Chapter 3: Rescued

Dyna sighed internally when the handcuffs were put back on her wrists and she was pulled inside and thrown down on the couch. Two men sat next to her, each with a gun pointed at her. She was getting tired of being treated like a criminal by a criminal. She thought they were supposed to have some kind of code towards their own. She had done exactly what he wanted, all she wanted was a little decency and to be out of the handcuffs and she definitely didn't want to go back in the dungeon. She wanted to shower every day and sleep on a real bed. Julius sat across from her, the box sitting on the table between them.

"What did I do? At least tell me that. I'm not just going to sit around without a reason while you glare at me." She confined herself to just staying as relaxed and uncaring as possible. He was either going to tell her or beat the crap out of her and lock her back up. She was most prepared for being beat...or killed but she was hoping he was in a better state of mind than that. He continued to glare at her before pushing the box at her.

"You got the pendant but what I am more concerned about is those men. What did you say to them? Snart is not one to let something out of his sight when he really wants it...you should have killed them." She scoffed, shoving the box right back at him.

"I am not a killer. I won't ever kill, especially for you. I got what you wanted, I'm done and I want out. This will set you for life. Plenty enough to make up for letting your whores go. I just want to go back to being a nobody. No stealing, just going from day to day." She leaned towards him, pushing her hair back out of her face. He shook his head and laughed softly before he leaned close enough to make her push away from him.

"You don't get out unless I kill you. And that would be a waste...you have such a talent and no one else is going to take you. Metahumans are monsters even the ones with good intentions. Don't think Snart will treat you like you are any better than the rest. He's a thief, he doesn't want to get involved with you. Whatever he promised you is a lie...Now if you want to ever change your mind and commit yourself to me, I'm open to that. I love your powers and the damage they can cause. I would allow you your freedom for the simplest thing. Work for me and sleep with me and you can have anything in the world that you want. Do we have a deal?" He gave her a smirk and she growled, standing up.

"That is never happening, I'll go back to being locked up. Thank you very much. There is nothing in the world worth being with you."

"Very well. Take her back to her room. No food for the night and maybe I'll think about some dinner for you tomorrow. I can't promise anything, after all there is nothing in the world you need from me." The men pulled Dyna to her feet. She let them, walking right past Julius without even looking at him. She wasn't going to give him anything even the satisfaction of the anger that was etched into her face. The cuffs were taken off and she was shoved into the dirty room. She picked the far wall to lean up against, as she watched the door. She was going to get out of here, whether it was by her own means or she had some help. She wouldn't believe that Snart had used her, why give her the pendant? He didn't seem like that kind of person, he seemed...better. Like he had at least some sort of moral code. Being a thief didn't mean he had to be a bad guy. Unlike Julius who was just bad, there wasn't anything could about him. He was a murderer and a user. She resigned to closing her eyes. She was exhausted from using her powers, she kept them on lock down usually but it hadn't so bad. She hadn't killed anyone and he had barely been unconscious. Maybe practice would be worth it after all it would give her a way to spend her time while she schemed on getting out of here.

Snart leaned up against the wall of the room as he watched Mick clean his gun with a serious expression on his face. Snart fought against rolling his eyes and saying something sarcastic, something told him it would not be a good moment to do so if he didn't want this to turn into a fight.

"What is wrong with my plan?"

"All of it. I hate it..."

"All of it? Or just the fact I want to go rescue this woman...Dyna." Mick glared up at him and Snart sighed, moving to sit on the other one of the chairs in the room. Mick watched him, waiting for an explanation, but received a shrug when Snart looked back over at him.

"I don't know what makes her so special but she is. I want to save her from this Julius and I want to take care of her. Is that such a bad thing? Don't answer that...just we go through with the plan and see where we go from there, her abilities would be useful and she beat you. Certainly that has to make you a little bit interested?"

