Hath No Fury: Chapter One
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em.
Pairings: Peter/El, Neal/Kate (for a short moment), Neal/OFC
Author's Note: I'm not a hugh fan of Kate. Just FYI.
She adjusted her grip on her purse as she climbed up the steps to the Brooklyn home. Ringing the doorbell she waited as she heard the tell-tale clicking of stilettos on hardwood. Frowning she retrieved her phone from her purse.
"Hmmm... this is the right address." She thought glancing at the numbers posted to the right of the door. "Maybe Mozzie has a girlfriend?"
At the release of the deadbolt and the crack of the door opening she looked up, a beautiful brunette smiled at her. Way out of Mozzie's league.
"Can I help you?" the brunette asked.
"I'm sorry I think have the wrong address."
"Are you a friend of Mozzie's?"
"Yes..."
"Oh, you must be Alanna."
"Yes."
"I'm Elizabeth Burke. It's nice to meet you. Please come in, you've got the right address.
"Thank You. " She said as she stepped into the warm, inviting hallway. Before she could inquire as to the whereabouts of her friend, her appeared in the living room.
"Angel!" Mozzie say smiling.
"Moz! It's so good to see you." Alanna said rushing foward to embrace he smaller man.
"Angel? I though your name was Alanna..." Elizabeth said concerned.
Mozzie and Alanna shared a look. When Mozzie nodded Alanna replied smiling. "Mozzie and I first met, he was being... harassed by some very unsavory characters. I stepped in and educated the individuals in the proper way to address someone of Mozzie esteem."
"I though she was an avenging angel, come to smite the unworthy."
Elizabeth laughed.
"First thing he said to me? I thought you would be taller."
All three of them laughed.
"I assure you Ms Burke. I am merely mortal. I just happen to in the right place at the right time. Any way, enough reminiscing about the past. What's the big emergency. You message left a lot of details out. And I know, you don't like discussing sensitive information on the phone because you think big brother is listening to all private conversations, but for goodness sakes Moz, you called me on a secure line. My phone was secure. Secure plus secure equals secures."
"You can never be too sure." Mozzie said.
Elizabeth smiled at him. "Oh Mozzie."
"So the details?"
"We're waiting on a few people."
"A few people."
"My husband and his..."
Behind Alanna, Mozzie made the motion to stop talking.
"And his associate." Elizabeth said.
"Okay..."
"How have you been? I haven't seen you in a while." Mozzie asked changing the subject with the subtlety of a bull in a china shop.
Alanna looked at Mozzie curiously. "On a vacation."
"Vacation." Mozzie said.
"Yes. Vacation Mozzie. You know sun, sand, and surf. I know you and ... I know you don't take a vacation. Hell, when was the last time you left New York?"
"I like New York. So your relaxed and rejuvenated?"
"Relaxed sure, rejuvenated, more or less. Moz, are you in trouble?"
"No, no, nothing more than usual." Moz said unconsciously touching his chest. "Your really here to help someone else?" Moz turned to Elizabeth to intercede.
"Oh, heavens, I haven't even offered you anything to drink. Water? Coffee? Tea? Lemonade?"
"Some coffee would be great. I made some cannolis as a 'Hi I'm back' present for Mozzie. If you're hungry we can eat some?"
Cannolis? With fresh filling and that imported belgium chocolate?" Moz said excited.
Allan shot Mozzie an incredulous look, "Do I do anything half assed?"
Mozzie looked like a kid at Christmas. "Mrs, Suite, please put on the coffee."
"Of course." Elizabeth said.
A few short minutes later, the trio was seated around the Burke's dining room table drinking coffee and munching on cannolis.
"These are delicious Alanna." Elizabeth said delicately biting into her second cannoli."
"I'm glad you like them. Its my mom's recipe. I rarely get the opportunity to make them anymore.
"Oh, are you terrible busy at work?"
"it comes and goes. Mostly it's the traveling and living hotels that make it difficult."
"What do you do?"
"A little bit of everything, but for the last few years I've been doing private security." Alanna said eyeing Mozzie. Silently communicating with Mozzie. "How did much did Elizabeth Burke know about the life Mozzie, and by association her, led?
"Private security." Elizabeth said smiling to herself. She wasn't sure how that fit in with what Mozzie did, but it must be a euphemism for something illegal. She was a friend of Mozzie's.
"Yes, its quite exhilarating." Alanna replied, understanding Elizabeth's smile.
Before Elizabeth could reply, the front door opened. "El, Honey are you home?"
"In the dining room Peter." Elizabeth called.
"The F.B.I husband?" Alanna questioned.
"Yea, but as far as feds go, he's okay." Mozzie said nervously.
"Elizabeth." A familiar voice called.
The blood drained from her face. A cold chill ran down her spine. She turned to glare at Mozzie.
"You 'effein Judas Mozzie." She hissed.
Mozzie stood up, but before he could speak, Peter and Neal walked walked into the living room.