((Collab post between BioHazard and Letter Bee))

It felt just like any other day. Silas was working at his small firm, just looking through some papers of several delivery jobs. After the death of Raj he managed to get the company alive, and hired several people he trusted. As he was in his office, a small orb of dark energy appeared in front of him. Silas was confused as he never had seen a floating orb, or at least not in a very long time. The orb contained a message:

[i]“Hello, My name is Enrico Hernandez. I am the head security officer for the Mafia of New York City, and, should you choose to accept my offer, your current employer. I’m offering you fifteen million dollars each, to find Akira Kariya, Elizabeth Cortes, Anya Tarnova, and Ken Saddler, and interrogate them. Why, you ask? Because one of them has a MMO that can kill those inside the game if they die. We don’t know which has it, but all four will be at the E3 gaming convention here. When you have tracked them down, you will split up, and interrogate each of them. Use torture if you must, but find the one with the game, and then kill them. Afterwards I want you all to meet in at the Statue of Liberty where I will be waiting with your rest of your payments. You will receive a third in a specialized bank account upon accepting the mission. 
If you accept this mission, and fail, you will not be payed, or hired by the mafia ever again. 

If you accept this mission, please press the blue patch on this orb, and then proceed to Carmelo’s Coffee shop by midnight tonight. Have a good evening”.[/i]

Shortly afterwards the orb disappeared. Fifteen million dollars.... each. That kind of money would really help his company. They could get better vehicles, more import and thus also more export. Declining this offer was something only a fool would do. And knowing it was the Mafia, he knew that he would get the money. Thinking about the subject, could he trust this person? He could very well be working with his father... but Silas decided to accept the job nonetheless. He then thought about the mission itself. The MMO sounded very [i]very[/i] similar to [i]Sword Art Online[/i], seems like people don't have much creativity nowadays.

Silas headed out of his office and went to his second in command, Mike. "Mike, I need you to be in charge for the company for some time. I just got a very important job which could help the company, as the reward is 15 mill." Silas said.

Mike's eyes widened. "That's awesome! Why are you still here? Go there!" Mike said.

"Haha, I will. But the meeting is at midnight, so I'll be going in a few hours."

[b]A few hours later[/b]

Silas walked into one of the many alleys in New York. He looked around until he saw a sign: [i]Carmelo's Coffee[/i]. "This must be the place." Silas mumbled to himself. He proceeded to walk and entered the shop. He didn't really know this Enrico guy, as Silas never really got involved with the Mafia's business when he was still there. So he decided to take a seat at the table in the far corner. He grabbed his cellphone and played a bit with it until someone would approach him.

But then, time stopped; obviously the work of Magic. With his magical senses, Silas can detect that Timespace was being used, as well as one other School (with his Law Magic, Silas can sense all Magic, but [i]not[/i] what School they are unless it was a School that he had). It seems that someone had come to interrupt his talk with Enrico. No, two someones, a tall, green-eyed man wearing formal clothing, and a kid in a T-Shirt and jeans; both had Timespace, Forces, and Law, while the man had six other unknown Schools (the boy, meanwhile, just had one).

Nevertheless, the point was that Silas was in a time-stop, cast by two powerful Magi who knew what was up. The formally-dressed man was the first to speak:

"Ever since the tragedy that befell you, we have been watching, waiting to make our own offers. However, it seems that the enemy was trying to get to you first, forcing us to hurry up." The man then sighed. "Anyway, I have an introduction to make: My name is Heinz Harper, head of the Agency, and I can help you find who you are looking for...as well as double the offer made to you by the dark orb."

"Yes, we've been spying on you," Heinz said curtly, to the disapproval of the boy beside him. "Deal with it."

Once the time stopped, Silas looked around suspicious and put his cellphone away. A formally-dressed man, who introduced himself as Heinz Harper told him some interesting things. Some of which Silas wasn't exactly glad about. "So you're saying that I must now go along with people who have been spying on me since..." Silas didn't finish the sentence because of several reasons.

"I don't know..." Silas pauzed and let out a sigh. "I'll do it because I had some suspisions of this Enrico dude, I never trust the Mafia, but I was willing to fight him. But this will do too, especially with the 30 million dollar reward." he said. "So tell me watcha want me to do." he said with a bit of a monotone voice.

Heinz smiled, and continued:

"First, we want you to go along with what Enrico wants...but only to collect as much information on the Mafia and your...compatriots as possible. We also want you to give our own Agents a bit of a challenge; they sort of need the practice. However," he then patted the boy's shoulder, "once my nephew, Ascot, makes his apperance, I want you to turn on the other Mafia hirelings in as quick and devestating fashion as you can. Considering that Enrico gives advance payments, this is the option that allows you to maximize profits."

Similar to Heinz, a smile appeared on Silas' face too. "I have no problems turning my back on the Mafia, trust me, I've done that before. How will I know who your nephew is?"

Another smile. "Oh, don't worry; Ascot here knows how to make a...[i]spectacular[/i] apperance."

"Then I guess we have a deal." Silas said and held his hand out to seal the deal.

Heinz responded with a handshake. "That we do," he spoke as he magically bound the deal with Fate and Law; now, if either one of them broke the deal, they would suffer horrible luck for the rest of their lives.

"Cool. Then I'll see you around." Silas said after they sealed the magical deal.