"Fine but we go through the front door. You want to fuck with this guy, take her from under his fingertips. Damage his men, fuck up everything and get her. He'll be fucking pissed and you get the chance to get up in his face. I know how you like that and I get to burn things, no rules attached. That is the only way that I will be okay with this." Mick stood up, leaving the room but not before he threw over his shoulder. "And she better be worth it. This better not end up a waste of time or I am going to kill her..."

Snart leaned back in his chair, one elbow on the arm of the chair as he rubbed his temples, eyes closing. Letting Mick go crazy was not his idea of a good plan in any kind of situation, especially not this one but he knew that Julius' men were rapist and abusers. In truth they deserved it and it wasn't like those type of men didn't have it coming to them. Death was the better option than letting them continue to kill and torture. He continued to turn in over in his head as the hours ticked by with no other alternative coming to mind he decided the best thing was to get Dyna out quickly before Julius had time to get in the way and way before Mick burned the whole place down. He looked up when his sister Lisa walked into the room, she gave him a small smile before sitting next to him.

"You look conflicted, not something I'm use to seeing on your face...it would be a whole lot easier if you let me come with you, I am a lot of help." She gave him a look and he gave her one back, more stern. "I don't doubt that but I don't want you to get hurt. This isn't a robbery or fun, this is very dangerous. These are men that I don't want you anywhere near...plus I need you here, getting a room ready for our guest and finding some extra clothes for her. We won't be gone more than an hour."

"Mick seems to think differently, he is super excited about this. Are you sure you want him going? We both know how he is." Snart gave a deep sigh, shaking his head.

"I don't think this is a good idea but he is likely to keep them all very distracted. Either way I just need to get her out...what he does after that isn't my concern. He'll follow me out, he always has. Lisa, just remember...he is good...sometimes and that sometimes is why I trust him."

"You can be too trusting sometimes, you know how I feel." She got to her feet, walking out of the room as Mick walked in. "Are we going now? I don't want to wait much longer." Snart smiled over at him and nodded. He followed him out the door, holding his gun close by as they walked up to Julius' hideout. A very well kept building for this side of town. He let Mick lead the way, he was the one who wanted to storm the castle so to say. He made sure to keep a distance behind, getting shot wasn't part of his plans. Mick looked back once, grinning at him before kicking the door down, gun literally blazing. Snart scoffed, following him in. He stayed low to the ground, avoiding most of the violence. Grabbing one of the men that ran at him, he slammed him into the wall, pressing the muzzle of his gun against the man's throat.

"This can be simple or hard. You can either tell me where to find the young woman Dyna, I'm sure you know exactly who I am talking about or I can beat it out of you. Your choice." The man kicked out at him and Snart slammed his head into the wall. With a grunt he tossed him on the ground. "Now that is not the best answer...do you want to try again?" He aimed the gun, starting up the trigger. The man's eyes widened and he shook his head.

"The cells they are down in the basement. She's the only one there right now, the one all the way at the end. The bigger one...Julius will kill you if you do anything with her."

"I would love to see him try. Thanks. For the information." With a kick to the skull he knocked the man unconscious before heading to find the stairs, running down them. He checked the room over before heading down to the end of the hall. He brushed his fingers over the lock before taking a step back. It was a simple lock, easy to break. He aimed and froze the lock over before smashing his gun over it and pulling open the door.

Dyna woke, startled by the sound of gun fire. She had passed out after about an hour or so of throwing her electricity off a spot on the wall. She hadn't expected her abilities to take a toll on her but they did. She was still pretty tired as she pushed herself to her feet, moving closer to the door to listen. It wasn't long before she heard footsteps, heavy and male moving across the room. She moved quickly and quietly to the other corner, kneeling down. She heard the snap of the lock and prepared herself as the door slid open. She had it in her mind to kill whoever walked through the door. She jumped to her feet, and moved to grab the man. He was quicker and prepared for it. He grabbed her by the wrist, his other arm wrapped around her waist, holding her tight. She struggled, throwing her head back trying to get him to let go.

