Disclaimer: Lightfingers is a name I borrowed from author Tamora Pierce…Just so's y'all know!
Chapter 21: Lightfingers
Khyana huddled under her umbrella, shivering. She hated rain.
"Morning, Malfoy!"
"Hi," Khyana replied sullenly. It was not a good morning. And she was really going to have to do something about that name…
When she got to her cubicle, there was a letter waiting on her desk. It had Cam's department's insignia on it. She opened it quickly and read it. She smiled.
"KELRIA!"
"KHYANA!"
"I'm going to see Cam!"
"Okay!"
Khyana hurried down the hall to Cam's office, clutching the message from him to her chest.
When she reached the office, she knocked and entered, then stopped.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realise you had company," she said, backing up.
"No, no, Yana, come in, come in!" Cam exclaimed, standing and gesturing that she should sit. "This is Lightfingers, Khyana, he's the informant I told you about."
"Miss Malfoy."
"Uh…hi."
The tall man standing in the center of Cam's office made Khyana uncomfortable. Maybe it was because he looked about 6'8" and she was only 5'2", or maybe it was because he looked enough like Kennedy to be his brother. Whatever it was, it made her take a step back.
"Lightfingers has some information for you about the Lestranges," Cam said, standing. "I'll leave you two."
Cam left the room (even though it was his office), and Lightfingers turned to Khyana. Khyana felt even more awkward being alone in the office with this man, and she instinctively checked all the exits.
"You're tracking the Lestranges?" Lightfingers' voice was very deep, and it resonated in the small space. Khyana got shivers.
She scowled. "Attempting to, yes."
"When was the last time you had information about them?"
Khyana shrugged. "Before Christmas. So I guess about five months."
Lightfingers nodded and pulled an envelope out of his pocket.
"What's this?" Khyana asked, accepting it.
"The Lestranges' plans for the next two days," Lightfingers replied. He looked uncomfortable, and then pulled another envelope out of his pocket.
"And this?"
"Just a suspicion."
Khyana blinked and the informant was gone, leaving her holding two white envelopes, not sure which was which.
When she returned to her cubicle, she opened the one she thought was the Lestranges' movements, and was not disappointed. She put the other one off to the side and went to find Emily-Hope to talk about the information she had just been given.
"JEFFRIES!"
"MALFOY!"
Khyana hurried over to Emily-Hope's cubicle and leaned on the wall.
"Hey."
Emily-Hope didn't look up from her paperwork. "Hey."
"I have some info on the Lestranges."
"Kay, give me a sec."
"Kay."
Khyana leaned on the wall for another second before deciding it might fall over if she continued to do so, and standing up straight. Emily-Hope finished her sentence with a flourish and gave Khyana her attention.
"Alright, Malfoy, shoot."
Khyana handed Emily-Hope the letter she had just received from Lightfingers, and Emily-Hope's face lit up. She looked up at Khyana.
"Let's go find some Death Eaters."
Kelria was feeling ditched. James had taken the day off, having worked the past month with no weekends and being forced by his wife and his team, Khyana was off with Emily-Hope chasing Lestranges, and everyone else seemed to have ditched the office in favour of the warmer-than-usual April weather.
She sighed and put her head down on her desk. She would just take a little afternoon nap…
The long corridor was familiar to her, but she hadn't been here in a long time. Four years, in fact. Where was she…?
With a start, she remembered. This was where Voldemort gave his Death Eaters their assignments…
At the end of the corridor was a door, which was open. She walked slowly and carefully through it, careful not to make any noise, not that it mattered. Voldemort would know she was there whether she made noise or not.
"Lestrange."
Her ears perked up. Khyana needed information on Lestrange…
"Master."
Okay, it was Rodolphus. Excellent. Get the head.
"I have an assignment for you."
She stifled her snigger. Obviously.
"Yes, Master?"
"The Malfoy girl is becoming a nuisance again. Kill her."
"I thought that was Malfoy's assignment, Master."
A hiss. "Yes, well, it would appear that Malfoy is incompetent when it comes to these matters. I want you to do it."
Lestrange sounded thrilled when he replied. "Yes, Master. I won't let you down."
"You better not. You know what will happen if you do."
"Yes, Master."
Kelria woke with a start, and found she could remember everything that had gone on in the dream. It was a big change from the last time, when she and Khyana had spent months trying to figure out what was going on.
"Lestrange is going to kill Khyana," Kelria whispered.
She immediately shot out of her seat and went to find her friend, not sure where to start and not caring. Khyana was in danger, and she, Kelria, was going to save her.
A/N: DUNH DUNH DUNH! Kelria's playing the hero in this one haha. I promise it's going to get a lot better within the next couple months of the story...And Shannon, LEARN HOW TO SPELL! And spell check your reviews before you post them! Or look in my chapter! It's "PROposal", not "PERposal"! Gosh, child!