Author's Note: I'm back! I needed a little break from fan fiction since I was getting burned out, but I'm here now! So, here's a bigger plot segment to make up for my absence and I'll post a request piece later today. Please enjoy!
It had all happened so fast.
One minute, they were both breaking into the mansion and the next they were fighting off all the guards. Even outnumbered 40 to 2, they were doing quite well and Eliot had felt confident that they were going to succeed in their mission.
Maybe it was his overconfidence that caused him to get sloppy. Whatever it was, it caused Eliot not to see the man 20 feet from him, pointing a rifle at him.
But Thomas had seen the man with the gun.
So, he had done what Eliot would've done if their situations were reversed. He pushed Eliot out of the way and was shot directly in the chest.
He died instantly.
Melissa had been devastated and Eliot could only sit there as she called him every name in the book in-between her bouts of crying.
"I'll never forgive you!" She had cried. "Never!"
And that was okay with Eliot, because he would never forgive himself.
But now Melissa had Parker and that meant Eliot would have to confront his past once more. He would have to stop Melissa. If she wanted revenge, then he could take it out on him and not Parker. He deserved her wrath—not Parker.
"What is it?" Nate glances up from one of the many computer screens and meets Eliot's gaze as Eliot walks back into the room.
"I know where Parker is." Nate's expression is puzzled, but he keeps his expression neutral. Eliot knows he'll want the full story after Parker is safe and sound, but for now, Nate is alright without explanations.
And for that, Eliot is grateful.
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