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Chapter 10-
Umm… Magnus?
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"So how are we going to do this? We need to find a way to get in there, and we need to get them out safely, soon" Alec started
Magnus shook his head, somewhat at a loss.
"I-I'm just not sure" he said with a shrug
Raphael tilted his head consideringly,
"Hmm…well, Wallace and the others seem to be focused on the items on the far side of the warehouse. If someone can get the guards away from the door, get them distracted, then the other two of us can sneak in, get to them, and get them out." Raphael suggested, glancing over at the others,
Alec gave a slow nod
"Yeah…that might work. But how do we get them away from the door?"
Raphael gave a bit of a confident shrug
"Just be ready detective, I got it…"
With that he turned from the other two, wandering away
"Wha-…w-wait! What are you doing?" Alec whispered shouted after him uncertainly
Raphael turned back to him, flashing a, somewhat unsettling, smile and a wink, giving a near careless shrug,
"Just be ready" he said again in an oddly cheerful tone
He ran his fingers through his hair somewhat, then turned and wandered back the way they'd came, towards the road.
Alec blinked a couple time before turning looking over at Magnus in total confusion
"What the hell is he doing?"
He just gave a faint shrug
A few minutes later Raphael wandered back from a slightly different direction right up to where the guards were standing.
They tense up when they noticed him approaching, moving their hands to their weapons and stepping away further from the door, moving closer out to intercept the possible threat.
"What are you doing out here?" one asks gruffly, looking him over
The other one folds his arms apparently trying to stare the newcomer down. Raphael, seemingly oblivious to the intimidation or the gruffness, gives a relieved slightly breathless sounding half laugh and a thankful smile, pausing a bit, as if to catch his breath.
"Oh, thank god, finally found another person!Hi, I-I, was on my way to a party and kind of got lost. See, I didn't even really want to go, like at all… but I literally just found out a few hours ago my ex got engaged and we haven't even been broken up a month, and I just really needed a distraction, you know?
So at the last minute I decided to go, but it's at some kind of warehouse out here and I was kind of unclear where exactly… And I guess I must of passed it or something cause there is, like, nothing out here, and the directions are on my phone, but there is absolutely no reception whatsoever, and as if that wasn't enough my car chose just now to totally brake down! As if it wasn't already a bad enough day…
So I got out and started walking and it seems like I've just been walking forever and now my phone is totally dead, not that it does me any good with no reception, but at least I could use it for light and now it's not even good for that and this has just been the worst day ever!"
Seeming to freeze for a second, finally really looking at the guys for the first time, glancing from one to the other and giving a bit of a slower, appreciative, once over, like he couldn't really choose which one to focus on.
"W-Well, at least it was, hi..."
Alec shook his head slightly, baffled
"So, that's his plan? Flirt with the guards? Seriously? That's just, like, what… his 'go to' move?"
Magnus shrugged slightly
"Well, it's usually 'plan A' in any case. It does tend to be surprisingly effective more often than not."
Alec shook his head in disbelief
"T-That is just crazy! I mean, yeah, okay…I admit he's pretty good looking, and I guess he's charming when he wants to be…or when he wants something bad enough to be… but really how ofte-"
Alec's sentence was cut off by a somewhat loud laugh from one of the guards. Alec glances back, and almost does a double take. They're now standing about thirty feet from the door; one of them is showing Raphael his gun,
Like that's just something you do!
The guard seems to be explaining something about it to Raphael, who appears totally impressed and fascinated, with a charming, wide eyed, uncomfortably innocent looking smile. The other one, apparently not wanting to be out done, is interrupting the first guy, interjecting comments, to which Raphael looks even more amazed, the other quickly responding with something that Raphael looks absolutely enamored by.
They were competing like children!
In any other circumstances he'd be laughing at the absurdity of it, now however, he is just really glad, once again, that Raphael was on their side.
It occurs to him, he really doesn't know the guy much. He's generally kind of quiet…Well, except with Magnus, or, every once in a while, with Simon, when he seems downright sappy.
