Julianne was working quietly at her desk, piles of paper were crowding her personal space and she desperately wanted to get them in a file so everything wouldn't be so crowded. She heard the door roll out of its place and she looked up in time to see Ray, Erica, Shea and Lloyd coming through. Shea was trying to block out one of Lloyd's lectures and Erica just calmly walked over to her desk. Julianne looked at Ray who nodded to her and she immediately got to work.

"Look over what Jules is handing out," Ray shouted to the others, "I'll be back." He disappeared into Charlie's office. Shea nodded at the boots on his desk then look to see Julianne finishing up with their files.

"So what's new today?" Shea asked.

Julianne stopped what she was doing, she opened her mouth a few times but every time closed it in fear of saying the wrong thing.

"Leave her alone," Lloyd said in his usual timid sort of way.

"What? I just asked her what today's assignment is."

"Well obviously she has overcome a sense of distress so just drop it."

Julianne took in a deep breath and said quickly, "Two juvenile delinquents escaped last night, both went in separate directions and the other was captured during the time that the guards had found out anything." Julianne released the held in breath then presumed to handing out the folders as quickly as possible. Lloyd scowled Shea who wasn't paying any attention. Then Ray and Charlie came out of the office and picked up a folder.

"Two have escaped," Charlie announced, "Both juvenile delinquents from Brackment detention center. Escaped last night one took a hike to the landfill but when the police checked, no one was found. The other escaped through the laundry room and disappeared most likely caught a ride into the city."

"Names?" Erica asked.

"One is Morgan Welk, a fourteen with a temper was sentence five years for throwing his sister down a flight of stairs. The fall broke both of her legs, her jaw and six fingers."

"The other one is a seventeen year old," Ray said, "Name is Daniel Theriben-."

"What?" Lloyd cried.

Everyone looked at him and he hid behind the folder. Ray frowned but then continued, "Sentenced to Brackment for trashing his previous high school. He was about to be transferred to a maximum adult prison in thirteen months to finish up his thirteen year sentence."

"Anything major about these kids?" Erica asked.

"Morgan is a high tempered kid who, according to the guards, gets pissed a lot about little things. He has the temper of a ticking time bomb. Daniel on the other hand is a prodigy."

Everyone turned to Lloyd who was still hiding behind his folder.

"Lloyd," Ray said, "You probably know more about this kid than any of us."

Julianne saw that Lloyd was trying hard to keep it together but she noticed that this Daniel Theriben kid meant something to Lloyd.

"He has an IQ of 204, "Lloyd explained slowly. "He knows all about the city's secrets passageways, tunnels, secret shortcuts-."

"That's where you two will come in," Charlie said pointing to Erica and Shea.

"Easy," Shea replied immediately and Erica nodded.

There was an awkward silence making everyone uncomfortabe.

"I use to teach him when I was still a professor," Lloyd said awkwardly. Ray knew that Lloyd wasn't going to reveal anymore so he quickly said, "Shea and Erica come with me, Lloyd stay here with Jules."

All four immediately left without a word.

Lloyd made sure that they were all gone before releasing the held in breath. He rubbed his face and sighed. Daniel was out in his territory, the one place where he felt safe. Lloyd knew that Daniel was forced to take one of the invitations by his father but he knew that a school was the last place Daniel wanted to be. Lloyd had helped the kid through the times by even getting him to transfer full time to the university in order for both to stay in contact.

"Are you alright?"

Lloyd jumped and it startled Julianne too.

"Um…yeah fine," Lloyd said. Julianne placed a cup of coffee on his desk and then slowly sat down at her desk. She laced her fingers and unlaced them, she could feel her heartbeat throbbing in her chest. Julianne looked at Lloyd and could clearly see that something was bothering him.

"Um...,"Julianne started, "Are… you alright?"

"What? Yeah," Lloyd said uneasy.

"Is it Daniel?" Julianne wanted to slap herself for asking such a rhetorical question, of course it would be Daniel.

"He was different," Lloyd explained in his sort of timid manner, "He wasn't like any genius, any normal genius. Instead of staying inside studying theories or case studies he would wander outdoors looking for new things to find."

"So he wanted a little variety," Julianne said shyly unsure if she was saying the right thing. Lloyd looked to see Julianne completely uncomfortable as usual and he smiled.

"I'm sorry about Shea," he said changing the subject. "He can be somewhat of a…dick."

Julianne struggled down a smile but some of it showed. She placed her hands on the keyboard and started to go back to work, but not before stealing a glance at Lloyd.

A/N: Will not be updating for a bit as I will be having surgery. Thanxs for reading don't forget to review :) Spitfire47