Somewhere to Belong

Tapes of the Past Pt. 1

[A/N: For writing's sake I'm only going to write out a few of these just so you get a jist of how it used to be before everything went downhill...then again...It was already like that for them...Enjoy!]

It was touch and go for a little bit before the three made it back to her loft in one piece, placing Cross lightly on the ledge Harper held onto Abel for support as Cross unlocked the door and ushered them inside. Sighing in contentment the three angels stood outside her door for only a moment before the click of the lock sounded and then three walked inside.

"Make yourselves comfortable, I'll be right back I need to summon someone." Walking a little further into her loft, Harper pulled out the silver coin with Mateo's emblem on it and gently tossed it on the floor. Waiting for only a moment, Harper watched as grey smoke came up from the floor as the infamous info broker appeared. Since it was mid-afternoon he still had his solar mask on, his eye alight with curiosity as he smiled and bowed in greeting.

"Good afternoon Miss Harper, so nice to see you again." Taking her hand he gently placed a light kiss upon it before retreating back to his starting position.

"Mateo?! What are you doing here?" Abel asked as he walked into the room, Harper sighed dropping her head a little before turning around to answer him.

"He's here because I summoned him. I thought that since he was going to talk to me about what happened at the studio that it would be in his best interest to watch the tapes we found." She paused running a hand through her hair as she unknowingly showed her blind eye before walking into the other room with the ever curious Mateo following close behind.

"Speaking of the tapes, I'll be right back." Watching with narrowed eyes Abel left the little loft just as Bendy and Johnathan came walking down the hall.

"Abel where are you going?" Johnathan asked straightening his lapel as they greeted one another just outside the door.

"I'm going to grab the tapes, Bendy you did put them in my loft right?" Abel asked a little on edge, Bendy cocked a brow nodding.

"Yea...what's up with you pally? You seem more tense then usual." Abel sighed annoyed as he rubbed his eyes.

"Mateo is here, and you know how I feel about him." Sighing Johnathan shook his head.

"You're going to need to deal with it while he's here. He's trying to help us out and the more information he has about what happened to them the better. Go get the tapes and we'll see you in a few minutes." Nodding his head Abel waved goodbye before disappearing upstairs. As the light click of the door sounded through the loft, Mateo and Harper talked while Cross just sat and listened.

"So these tapes you want to show me, they're from your time at the studio?" Mateo asked as he scribbled down little bits of information in his notebook. She nodded.

"They're not going to be pretty but I figured the more information you had the better."

"That's a great idea Harper. Hello Mateo, it's nice to see you again."

"As I you, Johnathan. Shall we get started?" Mateo smiled, his grin a little unnerving for Cross and Bendy but they ignored the feeling when Abel returned minutes later with the tapes in hand.

"Harper are you positive you want to watch these? I mean you lived through this, you might not want to have these memories back." Sighing the little angel looked at him with a stern look on her face.

"As much as I don't like bringing up past memories it'll bring more light to the situation at hand. Plus what happened then isn't going to change how I see things now and the sooner I watch them and see what's been going on behind the scenes the better." Standing up she walked over without saying another word as she gingerly yet firmly took the box out of his hands and walked over to her TV set and video player she picked out a few that would give Mateo the information he needed to assess the situation.