Taylor was good.
Give her some money, some resources and an enemy she can feel self righteous about taking down and she will be on them like white on rice. We had a ton of recordings of the trio saying damning things. She asked me why we were sitting on all the evidence one day.
I decided to take her some place fancy and in Boston to explain. My lawyer had found some one who could be discrete. The private room added a nice touch too.
"Why are we not arresting them?"
She looked upset.
"Because I want to get them for murder, not harassment."
Taylor's eyes opened.
"Emma? Madison? Sophia? They have killed people Taylor. Murdered them for shits and giggles."
"No."
I brought out a CD, there was a TV there and Taylor watched in horror as the three girls killed a little girl. It was faked. The girl in question really was murdered though. Just not by the girls in question.
Taylor's face scrunched up in rage.
"Put them in jail."
"That's the plan, thing is Emma's father is a lawyer. One who is buddy buddy with the DA, Madison? Her mother is having an affair with a judge, and Sophia is Shadow Stalker."
She froze. Good.
"We can't let them get away with this."
I nodded.
"Ever wonder why the principle lets them get away with everything?"
I sighed, and she looked at me with curiosity. I played another tape and Taylor watched as Director Piggot took a bribe from the empire.
"Always good doing business with you."
I changed the CD.
"She got her position after Ellisburg, I snuck in there, bad experience by the way to find out more."
Taylor watched as Emily Piggot slaughtered civilians to save her own life, then she watched as she killed other PRT agents who protested. She turned red with rage. But she did not talk, Taylor didn't trust me enough to use me as a confidant. I was just her creepy boss, but I needed to test my faked evidence's emotional punch.
Taylor's silence was damning.
"The PRT doesn't know, the current director lied to them about every thing. The director has a deal with Sophia, in exchange for doing her dirty work she's allowed to do what ever she wants."
"Fucking bitch."
"I know, that's why I need your help like your mother helped me."
The mask covered my grin.
"Explain."
"Your mother started this investigation, there were things going on at the college that were being covered up. She was close, very close to exposing the truth."
Taylor looked sad.
"And then she died."
"Then she was murdered."
I smiled at Taylor's blink.
"Tell me who did it."
Good good let the hate flow through you.
"Coil. The supervillain named Coil murdered your mother, he made it look like an accident. I found her notes at the college hidden away, Im trying to carry out your mother's will. To make sure her death was not in vain."
I walked over to Taylor's seat and knelt before her.
"I know this is a lot but I need your help, I need more evidence. I need Ann's little owl to help me."
Taylor's face was filled with a mixture of expressions rage, sadness, guilt, but the final one was determination.
"Im in."