Helloo it's me again Yes I am still alive, so sorry to leave this for so long, especially as it's Nikki we are talking about here! So here you go, chapter 9 and it won't be the last, that's all I'm going to say ;)

Enjoy and please let me know what you think!

Chapter 9.

It took another few seconds before Nikki was able to move again; Nigel was lying on the ground, this guy was pointing a gun in her face and she had no idea what had happened to Zak. Surely he encountered the men when they came in. She just hoped he was alright…

She took a few deep breaths and took her eyes off the barrel of the gun.

The man was still breathing heavily and it became clear to her that the other man was quite shocked by what had just happened.

Slowly she got back to the slab and picked up her scalpel again; both her hands were shaking like hell.

"Be very careful with that," the angry man said, pointing at her scalpel. "You don't want to hurt anyone…"

Nikki shook her head and tried to get her hand to stop shaking.

She started cutting the little balls out while she tried to ignore the fact that Nigel could be bleeding out on that very moment; she couldn't.

"Could you please get him out? He needs medical attention," she said desperately.

"If you don't shut up, in a few seconds he might not be the only one," the angry man said, pointing his gun back at Nikki.

She returned her focus to the dead body and put the first two balls in the bowl next to her.

"Come on, hurry up! I've got quite some bullets left in my gun and so does my friend," he said. "Are you done yet?"

"I am going as fast as I can!"

Her hands were still shaking, almost uncontrollably, while she was trying even harder to fight her fear.

This wasn't the first time someone was pointing a gun at her, but it was different though; this maniac had shot Nigel and they had done God knows what to Zak! What if they had killed him?!

She stopped abruptly and turned around to face the aggressive man; the other one was just standing next to the door and had barely even moved.

"You done, you got everything?"

"What have you done to my other colleague?" Nikki asked without blinking, completely ignoring his question.

"Oh he's fine, just a little tied up, that's all," he said with a grin.

So he was OK, that was good…

"Now get on with it! We haven't got all fucking day!" he suddenly shouted again. "You nearly done or do I have to make sure you are gonna hurry up?"

He pointed the gun at Nigel again.

The fear immediately took over again and she turned back to the slab.

"I don't know how many are still in there!"

"Just shut up and do it!" the man shouted.

Within two minutes she managed to get the last condoms out of Sharon's lower abdomen.

"Is that all?"

"I think that was the last one…"

"Great, I owe you one. But I'm afraid it's time to say goodbye now," the man said with an evil grin on his face. "Kneel."

A shock went through Nikki's body when she immediately realised what they were going to do.

"No, please –"

"C'mon man, let's just grab the stuff and be gone, man," the man at the door said.

"Are you stupid?! They have seen our faces, we can't just leave them here to tell the police who we are, can we?"

He turned back to Nikki.

"Kneel."

"P-please… please don't –"

"KNEEL!" he shouted and his face turned red.

Slowly she got down on her knees.

"Please… please… please don't…" Nikki whispered while tears were running down her cheeks.

"I can't go through with this…" the other guy said and left the room.

"Richie! Come back!" the man called after him.

After a few seconds they heard shouting.

"Armed police! Drop the gun and put your hands behind your head!"

"Shit!" the man said.

He pulled Nikki back up, put his left arm around her neck and the gun to the right side of her head.

"I've got two hostages and I'll kill them both if you don't let me leave with one of them!" he shouted.

A few seconds of dead silence followed while Nikki's heart was going mad.

"We can't let you leave with a hostage, you know that. Just give it up, mate, you have nowhere to go!"

"So you do want me to kill them then?! Okay, first one will die in ten seconds… 10… 9… 8… 7… 6…"

She could feel him pressing the gun to her head harder and closed her eyes. So, this was where her life was going to end… In the morgue, right next to a dead body…

"5… 4… 3… 2 –"

"Okay stop! Stop! Alright! You can leave with one hostage, but only if you let him or her go as soon as you are outside. We won't follow you, you have my word."

The man loosened his grip on the gun and sighed.

"Okay, I want you to put all of your guns down and put your hands in the air. I'll be coming out in a few seconds. Don't fucking try anything, or she's dead, you hear me?!"

"We hear you, you can come out, we put our weapons down."

The man quickly put the condoms in a plastic bag and handed it to Nikki.

"Don't you dare drop this. Now move."

He pulled her close and put the gun to her head again.

Slowly they made their way out of the cutting room and the armed – or unarmed now – police were standing a few meters away, all holding their hands up.

"Get into that corner," the man said, pointing to the corner which was farthest away from the door.

They moved on, to the other side of the room.

"Unlock the door," the man said.

Nikki obeyed and unlocked the door with her shaky hand.

"Okay, now move!"

He pushed her and they went outside with a slightly quicker pace, while the man kept looking over his shoulder.

When they got outside there was no one there waiting for them, so they had really kept their word.

"Hurry."

He pulled her arm and they ran towards his car, which was on the far side of the parking area.

"You can give that back now," the man said as soon as he had unlocked his car.

Nikki handed over the drugs and he threw them onto the front seat.

"Thank you so much for you cooperation. Time to say goodbye."

He aimed his gun and within a second a loud bang sounded, followed by an excruciating pain in Nikki's chest while she was falling backwards.

As she hit the ground, everything went dark.

Hmm that wasn't nice of me, was it XD But don't worry, it's all going to be alright, or at least I hope so, can't promise anything :P

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