I became inspired after writing the earlier chapter titled "Foolish Ideas" where Thorn tried to upgrade the navigation system on the plane. This has caused a little plot line for me about Thorn wanting to upgrade the other's equipment.

Also, I have this idea that Jacoba has taken Thorn under her wing and views him as her little brother.

The legalities: I do not own any of the Expendables franchise (characters, places, and objects especially) and this is mostly au.Rated M just to be on the safe side.

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Hope you enjoy!

Prompt: "You didn't seriously…?"

"Yep."

"You just…?"

"Yep."

"Does that mean…?"

"Quite probably."

Tool looked up from where he was painting when he heard hurried steps coming towards them (Jacoba was sitting and reading at the front desk). He watched as Thorn came through the back door, stopped quickly to look around, then practically dove over towards Jacoba, effectively hiding himself between her and the wall.

To her credit, Jacoba didn't even look up from her book. He couldn't really tell from where he was sitting, but Tool could have sworn that she had rolled her eyes. Tool decided to angle himself more towards the front desk, since he could just tell that this was going to be an interesting interaction.

Before anyone could say anything, Tool heard hurried stomps coming from the backroom, which heralded the arrival of Doc, who looked extremely pissed. He looked around the room, nodded at Tool, then stomped over to Jacoba. "Amazon, have you seen Thorn?"

"I can honestly say that I have not."

Doc grumbled. "Let me know if you do." He turned and stomped out again.

A couple minutes later, Tool heard Jacoba say, "Thorn, my practically brother?"

"Yes, my practically sister?"

"What did you do?"

"Nothing." Tool could practically feel her eye roll and saw her give a pointed look over at the young man. "Alright, so I might have wanted to give him an upgrade."

Jacoba leaned her head back. "You didn't seriously take his shit, did you?"

"Yep."

"You just went and took his shit without asking, didn't you?"

"Yep."

"Does that mean you're a very dead man?"

"Quite probably."

Jacoba sighed, looked over at Tool, then back down at Thorn. "Fine, I won't take let on that I know where you are. But when Doc does catch up with you, I get your repelling gear. My man keeps stealing mine."

Tool and Thorn both started to chuckle as Jacoba went back to reading. Only the Amazon could say something like that with a straight face.