Chapter 2: Home

Back At Leverage Inc.

"No, Eliot I am a warlock! Not a weird man in a pointy hat. Don't insult the game. You are just jealous of my video games prowess. Age of the geek, man." Hardison says. Nate interrupts the comment that Elliot I sure to reply with by walking into the room saying, "Will you two stop fighting? We have a new client."

Sophie walks into the room and sits down, a cup of oriental tea in hand.

As they all gather together in the meeting room, Sophie looks around asks the group, "Where's Parker?"

Eliot replies gruffly saying, "Probably off stealing stuff, robbing a museum, who knows with that crazy chick."

Nate interrupts saying, "We can't wait for her to start this job, it's urgent and we are on a clock. Last Night at Bank of America a safety deposit box was stolen." After a short pause, Nate continues "The bank staff was unaware of the break in, until this morning and because of the sensitive situation that surrounds the box and since the bank manager is a personal friend of mine, he has asked for our help tracking down the culprits without informing the police."

"Who owns the box that would make it sensitive?" asks Sophie.

"We don't know."

"So let me get this straight. We are supposed to relieve a nondescript safety deposit box form locations unknown with no idea who owns the box, what's in it, or who wants it. Right?" Elliot buts in.

Nate pauses and stares of into space considering something until his thoughts are broken into by Sophie asking, "What are you thinking?"

Nate looks at her and says, "I'm thinking plain and simple. Find out who took the box, where it is, and then steal it back."

"May I remind you we don't know anything."

"No, but Hardison can look at the security cameras in the area for anything and I'm going to try to get the bank manager to give me the name of who owns the box.

Hardison points out the obvious saying, "Okay say your plan works and we find out who has the box and where it is. What are we going to do then lets be honest when has one of our plans ever been plain and simple?"

Nate ignores Hardison's last comment and brings the group's focus back by delegating out jobs, "Sophie and I are going to go the bank, feel it out, and find out what we can about the box's owner and who'd want to steal it. Hardison review the nearby security footage and see what you can find. And Eliot... For now hang here and help us with any information we needs. And stop fighting with Hardison! Now let's go steal a safety deposit box." Nate says before walking away with Sophie.

Eliot and Hardison go back to bickering meaninglessly until Eliot's phone rings.

"So you finally got a cell phone." Hardison says mockingly.

"Shut up Hardison." Eliot says as he walks out of the room into the kitchen, "What?" He says into the phone.

Eliot tenses as he hears the voice over the phone reply, "Eliot Spencer it's been a long time since we spoke face to face. And I've got a pretty little blonde thief here whom I'm dying to introduce to you. I think you know her Parker?

"What have you done to Parker?"

"Oh nothing yet."

"I swear to God if you hurt her. I will kill you."