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Chapter 13
"Guys we have a problem!" Hardison said as he came thundering down the stairs and into the bar.
"What's going on?" Sophie asked concerned as the others walked over to him.
"Megan's ear-bud just went offline, I can't get any contact! NOTHING!" the hacker said as he sat down.
"Why would that happen?" Tony asked.
"For any number of reasons, if it was anyone else, but Megan never takes her ear-bud out unless she needs to" Hardison explained.
"Guys! They took Megan! She's in trouble! We have to help her" Katie said as she raced into the bar with Kourtni right behind her.
"What do you mean they took Megan? Who took her?" Parker asked.
"Rodriguez's goons, they came up to us when we left the club, said he needed to see Megan, she made us leave her there" Kourtni explained.
"What! Why would Megan do that?" Charlie asked.
"She knew that something like this could happen, she said so earlier. Rodriguez ran our prints, so he knows who we are, but how much? We need to see how much he actually knows" Nate said.
"How do we do that?" Adam asked.
"He ran your name for a reason Adam, he thinks that you and Megan are working together, so he will probably contact you, we just need to get him to trade something for Megan" Nate said.
"But what Nate? We don't have anything that he wants" Sophie said.
"Actually we do. We have Adam and Tony. If Rodriguez thinks that Tony is going to talk to the Feds, or that Adam is helping Tony, he might be willing to trade one or both of them for her" Nate said.
"What!" Adam said.
"Nate's right, you would make a good bargaining chip, especially since you are working for the Feds, but we also need him to admit that he set Tony up" Katie said once she regained her composure.
"How do we do that?" Charlie asked.
"We can deal with that after we hear from Rodriguez, which should be any minute now" Nate said as Adam's phone rang.
Megan groaned as she opened her eyes and realized that she was in a dark and dingy room that looked like it was in a warehouse or something. She tried to raise her arms and stretch, but she was cuffed to the chair.
"It's about time you woke up" a voice said behind her.
"Where am I?" Megan asked as Rodriguez stood in front of her.
"That's nothing for you to worry about Miss. Esposito. I want to know who you are working for and why. If I like your answers I'll let you go, if not, then I'll kill you" Carlos said with a smirk.
"I'm not going to tell you a damn thing you son of a bitch! You already know who I am, so you can figure the rest out" Megan snapped.
Carlos glared at her and slapped her hard across the face.
"Listen up you mouthy little bitch! If you won't tell me what I want to know, then I'll just have to find someone who will" he smirked as he pulled out his phone and dialed a number.
"Hello Adam."
Adam looked down at his phone and looked at Nate.
"It's Rodriguez, what do you want me to do?" he asked.
"See what he wants, then try and get him to trade Megan for you and Tony. I have a plan" Nate replied as the others looked on nervously.
"Put it on speaker" Eliot demanded as Adam answered the phone.
Eliot forced himself to remain calm, but all he could think about was the fact that Megan was missing, and it was his fault.
"I should have been there to protect her" he thought as he glared at Adam.
"Hello Adam" Rodriguez's voice filled the room.
"Hello Carlos, what can I do for you?" Adam asked as he tried to play it cool.
"I have something that belongs to you. If you want her back unharmed you will tell me what I want to know" Carlos started.
"What do you want to know Carlos?" Adam asked.
"I want to know who you are working for" Carlos responded.
"How about we meet and discuss this in person Carlos, then you can let Megan go" Adam said.
"How about this, I know that the two of you are working with Tony Esposito, you bring Tony to me, and we'll make a trade. Tony for his sister, does that sound like a deal to you?" Carlos asked as he stared at Megan.
"We have a deal, under one condition, put Megan on the phone" Adam ordered.
Carlos looked up and smirked at Megan.
"Someone wants to talk to you" he said as he held the phone up to her ear.
"Hey" she said softly.
"Megan are you okay?" she heard Adam ask as she tried to take in her surroundings.
"Yeah, just do whatever he tells you to do, please Adam" she replied.
"Okay, Megan we have a plan, just hang on" she heard as Carlos pulled the phone away from her.
"Okay you heard her, be at the address I'm sending you in two hours with Tony, if it even looks like the cops are nearby, or I think something is off, Megan dies. Got it Adam" Carlos said as he ended the call.
"Well, what are we going to do?" Sophie asked as she glared at Nate.
"Adam, call your contact with the FBI, tell her that she is about to get her confession, and that Tony is going to help get it" Nate said as he looked at the others.
"What's the plan Nate?" Eliot asked.
"Adam and Tony are going to get Carlos to confess to Kyley's murder and framing Tony, then I want you to get Megan out safely" Nate said.
"What if Carlos figures out that something's off?" Katie asked.
"Eliot will get her out before that can happen, he won't let anything happen to her" Parker insisted.
"I hope you're right about that Parker" Katie said as she watched Adam make the call to the Feds.
"Do you think that Adam will really get Rodriguez to confess to something?" Agent Emma Powers asked Selle as the two of them sat in the unmarked van that was parked a block away from the address that Carlos had sent to Adam.
"I think he might, he told us that Rodriguez had a hostage, and if that hostage is Megan, there is nothing that Adam and the people that he's working with wouldn't do to get her back" Selle replied.
