Derek checked out the orb first.
[Portal Scanner]
Tier: 2
Note: Scans and discovers portals in a 20 mile radius (of the same tier or lower)
Tier 2 Ability: Can detect the portals color (If they are of a lower tier than the scanner)
[Skill Book]
Tier: 2
Skill: Invisibility
Note: Makes you invisible, must have at least a 2 in magic to learn. Consumes 1 stamina every minute.
Tier 2 identify note: Tier 1 skills are mostly basic attack skills like fireblast and sharp edge but tier 2 skills start to have the more utility type skills as well as those classics. (There are also skills to see invisibility in tier 2).
"Wow I'm 4 off from learning it, I guess I just need to find one more portal to get a few more cores. Good thing I got this portal scanner!"
Derek activated the portal scanner which gave him a mapping of all the surrounding portals and their color. There was a lot around so he started trying to look for them.
"This is more difficult than I thought, it tells me exactly where they are geographically but I don't know up or down or if it's hidden somewhere. It doesn't come with a map of the city so I'm just guessing, Oh! I'll try this!"
Derek took his backup phone out, got a map of the city and tried to figure out the distance, then sized the zoom in as close as he could. After a few minutes of work he was able to overlay the two and got a good idea where the portals were in relation to the city.
Then he took out his phone and went to the website the detective had told him about and looked to find where the police discovered portals and marked those off. He was able to find one at the edge of the scanners range but it was blue in color and the authorities hadn't found it yet so he quickly drove there.
Once he arrived at a rundown hotel he started looking around. This place was clearly one of those seedy hotels people sold drugs at but Derek didn't mind as long as he could find the portal. Besides, Derek was a big buff guy so not many people messed with him anyways, usually to his disappointment.
After looking around for awhile, it seemed to be in one of the rooms so he went back to the lobby to check out the room.
Unfortunately somebody had already checked it out for the night so Derek decided to find another way, not wanting him to discover the portal.
Derek knocked on the door but when it opened he got a barrel to his face.
"Yo who the fuck are you, you got 3 seconds to prove your not a cop before I bust a cap in your ass."
Derek saw he was alone so he decided to make a move, back when Derek wanted to join the military he practiced all sorts of hand to hand combat including disarming guns and knives. For someone who prides him self on his combat skills, it wouldn't be a challenge to take down a druggy wielding a gun the wrong way.
Derek swiped the gun, head butted the guy back, shoved him to the ground, put his foot down on the guy's throat and pointed the gun at his face. Derek closed the door softly behind him and released the guy so he could breathe, but never took the barrel off him.
"If I was a cop you would already be arrested so why don't you get up and sit on the bed first."
"Who are? I work for the bloods they'll kill you if they know about this."
"Are you saying I should silence you?"
"… They will know regardless, I won't tell them if you just leave right now."
"Your not really smart are you? I'm just looking for something then I'll get out of your hair."
"Hey don't go back there!"
Going towards the bathroom Derek made a discovery, a very horrifying one. In the tub of the bathroom was a dead hooker.
"Yo what the fuck is this?"
"Uh look she was here when I got here, someone was trying to set me up that's why I was scared you were a cop!"
'Fuck what am I supposed to do now??'
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
*Whispering*
"Shit who is it?"
*Whispering*
"I don't know I wasn't expecting anybody."
"YO GEREMY I KNOW YOUR IN THERE COME OUT OR I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU."
'Well it's not the cops at least.'
*Whispering*
"Recognize him now?"
*Whispering*
"Shit you gotta help me, just tell him I'm not here, I'll give you everything I have, I got 10 ounces of candy."
'Well shit now I know why they are here this bastard stole that for sure. That's like 30 grand or something, this guy is crazy.'
"I KNOW YOUR IN THERE, DONT MAKE ME BREAK THIS DOOR DOWN"
"Hey wait a second I'm not Geremy, but I want to make a deal."
"Who is this?"
"Doesn't matter, you take Geremy and the drugs but I need you to take care of a problem for me."
"I'm not negotiating for MY drugs. Why don't you open the door and meet me face to face huh?"
"Sure if only one of you comes in with no weapon."
"Sure sure just open the door."
"Ha seems like I'm just going to have to destroy these drugs then."
"WHAT!? I won't bring nothing I promise just open it or ima have to bust it open and do this the hard way. Your trapped like a rat in there and the cops are too busy to save you."
Derek was debating just running into the portal at this point and leaving all of this stuff behind but then a new voice arrived that was a lot calmer.
"Sorry about my loud associate, is there any chance I can come in?"
"Honestly I don't feel like it anymore I was thinking of just leaving."
"Ok why don't we do this, leave the drugs in the living room and stay in the bathroom, we will just take the drugs and leave."
"Ok deal, give me a second."
Derek went to the bathroom, intending on just going through the portal so if they don't check they would just assume he stayed in there awhile before leaving.
The good thing was that the portal was in the wall and it could barely be accessed from under the sink in a hard to see spot so they likely wouldn't find it.
Geremy was freaking out at this point, the only reason he wasn't yelling was because he still hoped they didn't know he was there, despite Derek outing him. Geremy followed Derek into the bathroom which Derek didn't particularly enjoy but he had already wormed his way in while Derek unlocked the front door silently so he couldn't do anything about it right now.
"Ok come in."
There was a lot of shuffling as the unlocked door was opened and a lot of people rushed in to grab the stuff.
"So you mentioned a deal, I'm curious what you wanted me to do?"
Seeing a potential opportunity Derek decided to try it out.
"I need this room right now which coincidently had this Geremy guy in it, but this guy is a real idiot. Apparently he thought it would be smart to kill a hooker in here and I really don't want to have the cops here within the next couple days. So I wanted you to deal with the body."
Geremy piped in "Hey I didn't kill her I swear! It was an overdose she was already in here!"
"Probably overdosed on MY drugs but whatever. The problem is that right now, since it doesn't seem like you are a dealer and I can't verify this story, you kind of sound like a cop."
"If I prove I'm not a cop would you help me?"
"Depends on the price but I would be more open, how would you prove it though?"
"I have a way, I don't have the money though. How about some information instead, the kind you can't get anywhere else?"
"What kind of information?"
"The kind that'll increase your strength. You know about the portals?"
"Yeah the government's been all over them, they some kind of alien invasion?"
"Maybe, but there are some benefits to them. I can tell you all you need to know to get you a head start and even help you find a portal the cops haven't found yet."
"Hm. I'm interested. But we have already found a portal, they aren't that rare. The problem is that the one person we sent in hasn't come back."
"Well I've been in and out of one."
"Ok if you can prove your not a cop then it's a deal."
"I'm opening the door so you can see."