2

I was escorted inside the familiar task force and just stood in the lobby. To the right of me as a desk where a brunette-haired woman with black glasses and a white shirt was typing away and making phone calls. I just stood there looking around. I am not always here, maybe every few months, but when I was, I made sure I was paid enough to take care of myself. This job was a freelance job to me. I heard footsteps and looked in the direction of the hall to see the red bear himself.

"Ah Ms. Odette, thank you for coming." he said. I crinkled my nose.

"You know, I go by O, Monte." I replied with a smile and he nodded.

"My apologies…um. If you could follow me I will brief you." he said and I nodded and began to follow before a shade of blue entered my eyes and I looked to see a pointy eared, white eyed, sharp teeth elf coming behind him. I hissed and backed away.

"Ah! What is that thing doing here!" I said looking from the elf to Monte who raised his hands.

"Hey. That's my boss." he defended. But I just saw the biggest threat standing before.

"Get it out of here!" I snapped and the elf moved right up to me.

"You had better show respect. The only reason I am allowing you to stand here is because my colleague says you are good at what you do. But your manners tell me otherwise." he snapped, his eyes glaring down at me. My eyes twitched and I looked at Monte before shaking my head.

"No." I said and turned and began to move to the door.

"O, please. We need this information." Monte said and I whipped my head at him.

"HE IS BAD LUCK!" I snapped my Ancient African accent slipping in. "He is no good. Dangerous to my kind!"

"Please. I need your help. Countless lives are in danger." Monte pled and I just shook my head up at him.

"For hundreds of years, countless lives have been in danger." I said and he winced some.

"Forget it, Montehugh. She probably will not get us anywhere either." the elf said. My body froze at the elf's words. How dare he presume to know my abilities, my power. I glared at the blue-haired elf, loud music blaring in my mind at a challenge before looking at Monte.

"Take me to the threat." I stated and Monte nodded and motioned for me to follow. I stuck close to the wall as I walked around the elf who just rolled his eyes and crossed his arm and followed.

"This orcs name is-"

"I don't need that. I just want to know what you want me to find out find out from it." I said.

"He is tied to some orc terrorist group called the Blackclaw. Word from informant's state they are responsible for robberies of weapons of gun stores, banks, and even robbing drug dealers on the streets of their drugs. There's been word on the streets of frequent meetings and we want to know where they are being held so we can get a mole in there." he said. I thought of this for a moment.

"I'm familiar with the Blackclaw group." I said.

"How do you know of them?" the blue haired elf asked. I glanced up at Monte who stopped before an elevator. Did I have to talk to this… man?

"Look, O. Anything we do is ran by my boss. Kandomere, this is Odette, goes by O. O, my boss Kandomere." he introduced and immediately Kandomere stepped before Monte.

"So I will be asking the questions from now on." he said. Good luck. "Hey!" I look back up at him. "I don't care if you like me or not. From this impression you're giving off, I don't much like you either. So you will answer my questions or you can say here and be detained as a suspect in the terrorist group as well."

I stared at him for a moment before smirking leaning in to him.

"And how do you plan to do that, elf?" I asked with disgust and Monte moved over to me.

"O, please. Be nice and answer his question." he said and I looked up at him and I couldn't help but show the betrayal in his eyes for he knew how I felt about elves and I just shook my head.

"Everyone is tired of elves running things, ruining lives. Cops beating down orcs in the streets. The Blackclaw are planning to move against oppressors. They want the siren tribes to join since we have quite a bone to pick with your kind." I said, my emotions getting the best of me which I just calmed down and strut into the elevator. The two men followed and remained behind me as the elevator went up.

"Do you know if the sirens will join the Blackclaw?" Kandomere asked.

"From what I have heard… no. If we wanted to really strike back, we could, but we aren't ruthless like you all." I said. Oh yes. Enough sirens together screeching on a stage could wipe out hundreds of listeners. I moved closer to Monte not wanting that elf's scent to get too close to me. I glanced up at the mirror ceiling to see Monte and Kandomere looking at each other giving each other looks. Kandomere sighed some.

"O, would you consider helping our investigation as an informant in the Blackclaw case. We would pay you more for your time." Kandomere asked and I just glanced at him, his eyes watching me with precision and I didn't like it. That meant I would have to answer to him. I looked up at Monte who just placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Please. Help us." he said and I just winced and looked down some.

"Fine." I said lowly and the elevator finally stopped and Kandomere moved past me quickly and I flinched some and followed him down another hall before he stopped at a glass window and I looked inside to see the orc. He was big and his jaw was massive.

"This is Ajax. You get him to tell you where his next meeting is and we will reward you." Kandomere said.

"I am not a dog who needs to sit and heal for treats." I hissed down at the ground in his direction but looked at Monte. "I'm ready. But you have to mute the room. Even though I can focus on effecting one victim, what I am going to do is for long range torture. I would hate for you to get hurt."

Monte smirked.

"You're too kind." he said moving to a small pad beside the door and clicked a button on it. I glanced behind me at Kandomere.

"Watch me do your job." I said smirking as his ears flickered in anger, and I moved over to the door and just went inside.