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Sami nodded.

"Okay!" She called back softly, turning back to look out from the door.

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Kanu clucked her tongue, turning the lab top to face her once more as she scrolled through the mafia's database, Morto having hacked in easily and without alerting any mafia or police members before he had left to start on the prototypes.

"Age: Nineteen. Height: 5'6''. Connection to the Mafia: Her father's a close friend of the Don. Talents: Can dismantle and reassemble any sort of vehicle with her eyes closed. Quirks: Hates the mafia, finished high school at seventeen, can paint something incredible, and has a small stuffed teddy bear named Bo," she named off the information with a monotonous tone, life entering her voice only during the last tidbit of information, raising her eyes to give Bubba a wry smirk. "What do ya think?"

Bubba's sadistic expression faltered at the mention of a teddy bear. But only briefly.

"I think... that's fine. I would need... a list of where she goes. House address, work address, though everything else I can find out for myself. Is there a particular time frame?"

Bubba idly cleaned blood stains off of his fingers - to find that, queerly, some stains refused to lift, even with a wet rag.

The silence was unbearable. Beans finally leaned over and switched on the CD player. Jason Mraz came on, singing I'm Yours.

Claire reached over and clenched Beans' hand, but her gaze was still facing the window.

"I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks"

Beans felt his heart weaken. The song was a love song - but sad in the context. Claire's grip tightened, not painful but warm. Silence ensued between them, with only the crooning lyrics breaking it.

"And it's our God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love loved,"

Beans finally pulled over, about three fifths of the way to the airport, and just held Claire. She held him back. No words needed to be said.

"I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed."

Beans reached over and turned the CD player off. He needed no sad songs, not anymore.

((I'm Yours really is a good song. I listened to it while reading the lyrics... a really good meaning. ^^ ))

"Just shut up and pass out so I don't have to kill you!" Anthony barked, "I really don't want to, but I will if it saves the Family".

((lol sooooomebody's a potty mouth. rofl ))

((*claps*))

Kanu raised an eyebrow at Bubba's pause. She knew full well his minor, hidden obsession with teddy bears.

"If you feel as if you cannot preform up to par given this mission, feel free to say so, my dear," she stated simply. "I will understand completely and get Lance to take up the job."

Lance was the rugged, snide third-in-command at Hellz Reign. He had made it clear weeks ago that he had wanted to take Bubba's place at Kanu's side, and it was only through the woman's iron law that kept the other man's throat out of Bubba's fist. Lance was indispensable in the fact that he knew everyone worth knowing, and both Kanu and Bubba knew that.

They both also knew that Lance would jump at the chance to show Bubba up.

Kanu nodded.

"Good," she replied simply, handing him a phone of Morto's own design - he called it Haze, after Kanu's favorite pet. "All of the girl's information is there. You remember that large estate that was home to a mafia party that I had you stake out? That's HER house. Other places include the auto shop where she works, the local cafe, the mafia's home base, and your friendly neighborhood ammunition surplus store." She rolled her eyes. "She seems like quite the annoying character."