The man seems friendly enough, a bit closed off, maybe, but really no more so than Alec himself. In fact the two of them generallydo get on fairly well. He's actually pretty funny, in a dry, sarcastic, at times slightly dark kind of way.
Alec even thinks they're something approaching friends. Sometimes though it just seems like Alec is missing something. The guy seems weirdly skilled at a lot of things, and can work people better than anyone Alec has ever seen.
The flirting thing is somewhat unsettling, but the way he can intimidate people? That is a whole other thing entirely. He knows that there are a lot of people that can seem scarier than they actually are. those that can play up the threatening part to a T, but when it comes down to it generally it's more just a show than anything else… and, for the most part, he thinks that's exactly what it is with Raphael… But, every now and then, there's something.
It's never anything big, or overtly obvious, just a bit of something; a comment, a look, even just a feeling, that makes him think that it might not all just be an act with Raphael.
Alec really hopes he never gets on the guy's bad side.
He says something that has both the guards laughing, moving a bit closer, completely enthralled; he has their total focus
Magnus touches Alec's shoulder, getting his attention and gesturing for him to follow. With one more glance between the guards and Raphael, and a slight shake of his head, Alec turns from the weird scene.
Alec catches Magnus by the arm lightly, just before they move for the door. He leans over, so he's just a hairsbreadth from Magnus
"I'm going in first, stay behind me. If anything happens, if anything goes wrong, I need you to get out as fast as you can."
Magnus shakes his head slightly
"I'm not promising that; I can't just leave you guys."
Magnus starts to turn, but Alec stops him, holding his arm a bit tighter
Alec couldn't just let this go, he needed him to understand
"You are a civilian; I shouldn't even be letting you in there at all. If I thought even for a second there was any way I could keep you out here, short of physically restraining you, I'd be going in alone.I don't want you in there.
God Magnus, you already risked your life how many times today? You can't keep pressing your luck; it's not always going to work out. I-I can't, if something happen to you, I really couldn't-… Right now you are my responsibility.
If something happens in there, if…If you… on my watch…If something happens to you, Magnus, I will never be able to forgive myself;
Do you understand that?
Please, just promise me, if anything goes wrong, I really need you to give me your word that you will get out…please…" he finished, meeting Magnus's gaze desperately
Magnus nodded slowly
"O-okay, Alexander, I will" he said softly
Alec nodded slightly in relief, leaning a bit closer, squeezing his arm once more before letting go. Magnus took a deep breath, desperately hoping he wouldn't have to go back on his word.
He moved slightly over to let Alec take the lead, slipping quietly through the now unguarded door.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*They creep quietly through the warehouse, keeping close to the wall, using the crates and boxes for cover, stealthily making their way to the office. Wallace and his cohorts seem to be fairly focused on a few of the crates near the far side of the warehouse, carefully pulling the continence of them out. From this distance Magnus can't really tell what exactly they are… and he really doesn't care at this point, he is just grateful that it is managing to keep their attention over there.
Glancing at the crates Magnus realizes that they couldn't of all came from the evidence lock up. Some appear to have been here for quite a while. A few of them have stamps on them showing VAFB, it seems somewhat familiar, but Magnus just can't quite place it right now, a bit more focused on the task at hand.
Others have what appears to be shipping manifests attached to them, with much of the information blacked out. Many of the crates on this side of the warehouse are opened with their continence strewn about with little regard.
The continence of one in particular catches Magnus's eye, as does what appears to be the shipping manifest, the address and such are marked out, and some of it is written in another language, one he is rather rusty with, but he can read the important part. He reaches in the crate grabbing one fairly small, roundish dark greenish, black object, taking it with him.
He doesn't really have anywhere to put it; he can barely fit his pack of lock picks in his pocket, much less anything else, but carries it along just the same. Silently they make their way towards the office door. Alec reaches it first, checking the handle;
It is locked, of course…
He turns back to Magnus; nearly brushing against him they are so close.
