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Rachael thinks that he might be asleep so she walks over and nudges him with her shoe.
Rachael: " Hey Guerrero the elevator is moving again."
Guerrero opens his eyes then gets up.
Rachael: " did you get up too fast?"
Guerrero: " what?"
Rachael: " your face is red." Guerrero just nodes then straighten out his clothes.
They get to the top floor and then find a table Chance and Winston come over and say hi.
Rachael: " Hey so has anything happened yet besides the elevator problem?"
Winston: " not really."
Guerrero goes to get something to drink then comes back with some food Rachael takes one of the sandwiches off of his plate he gives her a look so she puts it back then goes to get a drink and some food.
Chance: " so what you guys do while stuck in the elevator?"
Guerrero: " we didn't do anything dude." He goes back to eat his small sandwich Rachael comes back then sits down.
Rachael: " where's Ilsa and Ames?"
Chance: " Ilsa is talking to some people that are connected with the company Ames I have no clue."
Winston: " she's probably talking to some guy."
Ames: " no I just went out to get some air." Winston turns and sees Ames behind him she sits down next to Rachael since Guerrero still looks a bit irritated with her.
Ames: " So do you like the dress?"
Rachael: " yeah but why did you chose one with such a high slip."
Ames: " no reason I just figured you need to show some skin."
Rachael sighs then says it took her a while to shave the guys look at her.
Rachael: " what I meant it took a while to shave my legs."
Chance gets up to go find Ilsa while Winston gets up to get some more drink.
Rachael gets up and goes to the bathroom while Ames and Guerrero just sit there.
Guerrero: " what you up to Ames?"
Ames: " why does everyone think I am up to something I told you I just went out to get some air."
Guerrero doesn't buy that excuse for a seconded but he decides to let it drop for now. Rachael comes out of the bathroom and nearly bumps into someone.
Rachael: " sorry about that." The guy says its ok Rachael looks at the guy whom she nearly bumped into. He kind of tall has black slightly messes hair wearing a suit and handsome face.
Guy: " my name is Justin." Rachael introduces herself then they go walk around outside for a bit.
Justin: " so did you come here by yourself?"
Rachael: " no I came with a friend."
Justin: " seems a shame to leave a beautiful girl alone at a party." Rachael slightly smiles then stare up at the moon.
Guerrero's been watching them out of the corner of his eye sort of listening to Ames talking.
Ames: " so what do you think of the dress that Rachael is"
She then shuts up cause Guerrero's got a really angry look in his eyes. Ames thinks he mad at her but she follows to where he's looking and notices that Rachael is looking at the moon while Justin is about to grope her ass.
Justin stops his hand when he feels someone behind him Rachael turns around and then hits Justin in the throat with her hand.
Rachael: " oh I sorry it a reflex when ever someone is behind me." Justin just coughs then goes back to the party Guerrero is standing there smirking then he shuts the door to the balcony and walks over to where Rachael is.
Guerrero: " you know he was going to do that?"
Rachael: " yeah the hairs on the back of my neck were standing up." She goes back to glance at the moon.
Guerrero: " why do you like to look at the moon?"
Rachael: " It's comforting to look at sometimes."
Ilsa sits down where Ames is sitting with a drink.
Ilsa: " anything yet?"
Ames nudges her head toward the balcony where Rachael and Guerrero are standing talking.
Ilsa: " it's a start."
Ames: " I think the dress worked cause he got pretty mad at some guy who was talking to her that and the guy nearly groped her."
Ilsa: " is the man injured?"
Ames: " his pride since Rachael hit him in the throat."
Chance over hears this conversation before he made himself know to the two.
Chance: " so what two talking about?"
Ilsa: "nothing Mr. Chance just girl talk."
Rachael and Guerrero head back inside and go to the where the food table is.
Rachael: " these sandwiches aren't that big."
Guerrero: " yeah you think Ilsa would provide some good alcohol."
Rachael: " she probably didn't want the party to get to rowdy I guess."
When the party is over Ames leaves and heads to the control room of the building.
Ames: " well that was a bust."
Layla: " yeah they didn't do anything in the elevator. I think Guerrero was asleep."
Ames: " thanks for the help."
The next morning Winston comes into the office when Chance comes down with Carmine following him.
Chance: " Morning Winston."
Winston: " hey." Chance sits down with something to drink.
Chance: " so any cases?"
Winston: " not at the moment. Do you think that Ames is up to some thing?"
Chance: " yeah I heard her and Ilsa talking."
