Author's Note: Hello! I finally got around to updating this fic again! Sorry for making you all wait! Anyways, this was a great request or should I say challenge from BlueEyes444 who asked for "Eliot's hit by a sniper's bullet saving Parker." This was one was actually pretty hard to write for me, but I had a lot of fun doing it. I hope you enjoy it! Anyways, Eliot and Parker aren't a couple here. Enjoy!

"I can't believe this!" Whines Parker as she and Eliot sit down to eat some breakfast. She reaches for her favorite cereal at the moment—her favorites change based on her mood, Eliot notes—and she pours herself a big bowl of Cocoa Puffs. "How did they even see me? I was so careful!"

"They just got lucky," Eliot assures her. "Or you got sloppy."

"I did not!" Parker exclaims as she walks over to position herself across from the counter. She pouts as she looks out the huge window that Nate had just installed. Nate said he felt that his apartment was too dark and Sophie had suggested he put in a gigantic window to let the natural light. Nate had complied as so the window was put in. Eliot liked it even though he felt it was a little excessive. Still, it gave the viewer a perfect shot of the city with all the skyscrapers and the park below.

"Well, regardless," Eliot says coolly. "You still got seen by the guards and now our target probably knows who you are."

"Which explains why we are hiding out here," Parker finishes. "But why are you here? I thought I was the only one who needed to be taken off the job."

"Someone needs to babysit you," Eliot informs her and Parker frowns and crosses her arms over her chest. Eliot stifles a smile. "We all picked straws and I got stuck with guard duty."

It's a lie.

He had volunteered to watch over. Eliot was starting to notice now that Parker was becoming increasingly important in his life. In battle, he always made sure she was safe before anything happened to the bad guys and when she got hurt, he would be the first to take care of her. He wasn't sure what was going on, but he figured that his life was starting to revolve around Parker and that might not be such a bad thing.

"Whatever," Parker mumbles as she stands up and stands directly in front of the mirror. "It's not like anyone's actually going to try and hurt me."

Now, Eliot doesn't believe in bad luck, but he had made an exception when it came to Parker. The thief seemed to always have the worst luck in anything except for stealing. She always lost games, she always got caught in the rain without an umbrella, and she always seemed to lose things that she had just had in her hand. Now, considering what she had just said, the hitter began to worry. Their target was the influential mayoral candidate James Morrison. If his guards had seen Parker, then it could only be assumed that they would be able to follow her and pinpoint her to—

"Parker!" He yells as he puts all the facts together. "Get down!"

It's too late though. The glass shatters as the sniper's bullet heads into the apartment. As Eliot dives on top of Parker and pushes the two of them out of the way, he wonders how Nate will react to his new window being destroyed. Eliot quickly asses Parker and is relieved to see that besides from a few cuts from the broken glass that she's ok.

"Eliot," She whispers and he slowly pulls her up and they move to a back room with no windows. "Are you ok?" Her face is directly in front of his and the thought of stealing a kiss from her suddenly appears in his mind.

"Fine," He answers coolly, but in reality, he knows he's not. He can feel glass embedded into his back and he knows that he'll probably have to get stitches as soon as he removes the fragments of glass. He can also feel the sting of a bullet in his side. He mentally curses, but knows that Parker's safety is more important than his own. He grabs her hand and begins pulling her towards the emergency exit that Nate had enough foresight to put in. "C'mon, we gotta get out of here." She nods and the two disappear into the darkness of the tunnel. If Eliot remembers correctly, it should bring them up to their base which has way more security than Nate's apartment.

"Eliot?"

"What?"

"I'm sorry." He spins around and sees her looking guiltily to the ground. He can't resist and he pulls her close to him in an embrace.

"It's ok." He assures her and as her arms wrap around him, he realizes that it really is.

As they let go, the pain in Eliot's side increases ten-fold and Parker is instantly at his side.

"Eliot!" She exclaims as she sees the bullet hole. "Oh my god, we've got to get you to a hospital!"

He's about to answer when he feels himself fall. He can hear Parker call his name as everything fades to nothingness.

Things are not ok.

Author's Note: Sequel anyone? Also, review/request please!