"It's locked, one of them probably has the key, but I don't know which one or how we'll get it from him without drawing the attention of the others." he shrugs faintly
Magnus gave him a slight smirk,
"Actually… I do believe I can get this one, darling"
Alec was already shaking his head quickly
"Magnus, I swear; if you try anything like Raphael did out there-"
Despite the situation Magnus had to chuckle quietly shaking his head, looking back up at the apparently very frustrated detective with a faintly impish grin, slipping a bit closer, resting his free hand on Alexander's arm,
"No need to be jealous, my darling detective, I wasn't going to suggest anything like that"
Alec nearly seems to startle at the tone, eyes widening, a faint blush coloring his cheeks,
"I wasn't jealous, I was jus-"
Magnus chuckled again, leaning even closer, a mere few inches away, quirking his eyebrow in amusement,
"We can argue about it all you want later darling… but, yes, you kind of were. In any case, I can get the door open; I just need a few seconds." He begins to turn before pausing, shifting back towards Alec,
"Oh, and you need to hold this, I really don't have anywhere to put it and I need both hands for this… just slip it into your jacket pocket or something"
He handed Alec the small greenish-black object…Alec looked at it, totally dumbfounded, then slowly looks back up back at Magnus.
"Umm… Magnus? Why did you just hand me something that looks an awful lot like a grenade?"
Magnus gave a faint shrug
"Well, technically it is… but they are designed to just put someone to sleep. There were quite a few in one of the crates we passed, I do believe they are still officially in the testing phase, the military only barely admits they exist… but from the rumors and vague stories I've heard they are quiteeffective.
I kind of doubt they came from a police lock up, I think that they have things here from quite a few other places as well. I do believe we have stumbled into quite the theft, trafficking ring here. I suppose that they may come in quite handy, for our exit, don't you?"
Alec just kind of stared at him for a moment, before nodding, somewhat cautiously
"So, umm… about the door?"
"Oh, yes, no worries, darling; that is quite an easy fix, won't take me a moment" He smiled brightly
Moving in front of Alec near the door he reached into his pocket and pulled out the small pouch with his lock picks, quickly retrieving the one he needed, and slipping the pouch back into his pocket.
"I-is there something you need to tell me?" Alec asked cautiously
Okay, so, apparently Raphael wasn't the only one Alec was missing a few things about
Magnus shifts just a bit to where Alexander is nearly against him, he turns slightly, looking up meeting his eyes,
"Alexander, when we first met…when you interrogated me, I did tell you I was a man of many talents; that you'd be amazed what I can do… I remember it quite well…" Alec seemed to drift closer unconsciously to where he was just barely brushing against Magnus, he heard Alec's breath hitch faintly, saw his eyes widen a bit more, Magnus looking up at his through his lashes
"I rather hoped you would as well, darling" he nearly whispered, giving a bit of an exaggerated pout, leaning just a slight bit closer to Alec and giving a rather impish smile, raising his eyebrow, tilting his head
"Don't you?"
Alec gulped slightly
Magnus turned somewhat, reached for the lock, and, with a quick flick of his wrist, and a slight flourish of a twist, the lock released. Magnus glanced back up at him, with a slight, self-assured shrug,
"After you, detective" Magnus practically purred, moving over, just enough to let Alec reach the door before him, but still staying very, very close
Solely for protection, of course
Was it, like, really, hot in here all of a sudden?
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* _End Of Chapter Notes_ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Eh, come on, we had to let Magnus flirt and fluster Alec at least a bit
I know a lot of it isn't really believable, but, at least to me, it's entertaining, and it IS fiction
(I know I've seen less plausible storylines in shows)
Okay, so, we are in the home stretch here, two chapters to go.
Also, I really want to have Jace be all over confident, trying to 'help' them at some point on a case or whatever, trying to distract someone and it just SO does not work so Raphael swoops in and completely shows him how it's done.
I don't know when, but damnit, it WILL happen!
Hope you're liking it as much as I am!
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