Earth 15 Part II

Rival thieves AU

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"I don't think you just quite understand how grave the situation you're in is, Mr. Snart."

"Then why don't you explain it to me." he snarked back at the man standing before him. His face split into an evil grin and he stepped back from the chair his goons had strapped Leonard into.

He had no idea who this man was or, for that matter, what he wanted but clearly this was a man who commanded respect if the swollen lip and bruised ribs were anything to by. He wasn't sure what day it was, only that he had been taken at night as he was lying in bed, his home invaded by jack booted thugs in black armor. Sara was out of town on a job and he was left alone to defend himself against the men hell bent on taking him. Now he was in a warehouse of some sort, said man looming over him while he sat strapped to a chair.

"A few months ago, you were hired to steal something." the man began.

"You'll have to be more specific."

"The Arctic Diamond." he continued.

"I take it you were the anonymous buyer than."

"I was indeed. I hired you to steal the diamond and yet, no diamond was ever delivered." the man seemed calm, but Leonard knew, under that facade was man just itching to hurt someone.

"There were two other thieves there, one of them got away with it." Leonard explained.

"You know that's funny. You see I hire you because I was told you were the best and yet you were bested by another thief."

"What can I say, the better thief won." Leonard snarked only to grow weary as his captor smirked.

"She did, didn't she."

Leonard froze unable to keep the shock off his face. He knew, how could he know. He watched as the man stalked toward a closed door not far from them and pulled it open, reaching inside and dragging Sara out. She was bound and gagged and he held a knife to her throat to keep her from struggling as he forced her into the chair that was placed across from Leonard. Their eyes met and he could see just how scared Sara was for them.

"Now, here's the thing." he continued, slowly circling them. "I hired both of you." he told them and they both looked at him shocked. "I wanted to be sure that I received the diamond."

"And you did." Sara gritted through her teeth. "I delivered it, exactly as instructed."

"That you did my dear, which is why I'm giving you both a second chance. You see the diamond you delivered was fake, which leads me to believe that this third thief fooled you both." He came to a halt beside them and spared each of them a look. "You will work together to find this thief and retrieve the diamond. Bring it back to me and all will be forgiven." he leaned down to catch Leonard's eye. "Are we clear?"

"Crystal." Leonard practically growled before a sharp blow to the back of the head blurred his vision and knocked him out cold.

He woke to find himself in their room, Sara laid out on the bed beside them. He nudged her awake before climbing out of bed.

"So where do we start?" Sara's voice was small and he turned to find her sitting up, fingers rubbing at her temples. Leonard moved around the bed taking a seat on the edge beside her and pulling her into his arms.

"Did they hurt you?" he asked and he felt her shake her head.

"I'm alright Len, let's just figure this out so we can be done with this." she said pulling away. He nodded in agreement and stood again.

"We should start with Overwatch. She knows everyone in the business and everything, everyone does. She'll at least have an idea what's going on."