The Case:
When Nancy arrived at Glasgow she headed right to the spot were her mother was in the picture. The last picture ever taken of her. The only thing that had changed in eight years was a green a yellow Webern's Gate Stallion banner with a red dragon. Nancy also guessed that the souvenirs were newer.
"This is where mom was in the picture. Okay, now what?" She asked herself. Suddenly someone pushed her, making her drop the handle to her suit case, they grabbed it and ran off with it.
"Hey my suit case!" She exclaimed. Not like this hadn't happened to her before.
"I'm on it." A man said. "The guy's a thief!"
Nancy never got a good look at the thief, or the guy who went after him. But she could hear his Scottish accent.
"I really, really thought I was going to get that guy. Sorry." They new guy apologized as Nancy came over to him.
"Thanks for trying." Nancy said a bit distraught.
"I'm Alec." He added.
"Nancy." she said with a smile.
Alec's hair was dark, his face untrimmed,normally she wouldn't like that, she always made Ned keep shaved, but on him it worked. As did the dark-colored shirt under his grey sweats.
She followed up the conversation, careful so it wouldn't die. "That's a nice offer, but why would you do that? It doesn't look like you work here."
Alec went on to say how we was a Skip Tracer and all. Nancy thought about that bit.
"Well I wont turn down help." She carefully stated next. "So you're a privet eye?"
"More like a skip tracer. They skip, I trace." He said, he seamed a bit lost to find the right word before saying "Skip tracer."
Nancy decided just to tell him about the important things in the suitcase and leave it to him.
"Go check into your hotel, I will find you suitcase." He said.
Nancy walked into the hotel, getting her room key.
"Room 727." The receptionist said. "And you only have access to your room floor and this floor."
"Thank you." Nancy said going to her room.
The door looked nice, a red wood stain with dark and lighter accents on the risen design. The handle was gold, as was the number plate and some frame detail. She put the card into the reader and went inside. She has just stepped in and closed the door when her phone rang.
"Nancy, glad you made it. I'm your cathedral contact, Ewan." A man said in a thick Scottish accent. He spoke more and more never letting Nancy get a word in. "There is a case file in your room. Read it, memorize it. That is your playbook, it'll keep you alive." Nancy didn't like the sound of that.
She listened patiently, used to people not letting her talk from cases. He told her about "Housekeeping" to do then he let her get settled in, hanging up. Nancy now looked around the room with interest, she had walked about while talking. The walls were white, with paneled sections of oranges badge, framed in a gold trim. The carpet was orange, the curtains and bed to match. It looked like every door matched the front door. All the wooden furniture was dark wood. The bedding was white, a yellow chair was next to the bed, the eating chairs however were pink. A desk was opposite the window, a couch under it. Not seeing the case file anywhere she looked in the night stand, the only place with a drawer. It was there, along with some money. She put up the file and read it.
Ms. Drew
I must welcome you to Scotland with very unfortunate news. You have been led here under false pretenses. You are not here as a guest of Cathedral. You were not asked here to investigate the death of your mother by MI5, you have been lied to.
Kate Drew, your mother, was a Cathedral operative. Eight years ago, a small cell associated with a terrorist organization known as Revenant attempted to attack Glasgow. Kate was instrumental in stopping the attack, now known as the Colony Operation. We believe the organization your mother took off line has returned to full strength and is now planning to mount the attack once more.
We believe you have been brought here by Revenant for reasons we do not fully understand.
If this is overwhelming, do not worry. We will give you access to information as needed. We are in the process of briefing your contact on the situation. He will bring you in soon.
Your first priority is to locate and make contact with a local reporter named Moira Chisholm. She was considered a person of interest in the first attempted attack on Scotland but was never directly connected. She has since refused to cooperated with this organization.
We will be keeping a close watch on you at all times, but this does not mean that you will be protected. Please note this difference.
Move forward cautiously and trust no one. Any one who approaches you should be considered a suspect.
Attached you will find a basic brief to get you somewhat caught up on what you need to know.
The letter had the same cathedral marks as the first. She sat on the bed, looking over the papers and letting it sink in.
"Mom was a spy!" She pondered.
The name Moira sounded familiar so she studied it. They thought about Alec. He could find her so Nancy set out for him.