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phantismaFandom: Leverage (Vamp!Nate verse)
Title: The Truth or Dare Job, Part Nineteen (Index to Vamp!Nate: Index)
Pairings/Characters: Eliot, Hardison, Chaos
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 637
Summary: Eliot and Hardison set out to find Ryna and Nate
A/Ns & Warning: Twenty chapter of a 25 chapter arc, for my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
angst_bingo card, found here. For the prompt "Stockholm Syndrome".
"What is this place?" Eliot asked.
"Near as I can tell, Avonski had Chaos build it to trap you. It's a maze of sorts, with rooms that are made to torture, there's a freezer and a sun room, and one with—"
"Hardison, just tell me how we get out of here." Eliot said.
"There's a back door, a security door, here." He pointed to a spot on the screen with the blueprint of the place. "Let's you out into the offices, which front the street."
"Let's go."
"Wait." Hardison pulled his arm free. "What about him?" He pointed at Chaos.
"What about him?"
"We can't just…leave him to die?"
"No?" Eliot turned to face him. "He brought you here to die. You and Nate and Ryna."
"No." Hardison shook his head. "No, he only brought us here to get you. He didn't know Avonski would kill us."
"You can't expect me to believe that."
"No? Here, look." Hardison turned back to the keyboard, bringing up a screen full of code that Eliot couldn't understand. "See this, when they brought me in here, this is what Chaos wanted me to work on. When he'd realized what Avonski was doing, he hacked his plane. He wanted me to ground the plane."
"What?" He grabbed Hardison's arm. "I don't care what kind of hacker's code or whatever Stockholm syndrome thing this is. We gotta go."
Hardison pulled his arm away, his face set and hard. "If we leave him here, he's going to die."
"I don't care."
"You may be okay with killing, Eliot, but I'm not. I'm a hacker, not a killer."
"You're not killing him. Avonski is."
"No." Hardison shook his head. "I've got the plane shut down, Avonski can't leave the country. I've got the whole front end of the building locked down. That eliminates half Avonski's men. Nate and Ryna have to be here somewhere." He circled an area on the blueprint with a finger. "Avonski is likely here." He pointed to a room not far from them. "There aren't any cameras."
Hardison stood. "He's got the antidote for the poison."
Eliot wanted to throttle him. It was going to be hard enough to get out of there without the added dead weight of a hacker who couldn't hack it. "Fine. But I ain't carrying his zombie ass."
Hardison pulled Chaos up and slung the slack hacker's arm over his shoulder. Chaos didn't blink, but he moved when Hardison did. That was something at least.
Eliot led the way out of the room. He wasn't sure which should come first, finding Avonski and the antidote or finding Ryna and Nate. They moved slowly, Eliot trying to sniff out trouble. "Okay, this section was never finished. Rooms under construction." Hardison said softly. "Not as many cameras."
"So, Nate and Ryna might be here." Eliot said.
"Possibly."
"Keep your eyes open." Eliot paused at a door. The room beyond it was dark. He eased it open and sniffed. The room smelled of paint and sweat, but no sign of Ryna or Nate. He led them on to the next door.
"Eliot." Hardison hissed and Eliot turned as three men came at them. He shoved the door open.
"Get inside."
Hardison and Chaos moved into the room as Eliot squared on the approaching men. "Come on." Eliot growled. Inside him the cat was roaring for blood and he was inclined to let him have it.
The first of them went down with a punch to his nose that broke bones and left him unconscious. The second got claws, ripping his chest open. Eliot only barely held off the shift as the third one ran and he pounced.
They went crashing to the ground together, and Eliot bit into the soft skin of his throat, drinking him into submission.
Title: The Truth or Dare Job, Part Nineteen (Index to Vamp!Nate: Index)
Pairings/Characters: Eliot, Hardison, Chaos
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 637
Summary: Eliot and Hardison set out to find Ryna and Nate
A/Ns & Warning: Twenty chapter of a 25 chapter arc, for my
angst_bingo card, found here. For the prompt "Stockholm Syndrome". "What is this place?" Eliot asked.
"Near as I can tell, Avonski had Chaos build it to trap you. It's a maze of sorts, with rooms that are made to torture, there's a freezer and a sun room, and one with—"
"Hardison, just tell me how we get out of here." Eliot said.
"There's a back door, a security door, here." He pointed to a spot on the screen with the blueprint of the place. "Let's you out into the offices, which front the street."
"Let's go."
"Wait." Hardison pulled his arm free. "What about him?" He pointed at Chaos.
"What about him?"
"We can't just…leave him to die?"
"No?" Eliot turned to face him. "He brought you here to die. You and Nate and Ryna."
"No." Hardison shook his head. "No, he only brought us here to get you. He didn't know Avonski would kill us."
"You can't expect me to believe that."
"No? Here, look." Hardison turned back to the keyboard, bringing up a screen full of code that Eliot couldn't understand. "See this, when they brought me in here, this is what Chaos wanted me to work on. When he'd realized what Avonski was doing, he hacked his plane. He wanted me to ground the plane."
"What?" He grabbed Hardison's arm. "I don't care what kind of hacker's code or whatever Stockholm syndrome thing this is. We gotta go."
Hardison pulled his arm away, his face set and hard. "If we leave him here, he's going to die."
"I don't care."
"You may be okay with killing, Eliot, but I'm not. I'm a hacker, not a killer."
"You're not killing him. Avonski is."
"No." Hardison shook his head. "I've got the plane shut down, Avonski can't leave the country. I've got the whole front end of the building locked down. That eliminates half Avonski's men. Nate and Ryna have to be here somewhere." He circled an area on the blueprint with a finger. "Avonski is likely here." He pointed to a room not far from them. "There aren't any cameras."
Hardison stood. "He's got the antidote for the poison."
Eliot wanted to throttle him. It was going to be hard enough to get out of there without the added dead weight of a hacker who couldn't hack it. "Fine. But I ain't carrying his zombie ass."
Hardison pulled Chaos up and slung the slack hacker's arm over his shoulder. Chaos didn't blink, but he moved when Hardison did. That was something at least.
Eliot led the way out of the room. He wasn't sure which should come first, finding Avonski and the antidote or finding Ryna and Nate. They moved slowly, Eliot trying to sniff out trouble. "Okay, this section was never finished. Rooms under construction." Hardison said softly. "Not as many cameras."
"So, Nate and Ryna might be here." Eliot said.
"Possibly."
"Keep your eyes open." Eliot paused at a door. The room beyond it was dark. He eased it open and sniffed. The room smelled of paint and sweat, but no sign of Ryna or Nate. He led them on to the next door.
"Eliot." Hardison hissed and Eliot turned as three men came at them. He shoved the door open.
"Get inside."
Hardison and Chaos moved into the room as Eliot squared on the approaching men. "Come on." Eliot growled. Inside him the cat was roaring for blood and he was inclined to let him have it.
The first of them went down with a punch to his nose that broke bones and left him unconscious. The second got claws, ripping his chest open. Eliot only barely held off the shift as the third one ran and he pounced.
They went crashing to the ground together, and Eliot bit into the soft skin of his throat, drinking him into submission.
