Dani couldn't talk Xeno into giving up the address of Gabrielle Pittman without telling him what was going on. And after she had gotten through her explanation Xeno wouldn't allow her to go alone. So here she was waiting in her car outside Club Moon waiting for Xeno to show up.
She sighed. How had she gotten herself into this mess. She was thinking, no she was going to, go breaking down the door of one of the most well-endowed bachelorettes in New York if not nationally. Surely, she was about to break about a dozen laws and she knew up front Gabrielle had good lawyers. Well this was for Nico, it was worth it.
She jumped when Xeno knocked on her window. Just like Nico. She sighed and rolled down the window. "Do you want to take one car or two?" he asked her, in his quiet and straight-forward manor.
Do I want to take one car or two? Well if we need to get away quickly I guess two would put the odd more in our favor. And I also won't have to talk to him on the way over and have him try to talk me out of this.
"Two" Dani decided "I'll follow you".
Xeno nodded and then made his way back to a waiting SUV. Black, of course.
After a half hour or so drive they pulled onto a long drive. Dani's phone started to ring; it was Xeno.
"Yes?" Dani answered.
"I'm going to turn off my headlights, do the same. We'll follow the right fork around to the outer buildings. We'll leave the cars there. Understood?" Xeno spoke.
"Ok" Dani said, switching off her headlights right after Xeno did and then noticing the road start to fork as she heard the sound of the call disconnecting.
Their pace slowed but after another 5 minutes or so Dani noticed Xeno slowing to a stop. He turned his right turn signal on to let her note to pull up beside him. Dani did and then switched off the car.
Dani took a deep breath and got out of the car meeting Xeno behind his vehicle where the trunk was open. She peered in; he was fully stocked for a raid.
"Wow, you certainly are prepared" Dani said.
"Hope for the best, prepare for the worst" Xeno said reaching for a bulletproof vest.
He tried to hand her one. "You think Gabrielle is going to be violent?" Dani asked surprised.
"You never know. Put it on please" Xeno said, strapping on his own and putting a jacket over it.
"But don't we want to have the element of surprise? If I go in with this on she'll know I've got help" Dani retorted.
"Please, for Nico. You need to wear it" Xeno said, starting to unstrap it.
Dani had to make a decision. Okay, he's probably right. I should wear it. But I need to wear it under my clothes. Good thing I wore a sweater.
Dani started to tug her sweater off.
"What are you doing Doctor?" Xeno asked surprised.
"Complying with your request. But not compromising my plan. Now you can stand there gaping or you can help me" Dani said, succeeding in pulling the sweater off.
Thank you God that my bra is a built-in camisole today.
She reached for the vest, which Xeno had recovered to help her strap on. Then she pulled her sweater back over. She looked down. You could barely tell I was wearing a vest. Good thing this is a loose sweater.
Xeno closed the trunk of his car and then laid out their plan. They were going to get Nico back and one way or another Gabrielle was going to pay for this.