It was now nightfall; as the three spies where hiding out in a van they rented a couple of hours ago, they went over the plan once more making sure they were certain of themselves, once they where the heist began, Elizabeth and John set off leaving peter in the van hacking into the security system allowing them to enter without sounding the alarm.
"Okay, you're going to wanna take a left and straight down the corridor, there you'll find a painting hiding a vault, hopefully the weapon is back there" peter explained through the intercom.
"I don't want a hopefully I want a definite answer" Elizabeth responded.
"Would you just open it"
She rolled her eyes helping John pull it off of the wall and placed it silently on the ground, she then took out her gun and placed it on top of the handle causing it to open; when they stepped inside they found nothing but a single table in the middle of the room.
"Really?! That's it!" Elizabeth exclaimed.
"No, I've seen enough action movies to know where this is going, either the table is the trap or...this room is the trap" said John.
"This isn't national treasure Williams"
"It could be"
"This is pointless, let's just get out of here"
"No wait don't!" Peter warned them. "There are three guards approaching you guys right now"
"What do are we supposed to do?!" John said.
"Get beside me" Elizabeth pulled him to the corner of the room, waving her hands above them both creating an invisible barrier. "Don't.move.a muscle"
They watched as the three men entered the room looking around, once they where certain no one was there they left locking the vault behind them.
"Don't worry you're safe now" peter said.
"That was close" she said removing the barrier.
"Wha-what was that??" John gaped.
"Uh magic?"
"Yeah I know but I didn't know it could do that!"
"What did you think the purpose of my magic was?"
"I don't know I thought it was like...Scarlett witch or something"
"What??"
"Guys! We can obsess over her powers later, May I remind you this is a heist"
"Can these things even open stuff from the—
He was interrupted by the blast of Elizabeth's gun which opened the vault. "Of course they can"
"Alright then, where to next?"
"Peter?"
"Pete?"
"What's going on?"
"We lost him" she said. "Great, this day just keeps getting better and better"
"What are we supposed to do now?"
"Follow me"
"And what makes you so sure of where you're going?" He asked pulling her back.
"I have a gut feeling"
"You're going to risk our lives on a gut feeling?"
"I'm sorry, you are completely free to go wherever you desire to as for me I'm going to get what I came for" she glared walking away from him.
"You're just going to get yourself killed" he said but she just ignored him.
"Are you even listening to me?"
"Listen I think I can handle a bunch of idiots with guns"
"Not if they all attack you at once"
"I have magic, I'm pretty sure I can end their lives with just a snap of my finger"
"You're making a huge mistake"
"I made that when I was teamed up with you" and with that she continued on her path leaving John in frustration.
There's no hope for this woman. He thought to himself heading to the opposite direction.
As they parted ways neither of them knew that they would be walking straight into a trap. They kept looking around and searching for clues or places to where the weapon might be. Elizabeth found herself in the middle of the museum which was surrounded by a bunch of paintings and old antiques; she searched the place hoping the weapon was hidden there or at least anything useful. She didn't find anything and eventually gave up sitting on one of the benches.
I am not going to prove myself wrong to that man. She thought ignoring a bad feeling in her stomach.
This is ridiculous, there's nothing here.
she was about to get up and find John when she heard someone move behind her, she slowly turned keeping her hands on her gun but saw that no one was there. When she turned back she was met with a smack to the head. Her vision blurred for a few seconds before she regained her sight, sitting back up she cocked her gun to the mans head.
"You don't want to do that" he sneered.
"Watch me" she almost pulled the trigger but stopped when a mob of guards surrounded her from every corner.
"Nothing I haven't dealt with before" she whispered.
She put her gun down as one of them went to attack her but she pushed him and a few of the others back with her magic. They tried firing at her but she kept avoiding them sending them flying back smashing into the glass.
"Really, you'd think the dark ones army would be a little more intimidating" she mocked them while still being caught up in a fight.
"I really thought you had some kind of special skill. You know like hydra"
"But you know, life is full of disappointments"
"You talk to much" one of them said.
"Yeah? Well if that's what's bothering you I could kill more how does that sound?"
The man became irritated with her, he took two daggers and threw them at her. She blocked them both but didn't see a third one coming with resulted with a gash in her leg.
"Okay.Now I'm Pissed" she took the dagger of the floor and without missing a beat she sent it straight through his chest.
She was to caught up with whoever was in front of her she didn't notice one of the guards sneaking up behind her with a gun in hand; he aimed it at her, pulling the trigger and the bullet flew out but missed her only by a few inches. She noticed the bullet that was now lodged into one of guards and turned around surprised to see that John had shot the man with a loud bang which somehow resulted in a lot of the other men to die as well.
