Hello everyone i am so sorry about the lateness of the chapter but i promise i make up for it. You get to see more Eliot and Tim and you get to see some fight scenes so yay! Anyways part of the reason this was late was because my best friends mom died so i was kind of stessed out and couldnt right but this chap has 2000 somthing words so have fun.

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Moreau: I have the guns, I have the media, I have the government.
Nate: Know what I have? I have a 24 year old genius with a smart phone and a problem with authority.

Eliot pulled up in front of the house and said a silent prayer he didn't get puked on this time; he liked this shirt. He walked up to the front of the house and rang the door bell when Tim came to the door."Emo looking child from hell." Eliot thought as the teenager opened the door and stared at Elliot.

"Um, I'm here to pick up Shay. She is here right?" Elliot questioned while trying to see past Tim who was blocking the doorway to the small one level house.

"Yeah she's here." Tim said with a smug grin on his lips showing off the lip piercing that made Eliot cringe. Eliot frowned, the kid was messing with him and he didn't like it. Gritting his teeth he made his best effort not to strangle the teenager.

"Can you go tell her I'm here?" Eliot asked giving the glare he usually saves for parker to the teenager. Tim stuck his head back in the door and called Shay; Eliot had to pinch himself from slamming the door on the boys head. He heard Shay yell from somewhere in the house that she'd be there in a minute. Tim turned back to him and smiled as Eliot grunted.

"How old are you?" Eliot asked Tim who was still smiling at him with no end in sight.

"Sixteen," Tim replied his smile grew bigger and Elliot was suddenly reminded of Parker; the grown up body but the child like mind. "At least the kid seems happier this time." Elliot was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard the small quiet voice reach his ears.

"Make sure Laurens in bed by eight ok? And don't invite anyone over." Shay informed the boy who just rolled his eyes and nodded, Shay turned to Eliot and smiled.

"Ready to go darlin?" Elliot asked her while he looked her up and down; she had black skinny jeans on and a purple v- neck showing off just the right amount of cleavage.

"I'm ready if you are. " Shay answered as Eliot started off towards the truck. Being the gentleman his mama taught him to be he opened the door for her and helped her in then ran around the truck to hop in the driver's seat.

"So, looks like Tim is doing better today." Elliot commented while listening to the quite sound of the radio. He heard Shay sigh and looked over to see her shaking her head slowly.

"He has his good days, some are better than others, thankfully today was one of those good days." Eliot reached over and laid a hand on her thigh giving her a small comforting squeeze. The drive went on in a comfortable silence with Eliot and Shay sending small smiles each other's way until they reached the small café a. Eliot hoped out of the truck and helped Shay out of the truck which was up to high off the ground for her to reach. He slammed the car door and slipped his hand into Shays already noticing a group of men that had their eyes on her. Shay looked down at their hands and smiled; it has been a long time since she had the chance to even get this comfortable with a man. They walked into the small building and went up to the counter to see the choices, Eliot noticed the men that were in the parking lot had came inside and were now in the back corner of the café quietly talking among themselves. He found it strange they weren't ordering anything, just standing there.

"What about you sir?" The young looking man behind the counter asked, pulling Eliot out of his thoughts.

"Herbal tea please," The man nodded and typed the amounts of both drinks into the cash register, Eliot took out his wallet, paid for the drinks, took the receipt, and took Shay over to a table by the window to wait for the drinks. Shay suddenly looked at Eliot with a huge smile on her face. Eliot let out a small laugh.

"What?" Elliot asked now slightly cocking his head to the side.

"Let play twenty questions." Elliot sighed he didn't like these games to much could be told with twenty questions. But the way Shay was smiling at him he couldn't tell her no.

"Ok I'll go first." Shay nodded still smiling showing off her cute dimples that he guessed rarely got seen anymore. "How old are you?" Shay let out a laugh that made Eliot grin.

"Eliot didn't your momma teach you, you never ask a woman her age? No matter how young she appears." Shay looked at Eliot holding back laughter.

"She did but I'm curious. I know you're not older than me, but you're not that much younger either." Eliot said guilty.

"Fine." Shay let out a playful sigh "Twenty –seven."

"See was that hard? Your only two years younger than me."

"Ok my turn.' Shay stopped to think "Who's your most annoying coworker and why?" Eliot was about to answer when a waiter came and dropped off the drinks. Eliot took a small drink of his tea and debated his answer, who was more annoying Hardison or Parker. Shay looked up from whatever she was drinking.

"So who is it?"

"His name is Alec but we call everyone by their last name so Hardison."

"Why is he so annoying?"

"Well first of all he plays WOW an-." Shay cut Eliot off

"Nuff said."

The conversation went on like that for the next hour until it was nine o'clock. Elliot and Shay put their cups on the counter and headed out the door when Eliot saw it; a quick movement from behind one of the cars. He grabbed Shays hand and kept his eyes open, Shay must have seen the shadows too because she had shifted closer to Eliot. That's when it happened. A Tall man in a suite slowly walked out from behind Eliot's truck. Then he saw about six street thugs circle him and Shay coming out from behind the trucks: those men weren't looking at Shay they had been looking at him. "Shay get behind me now." Shay listened to him and got behind him she was now in between Eliot and another car.

