𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 - the halloween costume

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𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐀'𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 up the moment the door opened. Matt walked in with a large duffle bag grasped firmly in one of his hands and what looked to be a phone in his other. Matt approached the table Olivia was perched on and carefully placed the bag down before holding out the phone to Olivia; it was hers.

Matt cleared his throat as Olivia took the phone from him. "Foggy said you had a call, your coat is with him."

Olivia nodded once before directing her gaze to her phone. Three missed calls from Derek and one from Peter. With a sigh, she looked up. "I should probably get rid of this, huh?"

"They could be tracking it." Matt nodded, it was better safe than sorry, after all.

Olivia stared at her phone as she twirled it in her pink-tinted hands, she wanted nothing more than to speak to her brother, ease the worries and theories he had undoubtedly thought up. But as Matt had said, the Hand could have been tracking her, they still could be and she didn't want to give away their position when they were to go after them. With little force she snapped her phone in two, small pieces of glass littering her hands.

"Derek?" Jessica questioned as she watched her friend throw the phone into the bin on the other side of the room.

Olivia nodded. "Yeah." She cleared her throat as she dusted of her hands. "I uh, I'll call him after we get out of this mess... Anyway." Olivia coughed as she tilted her head towards Matt as he leaned on the table next to her. "The three of us had a chat, no matter what we have to do or say, we have to get to Midland Circle, we have to get to Danny."

"Okay. So long as we're on the same page. Here's my official legal advice."

Now, to say she was surprised when she heard Matthew's plan was an understatement. Especially when he had turned his head to her with a small, just noticeable smirk tugging at his lips and uttered the words; "We break the wall."

So... Break the wall they did. Olivia, Jessica and Luke used all the force they could muster and slammed their fists into the brick wall; creating a hole that was much larger than necessary, but hey? They have a way out. The alarms blared instantly and the four of them took their chance to jump out, debris coating them as they did.

Olivia landed on the ground with a thud and quickly took off alongside the others, swiftly ducking into an alley as the bright lights of a police car filled their vision. Thankfully, they went unseen.

"They've got an APB out on us," Matt muttered causing the Hale to blow out a breath as her back hit the wall.

As she listened in, she couldn't help but laugh, a huff of a laugh escaped Matt and joined her own. Jessica rode a brow at the wolf. "What is it?"

Olivia ran her tongue over her teeth as she cocked her head, another small smile threatening to break free. "They think the three of us kidnapped Matt."

"Great," Jessica replied with a scoff.

"We need to stay off the streets, we still have twenty blocks to go." Olivia huffed as she peeked her head out of the dark alley, the lamps of the street illuminating her face.

"Should we take a cab?"

Olivia turned as Matt shuffled through his pockets. "They kept my wallet." He sighed.

"Mine too." Luke groaned.

Olivia patted herself down, finding her card in one pocket, her metro card in another with a crumpled up five-dollar bill. Before she could speak, Jessica procured her own metro card. Olivia huffed with a small groan. "Subway it is."

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The four of them managed to reach the subway station within a few minutes and Olivia couldn't help but scrunch up her nose. How could anyone ever get used to the smell? Body odor, trash, and alcoholism drifted through the air like some Van Gogh painting from Hell.

Matt hopped onto the vehicle first, followed by Olivia, Jessica and finally, Luke, who bless his heart, smacked his head on the door as he entered; directing a quick scowl towards the wolf when she snorted at his misfortune.

The wolf scanned the carriage, it was just them, some older man reading a newspaper and a drunk that was passed out on the seat directly opposite the four. Olivia clicked her neck as she sat and let her head fall back against the window behind them with a small thud.

She didn't move her head or open her eyes when she heard Jessica shuffling on her right, but she did open her eyes when the P.I elbowed her lightly. As Olivia cracked one of her eyes open, she grinned, Jessica had stolen two cans of beer from the passed out drunk and held one out for her to take.

The girls knocked their now open and fizzing cans against each other's and brought them to their lips, eyeing each other as they chugged, a silent competition breaking out. The wolf let out a satisfied breath as she emptied her can, Jessica repeating the action soon after. That is when the girls became aware of the eyes on them, she turned to her left to see Matt with one brow raised to the skies.

"It's been a rough year."

"It's been a long week."

Olivia and Jessica spoke simultaneously. It was silent for a moment before the girls let out small chuckles, Luke shook his head at the pair as a smile rose to his own lips. Matt too shook his head with a small chuckle at their antics.

Olivia glanced at the drunk opposite them, his empty can had fallen from his hand and onto the floor with an annoying 'clatter'. With a sigh, she pushed herself up and fished out the five-dollar bill from her back pocket and stuffed it into the bag that was on the ground in front of him before sitting back down.

She caught the look Matt had given her. "What? I'm not a dick."

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It was pitch black by the time they had exited the subway, the street lamps offered a small source of light as the four of them walked closer to Midland Circle and once the towering building was finally within sight, Matt had told the three to wait for him and without another word, he ducked into another dark and musty alley. Now, Olivia wasn't stupid, she had taken a small peek into the bag matt had been carrying and though she rolled her eyes at the sight of the suit, it was good that he had it with him, he, after all, did have another part of his life that he wanted to protect.

"We have time to grab a drink? Or three?" Jessica spoke causing Liv to shake her head with a fond smile.

"I wish."

"You two having second thoughts?" Luke questioned as he approached the two, shoving his hands in his pockets as he examined the tall building in front of them.

Olivia stayed silent as she shook her head, she was going to see this through, they were going to get Danny back and they were going to put an end to the Hand, properly.

"Maybe. You?" The P.I asked as she turned her head to face him.

"No. Maybe."

Olivia snorted as she bumped her shoulder into his. "No backing out now Lucus."

"Please don't call me that."

"Suit's you. More... Damsel-esc." The wolf grinned as Jessica snorted at her comment and the look of defeat on Luke's face. "Well, how do we get in?"

"Back entrance. Parking garage. I came looking for Danny a couple of days ago. That's how I got in."

"A couple days?" Jessica exclaimed with wide eyes as she came to the realization that, yes, everything had gone to shit in a matter of days. "God, that feels like three weeks ago."

"I know." Olivia hummed. "I feel like I've already been back a month." It was true, after everything that had already happened, she didn't think so much could happen in such a short amount of time. Then again, I should be used to it, she thought.

Her ears pricked as she caught onto Matt's quiet footsteps and she couldn't help but bite her lip at the sight of his little Devil horns, it was adorable.

Jessica and Luke, however, stared at him with plain looks before Jessica leaned closer to Luke. "There it is again."

Olivia cleared her throat as she took a few steps in front of the group, she glossed her eyes over Matt's form before turning to the others and rose a brow as she lightly clasped her hands together. "We all ready to trick or treat then?"

Matt, as usual, frowned and dropped his head with a huff whilst Jessica and Luke stifled their laughs. Olivia walked over to the Devil as the other two started towards the building and patted Matt on the cheek teasingly whilst she chuckled. "Sorry, I couldn't help it."

"I'm sure." He huffed in response, though even in the dim light of the streetlamps, she could see his amused smile and couldn't help the one that appeared on her own lips.

"Better get a move on then, Daredevil."

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24-05-2020