Chapter 13 - '..Are we ever going to get out of here?' - Dove Elijah AU
Fleur had been called into Pierre's office. They had travelled all the way to Colorado, despite her situation she was glad to see so many different locations.
"Ah, there you are, sugar." Pierre hummed, turning to face her,"I've got a little job for you."
"Yes?" Fleur slowly walked in.
"I want you to find us another kid."
"What?" Fleur looked up at him.
"There are plenty kids running about the streets here." Pierre stepped closer to her,"Our clients are starting to get bored with the familiar faces."
"I..How do you suggest I find them?"
"You're a little girl. Everybody trusts little girls." He hummed, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Fleur swallowed,"Yes, sir."
"Don't let me down."
"Of course not." Fleur shook her head.
"Good." Pierre smirked,"Run along now."
Fleur quickly turned around and left the room.
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Elijah was sat in the park, slowly swinging back and forth. It was late, but he'd already made up his mind that he wasn't going home. Then when he looked up, he saw a young girl, around the same age as him walking to the slide, going down it. Elijah lowered his feet, slowing down the swing as he watched her. Why was she at the park this late? She then walked towards the roundabout, sitting down on it as she spun around. Elijah looked around before he got up, walking over to her. He couldn't see any adults around.
"Hello." She hummed.
"Uh.. Hi." Elijah played with his sleeves,"What are you doing out here?"
"Having fun."
"But it's getting pretty late. Shouldn't you head home?"
"Shouldn't you?" She hummed.
"I don't.. Really have a home." Elijah shrugged.
"What?"
"I don't have a home." He repeated.
"What do you mean?"
"My mother doesn't really like me, and my dad had to go away." Elijah clutched the cross around his neck.
"Oh..I'm sorry." Fleur slowly stood up.
"It's fine, I just- I was trying to find my grandmother's house but I don't remember where it is." Elijah looked around.
"Oh..Well- Maybe I can help?" Fleur suggested.
"You.. Want to help me?"
"Of course." Fleur nodded.
"Thank you." He smiled.
"What's your name?"
"I'm Elijah. What about you?"
"Fleur."
"That's a pretty name." Elijah hummed.
"Thank you. Elijah is pretty too."
"Thank you."
"So.. Do you know what direction she lives in?"
"Uhm.. Not really." Elijah shook his head.
"Well, let's go this way, ami." Fleur hummed as she started walking.
"Alright." Elijah nodded, following after her.
"You.. Don't sound like you belong here." Fleur looked at him.
"Well, I'm not originally from here." Elijah shrugged,"You don't exactly sound like you're from here either."
"Oh- I'm not. I travel a lot." Fleur nodded.
"I see." He nodded,"Where are you from then?"
"France."
"Ah, I see. I'm from England."
"That's so cool. I've never been there before." Fleur smiled.
"It's nice, if you ignore the rain." Elijah told her.
"I don't mind rain."
"I want to go back someday, it was nicer there."
"Whar made you come here?"
"My dad's work." He nodded.
"Oh? What does he do?"
Elijah was quiet for a few moments,"I don't know."
Fleur nodded slowly,"Oh, right."
"But it doesn't matter anyway."
Fleur looked at Elijah before turning to the left,"Let's..Go this way."
"Oh- Okay." He nodded.
"I think this is a better way."
"I trust your judgment." Elijah looked around.
"Yeah..I'm glad." Fleur looked around the streets.
"Have you ever been down this way before?" Elijah asked her, sticking close to her.
"I'm quite new to the area, but I'm sure this will lead us somewhere."
"You're sure..?" He asked quietly, a man appearing in front of them at the end of the alleyway.
Fleur quickly turned around, taking Elijah's hand,"This way."
"What- Fleur, what's going on?" Elijah questioned.
"Don't worry." She shook her head.
"Too late."
"Do you know any shortcuts? A back ally?"
"I can try- Hold on." Elijah nodded slowly, pulling Fleur around a corner.
Fleur quickly followed him,"Elijah? Do you know your way home?"
