The sounds of a skirmish filtered into the office from the hallway. Faces were being punched, furniture was being broken. The photos on the wall besides Harrison's door shook and slanted as the walls were hit with something heavy from the other side a number of times. Eventually, the sounds died down and there was a moment of silence as Harrison smirked. There was suddenly another loud smacking sound as the door was struck from the other side. Another brief silence was followed by the door being opened to reveal Harrison's hired gun. His face was bruised and his nose bleeding but Harrison was nevertheless pleased to see him. His hopes that his plan had worked were quickly dashed though as the hired gun dropped face first onto the office carpet, revealing Nate standing behind him.

Nate leveled a handgun at Harrison as the other man tensed. "Don't move or I'll shoot her!" barked Harrison as he pressed his own gun against Jennifer's temple.

Having seemingly lost his ever present smile, Nate stepped on the back of the unconscious hired gun as he made his way into the room and asked "And I care about that [i]why[/i]?"

Harrison was clearly flustered by that response and opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out. "We had a contract, Harrison." Nate reminded him. "I did the job you asked me to do. Now I want my money. Drop the gun and give me what you owe me and I may overlook the fact that you tried to have me killed."

Harrison, realizing that Nate really didn't give a crap if he shot Jennifer or not, knew that he had just lost his only advantage. "Okay, just take it easy." he said as he held the gun out before slowly placing it on the ground.

Nate moved closer and pressed his gun against Harrison's forehead before telling him. "The safe."

Harrison moved quickly away to the safe on the wall, followed by Nate, who held the gun to Harrison's head as he went. After Harrison opened the safe, he began to turn back to Nate, saying "Just take your money and--" He didn't even have time to finish his sentence before Nate pistol whipped him, causing him to drop to the floor. Nate smiled at the sound the gun made when it connected with Harrison's head before he reached into the safe and grabbed a few stacks of money that were quickly shoved in his pockets.

With his payment secured, he made his way over to Harrison's chair. "Hey JJ" he said before dropping down into the chair and propping his feet up on the desk. "How's the whole going solo thing working out for you?"

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