vent. The sound plus me holding my head leaving a "Aowh" from my mouth was enough to let my presence be known.

"The air vent! Go kill them, there can't be any witnesses." I hear Lewis yell so I try to be quicker.

I arrive at the end of the air vent that leads to the outside and I jump to the ground with my feet first. But I end up chest to chest with Leonard as my hands are on his shoulders and his arms hold me tightly by the waist.

"𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭." I whisper being lost in his eyes in a second.

"What the hell are you doing here? Did you follow me?" He asks me but I can't say anything, I'm too shocked about what I saw. I mean I already tortured people and saw death but this.....I try to keep my breathing steady as my eyes start to water but no tears comes out.

"𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝." I tell him scared with a shaky voice.

"Look, Lara you need to get the hell out of here." He tells me more softly, looking over our shoulders to be sure his father isn't there.

"𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞." I blurt out as he focus on my eyes.

"You know I can't."

"𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟...........𝐨𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐝.....𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨? 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬?" I ask worried, more urgently, but he only shakes his head and takes mine with a hand on my right cheek and the other one hold the side of my neck as mines rests on his wrists. He still looks in my eyes before his shift to the necklace he gave me around my neck before looking back at my eyes.

"You need to leave, now."

"𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮." I shake my head stubbornly.

"There's nothing you can do."

"𝐁𝐮𝐭-"

"Lara I can't protect you here, you need to go where I know you will be safe. Please." He pleads me urgently as his thumb draw circles on my cheek. I softly get away from his grasp but not before I add "𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮,𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞." and I reluctantly leave him deal with his dad.

∙ ∙ ∙

"Oh, boy." Cisco says as we diagnosis Lisa to see if Barry's theory is correct. I called him last night and told him everything. He then called me back after the police found Rutenberg's body.....one part of it. And thought maybe Lewis put a bomb in Lisa's head.

"What is it?"

"𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧." I tell her worried.

"Thermite? Like an explosive?"

"Not like an explosive..."

"It's a bomb."

"𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨." I narrow my eyes at him.

"When you were knocked out, your dad must have injected you with it." Cisco says before him and Caitlin go to the room next door to make more analyses.

"That's a beautiful necklace you got there." Lisa tells me with a small smirk as I put my hand on the medallion unconsciously.

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬." I respond with a nervous smile.

"Where did you get it?"

"𝐎𝐡...𝐮𝐦...𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐀𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬......𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭." I say nervously, frowning as I'm looking for a cover being absolutely not credible.

"Come on Lara. Like I wasn't there when he stole it. But if you don't want others to know so they don't obligate you to give it back I suggest you found something better than your 8th Christmas." She smiles.

"𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐭!" I say as she laughs.

"Happy birthday late."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬." I reply again laughing as we hug.

∙ ∙ ∙

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠?" I ask Barry as I come back with coffee.....a lot....of coffee.

"The micro-bomb casing must be made of some kind of a ferromagnetic material."

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?"

"It means that once you hold it steady with the magnet, I can surgically excise it."

"Put the magnet down!" Cisco suddenly yells at us. Which makes barry put his hands up in surrender.

"This is a really concentrated bomb. It's gonna combust if it's exposed to magnetic friction and an oxidant." Oh shit, we all take a step back at his remark.

"What's he talking about?"

"𝐀𝐢𝐫. 𝐔𝐡...𝐓𝐡𝐞...𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐢𝐫."

"Don't worry, Lisa. We're gonna find another way to get it out. Scientific minds, super trained assassin,can we confer, please?" Cisco asks us as we step from Lisa to discuss.

"What if the Flash speed-extracts it?" Caitlin asks hopefully.

"𝐍𝐨. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲."

"She's right. I'm gonna find a way to get it out, I just need a little time."

"Well, we need to keep track of Lewis until you figure out how to disarm the bomb." Barry states.

"I wish we knew what he was gonna steal next. And when."

"𝐀𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞." I say as Cisco and Caitlin look at me  weirdly. "𝐔𝐦......𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞....𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭."

"Maybe I can get them to tell me."

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠?" I ask with a raised brow.

"Their tech guy is dead. So I'm betting they're gonna need a new one."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟...𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲." I tell him sarcastically.

"That's not helping."

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨. 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝? 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬."

"I don't understand where you are going with this." Caitlin tells him.

"I'm saying I'm gonna infiltrate Lewis' crew."

"You're going to pretend to be a criminal?"

"How hard can it be?" He shrugs at Caitlin.

"𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤."

"Yeah take Lara with you. I think we can all agree we will all feel better about your safety this way." Cisco says which makes me smile. And him and Caitlin leave us letting no choice to Barry on this.

"You sure you wanna come? I mean last night..."

