That's it, Bigby just about had enough with the surprises. If it wasn't the murders, if it wasn't the twists and turns in the down spiraling crime it was the person in front of him. There shouldn't BE any reason she was here, let alone trying to figure out HOW she was here was going to damage his mind.

In front of him was a little girl cut from the same Fable as him, Little Red Ridding Hood, but everyone just called her Red. It took him a second to figure out that it was her, the delivery girls choice of clothing had swapped from her original outfit from their world for what seemed a more urban look similar to the Mundie's.

Keeping her trade mark the girl was wearing a some what baggy red sleeveless hoodie, the outfit must have been custom made, since the hood on hoodies don't normally look that big, enough to cover the whole face. Taking a quick peek down his sharp eyes spotted short shorts that covered half oh her thighs, her long legs free to move around. Some bandages on the knees could be seen. Looking even further down convers seemed to be strapped to her feet, overall she looked like a regular free spirit teenage girl ready to hit the beach. Sunglasses and other accessory's littered the girls body too.

"WOOOOOW Wolf is that YOU!? I mean look at you, looking all manly and burly with those guns and scars, just LOOK at you!" She let off a big smile showing off her white shiny teeth and small gap between her top two teeth. Bigby felt weird, it had been more then a hundred years since he had someone smile that big at him. "So weird to see you look human, used to seeing you all evil and furry, well you're still evil and hairy but you know what I me-" "RED!" That seemed to zip her lip for a second, whatever happened to the shy timid girl he used to try to eat, it was only thanks to her scent he knew it really was Red.

"How'd you get here!" "By moped, what is it too you, you think I would walk all thi-" "You know what I mean, you didn't exactly make it last time I checked, and trust me I checked." "Glad you care so much, you going to let me in or what?" Before he could say something else she just wiggled past the Big Bad and walked right on in with a skip to her step.

No, no this wasn't happening.

Placing a hand on his forehead he brought it back, his fingers running through his hair. Deciding to take it one step at a time he closed the worn out door and slowly made his way to the bubbly girl. The food smelt wonderful but he pushed the food to the side and leaned on the wall, Swineheart said to take it easy but with this girl in front of him it was impossible at the moment. "WOW Wolf your place lo-" "Bigby." "What?" "Its Bigby." "Well Bigby, your place looks like crap, when was the last time you cleaned up this place?" "Not sure there was a last time."

Red smiled and patted him on the chest. The wounded Wolf grit his teeth as she smacked his wounds, but easily brushed it off. "Glad to see you still have some humor. Here lets get us some plates and I'll tell you what you want to know, but just you, I'm trying to keep a down low." The two opened the box of food and filled there plates, the food kicking all the other odors in the house away. Red taking the couch and Bigby taking the chair.

It was high time he got some answers. Scratching his hairy mug he wanted to start off easily, no need to get brash.

"I'll ask again nicely, how did you get here. Looking through the files I saw you didn't make it." She chewed the chicken in her mouth before speaking. "It was the damnest thing Bigby, I was on my trip to deliver some pies to granny when I accidently tripped over a rock while skipping. I watched in horror as my one and only basket tumbled and fell into the pond!" Bigby rolled his eyes "How tragic." "It WAS! Anyways I was about to go in and get it but then this water sprite came up out of nowhere with a silver basket asking if it was mine. I said no and then she brought back a gold basket. Well, losing my patience I kind of pushed her aside and jumped in to look after it since she wasn't helping me at all!" The older man rubbed his face hard, how did she not know if she waited she would have got her original basket back, everyone knew about that fable.

"Anyways when I jumped in I felt like a thousand pounds and sank like a rock, I sank and sank for so long that the next thing I know I was at the surface of the water under a bridge. Looking around I knew I wasn't home, I even jumped off the bridge and dived into the water to get back, but no luck." Bigby just stared at Red for what seemed ages. "Don't mess around with me Red I'm in no mood right now for games!" "Honest! It may seem far fetched but that's how it happened, I even jumped off the bridge so many times, but no luck. I think it was the Sprite, she did something to the water!"

Bigby thought back to Greenleaf, he knew witches and other magic users could be tricky and use all kinds of weird stuff, never even liked them much. A few questions rolled around in his head so he just named the ones that just came to mind. "How long have you been here?" "Thirty years!" "Thirty? How do you keep jobs outside of Fable Town?" "Oh that's easy I quit them after two years and move away, fresh start every now and then. I miss seeing my old friends but I don't age, be weird for ten years to go by and I'm still a shorty."

The Wolf was having a hard time with this. He was so used to hanging around Fabletown with everyone's hard edge and dramas, it was hard to finally see a Fable so bubbly and chirpy. Well a couple questions where left. "Why hide, why not be known and keep yourself in secret?" She seemed to loose her chirpy attitude, biting her lip she looked at Bigby. "I didn't want to hide at first, I was so happy to see all of you, really I was. But seeing how everything was running, all the Fables at each others throats and all the fighting, just wasn't me you know? Plus I don't need any glamour since I look like a teenage girl, so that saves money in my pocket."

