Here is chapter 2 every one! It took a while for me to update it because of work and other things. Hope you like it do far!
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Chapter 2
Tobie paced back and forth in her living room cradling her cup of coffee. Her call with her uncle ended over an hour ago and it still had her mind reeling.
'My uncle is Robin Hood and has a small merry band of thieves...,' she snorted at the thought.
She still wanted more information though like how good was the pay out, how they manage their missions and who was part of the team. Her uncle didn't reveal much.
'always so cryptic...' she thought.
She also wondered if this was something she wanted to get into. After she left the marines she had very little career options with decent pay and good hours due to her mental condition. Her PTSD had held her back for far too long with a minimum wage job and a disability check she was only just barely able to pay her bills.
Well Tobie was just going to have to wait until her first job with the team to see if she was going to be in it for the long haul.
"Hardison, if you say 'are we there yet' one more time I WILL dislocate your jaw,". Eliot growled at the techie. They've been driving for hours now in the truck Nate has rented under a false name.
"Now Eliot, it is not the time to get violent. We're almost there." Sophie intervened when she heard Hardison gulp loudly at Eliot's threat.
"Why couldn't we fly to Pennsylvania?" Hardison complained. "I don't mind sitting next to Parker but I feel my death coming up on me rather soon with Eliot glaring at me like that."
"Keep talking and it'll be sooner." Eliot threatened again. Parker just continued looking out of the window at the scenery.
"Children, calm down now." Nate chastised them. "I didn't want to rush Tobie in to making a haste decision, driving gives her a little time to process."
"Eliot shifted a little in his seat, something about the name Tobie irked him, like a lost memory trying to fight its way back.
"Now shut up, we just entered Pennsylvania and we'll be at Tobie's in an hour." Nate shook his head when he heard the loud sigh coming from the young men. Parker was still intrigued by the scenery outside.
Tobie woke to the sound of her cell phone going off again, she rubbed her sleepy eyes not sure when she fell asleep or how with the amount of coffee she had that day. She checked the caller I. D. and saw her uncles name. She glared at the offending device wanting to go back to a dreamless sleep. But she knew this to be important.
"Yeah?" she said with a raspy voice.
"Almost there, we'll be there in fifteen." Nate stated.
"So sure about my answer already? What makes you think I'll say yes?" his cockiness was irritating her.
"Because you're my favorite niece?" Nate said. Tobie can hear the smirk in his voice.
"I'm your only niece and that is a very poor reason." Tobie shot back.
"Did I wake you?"
"Yes and I am very cranky now and I blame you." she laughed. She found her conversations with her uncle to be very entertaining with their friendly bickering.
"I'll warn the team, a cranky Tobie is as good as a death warrant." Nate chuckled.
"I wouldn't harm a fly." Tobie joked.
"See you in fifteen." Nate hung up. Tobie sent another irritated glare at her phone, her uncle knew it bothered her when he hangs up without so much as a goodbye it was a pet peeve of hers.
Tobie got off her couch and walked some of the sleepiness from her body. She looked at the kitchen clock noticing the time.
'8pm? I've slept for four hours?' She walked back into her kitchen and grabbed another up of coffee from the still on coffee pot.
"Better than not sleeping at all." She grumbled.
"Dude! She's your niece?" Hardison exclaimed. He was shocked that Nate still had family he talked to and was willing to bring her into their dangerous lifestyle.
"You have a niece in the middle of nowhere?" Parker chimed in, one of the few moments she spoke during the trip.
"Yes I have a niece and no this is not the middle of nowhere. We're in a small town outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania." Nate explained keeping his eyes on the road.
"Hey El, she's like you. A country bumpkin." Hardison laughed as he watched fields and farms go by.
"Don't ever call me that again." Eliot glared at Hardison. One of these days he's going to pull the cliche bully move and give Hardison the worst wedgie ever experienced and he will feel very good doing it too. He smirked at the thought.
"Nah man, I don't like the way you're looking at me." Hardison said worried.
"We're here!" Sophie yelled causing all three in the back to start paying attention.
They pulled up to an old beat up farm house that seems like it has seen better days a turn of the century ago.
"what a dump." Parker said as she looked at the property through the window.
"Tobie comes from an old farming family in her fathers side, the farm was shut down by big dairy businesses coming in and they couldn't produce enough milk to compete with the other dairy farms prices to keep the farm going." Nate gave them a brief history of Tobie's family.
"They had to sell two hundred acres of land and their cows to make ends meet. All this happened before Tobie was born since then none of her family made an effort to keep the farm good as new and Tobie doesn't get paid enough to make any repairs."
"That's sad. This place would look great with a little elbow grease." said Eliot he saw the potential the place offered.
"I think you would need a little more that elbow grease to fix this place up, man." said Hardison.
Tobie saw the lights shine through her windows signaling that her uncle and his team have arrived. Turning on the front porch light she walked out with her coffee mug ready to greet them.
"Tobie!" Nate yelled to his niece. Eliot was still in the car when he saw Tobie, Nate's niece walk out of the house.
"Son of a bitch," he grumbled. Now realizing why Tobie's name was sending him red flags.
"Come on El, get out of the car already man!" Hardison urged him. But Eliot wasn't to keen about getting out of the car not sure where this situation would lead. Why didn't he ask more questions about Tobie when Nate first told them about her he could have avoided this.
Eliot gritted his teeth and mentally prepared himself for the introductions. He stepped out of the car. Nate was already hugging his niece and Sophie was right behind him. Parker was off to the side not sure how to approach an actual family member of Nate's with Hardison beside her.
'it's now or never..." Eliot thought and he stepped out from behind the door.
Tobie looked over her uncles shoulder when she heard the last door to the truck close and she froze, she felt like her heart had stopped beating. She stared blankly at Eliot, the bastard she spent years searching for. She barely felt her uncle pull away from the hug. Five sets of eyes were staring at her, co fused except one who looked calm and indifferent.
All she could hear were the gunshots, all she could see was the blood of her fallen team mates and the back of Eliot Spencer as he got away
"Do they know each other?" Parker whispered to Hardison.
The tension was thick in the air, no one dared to move as the hitter and Nate's niece stared each other down. Sophie started to fidget with slight worry at the intensity of Tobie's stare at Eliot.
Tobie snapped out of her little flash back and her expression changed to one of deep anger and hate. Tobie growled and did the first thing that came to mind.
She closed in on Eliot and sent her fist flying to his jaw
"Yup, she knows him." Hardison said as they all switched from Eliot to Tobie with shocked faces.