"Yeah. Yeah, I think so."
"Go. I know you don't want to, but you need to go."
"You're coming with me." Elijah shook his head.
"I can't."
"I'm not leaving you here."
"Please Elijah." Fleur turned to him.
"No- I'm going to help you." Elijah insisted.
Fleur looked behind him,"Elijah..Go."
"No."
"Cosette. Who's your little friend?" The same man from earlier walked up.
"I thought you said.." Elijah trailed off, before looking up at the man,"I'm not telling you."
"He's just going home, Terry." Fleur shook her head.
"No, I don't think he is." Terry hummed,"You've done a good job today, sugar."
"No- He's not good."
"Come on, look at him. He's got such a pretty face." Terry grabbed Elijah's wrist, causing him to flinch back.
"Elijah-" Fleur ran up.
"Cosette." Terry pulled Elijah close,"Don't you want your new friend to come stay with us?"
"No..He should go home to his grandmother."
"I'm sure she wouldn't mind him... Coming along for some fun." Terry hummed.
"I don't want to." Elijah struggled.
"I'm so sorry Elijah." Fleur shook her head.
"Come along now." He smirked.
"It's going to be okay." She assured Elijah.
"Will it..?" Elijah asked quietly.
"I..Yeah."
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Elijah was sat in one of the warehouses. He'd lost track of where they were and frankly, he didn't care to find out.
That's when he heard a knock at his door then it getting opened,"Boo."
"Shit- Flo." Elijah jumped.
"Scare ya?" Fleur hummed.
"Obviously."
"Get this, my scheduled appointment got cancelled."
"Thank god." Elijah turned to face her.
"Wanna know why it got cancelled?" Fleur sat on his bed.
"Why'd it get cancelled?" He asked.
"Old fucker had a heart attack on the way here." Fleur smirked.
"Serves the bastard right." Elijah hummed, lying back.
"What about you? Got any meets?"
"Unfortunately, and neither of them have died yet."
"Yet." Fleur nodded.
"Well, chances are they won't have heart attacks. Neither of them are that old." Elijah shook his head.
"I could just kill them."
"Don't." He sighed.
"What?" She hummed.
"They wouldn't be happy with you." Elijah rolled over.
"They're never happy with me."
"They'll be extra unhappy if you kill off their client base." He poked her.
"Let them." Fleur hummed.
Elijah shook his head,"You're impossible."
"Guess who's coming back from isolation today." Fleur sat up.
"Oh, is it my will to live?" Elijah tilted his head.
"Wayne." She hummed.
"Oh- Yeah. That makes more sense." He nodded.
"Your will to live is never coming back." She chuckled.
"You never know, it might." Elijah sighed,"Sat it down one time, I turned around and poof. Its gone."
Then, they heard footsteps coming down the hall, Fleur sitting up.
"Miss me?" Wayne asked, poking his head through the door.
"Wayne!" Fleur ran up to him, hugging him.
"Oh, I missed you." He smiled.
"Elijah secretly missed you, he just didn't want to admit it." Fleur shrugged, pulling away,"Right Eli?"
"Hm?" Elijah looked over,"Sure."
"You totally missed me." Wayne walked over.
"Why would I miss you?"
"Because you're jealous of how handsome I am." Wayne shrugged.
"Not bloody likely." Elijah rolled his eyes.
"Come here." He ruffled his hair.
"You scared me." Elijah told him, grabbing his hand.
"Hey, someone had to beat some guys up." Wayne shrugged.
"That someone didn't need to be you." He pointed.
"No one else was gonna protect that kid."
Elijah sighed,"You need to be more careful"
"Me? Careful?" Wayne pushed him,"Anyways, what have you two been up to?"
"Sex, drugs, rock and roll." Fleur shrugged.
"All three at once." Elijah agreed.
"I think we're favourites."
"Easily exploitable, you mean." Wayne shook his head.
"Of course." Fleur bowed,"Pardon my French, but I'm fucking amazing."
"I haven't had any complaints either." Elijah hummed.
