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Creed.

"Find out which client it was." Detective Bjorgman's order slithered into my ear.

"And use them to find Merida's parents." Anna's voice was much closer to my ear which made a lovely chill run down my spine. 'Yes ma'am.' I thought giddily.

After more time back tracing the account and following the money lead me to a name that I hoped they were looking for. "Marcus Reis." I twirled in my chair after coming to the end of the line and nearly squealing in delight when the blonde detective placed a brown take-out bag from one of the best burger places in town right in front of me. A job well done for me. On the other hand, Anna let out an annoyed groan that had me looking back at her curiously while digging my food out of the bag. "The name ring a bell?" I felt compelled to ask.

"Yup." She emphasized the 'p' on that one. "Reis runs the biggest underground casino in Arendelle. When he's not busy kidnapping people." That bit of information perked my ear and I couldn't help but listen more intently as they both thought it over. On the other hand, the soda he'd gotten me was the nasty kind of diet I would gladly have eaten raw coffee grinds instead of. Why do people drink the stuff when it clearly has the word 'die' on it? To me, that had to be some sort of sign or something so I chose to stay away from diet soda all together.

"You think Alpha can handle this?" Kristoff asked before tilting his head upward in growling annoyance and I instantly knew it was a reaction to me being there. For some unknown reason, he still didn't trust me. Figures.

"You mean the myth Alpha?" I asked with a raised brow, sliding some fries into my mouth just after and barely holding back a moan of approval. Oh the delight of grease and salt. Even though the food was heavenly, I had to think about what Detective had just said. The cops called the Alpha a criminal, (they always did when someone else did their job,) the news said it was only a hoax, but every once in awhile there was a piercing howl that could be heard and criminals that ended up in the hospital. They claimed to have seen nothing but a blur of red after hearing the chilling growl of some creature, but were written off as...seeing things really. I wasn't exactly sure. And me? I had a few ideas of my own about the so-called Alpha. "What are they going to do? (Alpha, that is.) Go barging into the place and then ask him where the Lockharts are?" I had personally never seen this 'creature,' but I would be lying if I said I hadn't heard the aforementioned howling.

Considering Arendelle had mountains on the outskirts of the city, it wasn't hard for any one to write it off as actual wolves howling at the moon. Again, I had come up with new ideas of my own after the night I got kidnapped.

"If only it was that simple." Anna huffed and then took a sip of her drink while I took a bite of my burger, intrigued as ever again. Her professional face was quite the sight. "That casino has its own private army. We need to access Reis' computer, but without setting off any alarms." More fries added to my mouth as I watched hers wrap around each word. Hmm. Casinos, huh?

"We?" Detective Bjorgman twisted his face at us, yet I only took another savory bite of the juicy burger. Could use some green chili for that extra kick. Unfortunately, I doubted Arendelle knew about green chili. My thought cut short with Detective's next words and I didn't wait to state what I'd decided two seconds ago. "I can't even get in those doors without them knowing who I am and you can't get caught dead in a place like that-" He pointed at Anna.

"I can gamble." I offered with an innocent grin, shutting them up until they both gaped at me in shock. A discrete sip of Anna's drink because I refused to drink mine. "What?" I shrugged a shoulder. "Counting cards is all about probability theory and mathematics and even though I'm not that familiar to you two, I know my way around a casino." Though, I wanted to argue that I at least knew Anna a little better, but if I really thought about it, I definitely knew more about Kristoff than her. Aw, well.

"No way." Anna answered right off the bat, making me roll my eyes and stuff more fries into my mouth.

"I can handle myself." I somehow managed through the food. "And unlike the two of you, I'm sort of expendable." After pointing that out, I took another drink of her soda, only to make her take it away from me.

"You're still a person." Those teal eyes bored into mine as she placed her cup just out of my reach.

Forget the drink! "Aww, you care for me that much already?" I cooed teasingly, wiping my mouth with a napkin. "When's our first real date, Puddin'?" I blew a kiss at her.

"Cut it out." She tried to cover the blush that had already spread across her freckled cheeks to no avail.

