Prologue
Nate sat in silence before his computer, reading a recent news article. Starting the previous week, more than one hundred people had mysteriously died. Normally such an occurrence would not have grabbed his interest, but there was one thing that tied all the victims together. They'd all recently bought canned corn from the same company. This interested him. The article did not disclose the name of the company, so Nate began to wonder idly is Hardison would have any luck finding something.
Staring thoughtfully into the brightness of the screen which contrasted starkly with the dark of the room, he frowned. This was an interesting case, though he wasn't sure the team would go for it. Canned corn? Sitting back in his chair, he drifted away, lost in thought for a while.
His peace was disturbed not long after by a soft sound. He turned and stood slowly. The sound could have been anything; someone in the hall bumping the wall, someone moving something downstairs, a car door slamming outside. But it sounded suspiciously like someone trying to knock on his door. But who? Anyone that he knew would have burst in already. On high alert, he took a step towards the door. As soon as his foot touched the ground, the soft knock came again, this time followed by a loud thud, the sound vaguely reminding Nate of a ton of potatoes hitting the ground. He frowned. He was not expecting a delivery of potatoes.
Inhaling deeply, he moved towards the door and placed his hand on the knob. He wasn't sure what to expect. For all he knew, someone was standing outside his door with a bomb waiting to kill him. He pulled the door open in a flash, glancing across and down both sides of the hallway. Nothing. His brow furrowed with confusion and a bit of frustration. He did not like whatever was going on. Someone has been there, he knew that much.
Sweeping his gaze down the hall once more, a soft moan startled him. Glancing at his feet, his gaze fell upon the battered and bloodied body of an unconscious man. His eyes widened.
"Eliot?"
Yay for new stories! This one should be several chapters, though I'm not sure how many exactly. Be sure to look out for the first chapter! Hopefully it'll be up soon. xD;
