AN/ I in no way own Leverage or the characters. they belong to their respective writers. This as i mentioned before is a rewrite, the rewrite is on my profile. Special thanks to my beta .love. Enjoy.

Prologue:

"What the hell was that back there?!" Eliot yelled at the hacker cautiously backing up from the very angry man. "You said the alarms were off!"

"They were, I swear," Hardison said backing away from him.

"Then why did the alarms go off?" Eliot growled dangerously low.

"I swear I had all the alarms shut off and…" he trailed off. His eyes widened as a sudden thought occurred to him.

He pushed passed Eliot and got on his lap top and started typing furiously. "Of course. Why didn't I realize it?" he said.

"Realize what? Don't ignore me" Eliot replied storming over.

"Boys calm down," Sophie said as she and Parker walked into the apartment.

Eliot hadn't even heard her come in. He hadn't heard anyone come in for that matter. He was too angry at Hardison. Parker perched on the armrest of Hardison's chair watching him curiously. Nate came in and poured himself a shot of whiskey while Sophie took off her shoes leaving Eliot fuming silently.

"I knew it!" Hardison exclaimed causing Parker to actually fall off her chair.

"Know what?" Sophie asked.

"I know, more importantly, who caused the alarms to go off," he answered. "And I know just where to find them."

"Great. Let's go so I can go and make them wish they hadn't messed with us," Eliot said cracking his knuckles.

"See now, I could get right on that but-"

"But what?" Parker asked.

"She uh lives in Seattle" he answered.

"Seattle?" Sophie asked.

"It's only a three hour drive" he muttered.

"Three hours my ass" Eliot grunted as he sat on the couch. "I'm gonna kill him Nate. I swear I'm gonna kill him."

"Hardison do you have the address?" Nate asked.

He stepped around Eliot cautiously and handed Nate the slip of paper with the address. Nate nodded. "Alright then everyone. Rest up and we'll go tomorrow afternoon."

Parker jumped on Hardison's back wrapping her arms around his waist and arms around his neck. "Let's go get ice cream," she said grinning.

"You wanna come?" Hardison asked knowing it was a long shot.

Eliot sighed. "Sure" he muttered.

"Wait…so this is where the mystery person lives?" Parker asked looking up at the abandoned warehouse.

"It's so…homey," Sophie said as she maneuvered herself around the gravel.

Hardison nodded. "Yep this is where Riley lives," he replied. He shoved his hands into his pockets and started walking up to the front door. The others followed him and he punched in a code on the small key pad before the door swung open.

A large black and white Siberian husky dog jumped up nearly tackling Hardison to the ground. "Whoa Sparky," he said scratching the dog behind the ears. He pulled a dog treat out of his pocket and fed it to the dog. "Good boy."

"Don't be scared. Sparky's not going to hurt you guys," Hardison said walking into the warehouse.

Eliot shut the door behind them after they were inside.

"So where is this Riley?" Parker asked.

"Knowing her. Probably still sleep," he answered while making his way towards the stairs. He took them two at a time and didn't wait for them to follow. "She sleeps 'til noon usually. Not really a morning person."

"Whoa man. This hacker's name is Riley and is a girl?" Eliot asked.

Hardison grinned. "Don't say that around her" he answered.

He opened the door to her room and poked his head inside. "Yep. Still sleeping," he said. They looked over his shoulder.

"There's just a mound of blankets" Parker pointed out.

"She's under there. Trust me" he answered.

"Wait…are you going to wake her?" Sophie asked.

He made a shush motion and walked over to the bed before pulling off the covers. Riley, as Hardison said her name was didn't move a muscle. Her hair was dark brown and pulled into a braid that was messy her skin was pale brown. She had on Star Wars boxers and a Star Trek tank top.

"Riley," Hardison said.

No answer.

"Riley. Wake up" he replied.

She shifted slightly and hugged the stuffed bear she had closer. He pinched her and she growled under her breath.

"Piss off Alec I heard you the first time," she said rolling over.

"Well then get your ass out of bed," he replied.

"No," she said pulling the sheet over her head.

"Why not?" he asked.

"Cause you're mad at me" she answered.

"Damn right I'm mad at you," he said. "You messed with my work."

Nate cleared his throat. "Hardison, care to explain?" he asked.

"Oh…uh right…Guys meet Riley…my little sister" Hardison answered.

"Little sister? There's two of you?" Eliot asked.

"I take offense to that," Riley said sitting up. She rubbed her eyes. "We may be siblings but we're nothing alike pretty boy."

"Pretty boy? Did she just call me pretty boy?" Eliot asked.

