A/N Another short story. This was written for a challenge in leverageland. The prompt was family.
Eliot stood behind the kitchen counter waiting for the feeding bottle to heat. He was a hitter, how did he ended up playing babysitter? Oh, he knew how…
He heard the beeping of the microwave and took the bottle.
"Parker" he shouted "Could you bring Aaron here, please?"
From behind him came the distinctive sound of a baby giggling. He quickly turned around and he stood there gasping. "Dammit Parker!"
The thief was tasing the fruits in the basket while Aaron was watching her from his baby carrier. "What?" she shrugged " He likes it!"
"You can't play with you taser in front of a baby" he grumbled. He quickly picked up the baby and started feeding him. "Where's Hardison?" he looked around noting that the hacker was missing.
"I don't know. I haven't seen him in a while"
Suddenly a chair came rolling in the room with a happily screaming toddler on it. "Y-y-ye-e-a-h-h!"
"Parker," Eliot shouted alarmed "Grab her before she falls"
Parker jumper from her seat and got the three years old in her arms. "Rachel, are you having fun?"
"Fun" she confirmed nodding.
"Dammit Hardison! She was is responsibility. Where is he?" he started burping Aaron. "If he's playing with those ogres of his…."
Parker's mobile phone started ringing. "It's him" she answered. "Hardison, where… You are where? Oh, stay there we'll come and get you"
She nodded to Eliot telling him to follow her. They went up the stairs to find the bathroom door locked. Parker picked the lock and opened the door. She tried to contain her snickers once she saw Hardison behind the door.
The hacker was sitting on the toilet, more he was duct taped on the toilet. Parker started laughing and Eliot soon followed her. Hardison just glared at them, especially at the girl standing next to Parker.
"This is the last time I'm babysitting that monster" he shouted. "Can someone free me?" he wiggled in his restrains.
Parker went to him and cut the duct tape. "How did she do it?"
"More importantly how did she manage to dye your hair blue?" Eliot took a picture of him with his mobile phone while laughing.
"She's the daughter of Nathan Ford and Sophie Devereaux, do I need to say more?" He got up and checked himself at the mirror. "Never again… Never!"
Two hours later the three finally managed to put the two children in bed and soon after the mastermind and the grifter walked in the apartment.
"Hey, how did it…" Nate stopped in his track once he saw Hardison's blue hair. Then he noticed the burnt fruit in the basket. "What…?"
"Don't ask" the hacker interrupted him. "You two have created two monsters. I'm never babysitting for you again!" he walked out the door followed by Parker who just waved at them.
"I had fun" Eliot told them "But don't make it a habit!" He pointed a finger at Sophie. "No more Neuro linguistic tricks" and he walked out the door too.
Sophie sighed and turned towards Nate. "I think we should wait to tell them there's a third one on the way"
He nodded. "Yeah, it's better…"