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Hades: I spent itgetting over the hangover.
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Alina's POV

Dream

I was dressed in my favorite grey tank top with a green sash around my waist, the pants I had on were black sweats, I wore my good slip one shoes. I was in the same meadow from the dream I shared with my mysterious suitor. At the moments my eyes were closed as I held my spear that was given to me by my father. The handle was black, while the blade was pure gold. I opened my eyes as I began to spin the spear around the way my parents taught me. When it came to any weapon I was pro at it.

"It seems you were taught well" a familiar voice said to me getting me to turn around and place the blade of the spear in front of me. The gold point of the spear met with a silver point of another. In front of me was my suitor, I couldn't help my face from turning red as I noticed he was shirtless again.

"Why do you keep coming into my dreams?" I demanded as I removed my spear away from my visitor. He didn't answer me, but that didn't stop him, from putting his spear onto the grass and using his muscular right arm to bring me into his well built chest. My spear left my hand as he did this.

"Do you not like having me visit you my love?" he purred to me. This what it had to been like when my mother met my father. My father began his courtship with her through dreams, and eventually they met in reality. My thoughts were broken when my suitor suddenly turned me around so my back was against his chest. Both of his arms were wrapped around my waist, when his lips began to kiss where my markings were at my right shoulder I shuddered in delight.

"By the way you just reacted dear one I take it you enjoy me touching you" my suitor said to me seductively before he turned me back around to face him.

"Who are you?" was all I asked.

"My name is Prince Nuada of the Bethmora clan"

"About time you told me who you were pointy ears" I replied to him, my comment got him to laugh. He then released me and turned his back to me, he moved his beautiful hair out of the way and my eyes widened. My markings were staring back at me, meaning Nuada was my true mate. The one I had been searching for a very long time. His markings began on his back like mine did, and they stopped over his the right side of his chest.

"How long have those been on your skin Nuada?" I asked him.

"They appeared two weeks ago, dear one" my mate replied before he turned back to me. I felt both my inner wolf and dragon wanting to come out and claim our mate, but this was a dream and I couldn't mark Nuada here.
"I must go my love, and so do you" this got me to let out an unsatisfied growl, which got Nuada to chuckle; he came to me and cupped my face before pressing his lips onto mine. I fought back the creatures that dwelled in me as I kissed him back.

Reality

Shruikan was the one who woke me up. After the auction house fiasco, I decided to take a nap.

"What is it Shruikan?" I asked my feathered companion as I sat up, I was still in the same outfit I had on earlier when I went to hang with Red. I used my magic to calm my hair down.

That new agent will be here in any second Shruikan replied. I completely forgot about the new guy, I quickly got up and grabbed my slip on shoes. I whistled to Shruikan who flew off the bed and landed on my right shoulder as I left my room shutting the door behind me. It wasn't a long walk to where new arrivals came to the Bureau.

"Did I miss anything?" I joked as I joined the other agents along with Liz, Red, and Abe.

"Nothing yet Frosty" Red teased, I shot him the bird in a playful manner before I turned to Manning. Baldy wore his glasses, and was looking into the new agent's case file.

"So what's this guy's name?" I questioned.

"His name is Johan Krauss" Manning answered, Red used that chance to try and grab the profile away from Manning but failed to get it.

"Johan Krauss? Sounds German" Red said.

"Yep, he's the top man ekto" Manning began. I noticed Red tried to grab the file again, but I used that moment to slap him on the head.

"Ectoplasmic" Abe corrected Manning, while Red whined.

"Yes, thank you. Ectoplasmic research comes highly recommended by our European liaison" Manning added, while Red said.

"What a crap"

"So what does this guy look like Manning I see no picture of him?" I asked Baldy.

"I do not like Germans" Red added.

"Shut up Red" I growled at my pack mate, while I waited for Manning's answer.

"He's got no new photo, no fingerprints" Manning started.

"Germans make me nervous OW DAMN LINA!" I punched Red hard into his left side to shut him up.

"You asked for it Red" Liz told her boyfriend. Shruikan let out a laugh in a squawk.

