Chapter 6: Roman's Sorrow

Kiki woke up early the next morning, she laid there naked beside Niko who was in his underwear. She kissed his neck and walked out of the bedroom, she got dressed in the clothes she arrived with and packed her dress and shoes. Kiki exited the penthouse through the elevator, she got into her Banshee and left. Kiki sighed contently, she thought of the night she and Niko had. Niko was hard, brawny, and dangerous. But there was a soft sensitive side to him, that she had only seen the night before. Kiki parked in front of her apartment, she got out of the car and walked in the building. She walked to the elevator and entered, Kiki rode up to her floor and exited when the elevator reached it. She went into her apartment and got dressed for work, she wore a black pantsuit with a white blouse and black flats. Kiki left the apartment and headed to work.

Meanwhile

Niko had woken up a half hour later, he noticed Kiki was gone. Niko got dressed in a white plaid shirt, stonewashed blue jeans, and white high top sneakers. He grabbed his car keys and left his penthouse, he got into his Infernus which played "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol on Liberty Rock Radio. Niko drove to downtown Algonquin, where Bellic's Tavern was. He walked into the packed establishment, and immediately went behind the bar to serve drinks. Niko poured one for himself, he took a drink every now and again while he served the patrons. Roman was in the back cooking lobster, shrimp, and ham. Mallorie waited tables as well, the routine was like normal in the restaurant. The door opened and Johnny walked in with Clay and Terry, he looked at the high folootin' business and knew it wasn't his scene. The three sat at the bar and Niko spotted them. "Johnny, man. What can I get you?" Niko asked Johnny. "Three shots of Mount Up and three beers." Johnny replied.

Niko poured the shots and opened three bottles of Pisswasser and handed them to the bikers, Johnny tipped Niko $20 for his trouble. "So, you've gone legit." Johnny inquired. "Yeah man, I became too wealthy to keep up my criminal ways, and I lost so much while I was involved. It was better to walk away." Niko replied. "After The Lost disbanded I decided to slow down too, I work in a garage in Alderney working on cages." Johnny told Niko. Cages were a slang term for cars, used by bikers. Johnny and his crew used it a lot. Roman walked out of the kitchen and approached Niko, he spotted Johnny and his anxiety flared up. "Holy shit, Niko! It's him! It's fucking him!" Roman shouted while having a panic attack. "What do you mean cousin?" Niko asked in a concerned tone. "That's the fucking biker who kidnapped me! Kill him Niko!" Roman replied in a hysterical manner.

Niko jumped over the bar and grabbed Johnny, the biker responded by headbutting Niko in the nose. Niko held his nose in pain, Johnny attempted to tackle him. But Niko sidestepped Johnny, tripping him in the process. Clay grabbed Niko from behind, and Terry pulled out a knife. Niko kicked the knife out of Terry's hand before grabbing Clay and flipping him to overhead and onto the ground. Johnny stood up and took a fighting stance. "Come on you Polack motherfucker!" Johnny screamed. Niko got into stance as well, the two men squared off. Johnny threw a left hook at Niko, who in turn ducked and delivered three hooks a kick then finally an uppercut to Johnny's chin. Johnny fell to the floor, Niko stood there looking at the biker. Johnny looked up at Niko. "You done yet?" He asked before spitting out some teeth and blood.

Niko reached out his hand and Johnny took it, Niko helped him up and they looked at each other. "Why did you kidnap my cousin?" Niko asked Johnny. "The Russian mob forced me too, they told me if I didn't do it they'd kill my girl." Johnny replied. "Fucking Dimitri. I'm glad I killed that weasel." Niko remarked. Terry and Clay stood up and surrounded Niko, Johnny got in between them. "It's cool." Johnny told them. "So, no hard feelings?" Johnny asked Niko. "No, we're cool. If you were forced then you did what you had to do." Niko replied. Niko went back behind the bar and the bikers sat at their seats, Roman calmed down and walked back into the kitchen. Niko poured the three bikers a complimentary shot of whiskey and three beers, the bikers drank and hung out while the Bellic Cousins worked their routine.