Old friends, new team
So this is just something that popped into my head and I had to write down. So let me know what you think of it. I love the pairing of Tony and Eliot so this is a little spin off of that. Tony was never a NCIS agent and is not a man either but a woman (born that way). Don't like don't read.
The chase continued all the way to the roof of the building. The teams close behind but still a few seconds behind the woman they were chasing. As the team made it up to the roof, the woman looked back at them and gave a mega watt smile that stopped them all. As they made a move to get closer to her she turned back around and jumped. Everyone was too stunned to move. Elliot though was the first to move. As he ran as fast as he could he stopped and looked over the edge, but there was nothing there. She had just vanished into thin air.
"Who the hell was that?" Hardison asked once the whole team had looked over the edge and saw nothing.
"I have no idea but who ever that is knows about us and is very good at keeping their self a secret, none of my contacts has the slightest idea who it is. Some call her the Ghost, but only because no one has ever been able to catch her. She is said to be one of the best masterminds of today." Sophie answered with a hint of admiration for the unknown thief.
"Oh yea I've heard of her she apparently had one of the biggest heists in Italy about a year ago. She stole almost all of that millionaire Anthony DiNozzo's fortune and most of his most valued possessions. He has one of the best security systems in the world, no one can crack that thing, believe me I've tried."
"Well then maybe we should get in contact with her, if we could get her on our side imagine how great she would be if she was on our side." Nathan said. The wheels in his head could be seen moving, thinking about how the addition of the mystery woman would be for the team.
"She won't want to be held down to one spot. She lives for the adventure of being able to leave any place on a whim and be half way around the world before anyone notices she conned them out of anything." Everyone turned and stared wide eyed at Elliot. He just looked over the edge one more time and turned to leave. "But if you want to find her, I'm sure she'll find a way to contact you. If she hasn't already."
"That wasn't weird or suspicious to anyone else was it?" Hardison asked while looking between everyone.
***JLC***
While entering John McRory's Place, the team's talk of business comes to an abrupt end as Parker raises her hand to quiet them. As she does that the team realizes what the problem was, there sitting at the bar was a slender long brown haired woman who was strangely familiar. She was wearing a black three quarter sleeved shirt with dark boot leg jeans and a pair of black boots.
As if sensing a change, the woman turns and graces thee team with her smile, seemingly not at all put out for the staring. Standing and making her way over to the team she out stretched her arm to anyone. "Hi, I heard you wanted to talk to me."
Nate took and shook her hand first. "You're a woman that's hard to get information on Ms…"
"Ms. Lugosi, Toni Lugosi and you must be Mr. Nathan Ford. I've heard a lot about you and your team of… do-gooders." A small chuckle escaped her lips. "Do you want to bring this somewhere a little less open Mr. Ford?"
"Sure, and please it's Nate." He then led her and his team upstairs.
Walking around, Toni observed the place while observing the team covertly. Most of them seemed wary of her and seemed curious as to what made her do what she did. But while looking around she noticed someone was missing. "So this is where the magic happens. So, Nate, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Have you ever thought about joining a team? It would be easier and more productive to work together. Just imagine what we would be able to do with your help."
"Nat, I don't think I would be of great help to your team. I'm not really a team player and I'm not really one of those do-good helpful people. But I'll try it out, for now, if I decide I don't want to continue I'll leave."
"That's alright; I'll take what we can get. So this is the team-"
"Yes I know, you're Nathan Ford the mastermind, Sophie Devereaux the grifter, Parker the thief, and Alec Hardison the hacker. But then again there is one person missing Eliot Spencer the hitter. So Eliot are you going come out of where you're hiding or are you going to stay there?"
The team exchanged curious glances as to what Toni was talking about. That was until Eliot walked around a wall to show his face.
Toni had a small smile on her face as she saw Eliot walk over.
"Toni," Eliot said it while trying to hide his true feelings from seeing her for the first time in a long while.
"Eliot, how have you been?" Toni couldn't help it but smile as her heart jumped from seeing him again after a long time.
"Fine I guess what about you? I heard about your dad's company, it's a real shame."
Toni couldn't help but laugh, the sound brought a smile to Eliot's face; he had really missed that sound.
"Yea it was quite a shame wasn't it? He probably never saw it coming. And I guess as you can tell I've been fine also. So I've been following your career or more like careers. You've definitely kept yourself busy since the Army."
"Yea I've been keeping myself busy as have you I take it. So how's Italy and Paris this time of year?" With that Toni got a mischievous gleam to her eye.
"Well Italy is great, very nice in the spring. There are great opportunities for work there."
"I'm sure it is." Toni's smile was infectious and Eliot found himself smiling again.
"Um yea, do you guys know each other?" Parker was the only one who had enough guts to break the mood. "Ouch!" Parker looked over to Sophie who had elbowed her for her rudeness at interrupting the moment. "Oh sorry." Parker had a sheepish smile on her face as she looked around and saw all eyes on her.
Eliot looked back to Toni and saw her smiling and her eyes sparkling like they used to. He had missed the care free look on her so much it had hurt most of the time. He regretted most of the decisions he made when he was younger but no more than leaving without her and going to the Army. He still could see the devastated look on her face the day he left and her begging him to stay. They were a family; they were all each other had and they were so in love and he still left. He wondered if she would ever forgive him. But looking at her now he knew he would never love anyone else but her. She had meant everything to him and him to her, but he got nervous and ran and now he wanted nothing but her back, life was funny that way or more like messed up that way.
A cell phone going off brought Eliot out of his musings. Toni was checking her phone and silently cursed at the time. "Sorry guys but I've got to leave to do something. I'll see you later just give me a call." She then proceeded to give her card to Nate. Before she left she graced Eliot with her full mega-watt smile.
"What the heck just happened and how do you know her?" Hardison asked out loud to no one in particular.
"It was a whole other life." Eliot spoke as he walked away.
TBC
A/N: So tell me what you think so far. I know where this story is going so hopefully it will be updated soon.