「Triggers and Sparks 」 | Harry Hart x Character OC - Book 2

Elena’s eyes flutter and she immediately notices the change in her surroundings. She was zip tied down to a metal chair and right next to her was Eggsy and Merlin “What the hell?”

“Rise and shine ladies”

She turns her head and sees the man from earlier “Well since the other two aren’t waking up, why not tell me your alibi Miss…?”

“Bright, Elena Bright” She answers him since she didn’t have a choice, she couldn’t escape if she wanted to “So, what’s your story” He leans back against a wall “All of Kingsman property was wiped out of the face of the earth and we found that bottle right there in a secret wall” She tries to make it as discreet as possible “Hm? Yeah i’m gonna ask you again, tell the truth this time” The other two start waking up again “What’s going on” Merlin asks looking at Elena “This asshole’s interrogating me” The man rolls his eyes “You two, tell me what’s your alibi”

“We found that bottle in a wall after all of Kingsman property was bombed” Merlin answers for both him and Eggsy and the man scoffs “A bottle in a secret wall. You really expect me to take that seriously? See, I think your story's horse shit. Y'all just trying to cover for a failed rescue mission. You here for the lepidopterist, ain't you?”

“What the hell is a lepidopterist??” Elena asks, actually not knowing what that is and Merlin looks at her in disbelief  “All right. Let's see here. You know why the measurement of alcohol content is called ‘proof’?” The man starts pouring a bottle of whiskey onto Eggsy “Oh, fuck off!” And Merlin “Oh, for pete’s sake!” and the man steps back “See, comes from back in the old days… When pirates wanted to test the strength of their rum. They used to pour a little bit out on gunpowder.” He takes a sip straight out of the bottle and Elena stares in disgust “That'll make you wanna slap your mama right there, boy.” The man breathes out

“What does that even mean?? At this point I’m just confused” She sighs as the man ignores her and continues “And if the gunpowder, if it burnt when they set it alight… They considered it proof… That their rum was good and strong. But see, I ain't got no gunpowder on me, do I? But I'm pretty sure you boys'll make just as impressive of a sound… When I set your balls on fire.” The man shows a lighter to Merlin and Eggsy threatening to light them on fire

“Look, for the last time, we have nothing to protect but our honor. So you can take your cheap horse piss that you call whiskey… which, by the way, is spelled without an ‘e’... and is nothing compared to a single malt scotch… And you can go fuck yourself.” Eggsy chuckles at Merlin’s remark “What about you?” The man turns to Eggsy “Me?” Eggsy asks

“Yeah”

“No, I love Jack and coke, bruv. But I do agree with the part where you go fuck yourself” Elena finally lets herself laugh letting out a snort “I’m so sorry, I’m just yeah um keep going” She manages to get herself together “How would you feel if I set one of your friends balls on fire” The man asks “Well, I don’t know really, but I guess third times a charm so go fuck yourself, will you?” She quips, smirking at the man in front of her “All right. Y'all ain't got nothing to protect other than your honor. Let's see what happens when we change things up.” The man walks away from the three and flips a switch revealing another room in a two way mirror and Elena’s breath hitches and her gaze softens “Fuck me” Eggsy says and Merlin looks at Elena worriedly “He’s alive?” She whispers “Y'all got three seconds to tell me the truth.” The man points a gun at Harry from behind the mirror.

Elena stays silent, blocking out the noises of protests Merlin and Eggsy made, as she tried to think of what to do. Her thoughts were interrupted by a woman stopping the man by throwing a Kingsman umbrella at him “Stop! Their story checks out, I opened our doomsday scenario locker and that umbrella was in it. Kingsman, it has our logo on it” She proceeds to dry off Eggsy and Merlin “I’m really sorry” looking at the three “My apologies. I hope there ain't no hard feelings. I was just doin' my job. Welcome to the Statesman, independent intelligence agency. Just like y'all, I reckon. But our founders went into the booze business. Thank the sweet Lord above. This is Ginger Ale. She's our strategy executive.” He points to the woman who stands up next to him “Hello”

“And I’m Agent Tequila”

“This is the part where you untie us” The three get cut out of the zip ties and Merlin immediately goes to Elena who sat still on her chair “Are you ok?” He asks looking at her checking for any scarring on her wrists and she lets out a breath “I’m fine, don’t worry, you go to Harry.” She stops Merlin “You’re not joining us?”

“I just need time to think, I’ll join you when I can. Now go, you’re such a mom”

Merlin gives a relieved smile and leaves to see Harry “So y'all dating or something” Tequila asks and immediately gets a nudge from Ginger ale “Oh, no, He’s just a really good friend of mine” Elena stands up and walks closer to the glass watching Eggsy and Merlin interact with a confused Harry “What happened to him” Elena looks at Ginger ale “We tried to help him but he has retrograde amnesia” Ginger answers putting a soft pat on Elena “But now that you guys are here we might find a way to get him back” Eggsy and Merlin burst through the door in anger “What the fuck did you do to him” Elena took this as a chance to go see Harry.

She enters the room with padded walls decorated with sketches of butterflies “Hello” She gives him a soft smile and he returns one to her as well “Hello, um, I’m really sorry but I think you might be in the wrong room” He says as he stops sketching on his notebook “Oh don’t worry, I’m not here to hug you or ask you random questions, I just wanted to introduce myself” She walks closer to him and she stretches her hand out to him “I’m Elena Bright”

“Well, I’m Harry Hart” He shakes her hand and she looks at him with another smile

“It’s lovely to meet you Harry”