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭.... 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐈'𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮." 𝐈 tell him with a smile.

"Okay....then let's go."

∙ ∙ ∙

I told Barry where the warehouse was and he sped us there in no time.

"These visits are getting old." How did he knew it was us, he didn't even turn around from where he is sit!?!

"Third time's a charm".

"I told you, I don't need saving." He tells Barry as he gets up and turn around to face us before he focus on me. "What are you doing here again?"

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈'𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞." He doesn't seem to like my answer.

"Again, I don't need saving."

"But your sister does. I know your dad put a bomb in Lisa. And Lewis told you he'd kill her if you didn't help him, right?"

"𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛." I reassure him.

"Hope you got that gun of yours ready to blast 'cause..." Lewis starts but stop as he sees us. "Who the hell are those?"

"Um...Lenny said you need a new tech...What's up? I'm...I'm Sam. What's up?"......Oh....my god. Is he gonna buy it?

"You telling me you think this kid can crack a Draycon keypad?" He asks Snart ignoring 'Sam', but I respond first to help him.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐪 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫." I say as Leonard moves his head on the side giving us looks.

"Yeah, that was locked up behind an AmerTek Industries Phase Three Suppression Door with a Draycon XL-1218 keypad." Barry says proudly as Lewis seems impressed too.

"Couldn't have done it without them."

"Draycon's my jam." .........please tell me he didn't say that.

"Okay....Sam.....and?" Oh, oh. What should I say, what should I say, what should I say? This guy gives me the creep!

"It's Elisabeth....My girlfriend." His what now!?! I give a look to Leonard that says 'Seriously?' but he only smirks.

"Really?" His father asks looking me up and down but I only focus on Leonard.

"Yes I'm madly in love with her." He keeps teasing me as I just give a nervous smile at his father.

"Alright.......Let's go." Lewis says walking away. Wait, now?

"Right now?" Barry asks.

"You got a problem with that?"

"No. All good. Can't wait." He tells him as he walks further away. "Elizabeth?" He asks Snart.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝?" I ask narrowing my eyes at him.

"Come on, it was funny you gotta admit that." He smirks at me.

"𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬." note the sarcasm.

"Oh, this should be fun." Barry says as we head out.

∙ ∙ ∙

We are now at a building, were diamonds are very very well protected , as janitors so we can get in undercover.

"Keep quiet and follow my lead."

"Just like old times." Leonard replies to his father.

"You watching the Diamonds game?" Lewis asks the security guards.

"Yeah. The Salamanders are killing 'em. IDs." He ask us and we give them our fake access cards. "What floor are you going to?"

"27th." Lewis answer as the cards give the bad beep, this plan is a mess before it even started. I see Lewis get ready to use a gun so I decide to do something.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐩, 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬? 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?" I tell them friendly.

"Yeah, you guys are good to go."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬." I give them a big smile as they give us our cards back.

"You enjoy the game guys." Lewis tells them.

"Diamonds don't stand a chance."

"Not tonight they don't." How ironic...We then took the elevator and got at the 27th floor.

"Oh. Hold on. Did you hear that?"

"I got it." Barry says as we stop on the side of the hallway. "It's two armed guards."

"Guess your timing didn't work out after all." Snart says accusingly to his father.

"Yeah, that's why we got a Plan B."

"Cause you always needed one."

"Yeah, but...Your sister turned out to be a disappointment also." He says with a gun in hand as he gets in Leonard's face. I nod to Barry before he speeds to get the guards away safely.

"Hey,what do you guys say we get on with the job?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭'𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬." I say joining in the lie.

"Yeah, must've." Leonard says taking his cold gun as he eyes Barry.

"Okay, Sam. Show us what you got." Lewis tells Barry as we got to the Draycon's keypad.

"Yeah. All right. I'll just....You guys just keep a lookout and I'll...." He tells Lewis so he doesn't see him use his powers to find the passcode. He then grunts and laugh happily with a fist in the air as the door opens. "Told you Draycon was my jam."

"Nice job, Sam. It's good to go out on a high note." Lewis tells him before shooting at him while Leonard as a hand on my mouth as I start screaming looking at my best friend lying dead on the ground. I try to get to him but Leonard keeps me in place and whispers in my ear to calm down.

"Is she gonna be an issue?"

"No. She's not. It's fine." Leonard tells his father as he eyes the gun he holds while I still look at Barry not moving.

"Good."

"Sorry, Barry." Leonard whispers as his eyes him on the ground too.

∙ ∙ ∙

We come in another hallway with red lasers everywhere. Guess the jackpot is at the end of it.

"Okay, Son, make me proud."

"Like I care." Leonard replies as he ice the lasers.

"Now what?" Lewis asks before Snart walks through the iced lasers that shattered on the ground.

