Chapter Ten - Silent Accusations

Hey guys! Once again, my apologies for my disappearance! I promise, I am still alive! This story is still going! Everything is alright!

Well, almost. You see, I had this notebook that somewhere inside it had everything I had planned to have happen in this story. There is one slightly problem though. I don't know which notebook it is. In fact, I only have managed to rule out one notebook so far. So, after this update (which I'm trying to write based off what I remember), I will have to find that in order to continue because I actually need it to remember. ;-; Hopefully I'll remember all I had planned for this chapter though!t

Evx : Haha, yes. Teague is a suspect. :3 I won't be giving any spoilers as to who it is though (although this chapter does kind of tell who it is depending on your opinion on what it shows)! And that makes sense on Ruby, so we'll have to see about her. I'm glad you like the twist!

PRINCESSJOSLIN : I'm super duper glad you like it! Hopefully this update won't disappoint you. c;

09Who knew90 : I'm super glad you like it so far! And I'm glad you like the new plot, and that it's keeping you on your toes. While I love assassinations, I like writing this even better. It's much more stressful cause it's personal-er (that is now a word) to the reader since their ship is possibly at stake. :p

It's time, everyone. For Narnia! Oops, wait, that's a different story. (and someone should totally write a story with aspects of Narnia in it because NARNIA)

Mina's POV

Standing in Teague's apartment's rather sparse living room, I can feel my heart beating twice as fast as it normally does. I don't normally freak myself out whenever I'm sneaking around. I guess the fact that I'm sneaking around in my pretty-much-boyfriend-but-not-officially-my-boyfriend's house is panicking me a that I really should worry. Teague can't be the person who's been stealing things. He just can't.

Of course, it'll be hard to explain to him why I'm here if he shows up, so we'll just have to hope he doesn't show up.

A quick sweep of the room shows that it too has nothing. There is nothing in this home that proves Teague is guilty yet. Sadly, that doesn't prove him innocent though either. I turn, and walk down the hallway to the door on the end. This is his room, and I didn't check it yet. I felt like I would be invading his place. But now, I have to do it, because this is the last place.

Opening the door, I step inside. I mentally prepare myself for the disaster zone, knowing I'll have to make sure not to disrupt it or he'll notice someone was here. Instead, I'm greeted with a neat and tidy room. Whether or not this set up is better for me, I don't know yet. However, my eyes do catch on a messy pile of papers that spreads across about half of his white desk, which is in the left corner of the room near the window. Ignoring everything else, I make my way over there as fast - and quietly - as I can. The top few are absolutely useless, but the ones underneath are startling.

First, there are maps. It only takes me a look at a few of them to realize what they are. They're maps of Grimm, and each map is one level of the place. Boss said only a few maps had gone missing. Was that just to not cause us too much trouble over this? Or does he not realize how many of these things have been missing? There are some quick notes and circled spots on the maps, and while I want to focus on these and find out what those are, I need to check for anything else there might be.

Underneath the maps are the missing reports Boss mentioned, sprinkled in with some normal papers. Most are reports simply on security breaches, but some even have what was edited after them. A little sick feeling crawls into my stomach as I look at them. The maps and reports point to Teague planning some sort of secret break-in. But why? He has access to the building already. So what could be so important that he would need to break-in to do it?

I look underneath the reports, and bite my lip to keep from making a pained noise, because I see what these papers are the moment I see the first one. These are files on the highest ranked people in Grimm, mainly in the assassin business, although they are once again sprinkled in with normal papers. The first few, actual pages are all on Boss, and I don't let myself read too much of the info on them. I don't want to know all the awful stuff he's done, or any weaknesses. I'd lose my respect for him. The pages after that are on Templestiltskin, and then on Tinker Bell. But there's a few more pages underneath, and I have the horrible feeling I know exactly what is under there. There was files on Boss, and two other highest-leveled assassins.

I'm the only other highest-leveled person to my knowledge.

I turn the one paper over ever so slightly to see a part of the next page, in case that confirms my suspicions. I only see part of a word, 'Wilhe', but it's enough to slap me in the face. They were right. Teague has been stealing things. The sick feeling in my stomach has grown considerably. The worst part is, I can't tell anyone any of it if I want to keep Teague safe and figure out what on earth is going on by myself.

Am I even allowed to let my heart interfere with my job like this?

When I get home, I sink on to my couch. I ran from Teague's home as fast as I could, leaving the papers there. I didn't want to get caught there by him, especially now that I knew he was guilty. In my head, I'm screaming at myself, telling me to get a grip and reign in my emotions. My heart is still thudding fast in my chest, and the feeling like I might throw up hasn't gone away either.

To put it simply, I feel awful inside, even though I probably look just fine outside.

That's whenever I remember the bug I placed on Teague's phone, before I happened to sneak into his house. He wasn't paying attention to it, too focused on arguing with the manager about the reserved seats he'd gotten that apparently weren't reserved. I hadn't even thought anything about it, but now I do. I sit at my computer, loading up the information from it. There aren't very many calls he's made since I bugged it, and I skim through them, starting to listen before skipping to the next.

I click one of the most recent ones, and my heart stops thudding so fast in my chest. In fact, it stops completely when I recognize who's talking to Teague. A thousand awful things come to mind with it, and I grab the desk, forcing myself to breath and get my heart pumping again.

He's talking to Savannah White!

*gasp* Savannah White? No! Not her! D: Haha, actually, yes her. I'm just not going to tell you what they're saying till next chapter. c; Hopefully it's not too much suspense for you guys! Cause I don't want to go to jail if the suspense ends up killing you.

Speaking of the next chapter, once there are three reviews I will update! ^-^ The faster we get those, the faster the update happens. I want you guys to know though that I love reading the reviews you guys give! Your reactions, opinions, predictions, and the like mean a lot to me, and really help me love this fandom even more. And I'd love to know if you guys think Teague is actually guilty or not, and why he might be talking to Savannah!

Until next time, guys!

~ Dagger