I don't own Now You See Me and this might have spoilers from the new movie, which was fantastic! This will probably be a collection of one-shots but I don't know how many. Hope you enjoy the story! A:N(for now I'm just going to have Jack, Merritt, and Danny but in some chapters I might also have either Lula or Henley)
After a long day of work Dylan was back at the big apartment that housed him and his horsemen. Deciding he didn't want to really do much, he laid on the couch to watch TV. Suddenly his phone went off and the sudden noise caused him to jump for a second before he managed to grab his phone.
"Hello? This is Agent Rhodes."
"What?! You managed to find Kelser's location! I'm on my way, I should be at the office in 20 and I'll be ready to go get this son of a bitch." Dylan than ran to his room to get ready, and when he came out a few minutes later he saw Jack and Merritt both sitting at the table eating.
"Hey, where's Daniel?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen little Danny all day." Responded Merritt and causing Dylan to role his eyes.
"I know he went out earlier today, I think he wanted to go on a walk to clear his head." Jack ended up having more information than Merritt but it still wasn't much.
"Alright I'm headed out on a case, text me when Daniel gets back, alright, I don't know wha time I'll be home?"
"Gotcha, Boss-Man." Dylan then walked out the door and ran down to get in his car and head towards the office.
Unknown to all of them, just that morning Danny was missing.
Once Dylan got to the office he met up with fuller to get the rundown on what was going on.
"You know how Kelser works Dylan, the man is a drug lord known for torturing people so he is holed up in a warehouse and we have reason to believe he has some hostages he plucked off the street just to torture them. The man is a sick bastard and I can't wait to shove his ass in jail for the rest of his life."
"I agree, alright lets get this party moving and go get Kelser." Both Rhodes and Fuller then proceeded to give out instructions to people and were soon on their way to the warehouse with multiple agents and a swat team. It was about a 30 minute drive to the location and the whole time Dylan kept hoping this whole thing would work according to plan so he could get back home afterwards.
Once they arrived there they swarmed the place and managed to catch everyone, no one in the warehouse had any idea that the FBI was coming so people didn't have the time to escape. Kelser was on his knees in the center of the room being lightly interrogated by the other agents while everyone else was rounding up the other people involved. Dylan decided to go search around a bit just in case there was any hostages but he didn't like what he found at all. In a small room just off of the main room of the warehouse, there was 3 people laying on the ground in blood and unconscious.
"FULLER! I've got hostages here!" Quickly Agent Fuller and a few paramedics ran over to help the 3 people and after helping to get them on gurneys he was once again left alone in the room. Noticing a difference on one of the walls he walked towards it and pushed on the wall and to his surprise the wall opened. On the inside a young man was on the floor, heavily injured and laying in his blood. Seeing that the boy was still breathing Dylan walked towards him to lay him on his back, and when he saw the face he was shocked and enraged. Apparently Daniel had been kidnapped by Kelser this morning and he had spent quite a bit of time torturing the young man. He could see that Daniel was not in good shape and would need medical attention soon.
"Daniel? Danny can you hear me? Its Dylan, can you open your eyes for me?" Dylan spoke with slight panic in his voice at the sight of one of his horseman injured and not doing well, he hated to see any of them in anything other then good health. Slowly Daniel managed to open his eyes and look at Dylan with fear.
"D-Dylan? W-What happened? Where-oww-am I?" talking cause him to hiss in pain that flared up his side and he could tell he had a gunshot would on his side. He saw Dylan going to move to stand up and get help but panic and fear washed over him causing him to start hyperventilating.
"Daniel? What's wrong?" After seeing him bleeding out of his side he knew he needed to go get help for him but then seeing Danny start hyperventilating with pure fear on his face he knew something else was wrong.
"D-Don't leave me, I don't want to be alone dad. I'm scared, I'm going to die aren't I?!" Daniel had started to freak out and assume the worst, and in the state of panic he was in he had called Dylan dad. When he thought about it though he wished Rhodes was his dad and after finding out about the eye and that Dylan had been helping them, he really started to look up to him, even if no one else knew.
Slowly, as to not injure him any more then he already was, Dylan pulled Daniel into his lap and wrapped his arms around the younger man to rub his back while Daniel had started crying in pain, fear, and the love, protection, and safety Dylan was giving him. Daniel, like Jack, had never any kind of comfort growing up with their parents leaving them to basically raise themselves.
"Shhhh..my little horseman, it will be alright. I'm not going anywhere. We'll get you to a hospital to get you fixed up ant then head home, I'll be with you the whole time." He kept rubbing Daniel's back and placed a kiss on his forehead and a minute later Fuller walked in, wondering where his partner was. When he saw the young man he ran out to get another paramedic. With surprising strength Dylan managed to pick up Daniel and carried him bridal style outside to the ambulance. Daniel buried his head into Dylan's chest, calming himself as he listened to the mans heartbeat and feeling the familiar coat that to the horseman they knew would be safe when they saw it.
When they were headed to the hospital Dylan never let go of Daniels hand, letting him know that he was there with him. Daniel ended up needing surgery to get the bullet out and to stich up his other wounds to stop them from bleeding and getting infected.
"Don't worry Daniel, when you wake up I'll be right by your side, I'm not leaving."
After Daniel had gotten out of surgery, Dylan never did leave his side, running his fingers through Daniel's hair to calm Danny and himself. Seeing him laying of the floor had given him one of the biggest shocks in his life and it scared the crap out of him, seeing one of his children injured and bleeding, he never wanted to see it again. He was pissed Kelser managed to get his hands on Daniel, and he wanted to wring the mans neck. After Daniel had woken up the doctor had said the gunshot wasn't terrible and as long as he took it easy he could go home. Dylan helped Daniel get into the passenger seat and soon they were on their way home.
"What happened Danny?"
"I don't really know, one second I was walking on the sidewalk and the next I was being dragged into an alley way and knocked unconscious. I woke up later and that's when the started….started to beat me. I'm sorry, I'm so weak I couldn't stop them and I felt so helpless." By this point Daniel had tears running down his face and Dylan had pulled into the parking spot at the apartment complex.
"Come on, lets go upstairs and get you some rest." Slowly they made their way to their apartment, no one was awake when they entered, not surprising considering it was 2am. Instead of helping Daniel to his room they went strait to Dylan's.
"I want to stay with me tonight so I can make sure you are fine and nothing else happens to you." Once Daniel was comfortable Dylan got in bed too and pulled Daniel into a hug with the younger man cried into his chest. Unused to the feeling of someone caring, Daniel found himself enjoying it. Slowly he fell asleep, feeling safe and protected, knowing nothing could harm him when Dylan was there.
As he watched Daniel fall asleep, Dylan knew he could finally relax. One of his little horseman was safe, he listened to Danny's breathing to reassure his still slightly panicking brain that he was safe. All of them were safe within their apartment. Slowly he also fell asleep, knowing that he might have to help Danny with nightmares during the night, but vowing he would keep them safe.
He would give his life to keep his children safe.
