A/N: In the nest chapters I will be using the name Ro or Rosalie to refer to Scarlett. It gets confusing for me to refer to the same character by two different names in a story. Hope you like this one.

Chapter summary: Rosalie talks with Ian about Bruno Dante. Stalker, Stormshadow, Falcon and Jinx arrive to help find Scarlett. Snake Eyes and the group get a visit from Ian.

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Chapter 4: Confusion tolerance & Strange People

"I was wondering where you were."

"I apologize, Rosalie. I was having trouble getting out the mansion tonight."

"So you know about my new identity. That'll save me some time."

"I watched Bruno Dante and I documented some of the illegal thing he did. Unfortunately he did nothing illegal enough to qualify as evidence for the FBI." Ian said as he handed her a piece of paper.

As she read, she was disappointed to find that he was right. Nothing listed on the paper even came close to being useful as evidence.

"What about my favor, Ian? Can you do that for me?"

"I will. And I will continue following Bruno Dante as well."

"Tell Snake Eyes he should try to find Rosalie Daniels, I might need his help to." He nodded as he turned and left out of the apartment window. Leaving Rosalie to think about the mess she's gotten herself into.

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Three days had passed and Snake Eyes had yet to even hear from Scarlett. Her disappearance had him upset.

When he had sent word back to base that she was missing, General Hawk had a missing persons report filed with every police precinct in the city. But it was as if she'd simply vanished off the face of the Earth.

A knock at the hotel room door drew his attention. ~Anyone but the police~ he thought, as he opened it. The sight that greeted him was a pleasant surprise.

Stormshadow, Stalker, Falcon and Jinx were standing in the hallway.

*What's going on?* Snake Eyes signed.

"Well, we all came down to give you a hand with finding Scarlett," Stalker answered.

"Once everyone at the Pit heard that Scarlett was missing; it basically turned into a mission to find her, everyone's on edge. While everyone else was planning how we should go about with the 'mission', word got back to General Hawk about it and we volunteered to come here. Or else no one's going to calm down there." Jinx replied.

"Scarlett's our friend," Falcon said. "Between the group of us, we know her better than anyone. There's no way we couldn't find her."

"Besides the police haven't found shit on this." Jinx remarked.

"It is time to take matters into our own hands." Stormshadow said.

"There hasn't been any word has there?" Jinx asked.

Snake Eyes shook his head.

"Can't say I'm surprised," Falcon said softly not wanting to infuriate Snake Eyes.

*What do you mean?* Snake Eyes signed.

"Before we left, Mainframe was looking for any sort of clue; her driver's license, credit cards, everything came up empty. He couldn't find any existing record of her."

*Is that Possible?*

"It is according to Mainframe, but in order to do such a thing; someone would have to have access to every government computer in the nation. And a lot of know how on that." Jinx responded.

*We need to find out exactly what happened.*

"Once we find that out, we'll probably find..."

The knocking cut Stalker off, Falcon moved to open the door.

The man at the door was dressed all in black, His wavy dark hair hung loose at his shoulders. He walked into the room with the grace of a predator, He ignored everyone in the room except for Snake Eyes.

Are you the one they call Snake Eyes?" he asked.

Snake Eyes nodded.

"I understand you are seeking someone who computers claim that there is no record of. I was asked to give you a message by a mutual friend of ours."

*Who?*

"I am forbidden to say so directly. I am only to tell you that your friend is well. She is in the city, playing fox to the lion as well as the hounds."

"Excuse me," Jinx interrupted, "but that doesn't make any sense."

"Of course it does, As the fox advises the lion, he becomes cunning. It makes sense you just don't possess the confusion tolerance to understand it yet."

*But where is she?*

"You have already met the lion. You will meet the hounds, then the fox...perhaps." he paused, "Rosalie Daniels

"What?" Falcon asked.

"Rosalie Daniels, she's a homicide detective fir the NYPD. She might be able to help you. She'll be your guide."

"Why would we need a guide?"

"You'll have to excuse her attitude when you speak with her, fate has been unmerciful to her. I will tell you one more thing. An identity is only a mask one wears."

"What does that mean?" Stalker asked. This guy was really getting annoying.

"I won't say. When you find Rosalie Daniels, you'll be a step closer to finding your friend."

"Hey wait a minute..." Jinx started, but he had already disappeared, "A bunch of weird people live in New York." she muttered.