She looked herself over, nodding in approval. "Its perfect, thank you so much for all of your help, I don't know what we would've done without you."

"Hopefully it's enough to get you into SciCorp this afternoon," Leanansidhe murmured.

She nods, slowly starting to realize what was to come. She takes a breath, nodding as if it would give her some confidence.

Puck, Kimi, Nelson and Ironhorse were in the foyer, huddled around a blueprint when they came in. Grimalkin dozed on the top of the piano, his tail brushing the keys, ignoring them all. Leanansidhe glanced his way and winced, as if imagining scratch marks on the polished wood. Puck glanced up at Claire and smiled. He held out a hand.

She takes his hand, walking over to them and looking down at the blue prints.

"This is the plan," Kimi said, standing on tiptoes to bend over the table. "This is the SciCorp entrance," the half-phouka continued, pointing to an obscure line near the bottom of the paper. "According to Warren," Kimi went on, tracing a finger up to another line, "the scepter is being held here, between floors twenty-nine and thirty."

She nods, continuing to look at the blueprint.

Leanansidhe was looking at Grimalkin as if she really wanted to shoo him off the piano. "The Iron fey have their horrible glamour, just as we have ours. We turn into rabbits, they eat bank accounts. Grim, darling, do you have to sleep there?"

"You, Puck and Ironhorse will come in here," Kimi continued, tapping the bottom of the blueprint. "Past the doors will be the security checkpoint, which will scan your ID card. Puck and Ironhorse will be invisible to mortal eyes, so we dont have to worry about them being seen."

"What if there are Iron fey on the first floor?" Puck asked.

"There arent," Kimi replied, glancing at him. "Nelson and I checked it out. If the Iron fey are going into the building, theyre not using the front doors. Once youre past the checkpoint, the elevators are here," Kimi went on, tracing the path with her finger before giving them a grave look. "And this is where things get dicey. I dont know how youre getting up to floor twenty-nine and a half. They might have a certain button only those with Sight can see, or there might be a password, or you might have to press buttons in a certain sequence. I have no idea. Alternatively, you can take the stairs, here, but that will mean climbing up thirty floors from ground level, with no guarantee there will be an entrance to floor twenty-nine and a half."

"Well burn that bridge when we come to it," Puck said, waving it away. "So, what about the floor with the scepter? What can we expect?"

She traced the path they would be going with her eyes, nodding in understanding.

There was a loud clank from the piano, as Leanansidhe finally convinced Grimalkin to sleep elsewhere. Annoyed, the cat had slid from his perch and landed with his full weight on the keys, then leaped to the bench. "Worry not," the cat sighed, giving himself a thorough shake. "I am going with you as well. With Goodfellows exemplary planning, someone has to make sure you go through the right door."

"Huh." Puck snorted and glared at the feline. "Thats awfully helpful of you, cat. Whats in it for you?"

"Grimalkin and I worked something out, darling, dont worry about it."

Leanansidhe gave the blueprint a cursory glance over Pucks shoulder before dismissing it with a sniff. "Remember, pets, when you get to the floor where the scepter is being held, you must be prepared for anything. Robin, it will be up to you and the iron thing to protect the princess. Im quite sure they wont have the scepter lying around where anyone can snatch it. There will most likely be guards, wards, nasty things like that."

"I WILL PROTECT THE PRINCESS WITH MY LIFE," Ironhorse boomed, making Puck grimace and Kimi pin back her ears. "I SWEAR, WHILE I STILL LIVE AND BREATHE, NO HARM WILL BEFALL HER. WE WILL RETRIEVE THE SCEPTER, OR WE WILL DIE TRYING."

"And personally, Id like not to do the dying thing," Puck added.