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Jurisdiction
"Yes, Maureen, I saw the article.
"I didn't think that was our jurisdiction. Local authorities already made the arrest, near as we can tell, all of the murders have occurred within the city limits. I mean, I guess you could make a case for the police commissioner, but doesn't the FBI have more pressing matters?
"Well, there's the Lincoln Park case. There's the thing with Elfleda invading and defacing government property. I'm even hearing rumblings of a mafia underground in the city -- who knows where that could lead.
"And what could we do? Can we really hold a Slayer, even a potentially unstable one?
"Well, if you don't mind me saying so, I think they have the wrong person.
"Yes, I know about her past; didn't even need to read the paper for it. Wolfram & Hart had this massive file on her. The L.A. branch signed her to a contract in 2000, offered her five figures for services rendered.
"The work? They wanted someone dead. Well, permanently dead; the target was a vampire.
"No, she never did. The vampire took her in and she later turned herself into police. Served three years before escaping.
"Well, according to the file, she returned to Sunnydale after a brief stint in L.A. and had a hand in the destruction of that town's Hellmouth. Sure, the rest of the town went with it, but I'm not sure she or anyone else really saw that part coming.
"No, when I last saw the file a few years back, she'd been clean since. Been all over the country, spending a lot of her time in Cleveland and Las Vegas. Nothing out of the ordinary, just being her usual Slayer self and occasionally saving the world in her own unique way.
"No, I don't put it past Wolfram & Hart to frame her. The firm is nothing if not vindictive; they're big on making those who cross them pay. Either the Senior Partners feel slighted that she never fulfilled her duties, or they're trying to get to her in order to get back at someone else.
"I can't, Maureen. I'm already working on three cases. Not really much we can do with the suspect already behind bars, anyway. I can give you a name, though -- nothing solid on this, just a guess, based on what I know of this person.
"Elise Shelby. Yeah, she's Wolfram & Hart. She'll probably tell you she doesn't know anything, but I'm almost willing to bet an entire month's salary she'd be lying.
"... I said 'almost', Maureen."
"Yes, Maureen, I saw the article.
"I didn't think that was our jurisdiction. Local authorities already made the arrest, near as we can tell, all of the murders have occurred within the city limits. I mean, I guess you could make a case for the police commissioner, but doesn't the FBI have more pressing matters?
"Well, there's the Lincoln Park case. There's the thing with Elfleda invading and defacing government property. I'm even hearing rumblings of a mafia underground in the city -- who knows where that could lead.
"And what could we do? Can we really hold a Slayer, even a potentially unstable one?
"Well, if you don't mind me saying so, I think they have the wrong person.
"Yes, I know about her past; didn't even need to read the paper for it. Wolfram & Hart had this massive file on her. The L.A. branch signed her to a contract in 2000, offered her five figures for services rendered.
"The work? They wanted someone dead. Well, permanently dead; the target was a vampire.
"No, she never did. The vampire took her in and she later turned herself into police. Served three years before escaping.
"Well, according to the file, she returned to Sunnydale after a brief stint in L.A. and had a hand in the destruction of that town's Hellmouth. Sure, the rest of the town went with it, but I'm not sure she or anyone else really saw that part coming.
"No, when I last saw the file a few years back, she'd been clean since. Been all over the country, spending a lot of her time in Cleveland and Las Vegas. Nothing out of the ordinary, just being her usual Slayer self and occasionally saving the world in her own unique way.
"No, I don't put it past Wolfram & Hart to frame her. The firm is nothing if not vindictive; they're big on making those who cross them pay. Either the Senior Partners feel slighted that she never fulfilled her duties, or they're trying to get to her in order to get back at someone else.
"I can't, Maureen. I'm already working on three cases. Not really much we can do with the suspect already behind bars, anyway. I can give you a name, though -- nothing solid on this, just a guess, based on what I know of this person.
"Elise Shelby. Yeah, she's Wolfram & Hart. She'll probably tell you she doesn't know anything, but I'm almost willing to bet an entire month's salary she'd be lying.
"... I said 'almost', Maureen."