Lexi stared at the documents laid out before her, in her right hand she spun a pen around and around. Frowning she picked up the nearest paper and glared at the words, willing something to pop out at her, but to no avail.
How long had she been reading and rereading? From the thick rays of sunlight that were already beginning to shine over the horizon, it had been far longer than she had anticipated. Still, she couldn’t stop just yet. There was something there.
Something she was missing.
A sudden glow from her desk drew her attention. Leaning over she snagged the phoenix stone off the table, holding it lightly in her palm.
“Hello?”
“Hey Captain, how goes the job?” Romeo’s voice echoed in her head, too loud for the early hour.
“It goes.” Lexi leaned back and rested against the fr