"Stop. Just stop. Its me...Snart. I'm not trying to hurt you...I'm here to get you out. Calm down." She slowly registered the voice and relaxed and he let her go. She turned around, rubbing her wrist, still breathing heavily from the adrenaline pumping through her body. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

"Its fine...I heal pretty quickly. I was worried you weren't going to come. I'm not use to people keeping their word...sorry about attacking you." He shrugged, holding out his hand.

"Don't worry about it. I've had worse. Now we should leave before Julius comes down here sniffing around for you. I would prefer not to have to fight him at the moment. My partner is causing quite the mess up there." She pushed past him and up the stairs, keeping her head down. He moved to slide past her and placed his hand on her shoulder making sure she stayed close.

"Your partner is the pyromanic right? Go find him. I know my way out, plus he's going to get himself killed if he keeps up the flamethrower business." She watched him think it over before nodding to her. She made her way out the front, sliding past the charred bodies. She kicked them out of her way as she walked out. The smell didn't bother her much, she had worked a lot of burn cases when she worked in the hospital. She knew how to block out the smell. She jumped and spun around as a hand came down on her shoulder. Julius chuckled, holding his hands up.

"Now, now. All this trouble...was it really worth it? Just so I have to kill Snart and throw you back in your cell." She took a step back as he walked towards her. She knew she should run but she also knew there was no way in hell she was turning her back on him. He would rather kill her than let her go. She stumbled back, when someone pulled her behind them. The man she had knocked unconscious back at the bank stood in front of her...Snart's partner. She stared at him in surprise.

"Back off. You fuck with her, I will fuck you up and not in the way you would enjoy." He pointed his flamethrower gun at Julius and she watched the anger cross the man's features.

"You really like playing second best for Snart. You do everything he says...even when you don't agree."

"I don't need to agree. I trust him, that's why we are partners. He's not my boss, I do have a mind of my own." She sighed, watching the two. Julius was trying to rile him up and it was working. Not that it seemed to take a lot. He acted very on the edge and she didn't doubt that one word and she would be on the receiving side of his temper.

"Really because it sure seems like your his little bitch. Saving her...what's in i-"The rest was cut off in a scream as ice rose up his leg to his chest. Snart walked around him, pulling the pyro back. "He was getting rather annoying. We should leave before the ice thaws. You've had enough fun for today Mick." He took the man by the shoulder, leading him away. Dyna looked back at Julius before following after them. She didn't have anywhere else and she sure as hell wasn't going to stay anywhere Julius could find her. She followed them back to a small apartment, a woman waited outside. She had long black hair and brown eyes. Snart waved her over and Dyna froze.

"Hey don't worry. I'm not a threat. I'm Lisa...Leo's sister." Dyna looked at Snart then at Mick with a confused expression and Lisa turned to glare at her brother. "You didn't bother to give her your full name. Jeesh that's trusting...I'm Lisa, this is my brother Leonard and this firestarter is Mick Rory." Lisa smiled, holding out her hand for Dyna, who took it giving a small smile. This was a nice surprise, being around two men was going to get old quickly...especially after all the time she had already spent around men. Female companionship was desperately needed.

"Dyna Evangeline. Its nice to finally be on first name terms." That got a laugh from nearly everyone, Mick didn't seem particularly fond of her but she didn't really care to much. After all she had kicked his ass, he was allowed to be pissed off about that. Leo moved them all inside, locking the door once they were and Lisa pulled her towards one of the back rooms.

"You need a shower...and I have spare clothes in here for you. Once you have cleaned up, we can order dinner and I'm sure my brother would like to talk to you a bit more. After all you are a stranger here...I'll leave you be." Dyna closed the door after Lisa walked out. She didn't have that much to talk about to him but he had saved her life. It couldn't hurt to share. She turned the water on and pulled her clothes off, throwing them in the trash. Looking in the mirror, she barely recognized herself. It had been so long since she looked in a mirror. Her hair was knotted and everywhere, she looked like a zombie. It was a terrible sight. She checked the water before climbing in and relaxed into the warm water. She closed her eyes as it hit her scalp and rolled down her back. She didn't know how long she stood there but eventually she reluctantly opened her eyes and grabbed the soap. She felt so much better being clean, her hair was another matter. She cleaned it as well as she could before getting out and drying off. She searched the drawers for scissors and cut her hair closer to her shoulders. Most of the knots fell out as she cut and she brushed her fingers through her hair, straightening the rest out. She quickly got dressed before heading into the living area.

