Title: Finding What Was Lost
Author: Something Like Human
Rating: 13+ (for now )
Genre: Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter – Gundam Wing x-over. Basically folks, right after the Eve's War (A.C. 196 in the gundam-verse), the vampires came out of the coffin. So in the Anita-verse, it's post-Incubus Dreams.
Warnings: Yaoi/Slash, 3somes, vampires, were-everythings, zombies, blood, sex, language. (the usual for the two genres)
Pairings: 2x5, and Anita/anything male….
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot.
(Anita POV)
"How soon are you two leaving?" I asked Chang. He took another moment to look out the window at his boyfriend, or was it lover? I don't really know what those two consider each other. I noticed that they had referred to each other as partners a few times but that may just be their work relationship.
"Lady Une, our boss and the head of the Preventers, is transferring us to the St Louis branch for the time being," he replied. "When she noticed that you had run our prints, they're flagged by the way so she knew immediately, we told her what was going on with Duo and Nathaniel. She wants Duo close to his brother to be able to build some form of relationship."
"That's quite benevolent of her," I replied eying up the Chinese man. "Why do I get the impression that was not the only reason?"
"Because you've been around police work for too long?" He ventured a pretty accurate guess. "And you're right, she did want something else."
"And what else could she possibly want?"
"Your help," he said finally turning to look at me. He was only a slight bit taller than me so meeting his eyes were very easy.
"Is there a case or something involving us?" I asked. Micah brought us more coffee to refill our cups. I noticed Chang did not take any more coffee but I gladly took the refill. I needed to know if something was going to be endangering us or our city.
"No, nothing like that," he said putting his cup down at the table. "Can we go sit and be a bit more comfortable than standing here spying on those two? I'm sure your security guards will keep a close eye on them."
"How did you know?" I asked. I was shocked he knew about those.
"The number of cars in the drive way was kind of a give away but also, I've seen at least two of them walking right at the treeline. They're good but I've been doing this too long. I know what to look for. I wouldn't be surprised if you had a few in the house."
"Jason said you two were really good at spotting the guards the other day, I didn't quite believe him," I admitted.
"Don't get me wrong, I don't care that you have guards, I was just pointing them out," he said walking towards the kitchen table to sit down with his cup of half full coffe. "I hope you learn to trust us a little bit more soon though. We really do mean you no harm."
I sat down with him with one more glance out the window at Nathaniel. "I don't trust anyone until they earn it."
"Understandable."
"So what is this Preventer's business that you wanted to talk to me about?" I asked. I took a sip of my coffee. Micah had prepared it just the way that I like it. Sometimes that man is just too good to me.
"Business?" He asked as if toying with the word. "That's really what it is. Due to the recent changed, especially in the United States and Europe with the legalization of the preternatural, we have come to realize that we are sorely lacking in the knowledge department there. We all know the basics of things but nothing beyond that. If we were to get a case involving any sort of preternatural being, we would be in trouble."
"Yeah, even with local police forces, the lack of knowledge is shocking." I couldn't even count any more how many times someone's lack of understanding had lead to injuries or deaths with the police, SWAT, or even the Federal Marshall program.
"That's what Lady Une wants from you," he said keeping his face very neutral. "She wants your expertise. We're not expecting you to be one of us if you do not want to but we could really use some up to date information. I'll be truthful, Lady Une has sent out requests to you and a few other Federal Marshalls with this type of expertise but the only response we got was from Marshall Corman from Maine. Everyone else has ignored it."
"Corman is an idiot," I said. "He's going to get a bunch of people killed one day or he's going to end up killing an innocent vampire or lycanthrope."
"That was Lady Une's impression of him as well," the young man said. "She would much rather get her information from someone who knows better but no one has volunteered. We just want our personnel to know enough to be safe and to be able to help prevent problems from happening on an Earthsphere scale."
"I can't say that I really want to work with the Preventers," I told him. I really could understand where they were coming from though with their request. Knowledge is power and right now, the Preventers were pretty powerless if they ever needed to do whatever it is that they do if it involved any sort of preternatural. "Are you looking at hiring Preternaturals into your organization, or is this just for information to be used against them?"
"Lady Une would probably welcome having help from anyone at this point. We're not exactly like other law enforcement groups which I hear routinely turn away applicants who are what they consider to be less than human. Some of us working for the Preventers wouldn't exactly be considered employable by other law enforcement agencies. Some of us have less than reputable records."
"We may have some local wererats who might be interested in the Preventers and possibly some others," Micah said. He had been talking to Bobby Lee , too, about the Preventers since Duo and WuFei came to town. "A lot of them were military or police before becoming infected or before being someone discovered that they were infected. Most of them work security around here but I know some of them really miss being on the force."
"I'll talk to Une then, and give you the contact information for the office so that they can contact HR if they want to discuss joining up," the young man said. "The offer still stands, Anita, we do need some education so if you or another Marshall would like to help us out, that would be great."
I thought for a moment and got a brilliant idea. Edward really wanted to meet these boys, maybe I could kill two birds with one stone. They would get their information from a Federal Marshall specializing in the preternatural and Edward could finally meet the gundam pilots. "I think I know someone who may have the expertise you need and the willingness to work with you. I'll set something up for you."
"That would be much appreciated," he replied finally finishing the last of his coffee. "Should we check on the other two to see how they are doing? Maybe they would like more coffee?"
"I'll go and check on them," I volunteered and got up from the table. That left Micah and WuFei alone at the table but I really did want to check on Nathaniel. I turned back to look at them briefly before heading outside. "Thank you for being honest with me, WuFei."
"I just hope that someday, we do earn your trust," he replied.