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"Nope. Nope. Nope. Nopenopenopenope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Not doing this today!" Quintus thought as he ran. Knowing all of the streets like the back of his hand, he made his way back to S.P.I. associates, running down the streets, into the office building, up the three flights of stairs and into the office. Whereupon in, he relaxed, hung up his hat and coat, and started to put away his groceries, save for one sandwich and the unfinished cranberry juice, which he opened and started to work on before hearing a gentle knock on the door. He stopped, sniffed, and sighed. He opened the door to see no one other than Yukina Himeragi standing in the doorway, breathing heavily.
"Well," Quintus said, "that freedom was nice while it lasted."
"You lied to me!" She pushed into the office, pushing Quintus inside in turn.
"Yep." Quintus took a bite of his sandwich, "Pants are on fire over here. Now can you get out?"
"NO!" She exclaimed, "Certainly not after that stunt you just pulled right now."
"I'm gonna have an appointment soon." He said.
"Your next appointment is at 3:00. It's currently 2:37. You have almost an hour. That does not constitute as 'soon'."
"...Damn. You researched a lot about me, didn't you?" Quintus said.
"Much." She replied.
"But evidently not enough, if you and this organization thinks I need to be watched." Quintus said, sitting down at his desk.
This confused Yukina slightly, "What do you mean?"
Quintus sighed, "Let's just say-" Suddenly, he paused, stood up, and pulled out his phone, which was currently vibrating, "Pardon me, I gotta take this." He turned around and answered it, "Captain. Hi. How are you?".
There was a moment as the person on the other end talked.
"Oooh, really? Well, captain, you see. I really wish you would've called on a different day. You see, I'm actually rather busy. I'm going to have an appointment soon… and," he looked at Yukina, "I have a guest right now."
More silence.
"Well, let's just say, if you start seeing me around town with someone, don't question it. Doesn't matter right now." More silence.
"Yeah. Tomorrow at 2 is good. See you then."
Quintus hung up, looked back at Yukina, and sat back down at his desk, rubbing his eyes, "Alright, you know what? I think that if we wanna make any kind of productive progress, we should take a step back and start over. Have a seat." He motioned to one of the two chairs in front of the desk.
Yukina, although hesitant, sat down.
"It was Yukina, yes?" Quintus asked.
"Himeragi. Yes." She corrected.
"I'm from America. I'm calling you by your first name for the sake of progress."
"Hmm…. very well." She relented.
"Now, Yukina, if you would be so kind, what is it exactly that you do?" He asked.
She was quiet for a second, "To put it into simple terms, I am a soldier at an organization that deals with the supernatural threats and potential threats such as yourself. With my skillset, I would be considered as an attack mage."
"Right. And this…. Lion King Organization (I swear someone has grounds for a lawsuit) sees me as a threat why?"
"Well, for the simple fact that you are someone so extremely dangerous. We have had our eyes on many individuals in this city, but none have been as much of risk as you."
"Hmm." Quintus pondered at this, "Eyes on me, you say."
"Yes." Yukina nodded, "We've been keeping track of your many accomplishments over your years in this city. We know that you have countless cases solved over very dangerous criminals, supernatural or otherwise. We know that you have many connections, including ties with the authorities of the city, hence the reason why you are familiar with the captain of the local police department, whom I assume was the one on the phone with you earlier."
"You assume correctly. You definitely do your homework."
"We definitely do. We do our best to leave no stone unturned." Yukina said, a bit pridefully.
"Then you know what happened on the evening of December 17, 1996?" Quintus asked.
This question caught Yukina off guard, "What? What do you mean?"
"Hmm. *Sigh*" Quintus sighed, "Listen. I'll say this, and I'll try to make it as crystal and clear as I can so you understand. I am not going to have anything further to do with this." Before Yukina could speak up, Quintus continued, "I don't care about your orders, your organization, or, quite frankly, you. All I am is someone who is just working a supernatural profession based off of his supernatural existence and is living paycheck to paycheck, which in itself isn't saying much. The very last thing that I need is someone to be watching my every move like a living baby monitor because of something that I MAY do, so I'm saying no now. I will not allow you to watch my every move despite your orders."
Yukina was silent for a few seconds before speaking, "So… you are resisting?"
"In a sense, yes. You could say that I am resisting." Quintus sat up, "Why?"
"Because I have secondary orders." She answered, standing up and walking to the middle of the room, "If you were to resist in any way, my immediate orders," She turned around, "were to exterminate you!"
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