been nearly a week since the small explosive was put around her neck and the weight hadn't become any more comfortable. She supposed there would be a day where she could ignore the weight of the impending doom around her neck but she didn't believe that day was anytime soon.

At least the sweater was sleeveless.

Walking up the steps and testing the door handle, unlocked, she made her way inside. Her mind recalling the apartment number where she was to meet her 'colleagues' that her new blackmailing bastard of a boss told her to work with. With her current luck she was likely to end up with two mercenaries ordered to put a bullet in her head if she so much as twitched wrong.

But as she entered apartment 1C and made her way to the kitchen she found out that she was wrong.

As she was informed there were two people waiting for her but neither stood with any professional ease. Instead they both looked agitated and uncomfortable; the later seemed to be caused by the company they were sharing.

As she studied the pair her power started to unwind itself and offer her a flood of information.

The woman in the room was mousy, in her mid to late twenties, brown hair and eyes, and used to be a lot more physically active. She stopped due to pregnancy, which had successfully met full term with no complications. The slight tan line around left ring finger indicating a nearly as recent divorce. The way her eyes shifted more than occasionally to other occupant in the room, along with a posture was screaming suspicion and discomfort, indicated a prejudice mindset.

Her other future co-worker was closer to her age, maybe two to three years older. He was dark skinned, tall and had his hair braided into cornrows. His physique, even as hidden by his long sleeve shirt and sweat pants, indicated a more than healthy life style. The way he pointedly looked ahead at the wall with his arms crossed and a severe frown on his faced made it clear that he knew of his companion's beliefs.

How he got that bit of information became obvious as her power started to fill in more and more information for her. It whispered to her that they hadn't been in the room much longer than her but it was long enough for accusations to fly... The woman accused the boy, man, of helping their mutual employer to blackmail her. Something he denied and things seemed to have gotten heated from there until something was said to abruptly end the conversation.

She shut down her power before she could get much more but she understood the gist of things.

Well, she could only guess how much fun it was going to be working with these two.

Letting out a sigh she fully entered the kitchen and asked out loud, "So what does he got on you two?"

Neither jumped or reacted much to her voice. The woman simply stood straighter and the man turned to face her, both actions probably quicker than either would like.

"What?" The man asked, his voice deep and harsh. Irritated and angry over the situation, looking for something to blame. Something to attack.

The woman wasn't better, in fact she was worse.

Whatever their new employer had over these two must have been substantial.

"Well," She started, pulling down the collar of her turtle neck to show her collar. "Since I don't see either of you with this lovely neck piece I'm guessing he has something else on you two."

Both were quiet for a moment, faces turning as they thought about the leverage that was being used against them. And while the man began to answer Lisa could see the woman literally starting to glow with rage, forcing her to realize that she's now working with a known neo-nazi. That was not going to make her job or life any easier.

"He has my sister and her daughter." Again the man's voice was gruff, "Showed us pictures with them wearing collars like yours."

"Oh." There wasn't much she could say to that. It was good way to keep people under control that's for sure, but it was going to make it much easier than she thought to gain allies against him.

The awkward silence only lasted as long as Lisa could stand it. They needed to start planning.

"So, how to start a criminal enterprise?"

AN:
Rougher than I'd like but it was a quick write up to see, well, to see if I could still write. If it gets traction I may edit and continue this.

I see the next snip starting with Brian and Kayden making a visit to someone who tried to back out of a deal with the new group.