September 16th 2016

A knock on the door startled Lexa out of her daydreaming. Her mind had been going in all sorts of directions the last few weeks ever since she found out about her new assignment. She's used to undercover roles, she loves the thrill of becoming someone else for the sake of justice. But this particular assignment has refused to leave her mind ever since she was informed about it, and her role in it. The role was extremely important, not that all her other jobs where less important to her, but in this one she would be the main lead, the most crucial points to this operations was to lean on her shoulders.

"Special Agent Woods, Special Agent Pine. Chief Kane wants to see you in his office about your new assignment."

"Alright, thank you Maya. We'll be right there" Answered Anya with a small nod while she closed her laptop. Anya walked over to Lexa and gave her a pat on the back.

"So Lexa, on a scale of 1 to 10 how nervous are you about this assignment"

"I'm don't get nervous Ahn." Lexa said while she scratched the back of her head.

"Pfft... Please, what... The big bad commander can't get nervous? Then explain to me why you've been so on edge for five weeks?"

"Alright, alright I'm like a twenty... thousand on the nervous scale okay? I just... I've never had a job quite as important as this, I mean it's huge. We've been waiting years to bust these assholes and now we've got a solid chance, no matter how small it might be, to catch them. And the outcome is almost entirely based on my actions. If I fuck up..."

"You won't fuck up okay, Woods. There's a reason why you where the one they chose for this role alright. I mean look at your track record. You've got a solve rate of something like 89%. Do you know how good that is? You've got this, and don't forget I'll be close by with backup. Now come on let's not keep the boss waiting." With a final pat on the back they rose from their seats and began the small but tense journey towards Chief Kane's office.

"Since it's only three days left till the day of the auction we're finalizing all of the case details. I'm sure both of you knows the importance of this undercover operation." He paused slightly in his speech to receive confirmation from both agents in the room, which he received with a nod from both of them. "I'm just going to do a quick rundown of what's going to be happening. Ms Woods, aka Ms Jolene Thompson will arrive at the auction at 2200 hrs. You'll go straight to your booth which is going to be in the middle, booth 8. Each one of these booths are like rooms. You can close and lock the door from the inside, which is what you'll be doing. We want to be able to talk to you through your earpiece while in the room. Then you'll take your seat next to the window. There's 35 girls that'll be auctioned off tonight. You'll bid on the last one called Princess. She's the most expensive one of them all. You have an unlimited supply of money. After you've won, the auctioneers will collect you from your booth and take you to meet your new possession. You'll get 5 minutes alone with her in a room. When you're in the room you'll call for backup." He once again stopped talking and waited for confirmation from both of the agents in front of him, and once again he received a nod from them both. "This might be our only chance in many years to catch and destroy the slave traders in Polis, good luck agents, you're dismissed."

"Yes, Sir."

"Yes, Sir"

With that both SA Woods and SA Pine stood up from their seats and proceeded to walk out Chief Kane's office. Once back in their office Lexa let out a loud sigh.

"Did he really have to say that last thing, It's not like I wasn't already nervous. Well consider my level of nervousness two hundred thousand."

"Calm down Woods, you'll do fine. Now I didn't have time to eat breakfast this morning so I'm really fucking hungry so lets go get some lunch."

"Nothing get's me going like a good 'ol cheeseburger with fries at Grounders." The look on Anya's face is full of happiness.

"Well we all know you think with your stomach, but I'll have to agree this is fantastic" Lexa said as she took another bite from her slightly oversized cheeseburger.

The young brunette was about to start talking again when something on the TV catched her eye. The news are on in the diner and at the moment they are talking about the chancellors daughter who disappeared almost ten years ago.

"In a month it will be the ten year anniversary of Clarke Griffins disappearance" The news anchor said with a solemn voice, it had a slight empathetic tone to it.
The female news anchor continued to talk about the mysterious details surrounding the whole disappearance of the chancellor's daughter. The fact that she was just gone, no trace what so ever. The picture situated on a television screen behind the news anchor had a picture of twelve year old Clarke on it and next to that picture were another picture that showed the possible future looks of Clarke, what she could've looked like as a 22 year old. Lexa couldn't help but see what a beautiful girl she could've grown up to be. It was ten years ago now, and the chance of finding her was slim, the chance of finding her alive was even smaller, practically nonexistent.

"That's just tragic" Anya's voice shook Lexa out of her thoughts, her voice was tinged with sadness. Which was quite uncommon for the agent.

"I can't believe that they've searched for 10 years now, I still remember the day she disappeared. God it was all over the news for weeks. I would've given up by now I think, I mean how big is the chance of finding her after 10 years?"

"She was their only child, most probably the light of their lives. I don't think I would ever stop either and I think they know the chances of finding her. They might have given up on finding her alive, but they want answers, why did their little girl just vanish into thin air?" Lexa said while still looking at the TV.

"Yeah maybe you're right Woods. I just hope that they can find some closure."

"So do I."

"Alright as Chief Kane said a few hours earlier the auction starts at 22.30, you'll be there at 22.00. 35 girls, Princess is number 35. The last one out. Blonde, blue eyed and apparently extremely beautiful. She's out last because she's the most expensive of them all and she's the one all of these perverts want. Now this whole operation is dependent on that you win the auction, as you already know. According to our inside guy all of these girls are going to be drugged to make sure they don't resist, and they're going to be wearing almost nothing. A fancy bra and a pair of fancy underwear with a fancy pair of heels. The ages of the girls range between 16 to 22 years old. Actually our princess is the oldest of them all, at 22 years of age."

"Jesus, I just can't believe what they are putting these girls through."

"Yeah, well that's just the shitty reality we live in. There's just so many shitty people in this world, and our job is to make sure that we put as many as possible of those shitheads in jail, or the morgue, but go for jail, less paperwork." Anya finished with a small but sad chuckle.

"Lexa, I need you to listen very closely now alright?" Anya rolled her office chair over to Lexa and sat in front of her, looking straight into her eyes with a serious look on her face. When Lexa gave her a nod she continued.

"I know that you've done a whole lot of undercover work and other stuff before, and you've been extraordinary at it. But this job is different. Because this is going to hit so close to your heart. When you're in that room waiting for the last one you're going to be witnessing all of these young girls being sold off as slaves. You're going to feel like shit, like you're in the furthest and deepest part of hell, and when I think of it, you might as well be. But I need you to remember that you're undercover. you can't just jump in and save the day like you're batman or something. You need to keep your cover and use those amazing acting skills I've seen so many times, seriously you could've won an oscar with those skills." That last line earned her a small chuckle from Lexa

"You're an amazing agent, and you're going to give all of these girls the justice they deserve." Lexa stood up when Anya did and grasped the arm that was stretched out towards her, she grabbing Anya's forearm in a tight grip.

"Blood must have blood."

"Blood must have blood." Repeated Lexa

"Alright Special Agent Alexandria Woods, let's get to work."