"I had, once." Wayne nodded.
"And how well did that turn out?"
"Got isolation." He hummed.
"..Are we ever going to get out of here?" Elijah turned to the pair of them.
"Who knows." Fleur sighed,"Maybe when we're twenty."
"If we live that long." Wayne shrugged.
"Of course we'd live that long."
"I mean.. You never know." Elijah sighed.
"Don't be silly." Fleur crossed her arms.
"I'm not being silly, I'm being realistic."
"I'll kill anyone that tries to come near you two." Wayne nodded.
"I appreciate that." Elijah told him.
"Gotta look after someone, hm?"
"You have to look after yourself too."
"I'm great." Wayne hummed.
"You lie with such a straight face, it's impressive." Elijah hummed.
"Thank you." Wayne chuckled.
"You're welcome." He nodded.
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"Boys?" Fleur walked into the room.
"Flo? What's wrong?" Wayne asked her.
"Who says there's something wrong?" Fleur closed the door.
"Your face does." Elijah pointed.
"Me? Pfft, no." Fleur blew a raspberry, laying down on the bed.
"You're not very convincing." Wayne crossed his arms,"Spill it."
Fleur sighed,"I.. I was with Pierre, right? And he said he noticed I was getting bigger."
"Bigger?"
"Grosse." Fleur snapped her fingers,"Fat."
"You aren't fat." Elijah shook his head.
"I didn't want to say anything, I think it's all those midnight snack-" Wayne joked.
"Shut up." Fleur pushed him.
"Right, give us a spin." Elijah nodded.
Fleur looked at Elijah before getting up and slowly spinning around.
"Hm.. I mean, maybe a little." He tilted his head,"But like- Not in a bad way or anything."
"I'm paranoid." Fleur leaned against the wall,"What if.. What if I'm pregnant?"
"..Pregnant?" Wayne blinked.
"I mean- With clients it's protected but with Pierre.. No."
"There's.. Always a chance." Elijah nodded slowly.
"I don't know what to do- I can't have a baby."
"Look, we'll figure something out." Wayne out a hand on her shoulder.
"You guys are the best brothers, y'know that?"
"We know." Elijah kissed her forehead.
"And I'm sorry I brought you two into this hellhole."
"Hey, we forgave you for that a long time ago." Wayne told her,"You didn't want to do that."
"But look at us now, best of friends." Fleur hummed.
"The very best." Elijah smiled,"And we're going to get you out of here."
"You two will be coming with me." Fleur pointed.
"We'll try our best." Wayne nodded.
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"Do you.. Really think she might be pregnant? I mean, I was only joking about the snacks but that looked like a bump." Wayne sighed once Fleur had left their room.
"I think she is." Elijah bit his cheek,"She.. I don't want her to stay here anymore- Not like I did before but.."
"I could beat up Pierre." Wayne shrugged.
"I've been coming up with ideas for a while now." Elijah admitted,"We need to get sent on a mission."
"On a mission? Eli, you don't even do the course."
"Wayne, I know what we need to do. We need to get caught and ask for the FBI- I know a guy there. He helped me before." Elijah insisted.
"The FBI- Are you serious? Where are they when we need them now?"
"Look, do you trust me?"
"I kinda have to, I'm stuck with you." He shrugged.
"It's going to work. I promise." Elijah told him.
"I hope so." Wayne sighed.
"It will."
"I'm trusting you, Eli." Wayne pointed.
"Thank you." Elijah whispered.
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"Alright, you ready?" Wayne turned to Elijah.
"Never been readier." Elijah nodded.
"Go." Wayne looked around.
Elijah nodded once more, running ahead into the park.
"Careful." Wayne ran after him.
"I'm as careful as I can be."
"There! They're over there." Wayne pointed towards the FBI who were scouring the area.
"So, any particular way you wanna go about this?" Elijah looked over at him.
"We could literally just surrender?" He suggested.
"That could work." Elijah nodded as he approached the agents.
