Thread: Making Our Own Justice (Athene & Razgriz)

Selena Winter The debriefing was, as almost always, quick. Although he was a strict man, Jacobson was also very blunt and to-the-point. It made working with him that much easier for Selena, despite them having a habit of butting heads every now and again. His mannerisms and work ethic were but two of the major things that kept Selena from directly disobeying the man in any overly serious ways. She respected him - as well as the other cops and detectives - far too much to maintain her overly rebellious teenager streak. Mind you, that didn't mean it was completely gone. Just under much better control compared to her if she were ten years younger. After hearing the last of the instructions, the time to pair up arrived. This part seemed to have been taken care of already, because Selena didn't have to wait very long at all to figure out whom she'd be working with. It took her a few minutes. But while shaking the hand of the elder detective and hearing the surname, Selena soon remembered why he felt familiar. Simply put, he had been. Ahh, Detective Goodrich! It's been a while. Good to see you again. Her hand gently pulled away as the shake ended, quickly opening as the folder was handed over to her. When a person was given a file like that, there were certain unwritten rules that every detective had to follow. The first one ... was to read the contents. Thus, she was already scanning the photos and beginning to memorize the names and faces of each female. Her gaze only shifted up every few moments to ensure Selena didn't run into a pole and risk looking like a fool in front of her partner otherwise, her focus remained on the contents of the manila folder in her hands. Ten of them, huh? I'm assuming you've got a plan should we find more than two to three of them tonight? Because ... not all of them are gonna fit in this car. As dumb as that sounded, Selena had been unlucky enough in the past to be put with others who didn't take simple factors like that into consideration. As such, it was a habit and something she carefully checked on. Besides, always better safe than sorry. Honestly? she asked, putting her seat belt on after getting in the Crown, I'm ... a bit torn. It could have been as easy as a prostitution ring. But at least half of these girls are minors. There'd be no way their captors could get away with selling them to anyone, certainly not without taking a huge risk and causing the operation to become very ugly for them. I think ... that Mr. Jacobson is only partly correct. That could be a small part of why so many women have been taken away from their homes. But ... I feel there's something else going on. Even if, admittedly, some of these teens do look older, I highly doubt their abduction was an accident. They would already be dead or released, though not without having their memories tampered with or something being done to them. Selena had graduated from college with a minor in Psychology, her major favoring Criminal Justice. Anyone who didn't know could easily guess or assume her specialties simply from hearing her speak, as well as how she talked on matters like the ones at hand. That being said ... you're probably right. This very likely will be a very long night. I'm glad I got some caffeine in my system also.