The previous day’s encounters had been interesting to say the very least. Emerald had dropped this new interdimensional traveler in her new room, leaving her a note that she could read in the morning once she had a good night’s rest. Emerald’s own night, on the other hand, was spent going through files and occasionally grabbing moments of fitful sleep. Oddly enough though, thanks to the motel’s thin walls, she was able to hear Alice’s activities in the next room and once she had settled down for sleep, Emerald had actually managed to sleep for an hour or two as well. Only to jerk awake and look around the room in a sheer panic, wondering what had just come over her. It wasn’t safe to sleep long, she had to stay aware.
Instinctively she knew it was the early hours of dawn, and she knew she’d have to give a report to the Informants. Going over to her backpack she took out the Holo-Globe and pressed her hand on it, watching it light up in a brilliant yellow light, only for it to turn blueish silver. She placed two cylindrical listening devices in her ear and winced as it extended a small wire out of itself to latch onto the top of her each ear. Her line with the informants was open and she had to give her report.
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What had been interesting was the reaction of the Informants upon receiving her report, once she had locked herself in the “safety” of her room. It was a matter of sweeping the room for listening devices and putting the override bug on the front door, which put a glowing shield around it for the duration of the call. It was shaped like one of hundreds of toy insects Animus children collected, meaning most wouldn’t pay it any mind even if it was left out in the open. The Holo-Globe had floated in the air, silent as the blue silvery light exclusive to the informants’ channel glowed iridescently like the Spectral Deer had hours before arriving at the Crow’s Head Motel.
“Miss Almdal?” The orb finally announced, the distorted voice of the Informants, sounded off in her ears.
Emerald let out a grunt, rubbing her pointed ear, In slight discomfort. Blue eyes glared at the orb, waiting for the next reply and assault on her ears. This damn frequency they use for “safety reasons” was piercing whenever they used it, and while she doubted that it caused hearing loss, because that’d hurt their mission, she knew that it sometimes hurt like hell when they made loud declarations in it.
“Yeah what?” She asked them, holding back a growl that rumbled within her chest.
“We have a file on your new companion and wanted to notify you of our findings as well as your further mission objectives with her. Can we proceed?” The voice asked, nonplussed by any perceived anger it may have detected in Emerald’s voice.
“Go ahead.” Emerald told them, crossing her legs in the handmade wooden chair that was in her motel room. She glanced outside the blinds and noticed her bike was still outside the room, right where she parked it. Yet, she always had to check. She stole that bike, so it’d only make sense for someone to try to steal it right back.
“Your companion is from another worl-” They started
“Yeah, fucking gathered that when she came through the big ass hole in time and space, tell me something I don’t know.” Emerald rolled her eyes, her elbow placed on the table with her head resting in her open palm. “To me it sounded like her whole world was broken, like how Earth Prime was fucked by the Ice Cap Wars. Except the big difference is they didn’t have space to turn to. So let’s cut to the chase, what do you want me to do with her here?”
“Have her assist on your upcoming assignments, there’s been sightings of the more dangerous experiments and we think she’d be an asset to you.” The voice replied, as if it was the most obvious answer in the world.
“Yeah no.” Emerald told them.
“Miss Almdal, that’s an order, you need her. We’ll send your coordinates for today’s assignment.” And with that, the lights from the globe disappeared and returned to its pulsing yellow color. Emerald ripped the listening devices out of her ears with a wince and a snarl, tempted to throw the device against the wall but thought better of it, shoving it back in her backpack.
Frustration boiled through Emerald’s blood, only cooling when she hopped into the shower and allowed the boiling water to scorch her skin. She pressed her hand up against the wall of the shower, taking deep breaths, each exhale a deeper growl. This was not what she had wanted, Alice didn’t need to be on assignments with her, that was her job. What the hell were they thinking, sending a human against those things. Not that she thought Alice couldn’t handle herself, Emerald was sure that she could but she didn’t want her up against those things. The Informants knew the only thing that could kill a monster was a monster.
Why else would they send Emerald?
Emerald stepped out of the shower and felt the water immediately absorb into her skin, the oxygen from it flowing into her lungs. She slung on her white T-shirt with the crimson “paint” stains on it, pants, boots, but paused at the tattered orange scarf that was slung over the sink, she ran her finger over it for a moment before she tied it on her upper bicep, slinging her jacket on over it. Which she did just in time because it sounded like someone was knocking at her door.
With long strides, Emerald walked over to the entrance of her room, slinging her backpack over her shoulder and stepping up to her door, opening it wide. She was greeted with the sight of Alice and the mid-morning sun, as well as the ancient forest sounding off its early morning sounds in the distance. Pointed ears twitched at that, part of her instincts wanting to hunt, but she figured Alice would want normal people food caught the normal person way. Or she could just ask her, yeah that’d work.
“Mornin’ sunshine.” Emerald gave Alice a full fanged grin, leaning up against the doorframe “Wanna go out for something to eat or do ya want something caught fresh? I’m giving ya both options!”
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