Emma walked around the pier. She hated waiting. She wanted to know who the bastard was who place the hit on Donovan. She hated lying to him. She knew he wouldn't forgive her, but it was worth the price to keep him alive.
"Ms. Mendez, you have the items I was asking for?" a man asked walking up behind her.
"That depends on who's doing the asking," Emma said, turning to meet the stranger, "and who's doing the paying. You have the payment?"
"I want to see the proof first." he insisted.
"It's all right here in the envelope. Pictures and his badge." Emma replied, tossing it to him. "Out of curiosity, I would like to know the name of the name of the man who granted me the opportunity of vengeance on the almighty Frank Donovan."
"Yanni. Yanni Petrovich." he answered. "You were very eager to kill Donovan, why?"
"After all the pain Donovan caused me seven years ago, by leaving me to rot in a Soviet prison. I would have done this for free." Emma spat out, "Why did you want him dead?" .
"He cost me everything I held dear to me. My family and my business. I was one of the best smugglers until Donovan broke it up. It was a pleasure doing business with you." Yanni said, raising his gun, taking aim at Emma.
"Federal Agents! You're under arrest!" Jake yelled.
Emma stopped in her tracks when she heard Jake's voice. She turned and saw Jake and Alex standing there with their guns drawn. Yanni ran over to Emma and grabbed her, pointing his gun at her head. "I don't think so," he screamed, "the lady fed and I are going to walk away from here."
"I don't think so, Petrovich!"
Petrovich turned around and saw Frank Donovan aiming his gun at him. "You're dead." Petrovich yelled, moving Emma to shield him from Donovan's sight. He realized she set him up. "You bitch! I'm walking out of here right now Donovan. Drop your gun or I'll kill her."
"Go ahead," Donovan retorted, "Better yet, I'll kill her for you." Donovan took aim and fired at Emma.
"Donovan, no!" Jake yelled. He watched the force of the shot knock Emma to the ground. Petrovich stepped back, when he did both Jake and Donovan fired. They watched Petrovich fall. Alex ran up to him and knocked his gun away from his hand.
"He's dead." Alex yelled.
"Emma? Emma, can you hear me?" Jake asked, bending down to her.
"She's all right, Jake." Donovan smiled.
"All right? You shot her." he yelled at him.
"You really shot me," Emma muttered, "at least I used a tranquillizer gun on you."
"Quit complaining. It's only a flesh wound." Donovan smiled, helping her up.
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The Nest Two days later
"You can't be serious," Jake said, shaking his head. "What did I do to deserve this?"
"You shot me, now its time for payback." Donovan smiled, shaking his gloves.
"Do you boys really have to do this?" Monica asked laughing.
"Hey, if they want to fight, I say let them. Popcorn?" Cody offered.
"Come on, Jake, show Donovan who's boss." Alex smiled. She knew how good a boxer Jake really was.
"I hope I'm not the cause of all this trouble." a voice said from the doorway.
They turned and saw Agent Winters standing there with her arm in a sling.
"Hey beautiful," Jake smiled, "how's your arm?"
"Agent Winters." Donovan acknowledged her.
"I've been dying to know, how did you get Jake in the closet?" Cody asked her, offering her some popcorn.
"You have to tell us." Monica said.
"I have ways to make you talk." Donovan smiled, with mischievous eyes.
"All right. I'll tell you. I'm here for that anyway." Emma laughed.
"Here? Why?" Alex asked.
"After I explained everything to Jake, I asked what it would take to cuff him in the closet to make it look like I ran away." she started to explain.
"And I'll be ready to collect that in ten minutes, just let me go shower and change." Jake said taking off the boxing gloves.
"Where are you going?" Monica asked.
"To get Jake's cooperation, I agreed to go to dinner and dancing with him. Of course, I would agree to that without asking him to do anything." she purred. They started to laugh.
"Don't worry, Frank. You owe me dinner tomorrow night for shooting me."
