"I haven't spoken to Mike," Benjamin admitted. "It was Ethan who called him and he summarized the conversation for me." He looked at the slurs and the runes. "Yeah, let's see who was it. I know it wasn't Mike who did it."

"What is it I didn't do?" Mike asked as he approached them.

Benjamin wasn't sure how he felt about seeing Mike, but he gestured to the door and Mike joined them. 

After going over the slurs Mike got the note from Benjamin and his expression changed as his lips formed the words written on the note and he started shaking his head. "No..." he muttered and he gripped the doorhandle, but the door didn't budge. "I think it's barricaded," he said with a rushed sound in his voice and he pounded on the door. "Steph! Open the door! Harriet and Ben are here for you!"

"How do you know she's in there?" Benjamin asked.

"That's exactly where Kim would be after leaving a note like that on the door," Mike said with a pained voice. "Where she was after she left a similar note," he corrected himself. "Shut away from the world, trying to deal with the pain herself in an unhealthy way."

That made Benjamins eyes fill with fear and now he pounded the door. "Steph, if you are in there, please open the door."

Mike stepped back now, letting Benjamin and Harriet take over. 

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Morisson didn't reply at first. 
"That is possible," he eventually said. "It is... policy when allowing potentially dangerous creatures to be agents." He glanced sideways. "No offense, you don't look like something that would be classed in the harmless creatures category."
He wasn't sure how he felt about Jase getting such a collar; he was fairly sure Jase didn't need one or deserved one, but it wasn't his job to decide on policy.

He parked the car and cut the engine. Now he could properly face Jase. "You can't hide this and even if you can, I wouldn't put it past those fallen angels to spread the word about your existence. I think it would be better to come clean before they will start the rumours and force an investigation from our agency."