A/N: I wanted to say thank you for all the lovely reviews! As always I don't own Leverage!

Not the time

Nates guard immediately went up and he stepped in front of Parker. "Who are you?"

The man ignored him. "I'm here to help you"

"With what?" Nate asked firmly

"Someone is targeting you...someone by the name of Devalia Feradow" He handed Nate the envelope.

Nate cautiously took the envelope and opened it. It was set up like the normal police folder with the records and pictures. The picture was of a woman with wavy red hair and black eyes. A scar that looked like it was from some sort of large cat ran down her right cheek.

"We don't know what she wants with you but her tactics are usually mysterious and happen in the shadows. If you find anything that seems out of place avoid it. For your own good. She's already put one of her plans in motion" The mans voice started to seem worried

Nate furrowed his brow in confusion.

"You mean she's responsible for Sophie's coma?" Parkers voice was small

"Yes and no. Devalia set that house on fire so it would purposely be where you were walking. It was intended for you but as long as it hurt someone in your crew she didn't really care." The mans voice was jaded

"How-how do you know that?" Nate asked with the slightest hint of fear in his voice

The man sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I don't care to explain"

"Why not?" Nate demanded in as gentle voice as he could manage

"I'm already in too much danger by being here" He whispered. "Think of me as a double agent"

Nate forced a nod. "So what are we supposed to do?"

"Stop her. Put her in jail. Kill her. I don't care. Just stop her. She's hurt too many people already"

"Stop someone who wants to hurt us? That involves getting close to them..."

"Not necessarily" The man raised his eyebrows a them and then walked out the door.

"I think I see a pattern starting to form..." Parker said suspiciously

"What?"

"Well first with the mysterious Italian and then the apartment getting bugged and now this Devil person that wants to bring us down" Parker looked at him seriously

"First off, her name was Elizabetta-"

"Why'd you never tell us?" Parker cut in

Nate ignored her, "second, her name is Devalia not Devil"

"But don't you think it's a bit odd?" Parker asked slowly

"Well we've messed with a lot of corrupt CEO's, I mean we're bound to have enemies" Nate shrugged

"I just don't want anyone else to get hurt" Parker muttered

Nate put his hands on his shoulders and looked at her. "Listen to me Parker, we're not going to let this go to our heads. We don't even know if this is true"

"We should still have Hardison check"

"Yeah" Nate paused, "do you remember what I asked you to do?"

Parker looked at him.

"That shiny thing" Nate hinted, "is it done?"

"Oh! Yeah it's done"

"Okay good" Nate then quickly changed subjects. "We should get back to the hospital"

"Eliot said-"

"-don't care what he said I'm going back" Nate interrupted crisply

"Okay Mister Sassy Pants" Parker raised her arms in defense

By the time they finally got out of Nates apartment it was about 9 at night. His car was parked across the street in a parking garage. As he looked both ways on the street and then he noticed two men walking towards them. Nate tried to ignore them and started crossing he street but Parker held him back.

"Watch where you're going or you'll get hit by a car"

They were 10 feet away now and the taller of the two reached into his inside jacket pocket.

"Run." His voice was distant. "RUN!" Nate grabbed her wrist and started bolting off in the other direction. Shots were being fired from behind, both of them with guns. He had no idea where he was going since it was a new city. Parker took a sharp left around the corner and then another sharp left into an alley. The water splashed around their feet as they ran through the darkness. They couldn't hear the shooting anymore and Nate stopped to catch his breath.

Suddenly his phone rang.

Nate quickly grabbed it out of his pocket and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Mr. Ford, it's Nicole"

"Nicole! What's wrong? Please don't say that she-"

"NATE!" Parker yelled when she saw the two men just down the alley.

"One sec" Nate said urgently into the phone as he followed Parker up the old metal ladder on the side of the building. He could hear bullets ricocheting off the metal and he climbed faster, nearly pushing Parker over the top of the ladder when she got to the top. They stumbled across the roof and headed towards the door at the top. It was locked. Parker immediately went to work on picking it.

"I'm back" Nate breathed heavily in the phone

The world was all too bright for her. The white walls so dark but glowing so bright. Her world seemed to shake and throb as she looked around. The pain in her head, arms, legs, and her whole body actually; was excruciating. All she could do was let the silent tears run down her face as she groaned in pain. A lady came into the room and rushed over to her. Before she knew it, more people came into the room and started poking and prodding at her body. She did her best to keep up with what they were saying and doing but her mind kept lagging. A twinge in her arm told her that they had stuck a needle in her. That's when she saw Eliot and Hardison. She managed a weak grin as they ran over to her. Their movements were jagged and slow as she came too. The morphine started to course through her body just as Maggie and Tara walked in. They were all crying tears of joy as they watched her. Everyones voice cleared in her head and their movements became more fluent. Then she noticed nobody else had walked in the door yet. She frowned and managed to pry open her dry mouth.

"Where's Nate and Parker? Are they dead?"

"She's awake" Nicole's voice was almost squealing with excitement

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?" Nate yelled into phone. Half out of surprise and joy and half out of rage for it being now.

"Yes she's a bit disoriented and..."

They could hear the thugs pounding up the ladder. "I gotta go! I'll be there ASAP" Nate hung up the phone and grabbed Parker by the back of her collar and started running towards the other side of the building.

"Wai-what's goin' on?" Parker yelled as she started running

"Sophie's awake but we're being chased by guys with guns so I suggest we run like hell" Nate ran to the other side of the building and it was what appeared to be a short jump to the next. He bounded off the ledge onto the other, Parker right behind him. Nate skidded across the ground and Parker landed on her feet. She helped Nate up and they kept running.

"Sophie's awake?" It was a delayed reaction

"Yeah" Nate looked back worriedly and saw the gunners had vanished. "They're gone," He breathed

For a few minutes they sat there and tried to catch their breath. Once Parker had managed to get her breath back she turned to look at Nate. "Well this idea was great for getting away but how are we supposed to get back down. I'm not gonna be able to do that jump now and I'm positive you won't either"

Nate shook his head no, his esophagus still numb from running. Parker looked around for a door back into the building. She spotted an air shaft and went to go check it out. It wasn't bad but Nate might have a hard time with the drop, since he wasn't a skilled cat burglar like her. Frustrated she looked over the ledge of the ledge of the building, nothing to climb down on.

"Come on we have to jump"

"But-"

"Now!" Parker grabbed his hand and helped him up. They got a good head start and ran, catapulting off the ledge. Nates knees buckled on impact and he faltered. The balls of his feet hit the edge of the building and he fell. He grabbed onto the ledge almost immediately, one little slip away from dying.

"I HATE THIS CITY!" Nate yelled as he tried to hoist himself up over the ledge. His arms were too weak and his hands were sweating, causing him to slip. Parker grabbed his biceps and pulled him up over the ledge and almost threw him on the ground since he weighed too much for her to pick up. Nate regained his balance and then started heading to the other side of the building.

"The city's not all bad...I like the donuts" Parker said as she walked after him.

A/N 2: I know there is a lot of interaction between Nate and Parker right now but the story follows Nate around most of the time. Now originally you didn't get to see Sophie wake up but I decided I should put it in there and I'm not really sure if I like how it turned out. Anyway the last chapter is going to a lot longer because I split the end of this one off and added it to the 4th. Don't forget reviews *u*