Xx G.U.N Office xX
The blue-green hedgehog grinned as she finished setting up her desk the way she wanted it. Everything was sorted and carefully organized with colorful and fuzzy baubles to handle boredom. Sure, there wasn't as much privacy as she would have liked, but the benefits more than made up for it. The commander told her to head to Shadow to be briefed on her first mission as soon as possible.
"Looks like it's time to catch up to agent Shadow." She stretched slightly and started heading towards the exit with her hands clasped behind her head as she headed down the hall towards the elevator that would lead to the ground floor, but stopped at a shout.
"Hey! Rookie! Get us some coffee!" The offender was one of three indistinct looking guys in lab coats who were now snickering among themselves.
"I'm not your assistant and my name is Turquoise, Turquoise Stone." Turquoise's hands moved to a petite pair of hips as she frowned in annoyance.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll start using your name when you earn the privilege, Rookie. Until then you are lower rank personnel and you should expect to be treated as such, even if you started off as that ridiculous ultimate life form's lackey." His expression was more of one of disgust for the top agent she was apparently paired with. It was more like some sort of unofficial apprenticeship or assessment of some sort really. Even she wasn't going to be thrown into the top agents of G.U.N. with out trying. She just turned to leave not really wanting to start an argument.
"Hmph. Whatever. Get it yourself." She walked off attempting to ignore the gossip behind her.
"The new rookie is rather cute. I can see why the commander would want her around even if she doesn't do any fighting."
"Yeah, makes me wonder why the commander's putting her in with the top agents. Apparently she's another special case, but she doesn't hit me as a big time criminal or a super weapon."
"Me neither. She sounds more like a case of something special to the commander if you know what I mean." Turquoise's face flushed in a mixture of anger and embarrassment as she reached the elevator and very stiffly hit the button to close the door and send her to the main floor.
"Jackasses." The elevator gave a little ding to let her know to get out and she stepped through the doorway only to collide with someone making their way in with a cup of coffee. The sticky hot liquid immediately soaked her quills and the paper cup hit her forehead as she fell to the ground.
"Hey!" Turquoise rubbed the abused part of her forehead while looking up at the other person who had ran into her and couldn't help but stare in aw. It was a female fox with black fur and a style she could only describe as leather angels or some sort of biker chick. She wore a black leather jacket that could have only been tailor cut, a spiked silver belt, and the heaviest looking black combat boots Turquoise had ever seen. The lady looked like she would be riding Hell's black motor bike through the criminal underworld or in the back alleyways behind the bars with a gun to someone's head more than backed up by the hard glare in those amethyst orbs. Basically her attire was far more bad ass than Turquoise's cargo slacks, running sneakers equipped with wheelies designed to pop out when she kicked off, and a simple dark blue T-shirt that was now soaked in coffee. Despite her earlier rush and annoyance with coworkers she now found her self staring at the floor waiting to get yelled at by the stranger as she sat in the doorway of the elevator.
The stranger pursed her lips in what would be considered a pout. "There went a damn fine cuppa coffee." The fox sighed and bent over holding her hand out to Turquoise to help her up, giving Turquoise a slight grin. "I'm Sendoa, the informant. You wouldn't happen to know where I can find a Turquoise Stone, now would you?" Her tone was sultry, and would get Sendoa anything if used on the right people.
"Uh. Why?" At the moment Turquoise wasn't entirely keen on getting herself singled out or dragged into anymore chaos than necessary. She only had a couple of hours before she had to report to Shadow for her first mission and judging by most of the other officers' reactions to just his name he was hard to get along with. In her experience people like that don't take well to bad first impressions, so if she was late her likelihood of getting more than one mission in the experienced agent's company would be close to none. She figured her best tactic at the moment would be a temporary evasion of the lady. She stood up, only for a second comparing the fact that this lady Sendoa was much taller and very possibly at least a couple years older than herself, and with her hands on her hips mustered all the sarcasm and self confidence that a fourteen year old could put into a remark. "You do realize you're standing in the middle of the elevator door way, right? I need to be somewhere in a couple hours and I would like to not be late."
Sendoa let her foxy grin spread across her face. "Then I guess that I'll be tagging along. Where is it that you are meant to be going? Maybe I can give you a ride."
Turquoise sighed realizing she couldn't just ditch the lady and get back on task. "Fine, but I'm stopping by my place for a shower first. Then you can ask questions." Sendoa pulled Turquoise into the elevator with ease and hit the button to go back up.
" I need another cuppa coffee. Need that lil' fix if you understand?" she looked over to Turquoise and chuckled at the coffee stains that were already forming on her cargos. " Ever think about going to some tight ripped jeans or leathers? They would look hot on you." She gave Turquoise a lopsided grin along with a flirtatious wink.
Turquoise blushed furiously at the stranger giving her fashion advice.
"I'm fine with my clothes the way they are." What is it with people around here?
