Hi! As I promised before, here's the next part:
Chapter 37
The last thing the woman remembered before falling with higher and higher speed was Alek shouting her name.
Nataliya got paralyzed from fear. She let out a silent scream. She knew that nothing lasted forever, but thought that she had more time to live.
" At least I haven't bleeded to dead as they predicted." She smiled bitterly.
" Who said that?" Asked someone above her.
Nataliya got so surprised, that she nearly had a heart attack.
" Alek?" She asked. " Is that really you? But how?"
" Boris was only the second best agent." He smiled proudly. " I was, am and will be always the first one."
Nataliya's fear evaporated so much, that she could find the power to roll her eyes.
" We don't have too much time before using the parachute." Alek shouted. " I must catch you! Try to move your body a way that..."
" Alek, I know how to do it." Nataliya interrupted and tried to get parallel to the ground.
A minute later she could feel Alek embracing her from the behind.
" It's all right." He whispered to her ears. The woman could feel his breath on her neck and his strong muscles holding her. Calmness filled her nerves. She knew she would be ok, no matter what. Because he was there with her.
For the first time, she dared looking down. The trees and houses were nearly invisible dots in front of her eyes.
" Breathtaking!" She wanted to say, but suddenly a gunshot was to be heard.
" Alek!" She yelled desperately, checking if the man got injured.
" I'm ok, there's no need to worry so much!" Alek growled.
" Sorry for caring for your medical condition!" Nataliya replied, but the man acted like he hadn't heard it.
" We have to release the parachute soon." He said. " Get ready!"
A split second later, Nataliya felt a force pulling them up for a moment. The speed of their falling decreased step by step. She looked up as she could to see a dark orange object.
" It worked!" She shouted gleefully.
" Of course it did." Said Alek, giving a little kiss to her neck.
However, their happiness didn't take for long.
A bing bang came, then two, then four, merging into a deadly melody.
Holes came visible on the parachute as the bullets went through it.
" Don't worry! Boris had never been a marksman." Alek shouted to Nataliya. " The holes are not big enough to make us fall. " Then, he felt terrible pain. He was shot.
" Maybe I was wrong about the second one." The man thought, gritting his teeth, pushing his lips together to avoid screaming. He knew that the woman was scared enough and making her worry about him would just make the matters worse. To calm her down, he started whispering into her ears.
Although the sound of the shots was extremely loud, Nataliya could still hear his voice.
" Close your eyes!" He murmured softly - and she obeyed.
After seemingly hours, her legs finally touched the ground.
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Location: Boston, USA
Although the airport was spacious, the crowd made Ian feel claustrophobic. The lack of fresh air suffocated him, but the worst of all was the crawling at the top of his back, which came everytime when his inner Cahill radars signalled danger. Precisely, when he was observed.
He peeked around. The first time, he saw nothing suspicious. However, for the second time, his gaze stopped on a red haired girl, coming out of the terminal. When their eyes met, Ian felt something strange in his stomach.
" I know her." He thought, trying to figure out her name, but the memory was covered with an imaginary, dark blanket.
Suddenly, he heard Irina's voice. " Ian, come!"
She and Nikolai had already left him behind and the woman must have noticed his absence.
" Yes, um...sorry!" He replied as fast as he could, catching up with them.
Irina lead them to two adults in black suits.
" They are Lindsey and Mark." She introduced them. " They will accompany you home."
" What?" Nikolai asked in an indignant way. " We were a part of this project!" He shouted. " You promised!"
Irina took a step closer to him. " You are a Cahill." She said. " And I am tremendously disappointed that you were still unable to learn the main rule of the game."
Nikolai's eyes widened. " What?"
" Trust no one!" Irina said over her shoulder as she left them.
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After the boys came conscious after their shock, the two agents began to escort them to their plane.
" Faster!" Mark said roughly. " We can't miss it!"
" How to miss a private plane?" Nikolai asked with annoyance.
The two agents paid no attention to them. They led them through narrow corridors and empty halls.
" The VIP entrance?" Nikolai guessed, but everything seemed too suspicious.
Then, the phone of Mark started to ring. He wove to Lindsey to slow down and answered it immediately.
"The make of that phone," Niko told himself. " I had never seen it before."
As the thought emerged into his brain, his eyes met Ian's. The Kabra's glance messaged the same word as his.
Trap.
So did you like it?
If the answer is yes, than review please! :D
Here are some questions for the ones with some more time:
1. Where did Nata and Alek arrive? ( That was sorta random question lol)
2. Who do you think the girl Ian saw is? (+ any predictions about the future *.* )
3. Who sent Mark and Lindsey?