"Anyway before I was interrupted Dossier says and I translate: "he has a nice open face" Manning replied to me, just as the elevator in front of us began to descend.

"Here he comes" Liz said out loud. Agents surrounded our new agent as the elevator came down; once it stopped my eyes went wide at what walked forward. Johan Krauss turned out to be a brown suited being, and I mean he had no skin whatsoever. Just the brown suit, along with matching boots, and a glass helmet, that contained a grey mist within it.

"Damen und Herren, Johan Krauss at your service" Krauss said making a quick bow.

"I like him" Abe said to Red.

Lab

After the introductions Manning along with Krauss and the rest of us went to the lab. One of the Tooth Fairies we gathered from the auction lay dead on a tray; it would be used for research. Krauss stood in front of the deceased Tooth Fairy.

"Look at that poor little thing, bought and sold on the black market, crammed into a cargo container, smuggled, abused" Krauss said sadly.

"He has very expressive hands" Red said to Liz. Abe walked next to me and handed over Krauss a picture that had some seal on it.

"The seal on the box worries me also" Krauss took it from him.

"A warring emblem?" he asked Abe.

"From the Bethmora clan, the sons of the earth" Abe's reply got my blood to freeze; Nuada told me he was from the Bethmora clan.

"Your file says you and Ms. Young are the brains of the operation, I admit I'm very impressed" that comment got me to blush, Manning idiot wanted recognition so he said to Krauss.

"In my file you'll see Mr. Krauss that I work very closely with Abe and Alina in their training"

"Ja, okay let's see what our little friend here can remember" Krauss interrupted pointing to the dead Tooth Fairy.

"Memory gets a little sketchy right after you've been burned to death, but maybe Saint Malachy can help" Red suggested bringing a golden amulet out from his jacket.

"No,no, no amulets Mein Herr, Teleplasty" Krauss replied to Red.

"Teleplastic very modern" Manning said to Abe.

"Teleplasti Manning, by which an ectoplasmic medium such as Dr. Krauss can control inanimate things, organic, mechanical, dead, or alive" I corrected Baldy as I watched in interest as Krauss opened one of his metal fingers, and his silver like mist came out and went deep into the dead Tooth Fairies mouth. The cute little thing gasped as though it had deprived of oxygen.

"There we are, Get up, Get up" Krauss told the fairy tapping on the tray. The fairy used its tiny legs to get onto its feet.

"Now I have full control of its limbic system"

"He's cute" I said. The fairy seemed to have heard me, because it turned around and chirped happily at me, I gave it a little scratch on its head, before it noticed Red, and began to chirp in anger at him.

"What, you chewed the off the top of my tail" Red replied pointing at it. The fairy even got more annoyed with Red chirping at him what had to be its language of profanity.

"It says you're rude, brutish, and not very bright, it likes you though Alina" Krauss told me. I blushed at learning the fairy liked me, the little thing then turned to Krauss and continued talking in its language of chirps.

"It seems our little friend remembers market sounds and voices, and a peculiar troll language spoken in the last place his cage was open, the Troll Market"

"The Troll Market, no one's ever found it" Liz said.

"That's because it doesn't exist" Red growled before pointing at the fairy, the fairy must have used another profanity word, before it started to gasp for air.

"Dr. Krauss sir, it looks like our little informant doesn't look so good" Manning added. True enough the fairy soon collapsed back onto the tray lifeless, and the silver mist went back to Krauss, he opened his metal finger like before and the mist went back inside his suit before continuing.

"Now we know where to begin, trolls dwell under bridges"

"You're a genius by the way there are over 2,000 bridges in New York City" Red interrupted.

"But Vladimir Vanya 19th century occult historian places the Troll Market underneath the east end of the Brooklyn Bridge" Abe said. Red made a yack yack gesture with his left hand and growled.

"We already looked there"

"Yes you have, but not with me Agent, not with me, we're moving out"

Hades: 0.0 Whoa, Nuada is Alina's other half?!
Me: ^^ that was the plan. Hope you guys like how I write Red lol.