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Chapter 4: Olive's Story

-Gabriel's POV-

Gabriel was relieved that Riley hadn't gone into the dark place he had experienced when Amelia died. Looking at the peaceful, sleeping agent laying in the hotel bed Gabriel felt bad for what happened to Olive. Going out to the patio, Gabriel sat down on one of the chairs and watched the sun rise. It was looking like Gabriel was going to need some caffeine if he were to stay up the rest of the day. Once the sun was up, Gabriel went over to the still sleeping Riley. Gently shaking Riley's shoulder's, Gabriel made an attempt to wake her up. Riley grumbled but didn't wake up. Sitting on the edge of the bed Gabriel bent down and quietly kissed Riley's forehead.

"Wha ar yu doin," Riley mumbled still not fully awake.

"I thought it would be nice to go see Olive. It would be good for you to get out and be there when she wakes up," Gabriel replied softly.

"Ok."

Smiling, Gabriel went into the kitchen and started the coffee pot.

-Olive's POV-

Olive woke up to soft beeps of the hospital machine. Looking around with sleepy eyes, Olive's brown eyes fell on the sleeping form of Riley. Not sure what to do, Olive closed her eyes again and opening them back up when she heard footsteps coming towards her hospital room. Olive's eyes fell on the hot man talking to a doctor outside. Quickly shutting her eyes again, Olive heard the voices of the doctor and the man coming into the doorway. The voices stopped and rustling was made as one of the two man walked back into the room. Not daring to open her eyes, Olive ley there listening to the hospital noises around her.

"I know you're fake sleeping, Olive," a gruff voice said.

"How'd you know?" Olive asked while opening her eyes and getting a good look at the man sitting next to Riley.

"I just do."

"Who are you?"

"My name is Gabriel. And yes, I do work with Riley," Gabriel replied.

"You work with my aunt? Nice!"

"Do you think you are up for some questions?"

"Yeah."

"Do you know who took you?"

"Not really, but I probably would recognize him if I saw him again."

"It's a guy?"

"Yes. I think he said he worked for CybCom."

"Do you know where you were held?"

"I know it was a hotel! And I remember the guy making some kind of ransom," said Olive. "I don't remember what the ransom was for, though."

"Hey, its ok if you don't remember," Gabriel said. "You look like you need something to eat. Want anything?"

"Yes, I'm starving. If there's any fish and chips, I'll take that."

"All right, I'll go get that from the hospital cafeteria," replied Gabriel.


Riley woke up and noticed that Gabriel was nowhere to be seen. Looking over to the bed, Riley was relieved that Olive was up and doing well. Gabriel walked in with a tray full of food. Seeing Riley a wake, Gabriel smiled.

"Look whose up, finally!" Remarked Gabriel.

"And where were you, Gabriel?" Riley asked annoyed that Gabriel allowed her to sleep a bit longer.

"He was getting some food for me, Riley," Olive replied for Gabriel.

"Oh, really! That's new."

"Come on, Riley. Can't you see that Olive has been shot?"

"And do you still have to be so condescending, Gabriel?" Riley shot back.

With that, Gabriel and Riley's argument ended. After eating the fish and chips, Olive fell back to sleep. Riley noted that Olive cut her hair short. It looked like a pixie cut to Riley. Olive's hair was almost black against her pale skin. One of the nurses came in to check on Olive. Making sure everything was good the nurse left. When Olive's eyes flew open, Riley and Gabriel asked if she was ok.

"I think I remember something. The hotel,I believe its near the Archbishop's Garden."

"Anything else?" Riley asked.

"I remember the name of the garden because that son of a bitch said the name while he was on the phone with the hotel receptionist. I hope that help's in some way."

"It does. Thank you, Olive," Gabriel said.


Back at the hotel, Riley and Gabriel dived into the case. Gabriel used the chip to find the map of London and found Archbishop's Garden.

"There's still the ransom. We need $1.5 million in four days," Gabriel was saying. "Who has that sort of money laying around?"

"And how do we get $1.5million? I don't know anyone with that kind of money."

"We could always go to a casino and gamble."

"No. That's out of the question, Gabriel," Riley stated.

"Well, there's no other way, is there. Besides, I have a chip in my brain. I would be the one doing the gabling any way. So, how about it, Agent Neal?" Gabriel inquired.

"Fine. See if there are any casino's around here," Riley said.

"I've already found one not far from here. But first, I think we need a different dress code."

"Grrrr," Riley replied.


Walking into the casino made Riley feel very aware of the men checking her out. Riley felt better when Gabriel strolled up behind her wearing slacks and a button down shirt. Gabriel somehow managed to look hot in his outfit. As for Riley, she wore a black, strapless dress that came down to above her knees and it hugged her slender figure that showed off her curves.

"You look, uh...nice," Gabriel stuttered.

"Thanks, I guess. You look nice your self," Riley said.

"Come on, Riley. We should head over to one of the tables."

"Which table do you want to start at, Gabriel?"

"Just follow me."

Walking over to one of the poker tables, Gabriel and Riley sat down next to each other and started to play. A few rounds into the poker game, it became clear that Gabriel was a natural. Riley knew that Gabriel was using the chip, but she didn't saying anything. Looking over at Riley, Gabriel couldn't stop thinking about his partner and how hot she was in that black dress. Finally returning his gaze to the cards in his hands, Gabriel felt lucky.