"The bullet shouldn't have affected Duncan the way it did." I heard Sammi mutter to Johnny. "He's been shot before but nothing like this." She said continuing to worry. I heard Johnny shush her and walked over towards me. He saw that my eyes were open and asked me how I was doing.

"Just peachy." I muttered to him. A smile broke across his face and both of our eyes trailed across to an angry Russian bound to a chair in the corner. I rose an eyebrow up at him. "Johnny you dog. I didn't think you believed in bondage." I said with a kidding voice. He smirked at me and said, "She tried to cut me." I looked at him with dreaming eyes. "My kind of woman." He nodded his head and helped me sit up.

"So do you think I can get her to talk to me without her trying to stab me, or brutally injure me?" I asked seriously. Johnny smiled and mumbled, "Watch what you say." I nodded my head and slowly stood up. My body was sore but first things first, the ladies.

I grabbed the switched blade that lay in my pocket and cut the fresh rope that was tied around her.

I pulled the tape softly from her mouth and smiled at her. I rose my hands up and said, "I'm already injured please no more." She gave me a funny looked and shrugged her shoulders. I grabbed her hand and made her follow me to the other room. Behind her back Johnny gave me the thumbs up. I sat down on the bed and patted the spot next to me. She gave me a dirty look and shook her head no. "Ok then sit right there." I said pointing to the chair near me.

Once she sat down I began, "As you can tell were not safe here in Russia, so we need to leave." She nodded her head. "If we headed back to the Canada through plane we would get caught by the Russian embassy. So we need to head west

towards France then see if we could take a boat back to the Americas and drive towards Canada. "Don't you think the boat ride would be a little long?" She said letting her accent drop. "I don't think they have heavy security for boats so there's a possibility we could slip through." She nodded her head and asked, "How long would this take?" I shrugged my shoulders. "Days, weeks, maybe a month with hiding."

"I can't be seen in any country that borders Ukraine." She said bluntly. "I ran into a confrontation over there." I nodded my head and thought it out for a moment. "We'd have to head south for some time to turkey and then boat it till Italy." She nodded her head and said, "Why are you helping me?" I looked at her seriously with my light blue eyes and muttered, "I care." Her caramel colored skin blushed with embarrassment and nodded her head. "Thank you."

She got up and tried walking out the door but without a couple of words towards me, "I'll prepay you one day." And with that walked out. I took a heavy breath and fell backwards onto the bed but without an, "Ow." I forgot I was still in pain.

About an hour later I walked out of the room and told everyone, "We leave tomorrow."