Chapter Five
"A Little Compensation"
"So what now?"
Indy's question broke the silence of the hotel room as Audrey lay down on her bed with a bag of ice.
"Now you give me back my bag and get out."
Her response too him by surprise.
"Excuse me? I think I just dragged your rear end back through half of Cairo and deserve a little compensation!" He moved closer.
"You come any closer, Jones, and I'll scream rape at the top of my lungs. I don't have many friends here in Egypt but I have a hell of a lot of allies, and they'll come running the instant I say so."
He gawked. Surely she wasn't serious!
"Something funny, Indiana?" She looked up off her pillow and glared. "Toss my bag over there and buzz off."
"You act like I've committed treason against you! Or don't you remember how close we were back in school?"
The memory had an instant effect on her.
Audrey's whole body became rigid, and the ice bag dropped to the floor. Raising her body off the bed, she soundlessly drifted over to her nightstand.
Indy never saw it coming. From the dresser drawer, she pulled out a small dagger and flicked it at him. Implanting itself into his arm, he cried out in pain as she threw a nearby lamp at him, smashing it against his forehead.
Falling backwards, he hit the ground hard as she dug her booted heel into his chest, menacingly glowering down at him.
"Tactless, Jones, to remind me of that hellhole of a training academy. And then to go so far as to refer to that nightmare you called a relationship? I was a fool back then, Indiana. I will never make that mistake again."
He groaned. "But I thought-…"
"Assume nothing, Jones. That is your weak point in every plan. You assume, make little presumptions, and that is what leads you to losing every single one of your precious little commodities like you have in the past. You take too much for granted, Indiana. Eventually those compensations are going to catch up to you."
She twisted her heel in his chest and he moaned again.
"Now get up and get out. You and your damn ruby can just go to hell. I wouldn't help you if my own life depended on it."
She was interrupted by the unmistakable click of a gun.
Turning slowly, Audrey and Indy got a good look at the person who had invaded the room.
"What a coincidence, Miss Hammar. I believe it does."