"Well well well looks like I found Eliot Spencer out on a date how sweet." The man in the suite said with a jersey accent. Eliot let a low growl escape his mouth and moved even closer to Shay keeping his eyes on the thugs that were slowly moving closer.

"Who are you?" Elliot questioned the man in a low voice trying to think of a plan to get him and Shay out of there.

"The children are beautiful but the kids aren't yours are they?"

Eliot didn't answer just stared at the man now furious and the first thug came at him. The man threw a sloppy right hook and Eliot grabbed it with ease taking the man's arm and breaking it over his knee. Then the second man came along with the third, the fat one grabbed Eliot and started pulling him away from Shay who was still in front of the truck, and then he saw the woman do something he thought he'd never seen a woman her size do. The man grabbed Shays hair and was about to pull her with him when she reached up grabbed his hand and turned into him freeing herself from the hair hold and started lashing out on the much larger man. Shay kicked his knee taking him off balance, and then she did a round house kick that made solid contact with the man's face knocking him out cold. Eliot blinked and refocused on the man that was now trying to take him farther away from Shay. He elbowed the man in the stomach making the man's grip loosen on him, giving him just enough wiggle room to turn to face the man and deliver a clean punch to the man's temple making him collapse to the ground.

Eliot turned around to see three other men laying on the ground; the man in the suite was no longer there. Shay ran over to him blood dripping down her face from a deep cut on her for eyebrow Eliot reached up and wiped a bit of the blood off of the side of her face.

"Where'd you learn to fight like that?" He asked her; Shay ignored his question.

"We have to go get the kids now, take them some place safe." Elliot nodded and Shay and him started off towards his truck. Eliot was going to help Shay into the truck, she could have a concussion, but when he went to grab her arm to help her she shrugged away from him and just pulled herself up.

Eliot hopped in the driver's seat and put the truck in drive and headed towards the house. Shay could feel the blood running down the side of her face and the fact it was getting closer and closer to her eye was really annoying her.

"There's a clean towel in the side compartment." Eliot told her noticing the cut was now bleeding a lot more than it had been. Shay found the towel and pressed it two her face and wiped away the blood.

"You're not a cop are you?" Eliot sighed he figured she'd figured it out.

"No I'm not a cop but I will keep you and the kids' safe, but I need you to trust me. Do you trust me?" Shay turned to face him still holding the towel to her eyebrow; the cut must be pretty deep.

"I trust you. You protected me you can't be that bad." Eliot let out a weak smile "At least she doesn't hate me." Eliot knew he was in some deep shit.

Elliot pulled up to the house and Shay jumped out of the truck before Eliot could even put it in park. He got out after her and followed her into the house. When he walked into the house he ran straight into Tim who looked almost as mad as Eliot did at the moment.

"Did you do that to her?" Tim shouted pointing at shay who now had a sleepy Lauren in her arms while trying to pack a bag for the girl and her self. Eliot was about to answer the boy when Shay spoke up.

"Tim calm the hell down and go pack a bag with enough clothes for about a week, and no he didn't do this to me." Tim slowly backed off and went down the hallway and into a room that Eliot figured was the teen's bedroom. Eliot walked over to Shay who was having trouble holding Lauren and trying to pack the bag.

"Here I can hold her.' Eliot stretched out his arms to hold the little girl for Shay. She hesitated for a moment then put the sleeping child in Eliot's arms. He looked down at the sleeping child, he'd never held anything so fragile before; even the most valuable things he had retrieved in the past couldn't compare to the small child in his arms. Tim came back out with a gym bag slinged over his shoulder and shooting Eliot a dirty look. Shay had finished packing the bag and held her hands out to Eliot telling him without words to give the small girl back. Eliot gave the girl back to shay and headed back towards his truck with Shay in tow and Tim asking a lot of questions only being answered by Shay telling him she'd explain later. Shay shoved the car seat into the back seat of the truck and buckled Lauren in. Tim hopped in reluclently next to his sister and Shay got in the Passengers seat. Eliot got in the driver's seat and put the car in drive. He got out his cell phone and made a call.

"Yeah Nate we have a problem."

"I'll explain when I get there but call everyone else and tell them to come to the office."

"And were going I'm going to have a few friends with me so expect company." Elliot hung up and the cell phone call reminded him of trackers. "Hey do you guys have cell phones." Shay and Tim nodded. "let me see them." They both handed their cell phones to Eliot; he threw them out the car window and watched their jaws drop.

"Dude what the hell that was a new phone!" Tim yelled causing Lauren to shift in her car seat from hearing the vibrations of his voice

"Sorry dude but I don't want us to be tracked." Eliot looked back at the teen who just shook his head in anger.

"What the hell have you done Shay?"

I hope you enjoyed this chapter i know its kind of a cliff hanger but the next chapter is going to be good *I hope* any ways please review i enjoy the reviews and they keep me writing. Desserts to those who review. P.S Tim and Parker will get to meet next chapter so that should be interesting.

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