"Especially Eliot" she thought to herself with a smirk.
"That's exactly what I'm afraid of" Emma said as she took a sip of her coffee and waited.
"Okay guys, just stay calm, remember, you want Carlos to confess, but don't spook him. We don't want to risk him hurting Megan if he feels threatened" Nate advised as the group gathered in Lucile to head to the address that Rodriguez had sent.
"You got it Nate; do you really think that he will actually confess though?" Tony asked.
"He is if you push the right buttons, just stay focused on getting his confession, leave the rescuing to Eliot" Nate replied as Lucile pulled into the lot in front of the building where Megan was being held.
"Got it Nate, Tony, Carlos will be expecting you and Adam to come in through the front, Parker is going to get me in through the back. Carlos will probably have guards on both ends, so be careful, and leave the fighting to me" Eliot instructed.
"You got it!" Tony said as he and Adam took off towards the front.
When Tony and Adam entered the building, they came face to face with three of Carlos's men, after both men were searched; they stood in front of Rodriguez.
"Well Tony, it's been a long time, what six years?" Carlos asked with a smirk.
"You know exactly how long it's been Carlos, I mean you were the one that set me up after all" Tony retorted.
"True, now I think we agreed to a trade, didn't we Adam?" Carlos asked as he pulled Megan to her feet and dragged her to the center of the room.
Once Tony and Adam were in the building, Parker used her climbing gear to repel down and let Eliot in the back, where he subdued the three guards and made his way over to where he heard voices. That was when he saw that Rodriguez was standing in the center of the room with Megan.
He watched as Megan looked up at him and gave him a slight nod.
"Okay. Let's talk?" Tony said as he slowly walked toward them.
"Stop walking! Stay where you are!" Rodriguez stated.
"Okay. I'll stand here." He started. "I don't understand why she is involved. This is between you and I."
"Had to get your attention somehow!"
"You have it."
"You know. It was easy." Rodriguez started.
"What was?"
"Stop talking! Let me finish." He interrupted Tony. "I don't mean to brag."
Megan snorted and Rodriguez backhanded her. Eliot heard the sound and clenched his hands but Megan warned him through eye contact.
"It was so easy to grab her. I mean, look at her. She can't fight her way out of a wet paper bag! Come on" Rodriguez laughed.
Megan glared at him and Eliot could tell that she was getting angry.
"What about framing me?" Tony asked when he could.
"I never framed you."
"Come on! It was smart. Take credit for it." Tony tricked him without Rodriguez knowing it.
"Well, it was a smart and easy plan. Your pretty dumb."
"Yeah. I fell into it. How did you do it though? I never got the full plan."
"Well, I watched the house where you were living with your girl. What was her name? Oh yea Kyley. I waited for her to leave one day and once she did I found your gun" Rodriguez explained.
"I decided that if you wouldn't cooperate, I would have to make you"
"By killing my fiancé?" Tony asked.
"It would have worked if you had done what I wanted!" Rodriguez reasoned.
"Which was?" Megan asked.
"Shut up you little bitch! Or I'll make you the next time" Rodriguez said as he pulled out a knife and held it up to Megan's throat.
"Which was?" Tony asked again trying to remain calm.
"I had one of my guys break in one night and he shot her with your gun. I told him to wear gloves so your prints would be the only ones on it. It was brilliant, but you refused to do the time" Rodriguez stated with a smirk.
Why don't we just make a trade. You're mad at me, not my sister. Why not trade her for me?"
While Rodriguez was distracted with negotiating with Tony, Eliot took his chance.
Eliot slowly ducked behind a pillar. He walked out a door and turned right. He found another door, opened it and saw that now he was behind Rodriguez. Smiling, he slowly made his way over to Rodriguez.
He grabbed Rodriguez's arm, the one with the knife, and twisted it behind his back.
Tony ran over and grabbed Megan. Running away from the fight.
Rodriguez kicked Eliot in the shin, but that didn't knock him down. He just let go of him. He punched Eliot in the face.
That fired Eliot up.
Eliot punched him back, and then punched him in the stomach. He dropped the knife and it was hand to hand fighting.
Eliot knocked him down to the ground and punched him. He thought Rodriguez was knocked out. He got up and started to walk away.
"Hey. Big guy!"
Eliot turned around, and Megan saw the glare from the knife.
"ELIOT WATCH OUT!" Megan tried to warn him but it was too late.
The knife made his way into his side, sending him to the ground in pain.
Out of nowhere, Parker fell from the roof, feet knocking Rodriguez to the ground, unconscious for real this time. She handcuffed him as Megan and Tony ran over to Eliot, who still had the knife in him.
"It's not too deep, but we still need to get you to the hospital" Megan said as she examined the wound and pulled out the knife.
"No! It's only a flesh wound, just get me back to the bar to patch it up, and I'll be fine. You okay?" Eliot asked as he noticed that a bruise was starting to form on Megan's cheek.
"Yea, Adam do you think it was enough of a confession for the Feds?" Megan asked as the Feds busted in.
"It will work, give me some time to clear everything, and your brother will be a free man again" Agent Powers said.
Then the small group watched as Carlos Rodriguez was led away in handcuffs, and then they joined the others in the van, where Nate congratulated the team on a job well done. Just not the one that they planned.