"Woah- Back it up gents. Hands in the air." An Agent held his gun up.
"I need to speak with Agent Rossi." Elijah slowly raised his hands.
"Why?"
"I need his help."
"You just killed a man, you think we're going to help?" He questioned.
"Yeah asshole, that's the point." Wayne rolled his eyes.
Elijah tossed his gun to the ground,"My name is Elijah Ganet. He knows me. I need his help."
"Turn around." The Agent grabbed cuffs.
"Turning." Elijah spun around, lowering his hands behind his back.
"Kinky." Wayne hummed as they both got cuffed.
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Elijah was sat in the Interrogation room, just like her remembered it. He was tapping his foot against the table leg, Pierre had taken away the pills he had left a few days prior.
"Mr Ganet?" Rossi walked into the room.
"Agent Rossi." Elijah looked up at him.
"Where have you been for years?"
"Trapped."
"Trapped?"
"I was with the Doves." Elijah told him,"I was abducted when I ran away from home.. Trying to get to my Nonna's house."
"And when was that?"
"I was twelve."
"So.. Three, four years ago?"
"Yeah.."
"So tell me, how did you escape?" Rossi sat down.
"They train some of the kids to.. Kill people. Like assassins." Elijah told him,"Wayne and I got sent out to do that, but we'd already made a plan to get caught."
"And you didn't worry about the precautions?"
"No. I knew we needed to get out and I'd been planning for a while." He shrugged.
"Where are the Doves now?"
"They're at a warehouse nearby, I can take you."
"Okay, take us." Rossi nodded.
"Do I need to stay in the cuffs?" Elijah raised a brow.
"For your safety and ours? Yes. But I'll let them off when we get in my car."
"Thanks." Elijah nodded slowly.
"Come on, kid."
"I'm coming." He stood up.
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"I don't know where they are." Fleur shook her head.
"What do you mean you don't know where they are?" Terry questioned her.
"I don't know where they fucking are, Terry. I'm not speaking French, I'm speaking English, understand me." Fleur crossed her arms.
"Don't give me that attitude." Terry grabbed her,"Don't tell me you want to go into isolation, do you?"
"You wouldn't.' Fleur looked up at him.
"Do you really want to test that?"
"Pierre would kill you."
"Pierre can have access to you if he pleases."
"I'm pregnant, asshole."
"A lot of little girls here are pregnant." Terry shrugged.
"Not with Pierre's child." She pushed him off.
"Oh, I see.. Think you're special cause you're his little favourite?" Terry hummed,"There were girls before you and they'll be girls after."
"He's going to get arrested, just like you are." Fleur crossed her arms,"They're with the FBI."
"Excuse me?" Terry blinked.
"Wayne and Elijah, are with the FBI." Fleur hummed.
"How did-" Terry stopped, grabbing her arm,"We're leaving."
"They'll find you."
"Not if I can help it."
"They're probably already on their way here- They told them everything." Fleur nodded.
"I'm not letting you get away." Terry shook his head.
That's when the door was busted down.
"FBI, Peter Ryan hands up!"
"I'm not going anywhere." Terry held Fleur close to him.
"Let the girl go or this bullet will go through your head."
"Do it, coward."
Fleur looked up at Terry before she bit his hand.
"Ow- Bitch." Terry let go of her, grabbing his hand.
Fleur quickly ran over to the Agents, hugging the female one.
"You're safe now, sweetie." She held her close as the other Agents detained Terry.
"Where are my friends?'
"They're just outside." She lead Fleur towards the exit.
Fleur nodded slowly, looking around for her friends as they left the warehouse.
"Fleur- Fleur!" Wayne ran over to her.
"Wayne!" Fleur quickly hugged him.
"Thank god you're okay." He sighed, holding onto her.
"Where's Elijah?" Fleur pulled away.
"Just over there, with the Agents." Wayne pointed.
"Thank god you're both okay."
"Of course we're okay." He smiled.
"We're safe now, right?" Fleur asked slowly.
"And it's gonna stay that way." Wayne promised.
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