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A Planned Death

Part 1:

Sophie's body language changed when she heard Eliot. His voice was sad. Every worst-case scenario started pouring through her mind and she blurted out the worst one she could think of. "Is Nate dead?"

"We're not sure. There's a large chance he is though," Eliot answered. It pained him to say the words and it pained him even more when he saw the look on her face. The tears filled her eyes but didn't spill onto her face. Her lips were parted in fear, almost in disbelief. They watched as her eyes flicked over them in fear and worry.

"Where is he? Why haven't you guys gone looking? What happened?"

"We don't know where he is. His phone number got disconnected. He left this note." Eliot went onto read Nates note and he looked up to see Sophie trying to recollect her feelings.

"Is there anything you guys can use to help track him? Are then any clues he gave you?" Sophie asked desperately. She couldn't lose him. Not now. The months she had spent moving on from her pathetic little daydream crush were gone. Every ounce of feeling she had for him was back and stronger then ever. If he was dead...if...

"He texted Parker a bunch of numbers and asked for help. I'll forward you the text."

"Please tell me if you find anything. I'll be on the first flight I can get back," Sophie said quickly. She disconnected the video chat and buried her face in her hands. Why now? Why did this have to happen? Why Nate? Why not her? Then it hit her. She was the one that walked out on him so in return he walked out on them. In that moment she wished she could take it all back. She could've been eating dinner with the team, laughing and subtly teasing Nate. Her phone went off signialing a text. It was the one Eliot had forwarded.

'443150.505 -1115213.8252.'

The numbers made no sense. If she subtracted them she just got a random number but what good would that do? Why did the man have to be so cryptic?

Sophie heard something slip under her door and she looked over to see a small piece of paper on the ground. She walked over to it, picking it and reading the small letters on it.

They're GPS coordinates.

Part 2:

Eliot had been hard at work trying to figure out what Nate had meant. He tried algorithms and trying for secret codes. He was coming up with absolutely nothing. Parker was pacing back and forth, opening and closing a lock. She tended to do that when she was nervous. What if they lost Nate? They were almost like a little dysfunctional family. Or at least the closest family she had next to Archie. Hardison spent his time trying to track Nate down. Whatever Nate had done he had paid in cash withdrawn a long time ago. He even checked the security footage and saw he didn't even leave with anything. None of it made sense. They spent hours sitting there thinking. There was no word from Sophie about any of her ideas. Parker was almost starting to doubt she'd come with them.

Then she started to think. Did she know where he was? Did she know what was going on? What if this was all a big conspiracy to take them down. No! That couldn't be true. She walked over to Eliot and started reading over his shoulder.

"Find anything?"

"No! I'm trying to work so can you please stop breathing down my neck?" Eliot demanded.

Parker went over to see what Hardison was doing. She saw his hands kept fidgeting, which was an unusual sight for being a skilled hacker. He was nervous about what was going on. Hardison looked over at her, his once gentle eyes now full of unnerve.

"What if he's gone?"

"I don't know. What if he is gone?"

"He's not gone! We're going to find him," Eliot snapped. He only looked at them for a second before going back to decoding. There had to be some code to this. Nate would be smart enough to leave something behind.

"Did you check his web browser history?" Eliot suddenly asked. Hardison blinked a few times before pulling it up. Eliot wove through all the websites but didn't find any indicating where he was going. None of them even included the numbers.

Curiously, Parker wandered upstairs to Nates bedroom. On the bed she found his will. Her fingers brushed against the paper and she yanked then back when they touched as if she had burned herself. Why did he leave his will?

Was he planning on dying?

Was he going somewhere where he'd die?

What if he knew someone was going to kill him?

Parker raced downstairs to tell the boys the information her mind had just processed. It may not be much but they could at least try and start to form a hypothesis.

Part 3:

Parker abruptly ran into the room, startling the hitter and hacker. "I think Nate is planning his death!"

The looked at her with their signature 'are you crazy?' and 'there's somethin' wrong with you' looks.

"What do you mean?" Eliot asked slowly. His initial reaction was to roll his eyes and go back to doing some real work. However, in this situation they're running blind he could use any information or ideas he can get.

"Why did Nate leave his will?" Parker asked as she started to pace again.

They two men blinked at each other. "Why did he leave his will?" Hardison asked.

"Exactly! He either was planning on dying or is going somewhere where he'll die."

"Why would he want to die though?" Hardison asked quietly.

They all sat there and pondered the thought in silence. Eliot thought that maybe it had to do with Sophie but he wasn't sure. He had the team...Sophie could come back. Did he give up all hope already? He had the team even if he didn't have Sophie.

Hardison tried not to think about Nate planning his own death. They had almost lost Sophie just months before with the motion sensitive plant bomb. He couldn't afford to lose Nate too. Nate was almost like a father to him. Why did Nate leave? He had the team now...why did he need to leave? Was it Sophie? Was it because she left?

Parker knew that they would get Nate back. She couldn't lose him. Not now. She wanted to think that he was just going somewhere dangerous. In the back of her mind she knew that was a lie. He wanted to die. She had a feeling that he just wanted the pain to go away. Why did she walk away? Why did he let her walk away? Why didn't Nate ask them for help? Why...

Nate woke up with a migraine. The dim light was blinding him and he started retching but there was nothing to throw up. Instead he lay there coughing and choking as his body tried to rid itself of the drug. His body soon gave up and he slumped back on the floor. He was desperate. Desperate enough to do this drug trial. He shouldn't have taken it. He should not have listened to Max. He should've just waited. Why was he so stupid? Why did he have to be so blinded? He worked in the business long enough to know that he shouldn't have done it.

Who slipped that paper under Sophies door? Is Nate planning his death? Will Sophie go after Nate? Will the team find Nate? Questions questions…..