"I see what you mean about this not being a normal gun"
"What the hell are you doing here?!" She yelled.
"Saving your ass—and don't deny that you didn't need saving"
"I wasn't going to" she replied.
"Aha, so you admit it"
"Can we please discuss this after the fight?"
"As you wish"
They kept fighting for a while until they defeated them all, unfortunately a few of them managed to escape in time. Now there was only one man left; he tried running away but Elizabeth pulled him back with her magic, taking a dagger from one of the dead bodies and pushed him down lifting the dagger to his neck.
"This is pretty simple; you tell me where your boss is and what he's planning and you get to live" she threatened.
"Never!" He snarled.
"Alright then" she started choking him until he finally answered.
"Okay fine I'll answer!". She removed her hand allowing him to speak. "I don't know much about this guy, I just know that plans on taking your powers to activate his weapon"
"And do what with it? What even is this weapon?"
"I don't know what it is or what he wants to do with it, none of us do!"
"Do you know where he's hiding out?"
"No.."
"You're lying"
"I already told you more than I should...he'd kill me if he figured out I told you"
"I wouldn't bet on that" she said slitting his throat before he got the chance to respond.
"I thought you said you'd let him go" John said.
"He didn't answer my last question" she said wiping the blood of her hands. "Besides you didn't actually believe that I was going to let him go, did you?"
"Well I...yeah, no not really" he agreed.
"Thank you by the way; for saving me earlier"
"You're welcome. Now come on, the alarm may go off at any moment"
"Why did you come back?" She asked him.
"What do you mean?"
"I was being a real jerk to you but you still came back anyway, why?"
"Well after we parted ways I also ran into a trap but managed to escape, then I thought that you were probably in danger to. And I couldn't just leave you here to die"
"Well thank you again. And I'm sorry, maybe teaming up with you isn't as bad as I said"
"I'll take it. And I'm also sorry for looking through your stuff. That was your private—
"...I didn't grow up alone" she cut him off.
"What?"
"The first day we met, you claimed that I grew up in Boston by my self; well I didn't, I actually had a family"
"I don't understand, the files—
"Where fake, I changed them after I graduated"
"Why?"
"They where just a reminder of how they saw me...with my magic"
"What do you..." his expression softened after he realized what she meant. "Oh, I'm sorry"
"It's fine. You are actually the first person I've ever told this to"
"I'm glad you did, but why tell me this now? You practically flipped out when I told you I knew about your past"
"I guess it's about time I stop pushing people away"
They stood there staring at each other in silence when the sound of an alarm brought them back to reality.
"Crap we should get going" John said.
"Yeah let's go. Thompson's probably freaking out.
They managed to avoid the police and make it back to the van safely. When they got inside they found peter panicking trying to figure out what happened and visibly jump out of his seat when he saw them.
"Hey buddy" John greeted him.
"What the hell happened to you two?! I was talking to you but then you just disappeared, and I couldn't figure out where you where on the computer because it's crashed and—
"Relax Megan Ramsey we're fine" Elizabeth said.
"You really have the guts to look me in the eye and refer to me as a female fictional character"
"Did I offend you?"
"Are you kidding me, of course not she's awesome. If anything that's a complement"
"What happened back there anyway?" John asked him.
"I don't know, one minute I was talking to you guys and the other I find out someone hacked into the system"
"It was probably one of Anderson's guys"
"It was. Come see for yourselves" he showed them the computer and his devised and all of them had the same crown symbol that his men were wearing.
"Told you it was everywhere" she said.
"What'd you find out by the way?"
"Only that he plans on taking Elizabeth's powers and using them for his weapon"
"Do you know what it is?"
"No, none of the know. Or so he says" Elizabeth replied.
"Well, what do we do know?"
"Let's just go back to the hotel before the police find us. We'll figure out the rest tomorrow" she responded.
"Are you actually implying on taking a break?" Said John.
"Hey all of us need a little break now and then"
"I just didn't think you where the type"
"There's a lot of things you don't know about me"
"Like what?"
"Well, that's for me to know and for you to never find out"
"I assure you I will find out one of these days"
"Is that so..."
"Uhh guys, can you stop flirting and actually get us out of here"
"We're not flirting" they both said in a unison.
"Can't you drive?" Elizabeth asked him.
"I can but I'm to busy dealing with all my stuff being hacked"
"Don't worry I'll drive" John said starting the car.
This is going to be really interesting.