Langford stared blankly at Robyn as did several others in the room. His self control kept his jaw from falling open at this revelation though in his head his chin had just hit the floor. He knew of Robyn's abilities but had never witnessed them first hand and his better judgement told him she was right.
Following the murder of Elias, Langford had been drafted in as a deputy head of the division that had taken over the original team that had extracted Robyn from Toronto and had remained in LazyTown ever since. Most of Elias' team had been pulled back very swiftly to the Network's headquarters and faced intense questioning, none more so than Elias' subordinate, Boris. One rogue had been found in the team already and it was the Network's concern to ensure there wasn't another.
Langford shuddered inwardly at the thought.
He realised he'd been staring at Robyn for what could have been ages and shook himself from his thoughts. She was staring back at him and her expression made him bristle with annoyance. Ever since he'd first met her they'd butted heads, as much as he imagined she'd done with Elias.
"That's a nice mental image," Robyn's voice broke through his resumed musings and this time his set jaw made a fraction of a movement downwards.
Robyn smiled very slightly at the small victory she had gained in making Langford react visibly, for her it came with great satisfaction. She'd read his thoughts and seen the image of her and Elias butting heads playing in his mind.
She was all too aware of Langford's dislike for her and she'd made sure he knew the feeling was mutual. From the get go of their first meeting he had made it very clear that based on her past exploits and disappearences she was what he'd termed a 'liability' and ordered that she be under 24 hour guard and escorted by two Network officers at all times, even while she was at home. After days of arguing Langford had relented to her only being guarded by one person at home and only when she was awake but, he had refused to budge on her having two guards anywhere outside of her house which made dinners at the Mayor and Bessie's house especially interesting.
"So what do you intend we do with him?" It was Langford's turn to breach Robyn's state of thought.
"We keep him here. I'll look after him," Robyn replied.
Something akin to a gaffaw escaped Langford, "You want to keep him here and look after him? You realise that one, you're not a nurse and two, you don't have the space. Not to mention the fact he's a killer -"
"And my brother!" Robyn snapped, cutting Langford off mid sentence. "How do you think he's likely to harm anyone in this state? He's been beaten within an inch of his life and can barely move without being in agony."
"Then why doesn't he come and stay with us?" Mayor Milford Meanswell asked as he shuffled through the gap in the group by the front door left by Langford changing position.
"MIILFORD!" Came a shrill shriek from behind the Mayor as Bessie bustled her way up to him, "you want him in our house?"
The Mayor nodded and seeing Langford begin to raise his hand in objection he said, "we have more room and he can be better monitored there. We have two spare rooms so some of your men can keep constant watch on him without getting under Robbie, Robyn and Kit's feet."
Bessie shook her head but remained silent, the Mayor's tone had signalled that his mind was made up but she questioned if that mind had enough reasoning in it to know what he might be letting himself in for.
In one way or another she was sure that Morgan's presence in town spelled trouble.
