Chapter Nine
"Well that was interesting." Mana commented when her, Percival, and Theseus finally made it back to their office.
"Do you think he will be a problem?" Percival asked.
"I don't think so." Mana shrugged. "Honestly he's probably more of a nuisance than anything. I don't see him causing any problems for us."
"Unless he tells Newt about the mobs." Theseus said darkly.
"Would that really be so bad?" Mana sighed. She respected, well respected might have been a strong word, but she knew that Theseus was an adult and could make decisions for himself. At the same time though she was getting tired of his choice to not tell Newt about what he really did. She didn't expect him to tell Newt all of the nitty gritty details, she would probably wring his neck if he did that, but at the same time at least she had told Padmé and Anakin what she did for a living.
Granted, in that case she did wait a while to tell them since Anakin and Padmé had literally just escaped from a cult all while Padmé was in labor. And then just when they thought it was all over Anakin had to pull over just outside of town because Luke and Leia couldn't wait to be born any longer. So because Mana didn't want to scare them off she waited until they had settled in to tell them the truth. And yes, after she told them Mana had to work hard to regain that trust that she had broken with her secret. In the end they forgave Mana and the three of them had been happy together and trying to raise Luke and Leia as best they could.
Mana knew that part of the reason why Theseus was so reluctant to tell Newt the truth was because he had been lying to him for so long that if he did tell Newt the truth it would ruin their relationship forever. Of course Percival being in the mix complicated things a little bit. Or a whole lot, depending on the person being asked. But at the same time it was Theseus that first started lying to Newt and when Percival started dating Newt Theseus dragged him into the lie as well.
"Yes! It would destroy everything!" Theseus exclaimed frantically.
"You're overreacting." Mana rolled her eyes. "Everything will be fine."
"I have to agree with Mana on that one. I'm pretty sure the mob will survive even if you tell Newt about us." Percival pointed out.
"That's not what I was talking about." Theseus retorted.
"Then what were you talking about?" Mana sighed.
"Newt! I'm talking about Newt! He is too good, if he finds out it will destroy him and he won't be the same ever again." Theseus cried dramatically.
"You're being over dramatic." Mana rolled her eyes. "Newt is an adult, he'll be fine."
"I think I am being the right amount of dramatic." Theseus protested.
"No one who has ever said that had been the correct amount of dramatic." Mana snorted.
"Lies and slander." Theseus declared.
"Anyway," Mana said, ignoring Theseus. "Since we narrowed down the list as much as we could before we met Newt, the only thing left to do is dig for as much information as we can find on everyone left."
"There has to be at least 100 people on this list." Theseus said.
"It's actually 107." Percival replied.
"Oh, sorry, my bad." Theseus said sarcastically.
"Boys." Mana said warningly.
Almost immediately Theseus and Percival grew silent. And after a moment the three of them discussed how they were going to split up the list. Eventually they just decided to split it up into thirds, as equally as they could. And then once they each had a section of the list they turned to their computers and settled in for a long night of research.