Sarah was back at S.P.E.A.R. with Aoloa in her office, the trip to see both of her moms had encouraged her a little more. Aoloa was a little surprised when Sarah came back looking pretty reinvigorated, but welcomed her back with a hug nonetheless. They were going over the backups they had of Jacob's diaries at the moment. It had been unfortunate that Nina Moreland and the Archbishop had taken the Moreland files with them, the backup files were good, but limited. Sarah wished that Jacob Moreland could have had one good last surprise waiting for her to show up. Though she never told him it in person, she did consider Jacob Moreland to be a friend.
"Director McMillan!" Hailey Meyers shouted as she suddenly burst into Sarah's office as Anna and Greg held her back. Aoloa and Sarah were surprised by Hailey's unexpected appearance but looked as if they couldn't give her the time of day.
"Agent Meyers, I'm a little busy if you don't mind. I'm trying to work with what little info I have thanks to Nina Moreland. Now I believe you have an assignment if I'm not wrong, so please get out of my office." Sarah said as she shook her head without looking up from her desk as Anna and Greg tried to pull her out the door.
"I copied a lot of Jacob Moreland's files!" Hailey finally shouted. Aoloa and Sarah both immediately stood up. "Let her go, now." Sarah demanded as Anna and Greg did as she said and let Hailey who straightened her outfit as soon as the two let her go and she proceeded into the office as she put down a large file in front of them.
Sarah and Aoloa looked over the files and were surprised to see information they hadn't seen since Nina's extraction. There were several notes on the different species, races, lords, and ladies of royalty in the supernatural realms. The two women were flabbergasted to say the very least.
"Hailey, how....when.....where did you get all this?" Aoloa asked surprised.
"It was when Jacob Moreland was warming up to me after I joined." Hailey said holding back a few tears recalling how kind he had become to Hailey after some time. "He said I should learn as much as I could about the supernatural world. So he let me read his files. I naturally felt honored to be looking over what all he had. What he didn't know was that I decided to write a lot of it down. I have at least three months worth of information from those files. You can read them yourself, they're pretty accurate." Hailey said proudly.
"What brought this on?" Sarah asked as she looked up from the files.
"It was what that Archbishop jerk said: 'vampires have no rights'. I was right in the room when he said that and I have every right to be here just like anybody else. Maybe that asshole doesn't believe in me, but Jacob Moreland believed in me. He didn't just see me as a vampire, he saw me as a person and I'm going to honor his legacy and be the best damn agent I can be here, ma'am." Hailey said determinedly remembering to finish her sentence formally.
"Well said Agent Meyers and congratulations, you just earned yourself a promotion." Director McMillan said as Hailey nodded and thanked Director McMillan before stepping out of the office hiding a smile from their faces.
"These notes are very detailed," Aoloa observed. "She was very thorough in copying those files."
"She is indeed. Glad to know Jacob Moreland left quite the impact on her. Maybe one day she'll be running this place." Sarah said offhandedly. Aoloa didn't know whether to take that as a joke or if Sarah was serious. She decided to say nothing and let herself and Sarah deal with the new information from Agent Meyers.
Anna and Greg were nearby at their desks as Hailey exited the director's office.
"Good work on those files Meyers. Hey, about the Moreland attack, do you think that Lancelot guy could've been behind it?" Greg asked.
Hailey shook his head at that very idea.
"What? No way, he's too noble for that and he'd never want to betray the people who brought him in. He's also way too nice a guy to do that to anyone, even if it was through someone else." Hailey said.
"Hmmm, sounds like you've got the hots for this guy." Anna teased.
"Shut up." Hailey said as she went off to the training room to take her mind of things. While she wouldn't admit it, she was thinking about Lancelot from time to time and wondered when their next encounter would be.