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"Thank you so much, Mrs. Birns." Lily said as she handed Deedee over to her elderly neighbor. "And remember, if they ask, I was never here."
Lily quietly slipped back into her apartment and smiled to herself. When the landlord came, he would find no bird and would never listen to Mr. Wilkinson again when he complained. It was almost too perfect. She cleaned up her apartment, she was very messy, before her landlord and Mr. Wilkinson appeared to scold her for Deedee. She had to keep the smile from her face as the doorbell rang and she went to answer it.
"Yes?" Of course the two men were there, ready to investigate her apartment.
"Ms. Golden, Mr. Wilkinson has complained once again about your bird. You must get rid of it before the day is out or you will be out." Her landlord, Mr. Peterson, said. He was a little bit younger than middle-aged and had a touch of gray hair in his head.
"Well, I have gotten rid of the bird as he has asked and it is no longer in my apartment. Would you care to look?" Lily said, motioning to the inside of her apartment.
Mr. Peterson, ever the pervert, quickly jumped at this opportunity to see the inside of her apartment. Mr. Wilkinson followed him inside. Mr. Peterson looked throughout the entire apartment and into places that would not even hide a bird, like her underwear drawer. Lily played along to his slight advances only so she was sure he would never come looking for her bird again. Mr. Wilkinson looked impatient.
"She is obviously hiding it!" He shouted at the landlord.
"Well I don't see the bird anywhere." Her landlord said.
"It has to be here! I heard it this morning!" Her neighbor screamed.
"Perhaps you should talk to a doctor about these noises you're hearing." Mr. Peterson said, handing Lily a slip of paper before motioning to Mr. Wilkinson to leave. "Now let's not bother Ms. Golden anymore about this."
Lily fist-pumped after they left and looked at the slip of paper in her hand. It was Mr. Peterson's number. She threw it away and went to go get Deedee from Mrs. Birns. She had just opened the door and two official looking men were standing there.
"Miss Golden?" One asked.
"Yes?" She said.
"Come with us." He said and they both turned and walked away. She hurried to lock her door and follow them.
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"I was glancing through some files and I found the perfect candidate!" Dr. Krauss said as he entered Abe's room aka the library.
"Who is she?" Abe asked.
"Her name is Lillian Golden. She fits the requirements we have already given. Plus, her father is a lawyer, which means she might know how to negotiate. And her mother is a teacher to troubled kids, so she can handle unnegationable people. She is also the writer of fantasy and science fiction novels so she likes this kind of stuff." He motioned to the BPRD around them. "She also knows English, Spanish, and some Gaelic, which is loosely the elven language."
"She seems like a good candidate." Abe observed.
"When can we meet her?" Red asked.
"I have sent out agents to gather her today. We can see how she handles the BPRD and if she is good enough for you, my highness." Dr. Krauss said to Prince Nuada.
"No, human will ever be good enough for me. The filthy, selfish creatures." He stormed out.
"Your highness," Dr. Krauss said to Nuala, "You must convince him to give her a chance before she arrives."
"I will." Nuala said before hurrying after her brother.
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"Brother! You must give the human one chance!" Nuala shouted after Nuada.
"Why? They are killing us!" He yelled.
"Just one chance. To please them. It will make everyone happy if you just give her one chance. If you do not, we will go to war and neither side wants to." She persuaded.
"Very well." He sneered. "One chance. That is all she gets!"
Then an alarm rang. Nuada sighed and went to meet with Abe, Red, and Dr. Krauss to deal with whatever threat there was now.
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"Hold on." One of the agents stopped and listened to his earpiece. "The prince is away on a mission. We'll take her to Abraham Sapien's room where she'll talk with the princess and Liz Sherman."
The other nodded and Lily was beginning to put the pieces together. Prince. Princess. Mission. Abraham Sapien. They were taking her to the BPRD!
"Woah, hold on now! You mean I'm the future queen? Me? Out of every other girl in the ENTIRE world? ME?" She said.
"Not really, we found your file and found you an excellent candidate. So we'll take you to meet the prince and see where it goes from there." The agent responded.
"Woah." She said again.