Winston: " so what do you think is going on?"
Chance: " I think that they are trying to get Rachael and Guerrero together."
Winston start to chuckle then stops
Winston: " your serious?" Chance just shrugs then notices that Ilsa is coming in.
Ilsa: " good morning Mr. Winston Chance."
Chance just nodes at Ilsa and then gets up to do some tai chi Rachael comes from her room gets something to drink says hi to everyone then goes back into her room.
Winston: " I'm curious to what Rachael's been up to lately."
Ilsa: " what do you mean?"
Winston: " she holds up in her room sometimes for hours hardly eating or she stays up late."
Ames: " maybe she just working on a story or getting caught up in a videogame."
Guerrero comes in to the office and sits down with a sandwich with Freddy purring near his feet Chance notices that Guerrero looks a bit tired.
Chance: " not get enough sleep last night." Guerrero doesn't respond he just messes around on his phone.
Next week Victoria walks into the office and is greeted by Ilsa.
Ilsa: " hello Victoria what brings you here?"
Victoria sits down then explains that she's being targets by someone causes she been getting mail threats, odd phones calls, and just last week someone nearly ran her over.
Chance comes down from his room followed by Carmine whom goes over to where Victoria is sitting and sniffs her.
Victoria pets Carmine then says hi to Chance.
Chance: " well I guess you could just stay here until we figure out who's after you."
Victoria: " ok I'm out for summer break anyway but um."
Ilsa: " what the matter?"
Victoria: " see the thing is I'm going to be going to a convention on Friday till Sunday with some friends and we've already paid for the room, 3 day passes, and a way to get there."
Winston comes into the room from his office.
Winston: " so you still want to go?"
Victoria: " yeah I've been looking forward to it for months."
Chance sits there thinking it over then agrees to help Victoria.
Victoria: " thank you." Ilsa notices that she looks really excited to be still going to this convention.
Guerrero comes in sits down then notices Victoria he just nodes.
Victoria: " where is Rachael?"
Guerrero: " she's not here and wont be back for 3 days."
Ilsa looks at Guerrero and asks how does he know that?
Guerrero: " she sent me a text not that long ago and she probably won't answer her phone either."
Chance thinks that's a bit odd since Rachael usually likes to keep in contact with them.
After Ilsa and Victoria talk then Guerrero says he'll take Victoria back home to get something's while she staying at Chances.
On the drive over to Victoria's house is mostly quiet since Victoria is slightly intimidated by Guerrero.
Guerrero: " do you know where Rachael went off to?"
Victoria: " no we haven't been in contact lately I've been busy."
Guerrero nodes while Victoria is looking out the window. When they get to her house Victoria goes inside while Guerrero waits outside just thinking mostly about that dream he's been having for a while.
Victoria knocks on the window he just shakes his head then helps her with some of her stuff.
He notices the costume and asks what it for since it not Halloween for a while.
Victoria: " oh that just my cosplay outfit." She notices Guerrero doesn't get what that means.
Victoria: " I'll explain when we get back."
They get back to Chances and then Victoria explains where they will be going.
Chance: " so we are going to an anime convention?"
Victoria: " yeah so it might be a bit hard to keep an eye on me since it's going to be crowded plus I'll be dressed up."
Chance just smiles a little then says it won't be a problem then asks her do they have dress up?
Victoria: " if you want to that might help you blend in better."
Victoria goes to play with Carmine while Chance discuses with the group.
Winston: " this case sounds like it's going to be more trouble than it's worth."
Chance: " sounds like fun to me." Winston rolls his eyes while Guerrero asks if they are going to cosplay?
Ames: " well Victoria did say it would help us blend in."
So the day of the anime convention arrives Victoria is dressesd in a white with pink flowers on it kimono with a yellow sash around it wearing a short hair brunette wing. She also has a gun accessory. Her friends are dresses up also one of them has a black cloak with red clouds on it wearing a blond long haired wig tied into a ponytail with two mouths draw on his hands and a pouch near his side with some fake clay in it. Victoria's other friend is dresses up in a red kimono wearing white longhaired wig with some dog-ears on top and fake sword at her side.
Her last friend is dresses up in purple-striped pants wearing a trench coat and a inkblot mask with fedora on his head.
The girl who's dressed in the red kimono asks where Victoria's other friends are?
Victoria: " They'll be here soon Emily don't worry."
Then a car pulls up to where they are waiting and her friends notice some people coming out.
Ok so can you guys guess whom Victoria and her friends are dresses up as. See ya next chapter.
