He crouched on the edge of the building looking out into the night. The breeze was soft against his skin. He really thought he would get the information he needed tonight but then they started to break in the door and time ran out.

'At least Alfonse knows I mean business,' he thought. 'What does he mean he doesn't know who the main supplier is? Could he really be that in the dark on this?'

He started to reach for his remote for the car. 'He may be telling the truth. Need to put even more surveillance on him.'

He pushed the button. It only took about 10 seconds and he saw the vehicle rise to his level. The door opened automatically. He moved over to the side and got in. He settled into the seat and turned off the automatic drive. He preferred to use it manually. He turned the vehicle towards home. It was getting late and he had a meeting in the morning with the mayor. It was about the benefit for the children's hospital in 2 days. He still needed to make a date for it.

'If Alfonse doesn't know who the main supplier is, then I have to make a trip to NY2,' he thought. 'I could work it in next week as a business meeting and say I am over seeing the offices being built there.'

He turned down the 'road way' to the house. He knew Alfred would be waiting up for him. He usually would sit there with some kind of meal all prepared incase, just incase, he was hungry after his work at night. He smiled at the thought. He might not have had

a family, but at least with Al, he knew he had someone who cared if he came home at all.

He pressed a button on the visor of the vehicle, and the entry way to the bunker opened. He guided it through the long tunnel until it found its parking spot. Slowly he settled it into it's place.

He pushed the button to his right, and the top hatch opened. As usual, Alfred was waiting at the ready.

"How was your night sir?" he asked.

"Not as good as I expected," he said as he jumped out of the vehicle.

"Not forth coming in his dealings," Al asked.

"Not really," he said.

"Well, sir, I have made you a turkey sandwich just in case you decided to eat something." Alfred turned on his heels and walked towards the stairs. Al looked back at him for one moment and he wondered, "How does he manage to look so concerned."

He immediately turned his attention to the screens in front of him. If Alfonse really didn't know what was going on and was that far in the dark, then he needed to figure out who WAS. He pulled off his mask and rubbed his fingers vigorously through his hair. He let his eyes get used to the loss of the heat vision he had been wearing. Nothing spectacular in the police band or on the news. It was a slow night.

He decided to move onto more pressing subjects…..like his date for Saturday. He scanned through the available models he usually dated and stopped on the least annoying of them all. Her name was Kate McGuire. Kate was usually good for some laughs, though she was horribly high maintenance. 5'11" and long blonde hair with a perfect body….yeah, she would be good for the date he needed.

His mind kept wandering towards what Alfonse had said about getting everything on disc.

'Time to put more surveillance on his computer,' he thought. He knew exactly who to call for that job. Patty had worked for his parents in the tech department of the company. When he decided to do what he did, Patty had been the only who he had trusted to get involved.

When he had been a child, she had always brought him down to her work station to show him the cool "spy" gadgets she had been working on. He always got a rush from what she had thought up in her head and had made real. Next to his parents growing up, she had been his best friend. She knew what to do. He had to call her in on this. He trusted her completely.

As he reached for the phone, he thought how she had always been there. Yeah….she was perfect for this job.

After 3 rings, she picked up.

"Hey Dan," she answered. "What do you need this time?"

"It will be a simple job here," he said. "Surveillance."

"You know I got your back," she chirped back.

'I know you do,' he thought. Then he proceeded to tell her what he needed.