Mick and Lisa was nowhere to be seen but Leo was lounging on the couch. She watched him as he cleaned his gun. She had never really gotten a good look at him until now. He had his parka off, only his jeans and a short sleeved black shirt which was tight across his chest, she could see a tattoo on his upper arm but she couldn't make out what it was. He had military short black hair and in all honesty he was a good looking guy. She was willing to bet he knew it too, and he would use it to his advantage when he needed too. She moved to sit next to him and he turned to face her, light green eyes looking her up and down.

"Feel better?"

"I do...Lisa said you wanted to talk to me."

"Yes. Don't worry, nothing serious. I just need to know if you know any buyers that you can get a hold of for this." He held out the pendant and she gave him a wide eyed look.

"Where did you get that?" Julius-"

"Julius has a fake...he'll figure it out when he tries to sell it or if he has eyes in his head. I know you worked for him before he went crazy on you...you must know at least one buyer who will work with us. I wouldn't ask if I had one myself."

"No, its fine. I know of one. I can get in touch with him in a couple of days. For now its best if I lay low. He'll be looking for me." She moved to get up but Leo stopped her.

"You're safe here and when you want to talk for real...about anything. I'll be here. You're apart of this family now. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask." She smiled at him, nodding and he let her get up. She turned to go find Lisa before stopping in the door frame. She turned back to face him, leaning against the door.

"Thank you...there is something you should know...I'm a metahuman. That's why Julius wants to get me back. I'm useful to him. I...I don't want to be another tool, I won't be used again." Leo got to his feet and walked over to her.

"You won't be. As I said you are a part of this family. If you want to help with heists or use your unique gifts, that is your choice. We look after each other. Metahuman or not. You have a right to your own decisions. Now go. I'm sure your tired. I'll ask Lisa to bring some food up to you later. Your room is the last one down the hall."

"Thank you...again."

"Its nothing." Dyna turned and moved down the hall, opening the door and sliding in, shutting it behind her. She laid down on the bed and it wasn't long before she was unconscious.

Leo moved back into the kitchen, leaning against the counter. Now that she was cleaned up and dressed up. His sister didn't own any clothes that didn't sell her body. Not that he was judging, they were her clothes and her body and he knew damn well she could look after herself. He definitely wasn't complaining about how Dyna looked in them. She was all curves and she had hair that he would just love to tangle his fingers in. It wasn't often he was actually attracted to someone. He used people so often that he didn't think about dating or anything like that but she was different and he hadn't expected it.

"Thinking about someone...she's very pretty. Though I don't know how you are with courting woman. Usually they fall all over you...she might be different." Lisa leaned up against him, leaning her head on his shoulder. "I like her." Leo chuckles, wrapping an arm around her.

"She's something special. But I'm not going to do anything. She doesn't need me leeching after her. I'll wait. In time if she stays and is comfortable here, then maybe I'll flirt with her. I'm not going to push anything. We'll see in a couple of months how things are going. For now...I'm glad you like her. You need some company other than myself and she needs someone she can talk to without feeling like she's under interrogation."

"She's nervous, give her a week and she'll open up to you. She wants to trust you...I can tell. You're a good guy Leo. Even for a thief you are a good guy. She's going to see that and that is all that is going to matter for you guys because she needs someone good to make her smile." He looked down, shaking his head with a small smile.

"Bring her some food and don't skip eating, yourself." He pushed her playfully and she pushed back before grabbing two plates and heading to Dyna's room. Leo ate a little himself before laying down on the couch. He kept an eye on the door. He knew that Julius could find this place and he wasn't going to let anything happen to anyone here.

Lisa moved to Dyna's room and knocked before walking in. She smiled, seeing her asleep and snuck back out. Food could wait until the morning, sleep was more important at this moment.