The Magical Reclamation Agency

The Agency

*BEEP BEEP BEEP

Akane slowly opened her eyes and reached over to her alarm clock and turned it off stepping out of bed, her feat touching the cold hard ground sending shivers through her body.

"Brrrrrr"

She went on with her morning routine, as she made a cup of coffee although it never seemed to wake her up like she had expected.

She let out a deep sigh as she opened her wardrobe,  put on her uniform and left the house listlessly heading towards the train station. Before long she arrived at the headquarters, walking through the white doors which had collected so much dust they no longer looked white, and instead appeared a rusty grey.

As she stepped into the surprisingly quiet office floor she was almost immediately greeted by Tanaka, who seemed to have an air of both intrigue and excitement around him. From his back pocket he pulled out a sheet, from it he read out the details of a new case concerning a supposed magic item seller.

"You don't even give me a chance to sit down do you tanaka?"

With a slight grin, she grabbed her coat from the back of the chair and headed to the car, the same awkwardness that Akane experienced on most of the journeys  seemed to lift as Tanaka stepped into the car and started the ignition and began to drive. 

Both of the agents were clearly excited as they headed to downtown Shibuya, their first destination. They were quick to act, heading straight to their target location and politely knocking on the door. After a long period of silence, the all to familiar sound of an activating artifact escaped the apartment finally giving Tanaka a reason to enter, however he was still too late. As he stepped in, he saw what appeared to be a portal close as the last of the artifact collectors stepped through, the artifact evaporating as it did so. 

Akane followed in close behind Tanaka, a disappointing frown taking the place of the enthusiastic grin she once possessed. 

"Sorry Rookie, they got away using portal magic at that... they're not going to be easy to track, but we'll find them just give it time." He said in a mellow tone.

However, before she was able to respond an ear piercing  noise rang throughout the traditional apartment as a magical flare tore through the doorway before igniting and taking the remaining artifacts with it. The two were swift to leave, Akane looking back to see if any of the artifacts could have been unaffected, but her dismay all of them had been engulfed by the spell. 

Both Akane and Tanaka gasped for breath as they reached a safe distance from the already dispersing spell, when Tanaka let out a deep sigh...

"Those weren't the magical collectors we were after, that looked like another agency the best thing to do now is report back to HQ... lets go"

Akane sighed but followed behind getting in the car and relaxing in Tanaka's warmed leather seats.

To be continued...