Authors' Notes: Sorry if we're a little slow on the posting of chapters this time. Believe me I want to go post crazy, but we're kinda having a bit of a slow start on part 6. But just think by posting slower it means you'll be more excited for the next chapter by the time it gets up. :D Anyhow, on with the show... in this chapter Charissa and Face recover from being drugged.
She shifted slowly and groaned as she lifted her head and looked around, "I feel like I've been hit by a truck." It was morning, the light was shining through the still open curtains of her room as she squinted and tried to make sense of where she was. Once her vision focused she realized she was in her hotel room and that Murdock was snoring peacefully on the other bed. She laid back and stretched slowly, "Being drugged sucks." She muttered and wondered if it had been planted by the gambling ring, if so she was in a world of trouble.
Face moaned painfully and covered his eyes, "Fuck..." He muttered, body not co-operating when he ordered himself to move, "Oh man, I can barely think..."
"Join that club… I think I need to get a new room." She sighed and made herself move, "I've got to contact my team, tell them we've been compromised. Send them packing." She decided, she wasn't going to lose another team again, not on her watch. She reached for the phone and dialed the number for the room the three members of her task force was using. She explained, argued and then hung up and laid back again, "Should we eat something?" She said, figuring it might be good to treat this like a giant hangover.
"I don't want to think about anything right now..." Face muttered. He rolled a bit and tried to wake up Murdock, "Hey. Hey, wake up."
Murdock shook his head, then blinked awake, "Mmmwah? Faceman? What's goin' on?"
"You are such a freaking pansy." She muttered and forced herself to sit up finally, she gripped the side of the bed for a moment before she felt like she could look up and the room wouldn't be spinning.
Murdock, blissfully hangover-free - but still with a mild headache - looked around the room, "Is everything all right?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I… we… were drugged." She made a small face of pain as she rested her head in her hands for a moment then pushed her hair back, "We need to get moving and find Hannibal and B.A. and I need to get out of this room. Damn it." She was starting to go from being cranky to pissed off really fast.
"We can stay - we can stay in the room I got." Face said, slowly sitting up, "They're safe, we figure. But we gotta be careful. If they know about you, they know what you look like and that's not good."
She nodded slowly, "We'll just have to double check and not drink or eat anything from the rooms from here on out." She stood and began to gather her things, "I'm going to get those little fuckers for this." She hissed as she started stuffing clothes into her suitcase, "I'll move to your room, but I won't check out of this one… that might be suspicious and I don't want them to know I'm on to them."
"Fair enough." Face nodded slowly, heading for the bathroom, "I'm going to take a quick shower...Murdock, you all right?"
"I seem to be okay. Got a bit of a headache though." He tapped the side of his skull.
"That's because you didn't have anything from the wet bar." She jumped as someone knocked at the door, "Shit. We don't need any room service today!" She called out.
"I'm not a damn maid, Girl. Open the door." B.A. called through and knocked again, just to be a pain in the ass.
Charissa groaned and moved for the door, unlocking it and stepping back, "Good morning to you too." She growled at him and slammed the door shut once he was in the room.
"Damn, you get up on the wrong side of Face this morning?" B.A. chuckled, thinking his little joke was clever.
"No. Actually Face and I got drugged last night, don't touch anything in that wet bar."
B.A. arched a brow, "Think it was them?"
"Who else? So I'm relocating. Did you and Hannibal find anything?" She finished packing up her things and sat on the bed.
"Yeah, which is why I was sent to get you fools." He heard the shower going and leaned towards that direction, "So don't be all day in there gettin' pretty Faceman."
Murdock chuckled, "You hear that, Face?"
There was a grumbled assent from the shower.
"He says he'll do his very best."
B.A. laughed a little, "Yeah, yeah."
Charissa eyed the two men, "While we're waiting… care to help me move my crap? Because we all know he's going to be in there at least another ten to fifteen minutes." She smirked a little, her tone teasing.
The Big Guy shrugged, "I'll do it, you two wait here for the beauty queen in there an' I'll see you all at Hannibal's room." He took the key from Murdock to the room he and Face were sharing and then grabbed Charissa's two bags, "For a woman you sure do pack light Girl." He commented as he headed out the door.
"I'm not most women B.A." She stated with a smirk as she heard him laughing in agreement down the hall as the door closed.
When Face was finished, feeling much better, he put on another robe, ditching his old clothing and walked back to their original rooms with Murdock at his side. Murdock was now the one who let the other man lean on him a little.
Charissa followed them, her eyes watching everything around them and trusting no one. She watched the maids on the floor as they moved past them and even other guests seemed suspicious to her now.
B.A. was pacing inside the room when they got there and shook his head, "Damn fools, all y'all are too slow. Get a move on." He eyed Face, "Nice robe." He commented in a snarky manner.
"Thanks." Face shot back, jabbing him in the ribs, "Hey, Murdock's wearing one too."
"Faceman, I rock the bathrobe. You make it look like you're an old man."
"Do not!"
B.A. rolled his eyes, "Get dressed fools, Girl you come with me." He motioned for her to follow him to Hannibal's room.
She followed, figuring the other two would join them as soon as they were dressed. She knew she looked like she had just slept in her clothes… which she had, but she really didn't care at the moment as she walked into the Colonel's room behind B.A..
Okay so I decided to toss two chapters to you this time. :)
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