[center][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/YioihZZ.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/XUvv02U.png[/img][hr][/center] Lisa was shocked. She didn’t recognize them initially, and what was wrong with her?! They were, like, the two other most incredible people in the world next to Adora. When Emily, George, or one of the other assholes were bullying her, Vanessa and Clem were always right by Adora’s side when she put them in their place. That dropped jaw quickly turned into a smile as she sat up, [color=764820]”Nessa! Clem!”[/color] Lisa shouted with that dumb smile on her face. [color=764820]”It’s been so long, it’s so great to see you two!”[/color] Then she raised her handcuffs in the air. [color=764820]”... Mind getting these off? Just me though,”[/color] She smiled widely, tilting her head. [color=764820]”... These two are [i]crazy.[/i]”[/color] She laughed her ass off afterward. [color=DC143C]"You know, I can get out of these myself,"[/color] Saskia mumbled. “Hold up,” Clementine said with a raised hand. “First… before we do [i]anything[/i], we need you three to prove that you really are who you say you are….” “I mean, given the reports that Stauber, Chertok, and Gomez put in…” Vanessa said, with her arms crossed. “... The abstractions line up completely.” “Hold on,” Clementine said, getting up and walking over to Lisa. She reached into her shirt. [color=764820]“... Hey, that’s my tid-”[/color] “Shut up,” Clementine commanded before she found it… the Spider in Amber, and her jaw dropped. She used her other hand to lift it above Lisa’s head. “But… it makes no sense…” “Ella’s Channeler, that Sailor Moon Wand you called stupid all those years ago…” Vanessa laughed. “... Is in the evidence locker.” [color=e77fbf]"It's not stupid,"[/color] Ella whined. Then she walked over to Saskia and grabbed their wrist, getting a good look at the Death Note bracelet. [color=764820]”Oh, so you just grab her [i]wrist[/i] and not [i]her[/i] tiddy...”[/color] Lisa pouted. [color=764820]”I see how it be.”[/color] [color=DC143C]"Wow, is my tiddy not good enough to grab?"[/color] Saskia intoned. “... If it’s a shapeshifter,” Vanessa began. “It’s a damn good one.” “It makes no sense!” Clementine said. “How are you three back?! [i]Now[/i] of all times, too?!” [color=DC143C]"We'd love to know the answer to that too,"[/color] Saskia shrugged. [color=e77fbf]"I can tell you how we came back!"[/color] Ella said, grinning. [color=e77fbf]"We got brought back by the hound! We were in this super creepy dark place and he said someone made a deal to bring us back! But we gotta do some things for him first… which is why we're here!"[/color] Clementine raised an eyebrow. [color=DC143C]"Yes, we're his… [i]Agents of Death.[/i]"[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Which is a stupidly edgy name! We're the magical girls!"[/color] Clementine tilted her head. [color=DC143C]"I like it. Oh,"[/color] Saskia looked from Ella back to Clementine and Vanessa. [color=DC143C]"Did you see my drawing? It's what the hound asked us to do to regain our lives."[/color] “You mean this…?” Clementine reached over the table, grabbed it, and held it with both hands as she stared at it, stunned. Vanessa walked over, peeked over her shoulder, and said, “... Oh, you’re [i]definitely[/i] Saskia,” Vanessa laughed. [color=DC143C]"I'm glad someone recognises my talent,"[/color] Saskia nodded expressionlessly. “But, does this have something to do with the murders…?” Clementine asked. “You think these three goofballs have been killing people?” Vanessa asked, followed by an awkward. [color=764820]”What murders?”[/color] Lisa said with a tilt of her head. Clementine sighed. “I only have a hunch about it, but someone has been killing members of the Old Coven, and leaving a wolf idol at their body,” Clementine sighed. “So far, they’ve gotten Elsa, Ripley, Jade, Kari-” [color=764820]”Wait?! Kari?!”[/color] Lisa shouted, standing up to her feet. It couldn’t be true. “She was the most recent in the string of murders,” Clementine flatly answered. [color=DC143C]"Kari's dead…"[/color] Saskia trailed off, looking away for a moment. [color=764820]”I… I…”[/color] Tears started going down Lisa’s face, as she reached up to wipe them off herself. [color=e77fbf]"All four of them… Kari… we didn't even get to say goodbye!"[/color] Ella's lower lip started trembling and her eyes filled with tears, instantly streaming down her cheeks. She sniffed and reached up with cuffed hands to try wipe them away, but they were an unstoppable waterfall down her face. “Recently, Kura went down, too,” Vanessa shrugged. [color=DC143C]"We've only been alive again for... About four days, I think."[/color] Saskia tilted her head, awkwardly patting Ella's leg with both hands (because handcuffs) at the same time. [color=DC143C]"It's difficult keeping track when we spent most of the time inside. But we have no idea about these murders. We didn't even know it had been ten years…"[/color] “Well,” Clementine shrugged, “We’ve been hoping to do something about it, but most of the murders were in St. Portwell. And we’re stuck here.” [color=764820]”Like what?”[/color] Lisa asked with a tilt of her head. “Something, anything,” Clementine said. “Better than sitting on our ass and waiting for him to come after [i]us[/i] next.” Amidst this talk about all the murders, a question popped up in Lisa’s head. [color=764820]”… Is Adora okay?”[/color] Lisa asked. “… From a [i]certain point of view[/i], yes,” Clementine answered. “She’s alive.” [color=764820][i]That sounded weird.