This girl was smart, he couldn't help but agree with her reasons, even back at his home Red stayed away from people and other Fables. Hiding was her specialty, and the girl knew all the short cuts in every town, castle and woods to dodge other Fables.

The questions were knocked off, he didn't want to interrogate her too hard, she was giving him the answers he needed without fuss, unlike the other fables where he usually had to smack them around.

"I did try to see you though..."

This caught his ear, out of all the Fables she tried to find him? Scratching his rough mug again he looked at the urban girl with the messy chestnut colored hair, the small smile on her face back. "When I had made enough to buy a bike I tried to find you, I knew when I went into the forest you where gone so you HAD to be here. I heard you lived in the Woodlands but when I checked the room listing I didn't see your name."

Bigby put his callused hands in his face, the stupid name tag fell off again. How many times had he asked to get a real one now?

"You know, I DID try to eat you and your granny right, why see me out of all the fables, why not the woodsmen?" Bigby did his famous eyebrow raise when she kicked her feet on the couch, looking away the suspicious girl was twiddling with her fingers like it was the most important thing in the world. "I...didn't want to see you at first, I was actually scared you where lurking in this world too, for months i was so scared you where right over my shoulder and gobble me up." "Nothing stopping me from doing so now." he chuckled when she threw a bell pepper at him, her face as red as the tomato stuck in her gap. "But walking through Fable town I heard other fables talk about you, they where spitting on your name, saying you where a crappy sheriff, keeping other Fables from killing each other. And I was like, wow, Wolf protecting people! I was so shocked at the news!"

Protecting was a weird was for saying smacking around, sure he guessed beating Fables to a pulp and finishing bar fights was a way to protect them from killing each other.

"It was so magical I had to check it out for myself, and the way you saved that woman from the Woodsmen was so dreamy! It was like the story was switched! You where so nice to her too!" Red went into dream land, imagining if the woodsmen was after her and a big mighty Wolf came in to save the day.

Little did she know the Woodsmen was actually going to rob her of everything she had if it wasn't for Bigby.

This made him snap to attention, how did he not sense her!? Maybe he needed to ease up on the Huff n Puff. "You where there for that?" "yeah, up until she kissed you on the cheek I made my way out of Fable town as fast as I could." Bigby adjusted his worn out tie and coughed, he wouldn't say he didn't get the kiss, but Red didn't have to know that. Remembering she was now out of the picture damped the mood a bit for the healing man. He wouldn't tell Red that though, no sense in bringing her in this mess, the reason she didn't join in on Fabletown was because of stuff like this.

"Wait what where you doing in Fabletown anyways!?" "Errands." "This late at night?" "Come with the job." "Your job doesn't STAY open that late, let alone delivery's. Ready To Go closes at eight, that was way over eight." He gave her the sharp eyes, but easy upped when red bit her bottom lip and got shifty in the seat. She was hiding something but he let it go, scaring her would never get her to spill anything.

"WOAH! BIGBY WHAT HAPPENED!" "WHAT!?" Snapping out of it he saw long legs looking into the trash, her face puckered up and looking like she was about to upchuck all of her food. "Bigby you didn't actually EAT anyone did you!" "Calm down, I got in a fight yesterday and Swineheart patched me up this morning, just a scratch." "THATS just a scratch!? It looks like something out of a horror movie in here! Where were you hurt?" Red was panicking, it was nice to have someone care about his safety but she was blowing out his ear drums with all the yelling. Lighting a Huff n Puff he calmed down the nerves and drowned out the people and noises out side.

"I got shot in the chest and snapped my arm in half, its healing but if I just get some rest I should be fine." Plugging her nose she cringed at the blood, Swineheart really knows his stuff doesn't he. "Speaking of which I know out of the thirty years you have at least sustained a huge amount of injury, and going to the doctors is too risky, they would ask too many questions. How exactly did you get patched up?"

Red looked like she was going into deep thinking. Images of cars running her over and over again plagued her memories. "Weeeeeell I had a little help from a Fable whenever my legs got twisted backwards or my arm snap." "You really shouldn't sound so chirpy when you say that stuff." "Pish posh, don't act like you never showed off your scars before or bragged about your bar fights!" The hooded girl shrank in size when Bigby gave her his 100% attention.

"Just exactly how long HAVE you been watching me..." Her fingers fumbled again and her convers rubbed against each other under the heavy stare. "Nnnnot long."

What a shady answer.

taking a drag he huffed out the glob of smoke, soon to be carried away by the fan, the grimy smoke being wafted away out the window. The day just started and yet he already wished it to end, this kid was going to drive him nuts. All the while Red was looking back and forth from the gut bucket to the smoking man. He couldn't be left alone, and she was sure he was in bad condition, more then he let on. Looking around her bright big blue eyes scoped the place. It was dirty with trash and filthy laundry, small in size and not to mention the only resting furniture was a shabby looking couch.

She wasn't going to have it, clapping her hands together she made up her mind.

"That's it, you're going to my place!"

"What!?"