Finders Keepers
Pain. That's all she could think of. Every part of her body ached from the beating she had been given. She didn't even know why she was here. They kept asking her questions about her father who had died last year. They seemed to have mistaken her for someone else. They kept asking her where it was. Some sort of data chip. She had no idea what they were talking about. At least her tormentors had left for the moment. She heard shouts and grunts of pain coming from down the hall. All of the sudden the door burst open and Lexi was face to face with the most amazing eyes she'd ever seen. She gasped and looked at the handsome face attached to those eyes.
"Well fuck!" said the man. "What the hell are you doing in here?" "I wasn't expecting a damsel in distress." "Where is it?" he asked.
She shook her head and said nothing.
"Listen up." He growled. "I'm in a bit of a hurry here. I don't want to hurt you, but I will if you don't give me what I need."
There it was again. Lexi had no idea what this chip was, but she was getting damned tired of hearing about this mysterious "chip."
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Lexi shouted. "Just please get me out of here."
The man was about to reply. Just at that moment, Lexi heard a gunshot. Without thinking she flung herself forward and lunged to knock the man out of the way. Searing pain shot through her shoulder as the bullet hit her body. Lexi cried out and everything went black.
"What the fuck", Quinn thought as his body was knocked to the ground by a little bit of a thing. He heard her cry out then slump against him. Blood was flowing freely from a wound in her shoulder. That girl had probably just saved his life. Damnit, now he had to get her out of here. He may be a ruthless killer, but the girl had saved his life, and Quinn always repaid his debts. Quickly, but gently, he moved her off him and stood. He bent down, and scooped her up. No time to fully assess the damage, he arranged her in his arms so she would have minimal discomfort and ran out of the room.
Elliot Spencer rounded the corner after knocking out the two guards.
Quinn", he hollered, "What's the holdup?" "You'd better have that chip by now boy."
That's when he saw Quinn come out of the room carrying an unconscious woman.
"What the hell man?" he asked. "That sure as hell don't look like no data chip?"
"Looks like we were given some bad intel.", Quinn replied. When I got through the door, there was no chip. Only her. Someone took a shot at me and she knocked me out of the way. Took the hit herself. You're going to have to patch her up when we get back to Nate's. Until we know who she is, what she knows, and why she was here, she doesn't leave my sight."
Elliot grumbled under his breath, but was already nodding in agreement.
"Alright." He said "Let's roll out and get this figured out."
The two men raced out of the building as quickly as they could, Quinn being careful not to jostle the unconscious woman any more than necessary.