Line Of Fire •L.A•

25. Like Your Enemy Pt. lll

"The second in command has no skin in the game." Matt says breathlessly.

"So we can drive a wedge between them. I have an idea." Felicity says, and Luke braces himself for whatever she's about to say.

"What's that?"

" I'm going to tell him it was me who that told the warden to put them in general population."

Luke is quick to shake his head." No, that's not going to make a difference, Flick-"

"Luke's right-"

" Listen!" She exclaims to shut them both up."It'll focus his attention off of you two, okay?  His guys will have to take their attention off of what they're interested in."

Before they can argue, Louie renters with the second in command Flea. "Now, where were we? Oh, We're standing now?"

"You wanna know the truth, Louie?" Felicity says quickly.

"Felicity stop-" Luke pleads staring at her with his best puppy dog eyes.

"Look at you two." Louie chuckles." You're like a old married couple."

Felicity and Luke both open their mouths to speak but Matt beats them too it." It wasn't gen pop that got Bobby killed. Your brothers dead because he was talking to me."

Felicity stares at Matt as she realizes what he is doing. This is not how this is supposed to go.

" Bobby couldn't stand one more day in prison. So he reached out to me and he said that he'd tell me everything he knew, about you and your work, the family, everything. The drugs, the hits. Somebody found out and they ratted him out." There's a few seconds of loud silence before he continues."Somebody from inside your crew."

"That's bull." Louie spats.

"I didn't know his real name but Bobby was real worried about somebody they called Flea." He continues, spitting out the name like it's poison on his tongue.

" What?" Flea exclaims stepping forward defensively.

"That struck a nerve." Luke says, smiling now.

"I said shut up!" Flea yells. "They're lying."

"Don't you ever wonder why you only took a beating but Bobby was killed?" Felicity focuses her attention on Louie.

"You knew you'd have to make it look like a rival gang so you wouldn't get caught." Luke calls after Flea as he stomps over to Louie.

"You know me, Boss. I would never hurt Bobby."

"You hear that?" Luke mutters eyeing the pair."I would never hurt Bobby." He repeats. "That's what we call a protest. That's a non denial denial."

"Liars protest. Innocent people forcefully deny till the end."

"If I'm lying.. Fleabag. How do I know your name?" Matt asks going in for the kill shot.

"Yeah... Fleabag." Louie says finally." How does he know your name?"

"I don't know, boss. He must've heard someone say it." Flea answers quietly.

After a few seconds, Louie nods." Yeah, yeah you know what they say you can never trust a fed right?" He pushes Flea towards the door.
"Go get Carson. Go on."

Felicity wiggles her wrists trying to break free. After a few minutes, Flea renters with Carson. "You wanted to see me, Boss?"