"Oh, come on! It's not like I have anything better to do." I whined after throwing my trash away. That was seriously delicious! "I could possibly end up down there again if you two leave me as bored as I am right now." Pointing to the floor to the precinct below, considering we were in a lab above said place. It was then that I had to wonder where the CSI dude was. Or at least when he was coming back because we'd been up here awhile. Guess Anna and Detective get to use it whenever they want.

"Anna, you can't be considering this." Detective Bjorgman stood up to come to her side again with nothing but concern on his boxy face.

At that, I again twirled around in my chair with my untouched drink in hand. "Just this one time?" I tried once more. Seriously, this had to be the most fun I'd had in ages and if I was helping Anna in any way possible, I was more than willing to do it. This was exactly what I wanted in the first place so why not?

"You're not even old enough to get into a casino." He snarled at me, prompting Anna to gently put herself between him and I in case he wanted to get up in my face. I could handle him, though.

"Fake ID's? I can think of a few places to get them." I sent him a taunting smile from behind Anna that implied just what I'd thought earlier. "Give me a chance and if I fail, you two can toss me out with the garbage. I'll go back to my penniless life and you two back to having a good time trying to find the Lockharts." A pause. "Or toss me in prison for something I'm sure you can whip up."

After a few moment of silent debating between the two, Anna turned back to me with confidence. "Get ready." She said in finality.

Yes!


Bancroft.

Crap, crap, crap! What am I letting her get herself into? My brain had been going back and forth since Elsa left to get ready for tonight and when I suddenly saw her step through the doors of one of the restaurants we'd chosen to meet at, I felt like I could faint.

She was wearing a forest green colored, sleeveless dress that complemented her skin tone amazingly. The train fell past her knees, yet showed off those muscular creamy calves of hers with every step she took and if she moved just right, there was a hint of thigh. Her hips swayed with enough seductive grace to give more than a few guys whiplash as she passed and her cleavage showed just the right amount of skin and collarbone to drive anyone crazy. Her hair was done up in elegant curls that were fixed so they fell over her left ear completely and those ears glittered with long earrings. Even the way her makeup was done, had her looking a little older, more mature and gods was that an amazing feat in itself.

Gorgeous.

Where'd she get that dress? Was the first coherent thought I could come up with after being practically blindsided by her beauty. I mean, I knew she was pretty before, but now I felt differently. A lot differently.

Her amazing icy blue eyes caught mine right then and when she began making her way over to me, I suddenly felt a little under dressed and easily forgot about that dress's origins. And my feelings. I usually always dressed to impress, but right then I didn't feel up to par, considering that if I was doing a job, I tried not to wear something flashy enough to get caught in. That didn't matter now, however. Especially with the way Elsa was smiling at me. The way she was walking to me. Me. Her green somehow complimented the grey I was wearing and as she found herself in my presence, she boldly leaned in to place kisses of greeting to both of my cheeks. Dangerously close to my lips at that. I bit back a shudder.

"I see people do that all the time and thought it was appropriate for the occasion." Elsa clarified after pulling back with a frisky grin. It didn't make my blush go away any easier. This girl.

"Right." I croaked, drawing my eyes away from her entirety so I could try to collect myself lest I blurt out something stupid. I didn't make a fool of myself often, but there was something about her that easily caught me off guard at a moment's notice. She was just unpredictable like that. "Are you sure about this?" I had to ask again.

"Hey, I'm trying to help you." Elsa stopped looking through the clutch in her hands, so she could give me a stern look. She was wearing what looked like magenta colored eye shadow and her full lips glittered with a pink that made them stand out from her fair complexion. How can a person be this stunning? There had to be a law out there somewhere. Focus, Anna.

"So shut up and let me, yeah?" When I didn't say anything else, she smiled triumphantly and then playfully poked my nose, which I tried my very hardest not to slap away. Elsa wasn't fazed by the dirty look I gave her after glancing around to see if anyone else saw her flirting with me. "Okay, so the plan is to get caught being awesome so I can hopefully get a friendly warning from Reis and plant a bug on his computer." She repeated the plan before reaching behind me to snag a few mozzarella sticks Kristoff had left behind after getting an urgent summons from the DA.

"Are you still hungry?" I had to ask when she very narrowly avoided getting sauce on her dress.

"I'm always hungry." She winked. I face palmed from the sultry look she gave me that time.