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Chapter 3: The Date
Jake led Nick way down yonder to Canal Street, just west of Chinatown
"Here we are Niko, Grandpa's shop."
"An electronics store, good cover." Nick said, they entered
"Yo Gramps, it's me Jake, and I brought a friend." Nick noticed the electronics in the shop, and noticed how hopelessly out of date they were
"Jake, when has your grandpa restocked, these devices are older then Soviet Union... hell this TV is broken."
"Yeah, we really use this place to plan things, grandpa hasn't had a customer since...quite frankly I don't remember him ever having a customer, to be totally honest."
"It was 1982, and he purchased a Beta-Max for $249.99 by Debit card!" Bellowed Lao Chi coming from the back room "I have told you time and time again young one, flashy sales maybe one thing, but it is an honest customer, that makes everything worth while."
"Yeah...tell that to BestBuy, you might get a few more-[smack] ow." Jake joked
"1982, Jesus; how you pay tax for store?" Nick asked
"And you are?"
"Oh sorry, G; this is Nikolai Borodin, just moved in from Russia." Jake said
"Borodin, why does that name ring a bell?" Lao asked
"Oh, maybe you familiar with my families line of work, my father was once great great Dragon Council detective, I am following in his footsteps, his name is Sergei."
"Ah yes, now I remember, welcome to New York Nikolai."
"Please call me Niko, or just Nick."
"You both wait here, I'll boil you both some tea." Lao walked in the back.
"I like Green tea."
"Good, that's all I got!" Jake sat at the counter ad Nick leaned against it.
"I've been meaning to mention this, but; when I was in your room, who was in that picture on your desk besides you?" Jake asked
"Uh...oh that one, the guy in middle was me, the older guy to the left is older brother Alexei, don't worry he has no 40 middle names, the blond girl to right is older sister Bridgette, I am youngest." Nick said
"Oh okay."
"Alexei is 20, he sophomore at Harvard University, he has family brains, he wants to be military computer technician, he very brainy, and very boring, you wouldn't like him, but I insist you both meet."
"Alright, and what of Bridgette?"
"She is the bad egg, if what you think what huntsgirl did was bad, what Bridgette did makes that look like shoplifting."
"DAMN!" "Where is she now?"
"Prison camp in Romania, we've seen the last of her I think."
"Hmm...so, your whole family is good, but she is bad?"
"Pretty much, so; until Alexei comes home, is just me, mom and dad."
"That's gotta be kinda nice."
"Yeah, is not bad." Lao Chi returned with tea.
"Here you are."
"Thank you."
"Thanks G." … "So, wheres Fu?"
"Fu?"
"Oh, Fu is grandpa's dog, but he can talk, and all kinds of cool things, he's a Sharpe."
"...That's gotta be cool." Nick admitted
"No not really, gets boring after awhile-"
"Hey, heard that Gramps!" Fu yelled from the back.
"Anyway, Fu Dog got sick after eating eight chili dogs last night."
"Hey, it was seven and you know it!" "And...oh...kid, you might wanna get back here...with a bucket."
"You heard him Jake."
"Ugh...Alright Fu, keep your lunch down I'm coming." Jake walked to the back
"So, what really brings you to the States Niko?" Lao asked taking his seat at the counter.
"Well really father was just sick of living in Russia, he was once decorated KGB agent, then after economy collapsed he changed his life around and joined the Counter Intelligence Agency, then afterwords my sister did some things no one was particularly proud of, then a few problems happened in old country caused us to finally move, however; conveniently enough, I did land the biggest case of my life."
"Ah, thought so." "What's the case?"
"It involves Jake's girlfriend, huntsgirl."
"Rose?"
"Potato, Pototo." "Anyway, I'm sure your aware of her many crimes in the magical world...They finally caught up with her...I was sent by counsel, to apprehend her so she can stand trial, Jake insists shes innocent, says I should put past behind me...my life and job is hard enough as it is...emotion is just something I can't bring into this." Jake over heard and walked out
"You think your the only person who has it hard, you got money man, more then my family will ever hope to make, I got a little sister who I fight with, day after day, a father I have to keep secrets from, and a grandpa who annoys the hell out of me, Rose, Trixie, Spud, they're all I got, and Rose is the only person I ever loved...why must you ruin that!" Tears filled his eyes
"You think you only one who has it hard, huh?" "You American all your life, I had to live in one of the last places anyone ever wants to, what I said to Rose about Russia was no lie!" "A least you don't have to wake up to the smell of Uranium in a two bedroom project, with three siblings!" "At least you don't have to walk to school and worry about if you going to make it back...I'm sure if I go to Brooklyn or Bronx that same story but still!" "At least there's no sound of Kalashnikov 47's and you have to run your ass to cover!" "At least it's not 23 degrees in October!"
