FAN FICTION A-TEAM

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My Private Hero

Authoress' note: Due to only being able to come across music videos of this particular show I am not going to even attempt claiming to this be on any episode: Sorry

Scene 10

"Lonnie…" Hannibal gathered her in his arms as he pulled the covers from where they'd slipped. "…how am I going to find you once I'm gone?" For the first time in years the man had a hole in his heart he thought might not ever be filled again.

"Akela will always know where I am. If we're blessed you'll be able to sneak in a few visits here and there." She then intertwined her legs with his and begged him to lock the door to the outside world once more.

While Hannibal was occupied with Lonnie the other girls were having a blast as they went boating. "It's a good thing we've never been suspected like Lonnie or we'd not be able to get these boats to where they need to be." Terry spoke as they rowed away from the island.

"Lonnie wouldn't have either - if her trips away from home hadn't stretched into hours." Terra complained.

"Ya, but we all know who's got her all tied up in knots." Susan pointed out the obvious and the other girls only sighed and said they hoped she was wrong about the couple making it the real deal.

Lonnie had seen the boats coming, seen Akela risking being watched and knew she had to hurry and get the men down to the shore few visited. So, helping the men to grab their stuff, she raced to the shoreline just in time to have Akela rushing the men into the boats highly agitated.

"I think Troy's figured us out. " Akela told Hannibal to take his boat -it was newer and faster than any of the other boats. "But tie the girls up and knock me out before you do." No one had to ask why.

"Lonnie…" Hannibal's eye filled with a pain he hadn't felt in years.

"Go…I'll leave a trail, I promise. Now get out." She urged him as he tied her and the other girls up. She then watched BA knock Akela out before rushing into the boat and into sea.

"Think Decker will buy our story. And think the A-team will get to the other part of the island before Decker finds them." Terra only quit speaking for about ten minutes when Decker, Troy and the others came barreling round the corner.

"What …." Troy hopped out of the truck and ran to the girls. "…in the blazes happened?" He looked straight at Lonnie and then over at Akela who was just coming to.

"We came here to meet Akela, thought it would be great to have a picnic - and go riding in his new boat - after having to deal with so much stress only…" She didn't finish as Akela spoke as he sat up touching the back of his head.

"The A-team was here demanding my boat. When I wouldn't give it to them they knocked me out and -from the looks of it- tied the girls up." He then asked if anyone had an aspirin has he had a splitting headache.

It took quite a bit of good acting, but Decker bought the story and left empty-handed with Troy in tow. Terra, Terry and Susan watched them go and then laughed and went away to their own homes with the attitude it had been a fun game while it lasted, but now they had their own lives to get back to.

"Lonnie?" Akela frowned at her as her eyes now glued themselves onto the ocean. "Did you and Hannibal…" He trailed off the sentence as her eyes turned to him with the answer yes yelling loud.

"But I was supposed to tell you that? He's innocent and we both know it. He couldn't have stayed here - not with Decker crawling all over the island." Her chin lifted in defiance.

"Oh, Lonnie… dear…I hope a child was not conceived." His own heart went out to her.

"And if one was?" Every instinct told her that was exactly had happened.

"Then you'd best leave the island…away from your brother." Akela then left Lonnie alone on the beach.

Closing Scene

Lonnie stood on the porch of the bungalow and heard the screen door open -it was Hannibal. He picked up the notebook and glanced at what she'd written. His eyes softened when he read the title My Private Hero.

"Some hero." He chuckled as he then stood next to her holding a cigar. "I marry you, get you carrying my child and split off without a second glance back. Seems to me that should be your title -along with Akela's- you two were the main forces in saving our hides."

"You had no choice in leaving. And…" She grinned at him.. "We both were guilty."

"Of what?" Hannibal feigned innocence.

"Of seduction." His light touches and tones towards her alone qualified as such.

"That we are." He stood next to her holdin her around her waist. They then talked of Akela helping her to find a place away from the island and of recognizing Hannibal's facial features -and coded talk- a few years later in which lead to Hannibal's reconnection to Lonnie.

"If he hadn't dug so hard to find information which cleared our names I wouldn't be here now with you. Though I still don't see how I am your private hero. How did I save you?" Hannibal honestly couldn't figure out just how the title fit him.

Lonnie simply grinned. "You saved me from having to stay on that island with Troy around me for one. You gave me Hannah, Johann and Crystal for another. And I could go on and on." She spent the rest of the night with her own private hero by her side.