Chapter Four: Making New Friends
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Nikki ran to the camp as fast as she could. When she got there she saw a black man fighting with the assassin and doing pretty, and a tall buxom blonde woman who was freaking out a bit. Nikki's first reaction was to run again since the man seemed to have assassin at a disadvantage.
'Bad Nikki.' She scolded herself mentally, 'There is a time and a place for self-preservation and this isn't it.' She reminded herself.
"Hey Ugly!" She called, "I'm over here!"
The assassin looked up from his fight, as did the black man, "Finally decided to face me little girl?" the assassin sneered.
"Oh, You did NOT just call me little!" Nikki said, moving to release her frustrations on the assassin when the blonde woman hit him on the head with a frying pan.
"Well, that was easy!" She said and walked over to Nikki, "So, you're the girl tall, dark and smelly was looking for?"
"Unfortonetly." Nikki replied.
"VIP is on the case!" The blonde cheered.
"What?" Nikki and the black man said at the same time.
"Hold up, I can handle it myself!" Nikki protested.
"Nonsense! There could more then him, what if you can't handle tthem all by yourself? Besides the fact that we need the money…" The blonde trailed off.
"She has a point…about there being more…" The black man added.
"Your not going to give me a choice are you?"
"Give who a choice about what?" The oriental man asked walking into the clearing, "Seems like I missed all the fun."
"We have a new client!" The blonde cheered.
"But…I don't think…" Nikki started to protest.
"By the way, what's your name?" The black man asked Nikki.
"Nico—Nikki." She answered, not willing to give her full name out to strangers in an unfamiliar place. All of a sudden another blonde woman came cunning into the clearing.
"Lady Nicolet!" Kay said, "I knew I could find you!…Who are these people?"
"Actually I don't know…." Nikki looked at the three strangers to supply the information.
"I'm Vallery Irons but you can call me Val. This is Quick," She said indicating the black man, "And he's Johnny Loh." She pointed to the oriental man, "We're VIP!"
"VIP!? That's great! Are you going to protect Lady Nicolet!?" Kay asked excitedly, she had heard a lot about VIP.
"Looks like it." Johnny answered.
"But--"
"That's relieving…" Kay said.
"I never--"
"Do you have any idea what's going on?" Quick asked Kay.
"Hold on--"
"Not really…" Kay answered looking down.
"Hey--"
"How much do we have to pay you?" Kay asked.
"Kay--"
"Oh, we'll figire that out when this is all over." Val said with a wave of her hand.
"I don't--"
"Would be willing to let me come along?" Kay asked sheepishly.
"Just one sec-- "
"Of course!" Val said, "We can talk hair and stuff!"
"EXCUSE ME!" Nikki yelled, everybody looked at her, "That's better. I never said I was going to hire you."
"But you apparently need a bodyguard." Johnny said.
"I can handle it myself! It is MY LIFE!" Nikki glared at Johnny.
"Please Lady Nicolet!" Kay pleaded, when she noted Nikki's still stubborn face she added, "Please?"
"….Fine." Nikki said suddenly. Kay ran over and enveloped her in a hug.
"Thank you!" Kay said.
"So, Lady Nicolet.." Quick started.
"Nikki, please."
"So Nikki, do you have an idea of what's going on?"
"I think it has something to do with my father's murder 20 years ago." Nikki began, "He had some information on a man named Merrick, who killed him because of it. He might think I'm looking for the information my father hid…"
"But.." Kay began but Nikki stepped on her foot hard, "Ow!"
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AN: I think that's my longest chapter yet. Lots of dialogue. Please Review.