"And that's how I run a DNA comparison." Nigel beamed.
"Interesting…you do know I knew how that worked before you showed me, right?" Julia said coyly.
"Yea yea, of course you did."
The two remised for a
while, catching each other up on what had been going on lately.
Suddenly, a scream was heard from the lobby. Nigel and Julia jumped
up and ran to see what was happening. They ran into the lobby to find
a man holding the receptionist at gunpoint.
"Where is he? Where
is Townsend?" the man spoke with a heavy Russian accent. The words
chilled both Townsends. Nigel, because some crazed man with a gun was
looking for him. Julia, because the man's identity and itinerary
was known to her.
"I won't ask you again, where is Townsend?"
The elevator opened and
a man walked into the lobby whistling. He stopped suddenly and
started to reach for his side. The shouting man spun around.
"Don't
even think about it!" he aimed the gun at the stunned other. "Drop
your gun on the floor. NOW!"
The man from the elevator grudgingly complied. "Anybody gonna tell me what's going on here?"
"Don't speak!"
"Alright!"
"Now!
Where is Townsend?"
"I'm
right.."
"Nigel no!" Julia pulled her uncle's arm back.
"THERE YOU ARE!" the gunman bellowed. "You thought you could hide from me, eh?"
"Um, I think you have me mistaken for someone else."
"I know exactly who you are!"
"No you don't." Julia said coldly, stepping out in front of her uncle.
"Julia, get
back."
"No, you get back Nigel." Julia directed her
attention to the gunman. "Leave him out of this. He doesn't
know…"
"Of course he does!
He was part of the unit that…"
"That was over 15 years ago!
Things have changed. I can assure you he knows nothing about.."
"He
was there! He must be dealt with in the same way as the others. My
honor will be avenged!" The gun was now pointed at Nigel.
A shot went off.
The man from the elevator ran to pick up his gun. The gunman ran toward the stairwell. Just as the door was opening, the gunman fell into a slump from being shot but the man from the elevator. He returned to the lobby to find Nigel sitting on the ground, holding his niece tightly to him, crying.