"I told you I had a better way past the lasers."

"Step aside. Time for another lesson." Lewis says as he joins him at the end of the hallway as I'm still at the opposite of it.

"You've got 125 seconds before the system defrosts."

"Then what?"

"Sirens." He tells him before the coffin opens and he start taking the diamonds in a bag. "Time's up." He adds as we hear the sirens.

"Let's get outta here." Lewis says but is stop as The Flash appears between me and them. I let a sigh of relief leave my mouth as I see and hear him while Snart powers his gun and directs it to Barry.

"Only place you're going is back to Iron Heights, Lewis."

"Ah...You wanna bet?"

"Do I wanna bet?"

"𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵! 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦!" I hear Cisco from Barry's com. I decide to buy him some time as I talk to Lewis.

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫?" I ask him angrily, this man disgust me.

"A very rich man." He tells me without an ounce of regrets.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫." I tell him shaking my head . I see him getting a device from his pocket and I see Leonard's face change, his worried and scared as much as I am.

"Shoot him, son." No, not again.

"𝐍𝐨!" I say as I put myself in front of Barry, holding his forearms behind me so I keep him in place.

"Shoot her too." He tells him but Leonard just keep his gun on us, not shooting. He starts loosing patience so he adds "Kill them or you'll never see your sister alive." I see him keeping hesitating before I hear Cisco and Barry.

"𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣 𝘰𝘶𝘵!"

"Lisa's safe." He tells us as we both let a sigh of relief leave us. Lewis then turns to his son as realisation hit him and Leonard doesn't take anymore time to shoot him instead.

"You're working with the Flash? I thought you hated him."

"Not as much as I...Hate you." And that's the last thing his father hears before lying dead on the ground. Barry steps closer and takes the cold gun from Snart.

"Lisa was safe. Why did you do that?"

"He broke my sister's heart. Only fair I break his."

"𝐈𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞." I tell him honestly and he gives me an almost unnoticeable sad smile.

∙ ∙ ∙

We were now in Iron Heights with Leonard on the phone with Barry with only glass to separate them as I was standing a few feet away against the wall and couldn't hear.

*Conversation between Barry and Leonard*

"Last time I was in Iron Heights, I was visiting my dad."

"Yeah, me too."

"And yet you killed him."

"He deserved it. Is that funny to you?" He asks as Barry smiles.

"No. What's funny is I finally figured out your secret."

"And what secret would that be?"

"You would do anything to protect your sister. People you love."

"Well, I know your secret too. Better hope I don't talk in my sleep."

"You won't. Today just proved what I've always known.......There's good in you, Snart.....Yeah, you don't have to admit it to me. But there's a part of you that knows you don't have to let your past define you. A part of you that really want to be more than just a criminal."

"So I should be a hero like you Barry? What exactly does that pay again?"

"Well most heroes get the girl at the end of the day." He tells him noding his head on the side which makes Snart look at Lara and make eye contact with her. "Anyway, it's just a matter of time. Something you'll have a lot in here."

"Not as much as you think. Be seein' you."

*End of conversation*

I see Leonard getting up so I stop the guards.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭! 𝐔𝐦...𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝....𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬......𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞." I tell them and they nod as Leonard sit again. "𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫." I tell Barry as he leaves with Joe. I sit opposite Snart and take the phone in hand.

"It suits you." He nods to the necklace.

"𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐬." I tease with a smile which he returns.
"𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

"It's no big deal." He says shrugging.

"𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭." I laugh and he smirks. "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?"

"Don't worry for me. It's not my first."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡...𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?"

"Correct. As always. You're not just a pretty face, aren't you?" He teases.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞." I smile playfully to him. But it quickly fades away. "𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭?"

"When is what?"

"𝐌𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲."

"You don't know?" He asks me confused as I nod a sad 'no' . "Well I did dig further in your past after our last encounters and found a file of adoption."

"𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?"

"The couple who adopted you died in a car crash as they were taking you to your new family home. They didn't make it and you've been brought back to the hospital until they put you in an orphanage.......I mean until you then kept from running away until you were eighteen."

"𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭?"

"Fake ones. I checked."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬.....𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡." I tell him sincerely but he quickly changes the topic as it gets to emotional and personal to him.

"So....You leaving for another mission?"

"𝐍𝐨....𝐧𝐨, 𝐈 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲."

"For what?"

"𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫."

"As in...Killing people?" He asks me confused.

"𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞." I tell him as I shake my head.

"Easier said than done."

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮?"

"I guess that's something we have in common."

"𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧." I tell him honestly as he smiles at me.

"Wouldn't be so sure about that, sweetheart." He smirks before he gets up and is been dragged away as I know he was speaking about himself.