"Do we have any new information on the curly-haired hispanic?" The Leader asks. Elaine walks over to the board.
"Well, we know he works at the Downtown Sub Shop. We know it's a male." Elaine emphasises, glaring down at the Leader. "We know he lives in the Orange Grove Apartments uptown. We know he works a regular 9-5 work schedule, and prefers pistachio ice cream to butterscotch."
"How do you know the last one?" A henchman asks, speaking up from behind the Leader. Elaine and the Leader both turn to glare at him.
"Because we saw him at the supermarket deliberating between the two. However, that fact hardly matters, and you shouldn't have said anything about it." Elaine elaborates.
"Barbara, will you take care of Christian here? I'm afraid he's no good for this position... maybe a position working down by the furnaces would be preferable?" The Leader says, turning to Barbara. Barbara gulps.
"Yes, sir. Perhaps tending the flames?" She answers nervously.
"Perfect! As always, you can practically read my mind." The Leader quips. Barbara grabs the henchman and pulls him out of the room. The Leader then turns back to Elaine. "Anything else?"
"He and the Claws girl seem to be very close. There's footage from the security camera at the store across the street that shows them leaving the apartment building together, so we know they both live in that building." Elaine reports. "From the camera across the street, we actually ran his image through a police facial recognition application that we hacked a few weeks ago, and though he didn't show up in the police database, the application did locate him on the internet. His twitter account is here," Elaine says, holding out a slip of paper with typed letters, "And he also showed up on an amatuer detective's blog, with a caption that contained his name."
"Is that the web address on the back?" The Leader inquires.
"Yes, it is." Elaine answers. "And the man's name is Adrian."
"Last name?"
"Last name still unknown, but we're working on hacking the employee database where he works. In two days, we'll know everything." Elaine smiles devilishly. Barbara slips back into the room behind the Leader. The Leader, for the first time in years, starts to laugh.
A chill runs down Barbara's spine.
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Adventure"'Well, Adrian?' I ask. 'You ready?' 'Sure. Hop on over.' He replies. I jump over the counter, and Adrian catches me before I hit the floor. I swat his nose and he lets go, dropping me onto the hard tile floor. I glare up at him, annoyed. He l...
