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Chapter One- Miss Jr. Criminal
"So it worked?" Neal Caffrey asked Mozzie as they walked down the streets of NY.
"Yeah, and he was pretty vocal about his appreciation too. Said he owes you now." Mozz said looking straight ahead.
"That's good. His area comes in handy on more then one occasion." Neal said smiling. Mozzie frowned.
"Yes but remember to try not to piss anyone off the last thing you need is to be associated with the feds AND have some powerful people after you."
"Yeah, Mozz, I know. You tell me that every time I see you."
"That's because I-" He suddenly stopped walking, his mouth open (mid sentence), and his eyes wide. Neal followed his gaze and saw a girl standing 20 feet in front of them staring at a map. Normally Neal would assume this was one of Mozz's sources but there was only one thing wrong with that. The girl was a teenager.
The girl must have felt the eyes on her because she look up and mimicked Mozzie's expression when she saw him.
"Uncle Joey?" The both stood there a moment, just staring. Then she took off running ditching the map entirely and instead choosing to disappear into the small crowds on the sidewalks.
"Neal, I'm going to ask you a favor." He looked him in the eyes. "Catch her."
"Wha-"
"I'll answer your questions after. Just get her, your faster then me."
"Alright Mozz, you owe me." Neal said as he took off running. He ran in the direction she headed keeping an eye out for brown hair with blue highlights. She shouldn't be hard to see. She looked back and he saw her. Speeding up he cut left, leaving the street and her. Jumping two fences and almost knocking into a woman carrying a ton of bags he made it into an alley. He waited at the end until he saw it. Right when a streak of blue passed he reached out and grabbed it. Pushing her into the brick wall he held her there. She didn't struggle, instead she just stood there trying to catch her breath.
"There, why don't we just wait for 'Uncle Joey' right here." Neal noticed she was smirking and, realizing what she was going to do, made to back up. But it was to late she kneed him in the gut and pushed him back. Kicking him in the back of the leg she attempted to force him down but when she saw him still standing she attempted it again, only this time he blocked and caught it. After the shock wore off she twisted around so that her hand were on the ground. She used her free foot to kick him in the stomach and then take a fist full of dirt and through it at him. While he was momentarily distracted she made for the opening of the ally. Unfortunately Mozzie was already there. She brushed pass him but stopped when he spoke.
"Ashley, whats are you doing here? They said you were dead." She turned in almost a second she held a small knife to his throat.
"That's not my name, don't call me that. And don't you dare tell them you saw me or so help me god I will kill you right here." Her voice was normal and calm but serious. She looked one hundred percent like she could and would do it, but if you looked at her hand it was shaking a bit.
Then out of no where a hand grabbed her own and pressed it, forcing her to drop the knife.
"Now what do have here?" She didn't hesitate when she whipped around and tried to kick the new attacker, but he simply grabbed her leg. He pushed her to the ground and held her arm behind her back.
"You alright Mozz?"
"Just so you know, suit, I had everything under control."
"Uh huh, what about you Caffrey, anything hurt?"
"Only my pride." He replied only half joking. "What are you doing here anyways?"
"Your out of your area." Then suddenly the girl burst out crying, actual tears, gasping for breath, and sniffling, causing Peter to panic.
"Hey, hey, are you alright? I didn't hurt you did I?" He looked up at the two. "I didn't hurt her."
"Calm down, she's faking."
"Really, she doesn't sound it." He said sounding unconvinced.
"Let her go." He challenged. Peter did just that and she stayed on the ground, her crying slowly calming down. Peter gave Neal a look that said he was right.
As she sat up she wiped her tears and looked up at the three adults.
"Whats going on?" Her voice came out small.
"That's what I would like to know. Neal, I come here and find you grabbing your stomach and Mozzie with a knife to his neck. Is there something I need to know?" Neal put his hands up.
"This is all Mozz." Mozzie opened his mouth to protest or make an excuse but just then the girl jumped up and made to pass by Peter. Who quickly grabbed her and held her in a hug like hold.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you." Neal warned.
"What? What do you-" Just then Peter made a grunting like sound and nodded. "Ok, alright. Now your getting cuffed." He pulled out a pair of hand cuffs and cuffed her hands behind her back.
"Want to explain?" He asked, but Mozz was still looking at her. Neal sighed.
"Peter, can we talk about this at the apartment?" He was about to object when he saw the look on his face.
"Fine ,what ever. But I get answers."
-Neals Apartment-
"So are you tell me or are we just going to sit here." Mozzie looked up at Neal, trying to hint that he didn't want Peter here.
"Sorry, Mozz, I'm with Peter on this one."
"Your siding with the suit?" Neal rolled his eyes.
"Seeing as he too got beat up by a kid...yeah, I'm siding with him."
"Fine." He said childishly.
"So whats up with the 'Uncle Joey' thing?" Neal asked, starting the interrogation.
"I'm not her real uncle,"
"Obviously." Peters interruption earned him a glare from both con men. "Sorry, continue."
"As I was saying. I'm not her real Uncle that was just a code name we used at the time. I worked with a group several years ago on a heist, that will remain unnamed for certain obvious reasons," He said glancing again at Peter. "This was her first big heist and she was going to be used as the distraction. I would meet up with her after-after the job was finished. At the time I was posing as her uncle and that's all she knew me as. Hence why she called me 'Uncle Joey'."
