“You’ve been reassigned.” The woman said bluntly. She looked at the man across the table for a moment, before her emotionless face broke and she gave him a sympathetic look. “Adrian...” Melissa began slowly, looking at him with sad green eyes. “I know it’s been hard for you. It’s been hard for all of us. We all loved her, you more than anyone else. But this isn’t the way to handle things. We know you haven’t been going to your counselling sessions and we’ve had to deal with a number of individuals after you’d said too much whilst you’ve been intoxicated.

I know you’ve been thinking about retirement or a change in career but you know that’s just... not possible at the moment. We need you here. The higher ups think... think that you need to get your head back into the game. So they’ve assigned you a new partner. Up until now we’ve never been able to pair her successfully with anyone. She’s very... free spirited. Eager enough to learn but she can be a bit of a handful.” She handed him a plain yellow envelope with the word ‘Kite’ printed in harsh black letters on the front up in the corner. Inside were a few files, some basic information such as height, weight, hair and eye colour and sex as well as her noted abilities.

There were also, notably, a few incident reports involving ‘escape attempts’. The mutants that they find out on the street who are unable to control their powers who are seen as a problem or potential threat are brought to the complex, some willingly, some not so. She had been a willing volunteer at first, but had struggled with the confinement of the complex. “We think you’re the perfect candidate to bring this young upstart back to earth, she needs someone strong like you and who knows, you may find being back in the field is good for you.”

She sighed softly, not liking this anymore than he probably did but they both knew there wasn't a choice here. They followed orders from the higher ups, that was how things worked. Standing Melissa offered Adrian a small smile. “So what d you say? Do you want to go met her now? There are a few low level missions lined up for when you’re ready to take her out?”