And the hunt for the abducted kid continues. I'm in town long enough to check my messages, remember what my bed looks like, do laundry and repack. Keep holding down the fort, I'll keep checking in with you guys at least once a week. I'm off to Vancouver this time. These people are going to be broke and still not have their kid by the end of this but they want me to keep chasing leads so you know how it is. Odds that I end up in a Mexican prison by the end of this? It would be a great story, right? Yeeeah, that's what I think too. I'll try to stay out of any Canadian prisons while I'm up there.

We've got a friend of Charles' with his kids missing. Since he's part of the Xavier's extended family and they just went missing we need to get on it quickly.

Adrienne, you're going with Lucas to see if you two can find anyone still at Storm's offices who knows anything about Arthur Molekevic or who might have a grudge against Storm.

Callisto will come with me to see if there's anyone on the streets near the school where they disappeared who saw anything.

I do believe the half of the neighborhood - either who I spoke with or who heard me speaking to others - now believes there could be some sort of threat on District X. It was an unintended consequence, but not one I regret. Having them be cautious and looking out for one another is better than someone sneaking up on them while they aren't expecting it.

Anyhow, everyone on my list of locals is where they ought to be and safe. And now on their guard. I'm sure Warren told Walters to hole up but I reiterated it just in case he hadn't gotten there yet. Genoshans knowing about the X-Men means they could know about Warren in particular and Walters connects the X-men to us even if somehow they don't link us through me. Thom's going to ground with his lady until he hears from me again. I can't get in touch with Eamon but he's supposed to be on a job so Thom is going to check with people who he thinks might be in the area recently who may have seen him or be able to get a message to him. I refrained from telling him Laurie was taken. The last thing I need is for either of them to decide to assassinate as many government officials as possible. And then need rescuing as well.

What about you? Anna, meemaw, your half of our DX contacts and the rest of your people all okay?

Lucas, I need your connections to the PD. I have a client who hired me to get proof her husband was abusing her. The guy's a cop. She's scared without proof they won't arrest him or do anything about it. Hell, she's scared even with proof they won't. There is that habit of protecting their own, after all. I have audio and photographic proof. Obviously I can hand this over to the DA and let them press the charges but if the cops are working to cover shit up I'm sure they'll find a way to get my proof marked as inadmissible, at which point she has little to no proof. I'm hoping you have a connection somewhere who will make sure the dirtbag pays rather than gets saved because he's got a badge. If you do I can get you copies of all the photos and the audio to turn over to them, assuming I can talk her 'round to agreeing.

I slept all day because the strip club job is done with. I will be back in the office tomorrow. Also why do strippers love me so much? I may have given Bishop's number out to help deflect, actually...

Again. Yes.

I met with the parents of my missing girl turned dead girl Saturday so that's all wrapped up and we've been on the quiet side lately anyhow. I haven't seen what amounts to my family for about a year and while Eamon's in town the other half of my remaining "family" is on the other side of the Atlantic so I'm heading over there today. I should be back in a few weeks.

Bishop, I've reset the call forwarding to hit your cell instead of my apartment or cell while I'm gone.

Jean-Paul and Laura, please work out a schedule between you two to rotate coverage of the office with Bishop and make sure cases get doled out pretty evenly. (Which means you guys do not get to give Laurie all the paperwork to do for you either!)

If anything major happens hit me up and I'll grab a flight back ASAP. I've got my phone and my laptop and those stupid plug converters so they don't both die in a day and sit around uselessly.

Don't burn the place down. (no, really, I live under it and I don't want to be homeless when I get back)