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Without any further yada yada yada...
Chapter 3- Parker.
"Nate, man, wake up," Hardison whisper-yells to the sleeping Nate. Sophie is already up and decorating, and Eliot's working on something big in the kitchen.
"What, Hardison?" Nate asks, waking up slowly.
"It's Parker's birthday, you gotta get moving," Hardison leaves, and 10 minutes later, a showered and ready for the day Nate comes out.
"We're already done with the decorating," Sophie says as Hardison and Nate approach her.
"Eliot's on cake duty?" Nate suspects.
"Yeah, he's been in there since 2am." Hardison recalls.
"He's probably almost done." Sophie comments. Just then, Eliot, not looking in the least bit tired, comes out of the kitchen with a 3 layer frosted cake.
"Correction, Sophie, he is done." Nate says as they inspect the cake. The first 2 layers are frosted to look like a building with Parker hanging from a harness on the second layer. The bottom layer is frosted with many different currencies. Euro, renminbi[Chinese money], and some US dollars are just a few examples.
"Wow," Hardison says, gaping.
"It's perfect," Sophie admires the cake more.
"Good job, Eliot, when's Parker supposed to be here?" Nate asks.
"She should be here in 10 minutes." Hardison says, looking up from his phone. The crew quickly runs to their favorite hiding spots and pull out various presents for the thief. Eliot hangs a pinata from a beam, Sophie, Hardison, and Nate place wrapped presents on the table.
"A pinata?" Hardison asks.
"It's Parker. She's been begging to get a pinata for everybody else's birthday." Eliot explains.
"I forgot the streamers," Sophie suddenly exclaims. The crew rushes to tape long paper ribbons over the door, creating a very nice birthday effect. Hardison watches the live feed of the entrance, and when Parker reaches the hallway leading to the office, Eliot lights the candles, and the crew hides.
Parker opens the door to find it very dark. She walks through the streamers, wondering who bothered to tape paper to a doorway. She sees light coming from the next room, and looks to see what it is. It's just a birthday cake. Wait, who's birthday is it? If it was somebody's birthday in the crew she would have been included to help set up. Oh, wait.
"Happy birthday Parker!" The crew jumps out from their various hiding spots, and the lights turn on. Parker gets a good look at the cake.
"How did you do that, Eliot?" Parker's voice is full of awe.
"I knew an artist once. He taught me a few tricks." Eliot says, and the team sings happy birthday to their favorite thief. Parker blows out the candles, and the whole crew eats the cake as Parker opens her presents.
Hardison made her a new robot, this one looks like a miniature version of his highly praised van. It can gather information, act as a generator for when the thief might need power for a certain tool, and relay information to the crew in any state, long after Parker's comm would stop working.
Sophie got her a dress. Parker doesn't know what to say at first, but Sophie reveals all the secret compartments for lock picking sets in the dress that looks pocketless.
Nate got her a whole box of money, fresh off the mint.
"Why is it called the mint if the money never smells like mint?" Parker asks, smelling the money.
Parker and the crew just finished their pieces of cake when Eliot hands her a baseball bat.
"You got me, a bat?" Parker asks.
"No," Eliot says, turning her around so she sees the pinata. "That's my baseball bat, and I want it back!" He yells as the thief goes after the pinata, Eliot knowing very well he's never gonna get that bat back.
TO BE CONTINUED...WITH NATE'S BIRTHDAY
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