Chapter 16: Getaway

"An angry word is like a boomerang; Its force returns upon the one who sent it, And yet unlike it, for it has a fang Whose poison doubles after one has spent it."- Margaret E. Bruner

"What do you think is going on out there?" Parker wondered.

She and Tony had been getting the extras that were needed at the bar and Spencer had been helping
one of the blackjack dealers get the game chips he needed to set up his table when a shot was heard.

"I think it would be best if we just worry about what's in here for now Parker." Tony had kept everyone in their exact spots when what he knew to be a gun shot was heard.
The last thing anyone needed was to be running around the building half crazy while someone was firing a gun.

"It has been quiet for awhile now Tony." One of the other workers complained.

"I think it would be best if we wait for someone to come in rather than us going out." Spencer told the whole room, but mainly his sister.

"Well no one asked you what ya' think, now did they kid."

"Dan leave him alone, he's right. I'm not going to have one of you ending up dead because you got bored of sittin' here."
Even though the kid was scrawny and could bore you to death within your first conversation he had still taken a liking to him and tried his best to make the other guys lay off.

"Well who says you're the boss? I don't care what any of you do but I'm gettin' out of here." Dan said moving from his spot against the wall and to the door.

"Wait!" Mike grabbed Dan's attention, "I'm coming with you."

Grabbing the door handle he was surprised when it started turning in his hand. "Someone's trying to open the door." He whispered staring straight at Tony.

"Well let them open it." Reid advised.

"And why would I do that?" Dan really hated the kid.

"Because it could be help." Tony was once again trying to prevent a fight.

"And if it isn't?"

"Well you don't have much of a choice either way you idiot!
If it's help than good we can get out of here; if not do you think whoever is trying to get in here is just gonna stop because the door didn't open?
He's going to break his way in here anyway and shoot us all because you tried keeping him out. Now open the door because being a hostage is better than being dead any day!" Parker yelled.
She didn't care if the person on the other side of the door did hear her, it seemed like she was the only one in the room even bothering to think at the moment.

About to pull the door open Dan stopped yet again as a knock started on the door followed by a hushed "LVPD".

"It's the cops."

"Move." Parker said without actually giving him a chance as she pushed him; literally moving him out of her way and nearly knocking him to the floor.

Opening the door she was met with an average looking man holding a gun loosely to his side.

"Is everyone alright in here?" Nate was happy when he found out that the main entrance didn't lead directly into the main room.
Instead it opened into a sitting room that had a hall that seemed to wrap around a good portion of the building.
So going down what he assumed was an employee's only pathway he started listening and looking for the placement of things.
The kitchen and laundry connections were easy to find since they were practically the first rooms on the right side where the hotel and casino were obviously connected.
After that the whole layout turned into a maze that Nate guessed was going to be good for business since most people
would probably get tired of trying to find their way out and end up back in the casino to gamble and drink some more.

When he had made it just about all the way down the corridor he finally heard something other than
distant rumbles from the adjoined hotel and that was how he was now standing in front of a very angry looking blonde.

"We're fine."

"Well good because I'm going to need all of you to stay exactly where you are." Nate hurriedly explained.

"I thought you were supposed to get us out of situations like this." Parker fumed, she was not looking forward to spending another minute with those four.

"Normally yes, but right now your safest bet is to stay right where you're at.
Now can someone tell me the best entrance to get into the main room unnoticed?"
Now that he knew most of the buildings layout and that the whole situation was relatively contained to one room it was time to get things moving.

"The back entrance in the alley is probably your best bet." Tony himself was annoyed with the prospect of sharing the same room with Mike and Dan for who knew how much longer.

"That's not an option." There was no way he had enough time to go around the whole building and through the back before something happened.

"If you go back to the beginning of the hall there should be a room you passed that was clearly marked electric." Reid started.
"In the back left corner behind all the junk there's a floor panel that you can pull up, it drops right down into the cellar.
From there all you have to do is find the staircase which should be right behind you depending on which way you came down.
It leads to a room just like this one with extra napkins, glasses, olives, table clothes, and other things you might run out of or need to replace.
That rooms exit is designed to be hidden so it's covered by three walls in the back corner of the bar so as long as you're quiet
you should be able to get right into the main room without anyone noticing." Spencer finished with what he hoped were profitable directions.

"Thanks kid" Nate said pulling the door shut behind him as he started making his way to the electric room.
He was almost positive that the "door" he would be going through was supposed to be an exit only but he would
have to talk to Rossi about its purpose later because right now he had more urgent matters to deal with.

"How did you find that?" Parker was a bit envious of her brother.
She had been snooping around the place since she started working there and had been in both the cellar and electric room several times and hadn't come across that detail.

"You're not the only one who likes to explore." He just hoped it wouldn't lose him his job; if any of them even had one after whatever was going on was over.
He would just have to make sure that things didn't get so bad that they ended up having to move back to Arizona.

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He was just about to open the door that would grant him access to his desired location when another gunshot was heard followed closely by Gibbs' cold, "Don't you dare let that bastard get away!" Carefully stepping out of the room he quickly began following a running Fornell out the back door ignoring all the other occupants in the room.

"Where'd he go?" Fornell panted having lost both Gibbs and Sterling.

"How should I know, I was following you! You were following them remember." Nate was slightly winded himself as he reached Tobias' side at the top of the alley.

"Don't even blame-" but Tobias was cut off by screeching tires turning the corner and flying down the road followed closely by a second pair that stopped right in front of them.

"Get in!" Gibbs ordered flinging the passenger door open and barely waiting for the two to get inside before speeding off again doors not even closed.

"Saves me from having to go on the roof and flash the Gibbs signal."- (T.C Fornell NCIS)