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Alex looked at her for a second, then he took out his cigarrete and stamped it out. A red mark was starting form on his face. "Fisrt off, you shall call me Agent Stratus. Second, no, I wouldn't like peoiple to call my mother a broad, but you're not my mother, are you?" He stood up straight, his hands by his side, fist clenched. "Thirdly, if you think that was some sort of display to try and gain control, well it didn't work. I'm the Alpha Wolf here. You....." he paused and the quickly grabbed the girl's arm and twisted it behind her back, at the same time pulling his gun on her, and pointing at her head. CLICK. "You are dead." He released her and put his gun away. "You are nothing more than a thief who deserves time behind bars to think about what she has done. I'm all about second chances, but you haven't earned yours in my eyes." He pulled out another cigarrete and the lighter. He quickly lit it and put the lighter away, so that Lori wouldn't see that it was pure silver and very precious to him.

Shadow took a drag on his cigarette. He looked down at Lori, and saw the tears. He felt a sudden pang of guilt. He had lost his temper. Being in a room full of criminals, especially on the anniversary of his father's death, had made him tense. That's why he had been late. He had been visiting his father's grave. When she had slapped him, he had lost it. I'm sorry Father. I let you down. He sighed. I'll make it up to her later. She didn't deserve that. He left her alone, because he figured trying to help her now would only make things worse.

After taking a few moments to regain what was left of her sense of humanity, Lori took out a handkerchief from her pocket and dabbed at her eyes. The cloth had J.S. embroidered in fancy scrip on it, but she used it as she didn't seem to mind. Once she was sure she didn't have eyeliner smeared all over her face she stood up and walked over to stand near the door. The girl didn't want to have Alex as her Agent. He was violent, and mean. He let his temper get the better of him, and he wasn't afraid to get out the gun, no matter the situation. All of which scared her. And she didn't want to be left alone with that man. Silently she made her way over to where lily was sitting and stood right behind her, putting her hands gently on the girl's shoulders. Lori bend down and whispered in her ear.
"He's evil... He said he's going to kill me..."
She wrapped her arms around the girl's shoulders very softly then let go and stood up. When she had been down there she let Chris's cuff links drop into Lilly's lap.

James jumped up when Alex attacked Lori. "Hey!" he shouted before Chris told them to calm down. His hand had instantly grabbed his handgun, and he had been about to draw it. Unlike Alex's, his was loaded.
The situation defused, and he sat down, then accepted Chris' answer.

He looked over at Kelsey, then grinned. "Good thing we're working together, then. You'll actually be a lot of help to the NSA, Miss Benz." James said. "We don't know everything, and you're going to help...we will in turn help the FBI, of course." he said quickly, so Chris wouldn't berate him.

Kelsey turned her head to look at James when he started talking. Listening, she smiled slightly and replied, "Well doesn't that sound like fun. I'm totally in. Beats sitting in a cell all day. And please. Call me Kelsey. Miss Benz makes me sound like a... respectable.. figure." She drew out the last few words a bit, a grin lighting her face after she said it. "At least I'm stuck with someone who looks like they actually use the thing in between our ears." she said as she faced forward again, stifling a yawn. Her eyes slid over the exchange between Lily and Lora, thinking something must have happened between them.

"Thanks love."
Lora patted the young woman's shoulder and took a seat next to her. Lilliana would take care of this, she was the smartest person that Lori knew, and only person she could be sure was on her side. No one else had any reason to look out for her. It was odd, the relationship the two convicted felions had sculpted, but it was also a work of art.
"Hey, Chris. Are pets allowed in the house? Can I have a cat?"
Lori looked up at Chris and rubbed her wrist, a little smile on her face. Her red lips made her teeth look paper white and she seemed fully recovered from the violence she was subjected to only minutes before.

"No cats..." Chris replied to Lori as he walked out after Alex and stood right in front of him. "What the hell is your problem. I do realize that she slapped you but you should know better than to draw a gun! Come on Alex. Where is your common sense? Now because of this I can't trust you. You can come back in when your calmer." He walked back inside. "Does anyone else have any major problems they would like to discuss? If not...Angela I'm going to need Lily's folder. I'm going to assign Lora to you instead." He walked over to where Alex had Lora's folder and picked it up and took it over to Angela where he took Lil's folder. He looked over at Lily who looked as if she was planning something. "I'm not sure that I can trust you Lily...But I'm not taking responsibilty of you so I have no choice. You'll be with Alex from now on. Just don't do anything stupid." He walked over and put Lily's folder down where Lori's had been. "Any more questions?"

"W-Wait! Wait wait! No. I don't want Ann-gy here I'd rather have Alex than her.. She's even more up tight than Mr Guns. Please don't do this Chris!"
Lora stepped away from the table and approached the man a disappointed look on her young face.
"I promise to behave, I'll do better. You won't hear any complaints about me at all."
Lori slipped her arm around the man's and threaded her fingers between his. Her hands were always a little chilly but his were big and warm. She gave the smallest pleading look at Chris and prayed that he wouldn't saddle her with that woman.