The next morning around eleven o'clock Morgan and Garcia checked out of the Sleepy Inn. Although this was the place that finally pushed him and Garcia together, Morgan was glad to get out of there. The creepy desk clerk was gone and they we're both glad about that. Once back on the road though was when their adventure of the day popped up.

Morgan's phone started ringing and when he answered it he was surprised to see who it was.

"Elle?" he said confused into the receiver.

"Are you still in South Carolina?" Elle asked.

"Yeah. Why?"

"I need your help with something major. It can't wait. I'm in Charleston."

"South Carolina? Why?"

"Save the explanations for later. Where exactly are you?"

"Just now crossing into Charleston."

"Prefect. You know where Carolina Avenue is?"

"Yeah."

"I need you to go there and come to Patty's diner."

"Elle why?"

"Just come Morgan please. I need you help."

"All right. I'll be there in ten minutes."Once they had hung up, Morgan pretty much floored it the whole way to Patty's Diner. Once they were there he saw Elle in one corner with a middle aged man who had a death grip on her arm. Morgan got it almost immediately. Elle had obviously hooked up with the dude last night and he wouldn't let her leave.

"He looks like Hitler a little." Garcia muttered as they pretended to be looking at the songs on the juke box. Morgan acted like he didn't see Elle at all until he 'glanced' up from the songs he was looking at.

"Why Elle!" he said. "What are you doing in this state?"

"Just vacationing here." she answered.

"We're vacationing here." the guy corrected.

Elle didn't even remark at him, she just rolled her eyes. Then she looked at Garcia.

"Penelope! It's been ages!" Elle said with fake surprise.

She struggled to get her arm free from the rude guy's death grip and since he wouldn't move she had to hug Garcia across the table.

"Are these your friends Elle?" the rude guy asked.

"Yeah they are. Rodney meet Penelope and Derek."

Rodney took one glance at Morgan and Garcia and said:

"Newlyweds I'll bet."

Morgan was about to say they were just dating when Garcia piped up:

"How'd you guess?"

Morgan looked sideways at her trying to hide his smile. Elle was struggling to keep her poker face. Rodney just grinned at her.

"Rodney would you mind getting me another drink?" Elle asked.

When Rodney didn't budge Morgan said:

"Come on Rodney let's go get our ladies some drinks. I'd like to get to know you better."

Once they were out of earshot Garcia grabbed Elle's arm ,and Elle grabbed her purse.

"Let's go." Garcia said.

They waited until Rodney's head was turned and they snuck out the door. Garcia quickly unlocked the car doors and Elle got down on the floor of the back seat. Within about two minutes Morgan came out the door and got in the drivers seat. Rodney however had followed him to the front door of Patty's Diner.

"Hey you guys! You seen that brunette any where?" Rodney yelled.

Morgan rolled down his window and yelled back:

"She said something about another appointment."

Then he sped out of there and Elle didn't rise back up in the backseat until they were inching through traffic on the main strip of hotels in Charleston.

"Thanks for getting me away from that slime ball guys. I owe you one." Elle said.

"How'd you meet him anyways?" Garcia wanted to know.

"I met him in a bar. We hooked up. I kept saying I had to go but every time I tried to leave he got mean."

"Which hotel are you staying at Elle?" Morgan asked.

"Best Western." she answered. "Thanks again guys. You don't know how much this means to me."

"No problem." Garcia said. 'We all hook up with slime balls in bars at one point or another. No biggie."

Once they got Elle dropped off at her hotel, Morgan said:

"Well Baby Girl we better be on our way to Beaufort."

"Our mission of mercy." Garcia said, and Morgan laughed.

"Yeah our mission of mercy. To Beaufort."

"To Beaufort."

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