AN: Okay, so here's the last chapter. Hope ya'll like it!
"Eliot. Eliot get up."
"I tried to wake him up but he wouldn't budge."
"Of course he didn't. He just got hit in the head."
You didn't call the cops did you?" the first guy asks.
"Didn't get a chance to. You two showed up before I could," the second guy says.
"Good. We don't have time to get rid of them," the girl, the third speaker, says.
"Dammit. Shut up," Eliot thinks as he groans and shifts in his semi-conscious state.
"He's waking up," the girl says excitedly. Eliot cringes and turns away from her voice.
"Quiet Parker," the first guy orders quietly. Eliot forces his eyes open and cringes at the bright sun shining on him. "Eliot?"
"Dammit Hardison," Eliot growls out as he blinks and Hardison's face is three inches from his own. Hardison grins and pulls away from him. Eliot groans and pushes his self up to a sitting position. He reaches to the back of his head and hisses at the knot already present. Images flash through his head and everything comes back to him. His head whips around as he searches for Avery but nausea envelops him and he stops but nausea envelops him and he stops.
"Avery?" he asks Hardison and Parker instead as he shuts his eyes.
"Gone when we got here," Hardison replies with a strained voice. Eliot growls in frustration. "Give me ten minutes, tops, and I'll find out where they took her."
Eliot nods his head and pushes himself to his feet. Hardison and Parker stand up as well and cautiously watch Eliot. The store clerk watches for a moment before finally speaking up. He had seen what happened and was worried for the man in front of him and the girls that was taken.
"Shouldn't we call…" the clerk begins but Eliot, Hardison, and Parker simultaneously interrupt him.
"No!" They don't wait for the clerk to say anything else before Hardison and Parker lead Eliot to where Lucille is parked.
LEVERAGE
It took Hardison six minutes to find the exact location of Avery. It took Eliot two to call Nate and tell him their plan, much to Nate and Sophie's chagrin. To be honest it wasn't much of a plan but Eliot was out for pain. They had kidnapped his daughter and threatened her. It took them thirteen minutes with Parker driving to get to the warehouse they were keeping Avery. And so, here they were, inside Lucille looking at security footage from inside. They pinpointed where Avery was and, now, the three of them were preparing to go get her.
LEVERAGE
Avery strains against the ropes holding her to a chair. She glares at the dark haired leader that had held the knife to her throat. She shifts her gaze to the two burly men on the other side of the room. Her lips quirk up and she feels a sense of pride. The shorter one is holding an ice pack to his nose and the taller holding his arm close to his side.
Avery had fought all the way to the van and even inside the van. She had managed to break the shorter guy's nose and a couple ribs on the taller one before she was knocked out. Avery grins and the two men scowl in her direction. Avery looks back over at the leader who is talking on the phone.
"Understood," he says before hanging up the phone and putting it back in his pocket. He looks over at the other two men.
"That was Gleeson. He said when we get the money to tie up the loose ends," the leader relays and the two injured men nod their heads with evil smirks aimed at Avery. Avery narrows her eyes at them and opens her mouth to say something but a commotion in the hall has all of their attentions' turning to the door. The head guy catches the other two's attention and nods towards the hall. The two men head out of the room to see what the disturbance is.
The leader scowls and looks over at Avery. He walks over to a machine with a chain wrapped around it and grabs the hook at the end of said chain. He moves over to Avery and hooks the chain to the top of the chair. Avery glares at his back as he walks back to the machine and begins struggling against her binds once again. The leader pushes a button on the machine and it begins turning, wrapping the chain around it and lifting Avery off the floor and into the air.
Avery gasps and her eyes widen as the chair rises higher and tilts forward resulting in her leaning towards the cement floor. Avery hates heights and the chair swinging two stories up was not helping.
Abruptly, the door to the room slams open and Eliot, Parker, and Hardison billow in. The leader quickly grabs the chain and pushes the button that unlocks the chain. All he had to do was let go and Avery and the chair crash to the floor. Eliot stops a couple Yards away from the leader and glares at him. Hardison stop next to him, one on either side.
"Ah-ah," the dark-haired man says mockingly with a raised eyebrow. He drops Avery about six inches causing her to yelp in surprise and fear. Eliot's glare darkens. "Anything happens to me and the girl makes friends with the cement floor."
The chair swings violently as Avery jerks from the surprise drop. Avery closes her eyes as she hears the guy threatening her dad. She catches her breath and opens her eyes again, instantly looking to her dad. She just wanted to get down.
Eliot refuses to look at Avery even as he feels her watching him. He looks at Hardison and Parker in turn, sharing a look with each of them. Eliot looks back at the leader who is smirking cockily at him. Eliot smirks back at him and the guy's smirk wavers. The dark-haired man glances over at Hardison and Eliot jumps on his opportunity. Eliot charges at the guy and the guy jolts back in surprise. Eliot crashes into him and takes him to the ground. As soon as Eliot jolts into action, Hardison and Parker follow suit. They make a dash for the chain, intent on grabbing it.
Avery watches with wide eyes as her dad tackles the dark-haired man. As Eliot and the man crash to the floor, the man loses his grip on the chain. Avery shouts in fear as the floor speedily rushes to meet her. Three feet from impact, Avery jerks to a stop and she gasps in surprise. Her eyes are big and wide and her breath comes in quick gasps as she stares at the floor just below her.
Avery feels herself slowly lower towards the cement floor and abruptly, Parker appears in front of her. Parker grabs her and helps set her and the chair upright. Quick footsteps approaching announces Hardison's arrival. Parker pulls out a knife and immediately begins cutting Avery loose. Hardison kneels down in front of her.
"You okay?" Hardison asks as he helps Avery up to her feet. Avery nods her head and looks over towards the sound of a scuffle. She sees her dad deliver a final blow to the dark-haired man before Eliot stands up.
Eliot looks over and meets Avery's wide eyes. He jogs over to her and looks her over, glad to see she's fine. Eliot breathes out a sigh of relief and pulls Avery in for a hug. Avery wraps her arms around him in return and squeezes him tightly. Eliot pulls away and rests his hands on Avery's shoulders and looks at her.
"Are you hurt?" Eliot asks knowing that even though he can't see anything doesn't mean Avery's not hurt.
"Just a lump on the back of my head where he hit me and knocked out," Avery explains with a nods towards the man lying across the room. Eliot takes a look at it and grimaces.
"We should get some ice on that," Eliot says before gently leading her out of the room. Hardison and Parker quickly follow after them.
LEVERAGE
"Okay, so let me get this straight. You didn't get Gleeson?" Eliot asks Nate and Sophie.
"We're not Hitters Eliot," Sophie replies as she motions at her and Nate. "He was trying to kill us. We were just trying to get away alive."
Eliot huffs and scowls but deep down he doesn't blame them. Truth was, he'd be pissed if they went after David Gleeson without him as backup and ended up getting hurt; Or killed. Eliot looks over at the screen at the picture of Gleeson and stares it down. This guy was not only coming after him but was working for Moreau.
"So, what do we do now?" Eliot asks without looking away from the TV screen.
"I'm working on a plan. In the meantime, we lay low and keep tabs on Gleeson," Nate replies as he sidles up next to Eliot. Eliot's scowl deepens but nods his head. If waiting meant they would get this guy then he'd wait. As long as it wasn't too long.
AN: Hopefully, this makes more sense now. I can't believe I completely missed uploading a whole entire story. Again, I apologize and hopefully everything bridges together now. Thanks!