Several days later, at the Riot Force, something unusual was happening...
'How did this happen?' Teana asked herself as she sat in front of a man that looked at her with contempt.
"You do realize that you have no rights in these proceedings, correct?" Teana nodded slowly as he looked at the recorder that was on the table. "And failure to answer any question will lead to automatic assumption of guilt and the likelihood of you being thrown out of the Bureau in shame."
"Yes." Teana's normally strong voice was weak sounding, even to her.
"Good, now that the niceties are taken care of..."
'Niceties? You practically tore me and Subaru away from breakfast to have this meeting.' Teana mentally railed, she couldn't believe that she was the subject of an internal affairs investigation. She had heard about them in the past, but to actually be a part of one?
It wasn't fun.
"During the last mission that you and Private Nakajima were part of," the man called up a small screen and Teana saw Sein pop through the floor to break her ankle before slamming Subaru into the train and taking off through the air, "your old roommate, this Sein person, appeared, shortly after two others appeared and managed to badly injure two of the Bureau's strongest magic users. She attacked two of her former roommates before grabbing the Lost Logia, which you were supposed to secure, and then managed to escape in the confusion."
"That's right." Teana said, gulping as the screen turned off and the man leaned in to glare at her.
"And how is that possible?! That was a top secret mission."
"I... I don't know." Teana shook her head and really wished that she had Sein's ability to phase through matter. If only she learned some sort of movement magic, but then remembered that these rooms were specifically designed to shut magic use down, so even if she knew movement magic, it would be useless.
"I think you gave her the information."
"What?" Teana looked at him in shock. "Why would I do that?! I don't know where she is now. And I just..."
"Enough with your lies." The man snorted and another screen popped up, this one showing a younger Teana and Subaru, though not by much, eating lunch with Sein. "It was a well-known fact that you and Nakajima were her roommates."
"Well, yeah, we were roommates, but she disappeared before we graduated and we haven't heard anything from her."
"Really?" The man leaned in as the screen turned off, and for some reason, Teana felt really small as he looked at her. "Missy, you do realize that I have authority to, if I feel like it, lock you up until I get enough evidence to work a case against you, and unlike most people I investigate, you don't have any ties, you're just a grunt, no one special." He smirked at her and leaned back. "You really only got into this group because of your partner, and she only got here because of her mother, neither of you two are worth anything other than a body."
"That's..."
He snorted and narrowed his eyes at her. "Enough of that, tell me about her, this Sein."
"Well..." Teana trailed off as she tried to remember what Sein was like in the academy.
*Flash...*
"Gah!" Teana's pupils shrank as she felt a familiar set of hands on her breasts. "Sein! Knock it off!" She spun around, grabbed her towel and turned it into a make-shift whip, snapping it at Sein, who jumped away at it connected with her butt. As the girl howled, Teana rolled her eyes. "I didn't hit you that hard, shee!" It was bad enough that she had to share a shower with so many people, but between Subaru and Sein, her breasts and ass were incredibly sore from all the groping that the two of them did.
"Ne, Tea," Subaru said as she washed her body down next to the carrot-top, "we're supposed to have some time off after this, wanna head into town?"
"Not really." Teana, her face in a frown and her eyes closed, said as she washed her hair, only to growl as she felt a pair of hands on her ass again. "Subaru, if that's you..."
"Me again." Sein giggled as she let go of Teana's butt-cheeks and plopped down next to her. "So, time off? There's that neat amusement park that opened up in town and I wanted to..."
"I'm not interested." Teana frowned while keeping her eyes closed and scrubbing her hair.
"Pleeaaaase!?" Sein went to her knees and started begging Teana to come with. "It won't be as much fun without you."
"No." Teana twitched irritably.
"Come on, Tea!" Subaru grinned at her. "Think about how much fun we'll have! Rollercoasters, Ferris wheels, the games, the food, OOOH!" Subaru's eyes sparkled at that thought.
"Not interested, besides, that stuff's for kids, what," Teana yelped as she was pulled down to her butt and was forced to sit on the floor.
Straddling her naked friend, Subaru pouted. "Come on, Tea, we're not officially part of the Bureau yet..."
"Besides," Sein grinned at Teana, "all work and no play makes Teana a dull friend. If all you do is work, work, work, you'll have no energy for fun. Then you start to get fat and people think that you're lazy, even if you're a hard worker, you just don't have time, energy or any reason to do anything besides drop in front of your computer and television and shut your mind off."
Teana blinked a few times as the water washed the soap out of her hair. "...That is... Uh..."
"So, come on! Live a little!" Sein grinned at Teana as she and Subaru leaned in, both smiling brightly.
"Alright, alright! Fine! I'll go with you two." Teana's face flushed as she admitted that and yelped as Subaru and Sein cheered and hugged her tightly. "GAH! Come on you two, knock it off!"
*End Flashback*
"So, she was your friend, huh?"
"Well, yeah..." Teana twitched slightly at the accusing look in his eyes. "Even so, I never would betray my comrades like that!"
He laughed and Teana frowned at him. "What's so funny?!"
"That you think we're done." He grinned at her. "We're not going to be done until I find out the truth, and if you're wondering what truth that is, the truth of how she managed to find out about the mission in time to interfere with it."
"I swear, I don't know!" Teana paled as the man walked around the table and stood over her, forcing her to lean back. "I don't!"
"We'll see," was all that the man said to her.
Hours later Teana was finally allowed to leave the room, tears falling down her face as the man looked at her while she left. "Don't forget, Lanster, that you're going to be on desk duty, and no device, until I get this sorted out." The girl nodded, still trying to hide her tears.
The man shook his head and turned around, blinking as a screen in the room turned on. "...Colonel Yagami."
"I don't appreciate it when Internal Affairs thinks that my people are corrupt or are the reason that a mission went bad." The man blinked as the small, brown-haired woman seemed to loom ominously on the screen. "But when you make them cry, that really angers me. I saw the whole thing, sir, I shall be giving you and your partner a complete write-up over the whole thing."
He smirked at her. "Too bad that's all you can do." That smirk on his face died when she grinned at him darkly.
"You should be thankful that I don't take after the woman who was basically my foster mother growing up. If I did, I would have blasted you all the way across Cranagan by now." He frowned at her and she chuckled at him. "Think about it, good sir, at most, I'd get a slap on the wrist, especially if all it did was land you in the hospital for awhile."
"...You wouldn't."
"You're right, I won't. Can't say the same about others though." With that, the screen turned off, leaving the man staring at the screen before turning around slowly and sighing as no one was there.
"You really wouldn't do that, would you?" Reinforce looked at Hayate, who shook her head.
"No, I wouldn't, but if he thinks I would, that's just as effective, I think."
"What about Lanster and Nakajima?" Reinforce looked at Hayate, who smiled softly.
"I think some R and R would be just perfect for everyone right now. Pretty stressful around here."
Reinforce just nodded and smiled, that was a good idea.
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