A/N: Woot! Chapter 25 peoples. Sort of.
Alita Sobiat raised her fist to knock on Josiah's office door, but before she could she heard his voice.
"Come on in Alita." He said before pushing a button to open the door. "What can I do for you today?"
"I need to check records for the prison up in Vendal." Alita said.
Josiah started banging keys, "I take it the warden refused to grant you access."
"Why else would I be down here." Alita looked over Josiah's shoulder to see that he had already hacked the system. "So you can just get into anyone's computer?"
"No. This is highly illegal. In fact, I'm not even doing it right now."
"If anyone asks."
"Exactly. Here we go. What are you looking for?"
"Recent death."
"I got a death in the last two weeks, a Rashan Mallien. Cause of death listed as infection."
"Family?"
"Next of kin is his mother. She lives on Haven's East Side. You should be able to get her to let us exhume the body."
"Not gonna work. No one talks to the police out there."
"If anyone can get them to it's you, you do speak their language."
When Alita read the address of Rashan's mother's apartment she let off a string of curses.
"What's wrong?" Josiah asked.
"This is really close to where I used to live." Her chances for getting the body exhumed just shrank to nearly impossible; chances were she hadn't been forgotten. She had to try though.
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Alita Sobiat knocked on the door to Anaya Mallien's apartment. After the door was opened she said, "Anaya Mallien, I'm-"
"Alita Sobiat" Anaya finished bitterly.
Alita winced. Definitely hadn't been forgotten. She knew it was too much to hope for. Everyone hated informants and no one could see the distinction between them and her. "Can I come in?"
"No."
That was to be expected. "It's about your son."
At those four words she stepped to the side to let Alita in. "What about my son?"
"I believe the cause of his death may have been falsified and I'd like to be able to prove that to take down the cop who did it."
"Police take care a' they're own, no matter what they done. You don't want his body for that."
"And if I did."
"You had better find another way t' prove it. You are not diggin' up my son's grave."
Alita knew an argument was useless. "Sorry I've wasted your time." She turned to leave.
"And Alita," Anaya called before she got far. "I'd be careful who you're showin' your face to around here-"
"'cause Oyo's got a hit out on me." Alita finished for her.
"It ain't just Oyo."
"Neva' has been. It's just Oyo I'm worried about."
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"Foaly open this door." Alita said banging on the door to Section Eights operations booth.
"Captain Sobiat, to what do I owe the pleasure." Foaly replied with a slight tome of mocking. He hit a button and the door slid open.
"I need a favor."
"And this favor would be against LEP protocol?" If it was not she would be asking Josiah, not someone like him who couldn't be fired if Trouble got word of it.
"It is and it involves Holly Short."
"Well, I'm in. What do you need?"
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A/N: Well that was rather short, but I wanted to get it up as soon after I got back as possible. Because I know you were all just dying without this chapter. Not the sarcasm.