"Ready in less than ten. Ready to go?" Jake asked Emma.
"Let's go." she replied, walking out the door with Jake.
"Ms. Mendez, you have the items I was asking for?" a man asked walking up behind her.
"That depends on who's doing the asking," Emma said, turning to meet the stranger, "and who's doing the paying. You have the payment?"
"I want to see the proof first." he insisted.
"It's all right here in the envelope. Pictures and his badge." Emma replied, tossing it to him. "Out of curiosity, I would like to know the name of the name of the man who granted me the opportunity of vengeance on the almighty Frank Donovan."
"Yanni. Yanni Petrovich." he answered. "You were very eager to kill Donovan, why?"
"After all the pain Donovan caused me seven years ago, by leaving me to rot in a Soviet prison. I would have done this for free." Emma spat out, "Why did you want him dead?" .
"He cost me everything I held dear to me. My family and my business. I was one of the best smugglers until Donovan broke it up. It was a pleasure doing business with you." Yanni said, raising his gun, taking aim at Emma.
"Federal Agents! You're under arrest!" Jake yelled.
Emma stopped in her tracks when she heard Jake's voice. She turned and saw Jake and Alex standing there with their guns drawn. Yanni ran over to Emma and grabbed her, pointing his gun at her head. "I don't think so," he screamed, "the lady fed and I are going to walk away from here."
"I don't think so, Petrovich!"
Petrovich turned around and saw Frank Donovan aiming his gun at him. "You're dead." Petrovich yelled, moving Emma to shield him from Donovan's sight. He realized she set him up. "You bitch! I'm walking out of here right now Donovan. Drop your gun or I'll kill her."
"Go ahead," Donovan retorted, "Better yet, I'll kill her for you." Donovan took aim and fired at Emma.
"Donovan, no!" Jake yelled. He watched the force of the shot knock Emma to the ground. Petrovich stepped back, when he did both Jake and Donovan fired. They watched Petrovich fall. Alex ran up to him and knocked his gun away from his hand.
"He's dead." Alex yelled.
"Emma? Emma, can you hear me?" Jake asked, bending down to her.
"She's all right, Jake." Donovan smiled.
"All right? You shot her." he yelled at him.
"You really shot me," Emma muttered, "at least I used a tranquillizer gun on you."
"Quit complaining. It's only a flesh wound." Donovan smiled, helping her up.
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The Nest Two days later
"You can't be serious," Jake said, shaking his head. "What did I do to deserve this?"
"You shot me, now its time for payback." Donovan smiled, shaking his gloves.
"Do you boys really have to do this?" Monica asked laughing.
"Hey, if they want to fight, I say let them. Popcorn?" Cody offered.
"Come on, Jake, show Donovan who's boss." Alex smiled. She knew how good a boxer Jake really was.
"I hope I'm not the cause of all this trouble." a voice said from the doorway.
They turned and saw Agent Winters standing there with her arm in a sling.
"Hey beautiful," Jake smiled, "how's your arm?"
"Agent Winters." Donovan acknowledged her.
"I've been dying to know, how did you get Jake in the closet?" Cody asked her, offering her some popcorn.
"You have to tell us." Monica said.
"I have ways to make you talk." Donovan smiled, with mischievous eyes.
"All right. I'll tell you. I'm here for that anyway." Emma laughed.
"Here? Why?" Alex asked.
"After I explained everything to Jake, I asked what it would take to cuff him in the closet to make it look like I ran away." she started to explain.
"And I'll be ready to collect that in ten minutes, just let me go shower and change." Jake said taking off the boxing gloves.
"Where are you going?" Monica asked.
"To get Jake's cooperation, I agreed to go to dinner and dancing with him. Of course, I would agree to that without asking him to do anything." she purred. They started to laugh.
"Don't worry, Frank. You owe me dinner tomorrow night for shooting me."
"Ready in less than ten. Ready to go?" Jake asked Emma.
"Let's go." she replied, walking out the door with Jake.