Sendoa chuckled at Turquoise's response to her advice. She was certainly a cute character. Even for a kid. Too cute. It was tempting, and before too long she glomped Turquoise and started to rub her cheek against the small hedgehog's "You are the most adorable thing ever. I could just cuddle you all day."
Turquoise stumbled backwards trying to squirm out of the sudden death grip the fox lady had on her.
"What the heck? Get off!" Turquoise had two good reasons to hate being hugged first of which is a need for personal space and the second being that her arms were metal and if someone was squeezing her they would notice.
Sendoa let the small hedgehog go and stepped back opening a small sucker with one fluid motion and put it in her mouth As soon as the elevator dinged she walked straight to the coffee machine and began to casually pour herself a cup.
"Your arms, they weren't like any other person or Mobian's. Metal?" Sendoa questioned as though it were normal. She was a tad surprised. It took off from the absolute cuteness that Turquoise had. It made her slightly upset actually. She sighed. There went my business mode for nothing. Stupid artificial limbs. She added creamer and very little sugar. She never liked sugar in her coffee. She just added it so that it would take the edge off the coffee they served here. It was too bitter for her liking. She then turned around and headed back toward the small elevator. She pressed the button to leave and stared at the blue-green hedgehog. "Don't mind motor bikes, do you?" she questioned with her characteristic grin.
"I'm fine with them." Turquoise waited until the doors were closed to answer about her arms.
"And yeah my arms are metal. I guess you could say it happened in an accident, but I don't feel like giving you the details right now." She crossed her arms while refusing to look at the informant. The coffee that was spilled on her before was starting to get sticky. While she knew it couldn't seep through the nearly invisible water proof seams and get to the machinery it didn't mean it wasn't likely to make the parts stick if she didn't clean it up soon.
Sendoa stepped to the front of the elevator. Accident, or she could have been sick and they tried to save her life? I don't really see her as one who isn't cautious. Sendoa was quickly wrapped in her own thoughts and nearly forgot she was in the elevator until that tell-tale ding told her it was either time to get off or there were more people. She didn't see anyone, so she went with the latter and dragged Turquoise off the lift. Her thoughts continued to rack her brain as she went toward her very black motorbike. There were a couple scratches on the paint from her run-in with Sonic which she remembered all too well. She was half-tempted to get the bike re-painted in a very vibrant yellow. She released Turquoise and tossed the helmet over her shoulder. She took a sip of her untouched coffee and shook all her previous thoughts from her head.
"You'll need that to ride my baby. Don't need to get in trouble for some kid," she teased. It was a game to get the most reaction possible out of the hedgehog and boy was she loving it. She pulled out a paper with her handwriting with the address that she found for the small blue-green female. Small apartment in the mediocre side of town. What bothered her was most of the sales of some new product was in the shopping district not too far from where she was located. Actually, just a couple miles away. She put it in one of her inner coat pockets and took another sip from her coffee as she yawned from the lack of sleep from her previous night. She had almost completely forgotten Little Miss Stoney was behind her and hopped on her bike. Revving the engine gave her that very satisfactory smile as she looked over at who she wanted to refer to as Turkey but she wondered if that would get her killed. Probably will. Let's not try it.
"Fine, as long as you don't mind getting coffee on your helmet." Turquoise stated this half audibly while putting on the helmet and taking a seat on the back of the motorcycle. She wasn't particularly fond of being called a kid, but considering the fact that she's fourteen and looks a bit younger than her age there wasn't much she could do about it.
"Need to stop by a bar for a minute if that's alright with you. It's just to pick something up and then we'll be off straight to your apartment." Sendoa kicked the bike to life and strapped her visor on. She glanced into her wallet frowning when the amount appeared to be insufficient for the task at hand.
"As long as you don't take too long. Coffee stains are nearly impossible to deal with once they dry." Turquoise couldn't help but look over the informant's shoulder in curiosity when she noticed the half hidden photo in the lady's wallet. Must be family. Either that or another target she got to meet in person. She doesn't seem like a person to make friends without a reason for it.
Sendoa revved the engine and pulled off without warning and sped off down the street with a slight chuckle. Turquoise made a grab for Sendoa's waist and nuzzled into the leather jacket, inhaling the smell of, well the obvious, and dark chocolate.
"Enjoying the view kiddo?" Sendoa asked/yelled over the wind. One could hear the smirk in her voice as she half looked over her shoulder at the blue-green fuzz ball sniffing her jacket that Sendoa could of sworn she saw just a tad bit of drool. Do I really smell that good? Wait... What? She looked back at the road and drove in silence for a few moments more. Turquoise had attempted to play off her sniff thing by looking around like a child in a toy factory. Slightly irking for Sendoa but she shook the thoughts from her mind as she pulled alongside a expensive car when the arrived at their destination.
"Whelp, I guess there are worse spots for a trade off." She shook her head and bent over and tightened the straps on her boots.
A/N: Sorry, been ill and busy a lot. But should have more free time. If my computer hasn't been completely jacked by my sister. Ah family. Either way, My next chapter should be up in maybe a week or two.