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Elena walked around, her eyes scanning the room. She noticed an art piece in a picture frame. "The da Vinci sketch is legit. The painting's a copy. Real one's at the National Gallery in London"

Elena moved to the next object. 

"Roman vase", Elena said and scoffed, turning to Jillian. "Valuable, but you are not gonna retire off of them"

Jillian chuckled. Elena moved to the next one. It was a piece of paper with Greek letters.

"This Greek curse tablet, it would be expensive, but it's a fake", Elena said. 

"How can you tell?", Jillian asked.

"See the spelling?", Elena asked. "Roman. Doesn't even show up in that era"

Jillian chuckled. "Got it", she said and sighed, turning to the officers. "Officers, I figured it out. So...uh", she lied as she stood next to one of the officers and pointed at the da Vinci panting. "The da Vinci, that is real"

Elena rolled her eyes. An old man opened a box, taking out a small structure of a brown bird. Elena seemed interested in it. The man set the bird on a cart.

"Hmm. Now, where did you come from?", Elena asked herself. She picked up the bird and looked at it curiously. There wasn't any ancient letters or any clues, just a weird shape on the chest.

 There wasn't any ancient letters or any clues, just a weird shape on the chest

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Under it were some swirls and lines, like a strange language. There was a quiet growl but Elena didn't seem to hear it. 

"What are you?", Elena whispered.

"It's pretty neat, right?", Jillian asked and chuckled. 

"Yes", Elena answered, setting the bird down on the cart. "Where is it from?"

"They just discovered it in Sudan", Jillian answered. "The boys say it's Horus, fifth millennia BC, Nubian?"

"This symbol is definitely not hieroglyphic", Elena said. 

"Well, if it's as exotic as it looks, I'm gonna get a feature in Minerva", Jillian said as the old man took the cart away. Jillian started walking away.

"Uh, Jillian", Elena called as she walked up to her. But Jillian had entered her office already, the door closing on Elena's face. 

"Ok, team. Let's do it!", Jillian said cheerfully. Elena's eyes landed on the bird again. She took out a marker and started to draw the symbols on her palm. 


A phone rung. The PA chimed. Noah, Kris, and Eclipse were sitting near the wall.

"Ok, what are the rules?", Noah asked Kris and started to write something on a paper. 

"Bros before hos", Kris answered. Noah stopped writing and slowly looked at Kris. "'Don't be a problem. Don't go looking for a problem'"

"Or else we're gonna-"

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