[/i][/color] Lisa thought to herself, before she asked. [color=764820]”Why [i]‘from a certain point of view’?[/i]”[/color] Lisa tilted her head. “Look… seeing what happened to you fucked her head up,” Clementine shook her head. “… She had a front-row seat to it,” Vanessa added. “Hell, all three of us did.” “But what does this,.. picture have to do with the three of ya’ll coming back?” Asked Clementine. [color=e77fbf]"It’s… it’s…"[/color] Ella tried to explain before Saskia, but she was full on sobbing now, ugly tears streaming down her face. She turned to the side and pulled Lisa into a hug, wailing, [color=e77fbf]"[i]Lisssaaaaaaa[/i]."[/color] [color=764820]”[i]You-you are suffocating meeeeeeeeeee![/i]”[/color] Lisa said though it was hard to make out what she was saying because her voice was muffled. [color=DC143C]"It’s the person we need to kill to come back to life,"[/color] Saskia said, rolling their eyes at Ella. [color=DC143C]"This is what I plan to do with him when we get to him."[/color] [color=e77fbf]"He’s… he’s… not a human,"[/color] Ella sniffed. [color=DC143C]"Oh, yeah, he’s an evil bastard,"[/color] Saskia nodded. [color=DC143C]"Morningstar. The hound says we have to kill him."[/color] “One, never say this to another Agent,” Clementine began. “I’m not turning any of you in, but the other Agents can and will use everything against you.” [color=DC143C]"I’m only saying it because it's you two,"[/color] Saskia shrugged. Vanessa nodded as she said, “We heard everything you said from behind that-“ she pointed at the mirror, “-and there’s more than enough to book all three of ya’ll.” Lisa flailed her arms around. “And two, what did Agent Stauber have to do with it and why did you try nabbing him?” She asked. [color=DC143C]"Oh, that bastard? He’s selling information to the society,"[/color] Saskia openly said. [color=DC143C]"We were going to tor- talk to him and get information about Morningstar. Wait. There aren’t people behind that mirror now?"[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Sassskiiiaaa stop it with the torture!"[/color] Ella sobbed. [color=e77fbf]"Though he’d deserve it."[/color] “… Yes, that would be wise,” Clementine rolled her eyes. “There is nobody behind the mirror. Stauber has been sent home for the night. So have Agent Chertok, and Agent Gomez.” “But we always had our suspicions about Stauber…” Clementine mused. “Don’t get ahead of yourself, Clem,” Vanessa spoke to her twin. “How do you three know about this? Stauber is a bastard, but we need [i]proof.[/i]” [color=e77fbf]"We’d have proof if we weren’t interrupted earlier!"[/color] Ella [i]finally[/i] stopped crying. [color=e77fbf]"After all the work I put in… All for nothing… I touched his hand! It was gross!"[/color] [color=764820]”… He took her hand-holding-virginity!”[/color] Lisa momentarily pulled herself away from Ella, before getting snatched back in. She managed to speak again, except muffled, [color=764820]”... Not her [i]cuddling[/i] virginity!”[/color] [color=DC143C]"We were told by… friends,"[/color] Saskia said hesitantly. [color=DC143C]"I don’t know how they found out. They’ve been helping us since we came back. Supposedly he sends agents after the Society’s targets… which will be us after we get out of here. He’ll definitely put them on our ass."[/color] [color=e77fbf]"I don’t want him on my ass!"[/color] Saskia shrugged. [color=DC143C]"You could use it to catch him."[/color] [color=764820]”Like a moth to a flame!”[/color] Lisa shouted, muffled again “Look, nobody is going to be on your ass,” Clementine said. “Look, I’m the Regional Commander-“ “[i]Acting[/i] Regional Commander,” “Right,” Clementine said, “Point is, we can make this go away.” “Within reason,” Vanessa added. “Yes, within reason,” Clementine answered, “But we need your word you three won’t do anything crazy like this again. I got ties to the very top, but there are things that not even the Director can let slide.” [color=DC143C]"Crazy as in attacking the PRA, or just anyone?"[/color] Saskia asked. [color=DC143C]"Because we need to kill Morningstar. And maybe his Endless Seven. Well, six."[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Yeah, otherwise we’ll stay dead!"[/color] Ella nodded. [color=e77fbf]"But we won’t attack your agents again!"[/color] “Please don’t,” Vanessa said. “Also, officially you never told me you were killing anyone.” “Now, let’s get these handcuffs off, and Ella back her channeler-“ “… [i]Am I interrupting something?”[/i] A tear in reality formed behind Clementine as she hopped to her feet. She whipped the pistol out of the holster, aiming it at [url=https://i.imgur.com/FLOcZ27.jpeg]the massive white creature[/url] that came out of the tear. He grinned as he said, “[i]Hello[/i]… I’m here to kill those three,” He pointed a clawed hand at the three behind the two agents. “Stay out of my way, please.” He laughed. “Death to all who oppose the Society, after all.” [color=DC143C]"Oh shit,"[/color] Saskia said, handcuffs clattering to the ground and her fingers dangling limply from where she’d broken them all to get out. [color=DC143C]"We’re screwed."[/color] [color=764820][i]Like hell we are.[/i][/color] Lisa internally seethed as Ella released her and she stared at the freak that was across from them. [color=764820]”[i]We[/i] killed Mala’Boolaan,”[/color] Lisa's devious grin formed ear to ear as she stared down a creature that would normally have anyone else running in fear. Screaming even. [color=764820]”... [i]We can kill you.[/i]”[/color]