Theo didn’t look once at him when he spoke, keeping his concerned gaze on Alleya. Niké would be lying if he said that it didn't bother him slightly but it was nothing he would say. From what he had seen so far, Theo didn't feel the same way about Alleya as she did about him but he still cared for her, a lot. Now if that was just how much he cared for each gang member or if Alleya was special to the man, he couldn’t tell which but he would probably do so with time.

The grey-haired man listened as Theodore pressed Alleya for further details, she was acting differently now, she was no longer the cheerful and talkative girl he'd first gotten to know her as. But then again, it was nothing weird, she had gone through something traumatic.

"I want extra patrols and a buddy system. Nobody leaves base without an assigned buddy. I will announce buddies in the morning, they'll be designed to best fit."

Niké kept himself from sighing, just what he needed… A buddy system would make his life way harder. Just because he had been successful so far with this undercover mission, it didn't change the fact that he was still a new detective and he had a supervisor who he met with regularly to update about what he'd found out and if there was anything worth looking into more. With someone following him around that would be practically impossible.

When Theo told Alleya that he wanted to keep a close eye on her himself, she was quick to show that she wasn't a fan of that plan. Niké looked up at Alleya, her anger showed clearly on her face and even more when she started yelling at Theo before walking out the room, slamming the door shut as she did.

Due to the door slamming loudly, the buzzing in Niké’s ear went over to a sharp ringing for a few seconds. He squeezed his eyes shut and covered his ear with one hand as he winced. Once the ringing finally went back to just buzzing, he opened his eyes back up and shook his head slightly.

“Want me to go after her or should we leave her be?” Niké glanced over at Theo. In his opinion it would probably be best to let the woman calm down on her own, as long as she didn't leave on her own, she wouldn't be in immediate danger after all, the other gang wouldn't be back so soon. Theo knew her better though and since he was the leader then Niké would leave it up to him to decide. If anything to just calm his mind ever so slightly.

Niké watched as Theo's eyes went to the picture of him and the stranger supposedly named Flynn. He really wanted to know more about who she was or had been, it was obvious that she was important to Theo and the older members of the gang. He wasn't going to ask about her though, not yet at least since it could be a sensitive subject and he didn't really know where he had Theo, he needed time to get to know the leader better.

When the man turned his back towards him, Niké took it as a cue to leave and started to get up when he noticed how badly scarred the man's back was. There seemed to be letters carved into it but it was hard to tell since he would have to get closer to inspect the man's back more closely.

"Wait until 15 minutes has passed."

Niké looked up from the man's back, just in time to catch the watch that had been carelessly sent flying towards him. He placed the watch on the desk next to the gun, really he shouldn't be leaving the gun to Theo, or anyone. The right thing would be to get rid of it but it would be impossible now if Theo put in a buddy system.

"And watch out for police. If the injured one did go to the hospital then they will frame us. We always get framed for the actions of the other gangs. I feel like my name is in every police system from here to Canada."

Niké glanced down slightly, he almost felt guilty now for doing his job, almost. Surely there couldn't be full truth in what Theo was saying, no one wanted to believe that they were the bad guy, he could easily be blaming the other gangs for framing his gang even if that wasn't the case.

The grey-haired male ran his fingers through his own hair as he let out a low sigh. It bothered him when he didn't know what to do, it made him feel like a little kid once again. Dion would have known what to do, his brother always knew what the right thing to do was. Everything would just have been much easier if his brother was still around. Or if he actually got confirmation that he was dead, not some detective telling him that it was most likely that his brother was dead. Most likely meant they didn't know and he hated that. He wanted answers, not guesses, just like he didn't want to question whether he was doing the right thing or not.

“I’ll leave you be and I’ll keep an eye on Alleya for you,” he told the man, he saw the way Theo had looked at Alleya, he was concerned for her and he cared about her, it wasn't the same way that Alleya looked at him but it also didn't look too different. He knew Alleya was in love with the man but he couldn't tell what Theo felt towards her. Yet another thing to feel bothered about not knowing the answer to, not that their feelings for each other concerned him or his job and after Alleya's reaction earlier, he wasn't even thinking about asking Theo anything about it.

“Can I get you anything to ease the pain?” He asked as he moved towards the door. Exhaustion was finally starting to catch up to him, his eyelids felt heavy now and his movements felt slower. He needed sleep but he knew that it would be impossible so it didn't matter if he was up and being useful or if he was trying and failing at going to sleep.

Niké frowned a bit when he heard Theo snort as his question but his face went back to being expressionless just as quickly. The man was just trying to seem tough after all.

"No, I'm fine. I'm not even in pain."

This time it was Niké’s turn to snort, the leader was a terrible liar. Niké didn't need to do more than to glance at him to see that he was in pain. After all, who wouldn't be in pain after being both beaten and burned all over, he knew he would be, but then again his pain tolerance was not that great, that much had already been established.

