Chapter 8: The Bank (Part 3)
(Who knows how many parts this thing will have, so let's just call this Chapter 10)
"We will never find this stupid crate if we keep walking in a straight line," Daniel huffed, checking his watch, "20 minutes till it leaves."
"You think I don't know that?" Henley shot back at him, turning on her heels. "I don't need you constantly criticizing me in everything I do. Just back off, Danny."
Daniel didn't get a chance to reply because Peter walked up, "Hey, what the hell are you doing back here?"
"I got lost," Henley replied quickly, batting her eyelashes.
"But you're not allowed back here without a red key card," Peter continued, eyeing the red head closely, then turning to Daniel. "Who's he?"
"Boyfriend," Daniel reported quietly.
"Not boyfriend," Henley corrected, glaring at Daniel.
"You can figure that out later," Peter said, advancing towards Henley and grabbing her arm, "Let's go."
Daniel was fuming with anger, "Let go of her!" Henley grimaced when Peter tightened his grip, ignoring Daniel's demand. Without hesitation, Daniel swung at Peter, punching him square in the face and causing the man to let go of Henley. Henley immediately took hold of Daniel and began running frantically away from the French man, who was now clearly angry and running after the two horsemen, calling out for help.
"Run!" Henley breathed, letting go of her friend once he got his footing.
Daniel focused all of his energy on getting away as fast as he could, not even noticing Henley taking a right down another isle of stacks of money. "Shit!" He exclaimed, looking around wildly for his former assistant. The young magician knew she would be fine on her own. She was an escape artist, this is what she does now for a living. But a part of him still feared the thought of not being able to find her in time to hide under their specific stack of money.
"Get back here!" Growls from behind Daniel drew him back to reality. Thinking quickly, Daniel jumped onto the top of an isle of stacks of money, pushed another stack over into his follower's path, and then jumped down onto the other side, only to get ran into by Henley herself.
"Where the hell did you run off to, Danny?" Henley demands, pulling herself to her feet, then dragging Daniel up after her.
"You ran right and I went straight!" Daniel accused her.
"That won't happen again," Henley muttered and grabbed his hand, lacing her fingers with his. "Come on."
Daniel just kept silent. Things apparently go wrong when he opens his mouth around her, and he sure as hell wouldn't want her to be mad at him when they were running from large, angry, French men in jumpsuits. The factory workers found the two quickly, but the horsemen were just too fast for them, until they got cornered. Daniel instinctively stood in front of his former partner to protect her from whatever happened next, but she had another idea. Henley reached into her pocket and threw down a handful of smoke powder that magicians use. Daniel couldn't see anything. He could only hear the sound of coughing from the factory workers.
"Danny!" Henley whispered loudly. Through the smoke, Daniel could see the faint outline of the woman. Without hesitation, he followed her to a small opening between the brick wall and the metal shelves that hold the thousands of crates of money. Henley squeezed through first, with the help of Daniel pushing her up, then in turn helped pull Daniel through the small gap. Instead of running again, the two crept slowly to the other end of the isle, checking every stack of money for the correct ID number. "Found it!" Henley whispered excitedly.
Daniel quickly ran over to her, "Climb under, would ya?" He said quickly, looking around to see the factory workers running back up through the pervious isle. Henley wasted no more time and slid gracefully under the steel bars that were holding up the money. Daniel followed, disappearing just as the French men ran around the corner.
Author's Note:
I know I was supposed to upload this chapter 2 days ago, but it was the 4th of July and I got SOOOOO busy all of the sudden! Sorry about the short and not very entertaining chapter again… I decided to make this sucker last a while.
THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE DANIEL AND HENLEY IN THE BIG GIANT MONEY TRUCK THING (what's that thingy called, by the way?) SO IT'LL BE AMAZING, YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT A BIT I PROMISE IT WILL BE WORTH IT!
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Words cannot describe my love for you all, this movie, and these actors, so I want to make sure I do this movie justice and give you all a wonderful story. The only thing is, this is my first fanfic I have ever published so I'm still working out the kinks :)
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~Melissa