A Shot In The Dark ~ A Tyler Scheid AU ~

Chapter Sixteen

Two days had passed.

She'd had the call asking her if she had the shipment. She'd lied. As far as she knew she had jack squat and she was probably about to go and get herself killed.

She hadn't seen Tyler in a few days which was worrying her, but Ethan had told her that he was just on a usual run.

Kathryn had taken her shopping, getting a whole new 'bad ass outfit' as she had told Emily as they were walking around the stores of LA.

She was ready... she thought.

Standing in front of her mirror, she ran a hand through her straight hair, pulling it over to one side before examining her outfit.

Her black vest top was tight fitting, showing off every curve, her skinny jeans were just as tight, hugging her slim frame and making her legs look even longer than they were. Ankle boots gave her that little bit of lift as the heels clicked on the wooden floor with every move she made. She was quite proud of how she looked, she never realy made an effort with the last meetings she had had with these men, she had never looked so, for lack of a better term, sexy either.

A knock at her door pulled her away from her reflection, her heels making it very obvious she was making her way to the door.

"Tyler?" She smiled as she laid eyes on him. He hadn't been in contact for days, and she was glad that he was finally back standing in front of her.

A smile was tugging at the corner of his lips, his blue eyes unapologetically looking over her outfit, she could see his shoulders move as he took a deep breath once his eyes finally met hers.

"You ready?" She nodded at him, walking back over to her bed where she had laid down her new black leather trench coat and glanced at her self one more time. The nerves were starting to bubble inside of her fiercely but she knew this was the only way she was going to get her brother back.

"Emily," Mark greeted her as she entered the office room, all of the other members sitting around the room in their chairs, Tyler made his way around the room which the two of you had entered and stood behind his chair at the far side of the office. His arms crossed and Emily was trying hard not to focus of the veins she could see, she was really going to have to pull her act together if she was going to concentrate. "Same deal as normal okay? We'll drive you to meet Felix, he'll take you to the compound. If you need anything call Tyler he'll get you what you need." She nodded, knowing the drill by now. She was less nervous about going in on her own knowing that Felix would be there and she had Tyler on her speed dial.

"What about the weapons?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest

"I got that sorted, that's where I've been for the last couple of days. I've spoken to a few people who owe us favours and I've managed to get enough to be convincing. You'll have to give us another week though before we can get any more so if they ask,"

"One week, got it." Emily interrupted Tyler and nodded. She had all bases covered so she knew that she was going to be okay. "They're expecting me in an hour, so I'm going to grab my bag and meet you by the car?" She pointed her question at Tyler, accepting his nod as agreeance and took off back to her room.

All of this was starting to fall into place. She was getting closer and closer to her brother and that was all that she cared about.

She knew she had to phone Victoria, get her in on the loop with what was going on, but she couldn't bring herself to let her best friend know how much danger she was in; Victoria would go mad.

She had always said to Emily that if Wade was in trouble to let the authorities handle it, but this was not something that the police could handle.

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Emily and Felix pulled up outside of the gates, a small wave from the man beside her and they were back into the parking lot.

She was more composed than she had been the last time. She was already into the lions den all she had to do now was to keep up the façade and she would get her brother back in no time.

"Miss Summers!" The man from before entered the parking lot, his smile, although seemingly friendly made him seem even more sinister.

"You never actually told me your name." Emily held her hand out for the hand shake that he was going for.

"Mathias." He greeted, shaking her hand. He was still a little taller than her in her heels and his brown hair was still neatly combed back. "Shall we?" He motioned his hand towards the back door where they had entered the last time she was here and she lead the way, her heels clicking on the floor was she went.

It still looked as amazing to her as it did a few days ago. There were still images on the screens, still a lot of people sitting around a desk or huddling round some paper work; it was truly a work of art.

"Would you like to see where you will be staying?" He asked her. She didn't utter a sound, she simply nodded. He lead her down the hall way next to where his office was. The walls were painted dark, very little lighting lead their way. It was nothing compared to the house in which she had just left. There were cameras in every corner of the room, and very little décor if any. This felt a lot more like a prison.

They stopped at the end of the hallway, a dark metal looking door stood before them. "It's nothing special but I'm sure you'll feel comfortable here." He opened the door for her, flicking on the light switch as they entered.

The room matched the rest of the building, dark walls and a mental floor. A large four poster bed stood in front of them on the far wall, next to a large open window. The bed coverings were a plain white, nothing expensive and nothing extravagant but he was right, it looked comfortable.

The far left, probably ten feet away from the bed was the bathroom, still large from what Emily could tell but it looked luxurious. Everything about this place screamed luxury for her. "I see you've brought a bag with you, I'll leave you to go and pack. Tomorrow I'll give you some money for your efforts and you can fill your wardrobe, I expect you'll be with us a long time."

Emily thanked him and watched him walk out of the door, closing it behind him. She walked over to her bed slowly, taking in the mass of space that surrounded her. It was all a little too big for her and already she was missing her room back at Mark's place.

She didn't know how long she was going to be here for, but she knew that tomorrow at least she would have some freedom. She text Tyler from her phone under the name of someone else and let him know she was going to be out tomorrow and where to meet her. She didn't think she would be alone but she at least hoped that Felix would be the one taking her.