"Besides, I used the last of the Tylenol to help Rachael a few weeks ago."

There was that name again, Rachael. Rachael and Flynn, he needed to see what he could find out about those two, preferably as soon as possible. Any new information he could find out that helped him see the gang for what it really was, would be helpful. It sounded horrible, he knew that but he had a job to do and if he could convince himself that he was doing the right thing, it would be a hell of a lot easier.

Niké glanced back at Theo and opened his mouth to say something but was stopped from doing so when a yell, followed by a loud crash could be heard. The grey-haired man winced once more, putting a hand over his left ear as he let out a soft groan before muttering under his breath, “This fucking ear…”

After shaking his head slightly he pushed the door open to go see what Alleya was doing. Even if she'd gone through something traumatic, there was no reason for her to be lashing out and doing something stupid. It wouldn't solve anything.

In all honesty, Niké didn't really think she was fit for this life, not from what he'd seen and heard so far but it wasn't up to him, it was up to Theo and he had to see something that he didn't. From what she told him though, she didn't come from a criminal background and while she'd been with someone who she didn't love, she hadn't had it terrible. She wasn't good at processing things either it seemed. He understood that she was shaken by what happened but she was overreacting, a lot, at least in his opinion.

Niké looked out from Theo’s room through the open door and let out another groan, louder this time and out of annoyance. “Oh yeah, kill someone in your own gang, because that will work out well for you,” the man muttered, his voice a mixture of sarcasm and exhaustion, he wasn't even thinking about the fact that Theo was behind him, he was just speaking his mind out loud. It had been a long day and he just wanted to sleep, or at least attempt it.

Leaving the room he walked closer to where Alleya was. Once again the rest of the gang stood still and watched in silence. He could see why Alleya wasn't exactly popular amongst the other gang members and at this point, he had the feeling that he probably wouldn't be people’s favorite either if he kept stepping up like he’d done earlier and was about to do now once more.

The woman from before, one of the older members who Niké still didn't remember the name of, had her gun pressed against Alleya's back who had a knife against Taurus’s throat. All Niké could do was sigh as he watched them.

Once he'd walked through the small crowd of people just quietly staring and he was close enough, he stopped. The man's blue gaze landed on Alleya who was frozen in place due to the gun pushed against her spine.

“Hey Alleya?” He tilted his head ever so slightly as he looked at the female, his voice was calm as he spoke, even if he was thoroughly annoyed and fed up with the woman at the moment. She was just acting out, most likely not thinking straight and a bunch of yelling and threatening her with a gun probably wasn't the right way to deal with her. She didn't seem like the type that wanted to hurt others, she just wasn't thinking straight at the moment.

“Think you could listen to me for a second?” Niké asked as he slowly moved a bit closer, searching for eye contact with the woman who seemed to have her gaze locked on Taurus. He glanced at the woman with the gun, hoping that she wouldn't tell him off and that she could stay quiet while he tried talking to Alleya.

“What's the plan here? Are you really gonna kill the poor guy? What would that solve?” He paused for a second and looked at the knife, one wrong move and that guy could be doomed. “You know this isn't the right way to go about things, right? We’re a gang, that means we gotta be able to trust and rely on each other. If you kill one of us, you're breaking that trust, is that what you want?” Niké did his best to keep his voice calm but there was a hint of uncertainty, he knew that if he said the wrong thing he could agitate the redhead further and cause her to do something she'd regret.

When the other woman started counting down, threatening to pull the trigger, Niké took a step forward and clenched his jaw a little but he stopped himself, watching intently for what was about to happen.

When Alleya turned her gaze towards him he locked eyes with her, asking her with his gaze to just drop the knife. When he heard the knife hit the ground, he let out a sigh of relief.

"Alright people, we're done here. Go back to your sleeping places now."

He watched as the other gang members started going back to their own sleeping places, some talking to each other about what had just gone down. The grey-haired man let out another sigh as he walked over to Alleya.

“Look, I get that you want to be alone and I’ll leave you be soon so can you just talk to me for a second?” He asked, currently putting on a front and acting as if he cared even if he was mostly just annoyed at the woman for the time being and wanted nothing but to try going to sleep.

“I understand that there must be a lot going on in your head but pulling something like that won't help. I know you're gonna say no but I think you should try to sleep and you can go out tomorrow instead,” he paused for a second and sighed softly, “It's too much of a risk to go out when it's dark, it's not that you can't handle yourself, you’ve shown that but you saw what that other gang did to Theo.”

“All I’m saying is to calm down and think, okay? I’m gonna try to sleep now but if you want to talk then just wake me,” he finally said before turning around and starting to walk towards his sleeping spot. Even a smelly pillow and three raccoon pelts seemed comfortable right now but he knew that even if he felt exhausted, he wouldn't get much sleep, he would be waking up at every little sound around him.