She rolled her eyes and whistled. The dog, Sparky ran in and jumped on the bed. "And it was an accident Alec," she said.

"Why did you turn on the alarms anyway?" he asked.

"I was bored" she answered shrugging.

"Oh my gosh. Riley's bored someone call the president" Hardison said rolling his eyes.

"What? You can only hack the U.S military base for so long and hacking into Area 51 gets old after awhile" she replied. "And don't get me started on the White House email."

"Area 51, Riley, are you trying to get FBI to arrest you?" Hardison asked.

She shrugged. "I have nothing to do anymore," she answered.

"Why don't you come work for us" Nate offered.

All eyes looked to him. "We could use another hacker," he added.

"No way man. You are not getting my sister involved in-"

"Ok" Riley answered. "It sounds like fun."

"What no" Hardison said.

"Alec . I'm 18 I can make my own decisions" she replied while getting up. "Now, I'd like to get dressed without a ton of people in my bedroom."

He rolled his eyes but ushered everyone out and shut the door.

"I didn't know you had a sister," Sophie said as he led them downstairs.

"It's not something I really talk about...what with our line of work and our enemies," he replied.

Parker perched on the edge of the sofa. "You still could've told us," she said.

"I know. I'm sorry," he told them.

"Sorry for what?" Riley asked coming downstairs.

"Nothing of your concern," Hardison answered dismissively.

"Perhaps introductions are in order," Sophie said changing the subject.

"Okie dokie," she replied plopping down into one of the chairs.

They all took seat save for Eliot who remained standing.

"You must be Sophie," Riley started as she leaned back. "Professional acting coach and grifter right?"

"Um yes. That's...that's exactly right. How did you-"

"Hacked Haridson's files while I was getting dressed. By the way, you need a new firewall," Riley answered. "And of course the famous Parker, nice touch stealing the hope diamond by the way. Watched the security tapes."

Parker grinned. "Piece of cake."

Riley turned to face Eliot. "You however are the biggest mystery pretty boy."

"My name is not Pretty Boy," Eliot bit out.

There was a pounding on the door and Riley groaned.

"Scuse me for a minute," she said getting up. Sparky sat up and watched her leave. Hardison reached down and picked up the remote on the table and turned on the tv and the volume.

"Hardison, we can't spy on your sister," Sophie said as he switched on the camera feed and made sure the volume was up.

"It's fine," he said.

Riley was talking to a heavily tattooed man who looked to be in his early twenties. Riley stood in the doorway of with her arms crossed and a bored look on her face.

"It's my bike Ri and I want it back," the man said.

"Will you lower your voice Josh. I have company," she replied.

"Oh, so now you have company?" he asked, sarcasm leaking into his voice.

Riley pinched the bridge of her nose and let out an aggravated sigh. "Yes you dolt. My brother's visiting with his girlfriend and her family so if you'll please leave that would be great."

He snorted. "Yeah right. I'm not leaving without my bike."

"Please Josh, do not make this hard on yourself," she said with a warning tone.

"What are you gonna do?" he asked teasing. "You're shorter than me by a foot you shrimp."

"I am not short," she muttered before kneeing him in the groin. "Now leave before I get my brother. He's FBI you asshole and I don't think he'd like to hear how I have a stolen bike in my possession traded to me by a drug dealer."

"You...bitch," Josh gasped as he limped back to his truck.

"Douche," she said before shutting the door.

Hardison muted the camera's as she came back.

"Alec, spying on your sister? That's so eighth grade," she teased. She clapped her hands. "Now, who's hungry? I make a mean beef stew."

"Oooh me me me!" Parker grinned.

"Oh we woundn't want to put you out," Sophie said.

Riley shrugged. "I don't mind. Cookings a great pass time while hacking in the NASA space station. You guys just make yourselves comfortable."

She disappeared into the kitchen and Eliot sat down.

"Are we sure this is a good idea?" he asked.

"I gotta agree with Eliot on this one man," Hardison added. "Riley's a little...well...she's not one to work with others so well...she has issues."

"Issues? What kind of issues?" Sophie asked.

"What is she like crazy?" Parker asked.

"No nothing like that...she has panic attacks that can be set off by little things," he answered.

"Everyone has panic attacks," Nate pointed out.

"Not like Riley," Hardison answered shaking his head. "You know I trust your judgment Nate and if you feel like she's a good fit for the team, then I'm behind you."

"Then it's settled. She'll join the team," Nate answered.

Hardison nodded and stood up. "Great. I'll go see if she needs help in the kitchen."