Author's Note: You asked for it and you got it. Here is the climax to the Mrs. Gabbler saga. A lot of questions have been asked about this particular series of drabbles and so I have decided to ask my readers for their opinion. Would you like the Mrs. Gabbler saga to be turned into a fully fledged fic or do you think it's best the way it is? Any comment about this is greatly appreciated! Anyways, enjoy!

Parker can't believe this.

After years of thinking she was safe and free, she had to show up. She had to show up and Parker knows what she wants—her. Mrs. Hedda Gabbler wants her to go back to work for her. As a child, Parker had been ordered by both her and her husband to rob banks and bring the money back to them. The one time she messed up, Mrs. Gabbler had gone to jail and Parker's life had hit rock bottom. Needless to say, she had never messed up a robbery for them again.

It was a Sunday afternoon in August that she had managed to escape. She had managed to lift her window high enough to get out and she had sprinted for what seemed like hours. She had never felt so scared than she had felt in those first few days of freedom. Parker had managed to avoid her private eyes—she had never really stayed in one place for so long before—but now that she was back . . . Parker couldn't handle it. So, she had taken one of the guns and gone after her because she was going to settle this.

Mrs. Gabbler wasn't that hard to find. The older woman had simply waited inside a huge parking garage. She smiled sinisterly when she was the resident thief and the gun.

"Come to kill me?" She questioned. "Well, you're too later, Parker dear, the cancer is already doing that." She laughs as Parker cocks the gun and steps closer to her.

"How dare you?" Parker hisses. "How dare you come back into my life after you turned it into a living hell!" Hedda yawns and checks her watch.

"Will this take long, dear, because I have a meeting later?" She explains. Anger courses through Parker's body and she puts her finger on the trigger. One push and this woman and everything she had done to Parker would be erased. All it took was one push—

And suddenly the gun is out of her hands and in Eliot's. The hitter came almost out of nowhere and now has disarmed her and kicked the gun out of the way.

"Eliot?" She asks, but it's more out of relief than actual shock.

"What the hell were you thinking?" He growls. "You should know better!" She isn't sure what causes it, but she begins to sob. Eliot's fury quickly vanishes and is replaced by worry and concern. "Hey, it's going to be ok?"

There is a clicking noise.

"I'm afraid I have to disagree," The two turn to see Mrs. Gabbler has the gun pointed out at them. "If Parker won't come back to me, then she most certainly isn't going back with you."

Suddenly, everything goes into slow motion.

There is a bang and Parker quickly forces Eliot out of the bullet's path. She feels something grazing her, but she brushes it off and sprints for Mrs. Gabbler. She gets there before another shot can be fired and gets the gun.

Parker points it at her.

"You ruined part of my life," Parker explains strangely calm. "And for that I will never forgive you, but I will not take your life away like you tried to take mine away because that would make me like you and I'm not. I'm a brilliant thief who actually cares about people—I may not understand them, but I do care—and you, Mrs. Hedda Gabbler are not part of my life anymore. So, get out of here and don't try to find me because the next time you show up here, you may not be so lucky."

Mrs. Gabbler stands, smirks, and then vanishes into the darkness of the garage. Parker then turns to Eliot.

"Parker, that was great!"

Funny, her head is starting to become light and her vision is blurring. Still, she smiles and hugs him. She sees red on her hands and feels her eyes widen.

"Eliot,"

"Hmm?"

"I think I've been shot."

Her knees buckle and she doesn't remember hitting the floor.

All she remembers was his voice calling her name and then—

Nothing.

Author's Note: Part 5 will be the last part if anyone wants it, that is! Review/request please!