Brendan tried to fight Nicholas off, but the 280-pound attacker was more than he could handle right now.
"This is too easy." Nicholas laughed
"You won't make it out of here alive." Finney said
"I don't intend to." Nicholas replied
"Then what good is it to kill Grace and me?" Finney asked
"Haven't you ever read Romeo and Juliet?" Nicholas asked as he pressed the knife against Finney's chest
Brendan was starting to sweat.
"Yeah, and this is nothing like it." Finney replied as he felt the pressure from the tip of the knife on his chest
He tried to summon up the strength to roll Nicholas but it was useless.
"Any final requests?" Nicholas asked
Brendan thought for a moment.
"Yeah, since I'm going to die anyway, and there's no hope of saving her, tell me where Grace is." Finney said
Nicholas laughed
"Okay, you really want to know?" Nicholas asked, "She's in the building. Downstairs as a matter of fact. You walked right past her to get to me. Now don't you feel stupid? You could have saved her."
Nicholas pushed the knife into Brendan's chest. Brendan let out a wail.
"I told you I was going to cut your heart out." Nicholas's eyes gleamed.
Finney was gasping for air.
"Yeah," He said, "But I… found Grace."
"Drop the knife!" Bosco yelled
"Drop it now!" Cruz followed
Nicholas turned towards the officers.
"You're too late!" He laughed as he held the knife to Finney's chest.
The two officers wasted no time in emptying their clips into Nicholas
Out on the street the other officers took cover when they heard the gunfire.
"Now! Now! Now!" The ESU Sergeant screamed out, and within moments his ESU crew entered the building.
Lt. Swersky grabbed the radio, "Lt. 5-5 to Central, get addition buses rolling to my location!"
Davis was anxiously waiting to enter the building.
"What are you doing?" Sully asked
"I'm not leaving my partner in there!" Davis said as he sprinted across the street
"Davis!" Sully yelled, "Crap!"
"Sully!" Lt. Swerksy yelled as Sully went running after Davis