"Ok, that makes since but-"
"Really? That makes since to you two? Cause I'm having trouble understanding this. She's a kid. She's what? 13? A few years ago she shouldn't have been in Jr. high let alone pulling off major heists!"
"I'm 15! Thank you very much! And just so you know I can hear you out here!" She yelled from the balcony were she was hand cuffed to the railing.
"I said big, not major."
"Is there a difference?"
"Yes." Said Mozzie, Neal, and the girl at the same time.
"Anyways, if that's the reason for the name then why'd she run away from you." Mozzie shook his head.
"That's what got me. Two years ago I heard through the grape vine that she was part of some transaction and it went bad. She got shot, body was thrown in the river and the deal off."
"Kill the carrier, take the money and keep the goods." Said Peter nodding. "but she survived somehow."
"NO SHIT SHERLOCK! She yelled. "You know it's cold out here don't you?" Peter went over and shut the door.
"She's Danny's." Mozzie said quietly.
"Well that explains the fight and flight responses. Why didn't you tell me that when I went after her?" Neal said as if suddenly everything made since.
"There wasn't enough time, she already had a head start."
"Do I want to know?" Peter asked tiredly.
"You know how you were wondering about why she was doing cons when she was so young? Well Danny actually gets these kids and sort of trains them. Teaches them the ropes depending on what type of personality and skills they have."
"What do you mean 'gets these kids'?" Peter asked suspiciously.
"Adoption, illegally, willing participants."
"So which one was Ashley?" Neal asked as he stood up and looked out the window.
"I don't know exactly but I know he was proud of her. Pushed her to try harder in everything. Thought she could be better then the others."
"So she was special to him? Then why wouldn't she tell him she's alive?"
"With Danny being special is a bad thing. He doesn't take failure well nor does he accept anything less then perfect."
"So she didn't think she could go back?"
Neal shrugged. "You'd have to ask her." Peter smiled.
"Or you can. Your always saying you can charm any girl, so charm this one."
"Come on Peter, don't you think-"
"No, I don't. I have to make up some excuse to why your anklet went off today and now that I know of her I want to know everything. Go. Talk. Charm." He opened the door, letting Neal step out on the balcony, and shutting the door behind him.
"So, heard you were supposed to be dead." Neal said as he pulled a chair up next to her.
"He's a little jerk."
"Mozz? No he's a good guy at heart. So you two did a heist together?"
"Not really. The adults planned it all I just did what I was told." She was facing the wall now.
"Look I'm-"
"Neal Caffrey, I know."
"You do?" He sounded very pleased by that.
"Yes. Besides the obvious shouting of your name, your a pretty famous forger among other things. Don't take it to heart though I know quite a few names."
"Getting back on topic, I'm going to be straight with you. How are you still alive? And why didn't you tell Danny?" She turned around, one hand out of the hand cuffs and working on the other.
"Your going to tell him I am alive."
"No. I promise."
"Yeah cause that's worth a lot." She scoffed.
"It is." He said seriously.
"Fine. You know about the trade right? Well I made contact with our 'partner' the day before and told him if he was willing I would be willing to give him the money and he could leave with the goods too. I had him shoot me clean through where it would damage anything major. Then he would though me the river where my body would be carried away by the current."
"Only he cheated you." It wasn't a question.
"Should of seen it coming really. But I know better now." She let the cuffs fall to the ground. "Last minute he had his guys tie my hand and feet together so I couldn't swim to shore. Course I did."
"I can see that. You disappeared then right?"
"Yep. New identity, life, records, look, total change." She stood up and brushed off.
"Then Mozzie?"
"Then 'Mozzie'." She agreed. She opened the glass door and walked in.
"Neal I didn't say you could uncuff her."
"I didn't." He smiled.
"Now listen here Mossie-
"Mozzie." He supplied.
"Whatever. You tell them I'm here so help me god I'll make your life miserable." She grabbed a pillow and sat down on a chair. "What about you?" She asked Peter.
"Well I'm a little concerned about Jr. criminal here running around and just what operation that guy's running. Why'd you team up with him if you thought he was no good Mozz?"
"I needed the money." Neal opened his mouth to say something. "You were in jail at the time."
"He's pretty good you know. Was scary to be in the same car as him though." She admitted.
"Hey my driving skills have improved since then." Mozzie declared.
"Alright enough from you miss Jr. criminal."
"Say that one more time I'll come over there and show you just how much damage a pillow can cause the human body." She said very, very seriously. "My names Sarah." Neal smirked.
"Really?"
"Shut up." She growled.
"Princess." He laughed.
"Shut up." She warned.
"Alright you two, I'm glad to see your getting along. Cause your watching her Caffrey."
" Hey, wait. Peter, wait, what about work? I got to help you! And I'm a bad influence and-"
"Your doing it. And during the day I'm sure June would be more then happy to watch her." He opened the door. "Good night."
"So the feds babysitting you and your babysitting the kid. Nice."
"You know what I'm going to say right?"
"Right, I'm out." He said and left.
"You owe me big Mozz!" He yelled at the door. He turned around to see a empty chair and an open balcony door. He sighed and ran out the door. Yes, tonight would be a long one for Neal Caffrey.
To be continued...
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Next chapter- The interrogation and kidnapping of a dead girl.
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