"Okay I see your point, but still-"
"Oh, I no finished yet." "At least you have a sister, who though you fight with, loves you...at least your sister's goal in life wasn't to rule world, maybe if Bridgette wasn't such a royal F*ck up, life wouldn't be so terrible, me and my brother, and to rebuild our family name from scratch, one of the few reasons we fled to America, speaking of Alexei, yeah, he left us for Harvard." "But that's okay, his life will be better then mine will ever hope to be...I'm all my family has left right now...yeah, I have money...if I was poor, you would have no room to talk...but, Mom and dad, they're all I got...I would kill for a sibling right now...preferably one who wasn't so damn smart or wants to kill me...you know me and Alexei considered going into witness protection program...then we saw prison camp and felt much better." "But that's not the point Jake, I worry everyday of my life that there's gonna that one guy who knocks me off, how will my parents think of that, Alexei will be all they have left...and that's provided he not busy with job or other commitment...Plus, my mother has to live with fact of having 3 kids who are magical creatures, plus husband...Which I imagine your dad will have to carry that load, so ignore that, BUT...how do you think it feels to have father with past as checkered as Josef Stalin...Took him years to get all that off his chest...Yeah he has good job now...but he, and all of us has to live with that all our lives...job is only way I blow off steam...And yeah, I know Dragon responsibilities suck...so you can very well imagine I've lost all emotion...being Russian doesn't help either, but still, it's the principle...now you understand Jake?"
"Yeah...I do."
"Oh my God...I have been drilling that principle talk to him for 12 years!" Lao Chi yelled "You say it once with long agonizing speech about about life and childhood and he listens!"
"Hey G, maybe Niko, just is a better teacher then you, come on it's getting late man, we gotta get to work."
"Hey, it's glad to have you around Nikolai, maybe Jake will actually listen."
"By the way, story or not, I'm still gonna prove her innocence."
"...I don't know Lao...But I may be onto something, I'll be seeing you." they left the shop.
"Hey Gramps, I think I need another bucket...oh...and we may need another carpet in here."
"Oh...Coming Fu Dog."
Later that evening Nick was in his room listening to the transceiver, Jake was testing the wire tap.
"Testing, testing...1, 2...1, 2, 2...NICK CAN YOU HEAR ME!"
"[loud static] OWWWWWW!" "Yes I can hear you moron!"
"Oh cool...okay, here comes Rose."
"Alright...good luck comrade, if you need any assistance, I know where to find you... Udachi I khoroshego nastroeniya."
"...Uh, last part please, in English."
"Is Russian, means 'good luck and keep well'." it really does
"Oh cool...[deep breath]...K, here goes..." "Hey."
"Hey yourself." Rose said
"Come on, lets go..." I'm gonna skip all this mushy gunk...2 hours later...Nick was slamming his head on his desk repeatedly.
"Son, why you slam head on desk?"
"Father, I'm listening on Jake's date...is insufferable!"
"Hey I heard that you mook!" "Shes in the bathroom right now, get over it."
"Guess what, I speak Italian too asshole!" Ironically that's what mook means in English
"Oh sorry, look were at a good, quiet romantic spot in Central Park, it's now or never, so start firing questions."
"Ah excellent, da comrade!" That actually means 'yes good buddy'
"Here she comes." …... "Uh, hey baby, you okay?"
"Yeah...wow Jake, this spot...it's magical, romantic."
"Just like me."
"Well...yeah, I guess your right." Rose leaned in, cuddling next to him. "I'm kinda glad things are finally normal...no Huntsclan...regular parents...fighting crime...then there's you...life can't be sweeter." this is where the audience goes awwwwwwwwwwww.
"Huh, makes me sick." nick groaned, Jake growled
"What was that?" Rose asked
"Nothing..."
"Ahem."
"Oh uh..."
"Okay, ask her about her past...but be subtle."
"Uh...you know, when you were the Huntsgirl...did you think differently?"
"Good one, good one." Nick said
"Well...Now that I look back, I realize what kind of monster I became, I realized I have been brainwashed by the Clan...I realize they made me someone I didn't want to be...and I feel terrible for what I have done."
"...Damn that's a good answer." Nick whispered "Okay ask her..."
"So, when you ya know...slain and captured all those magical creatures...how did you feel?"
"If anyone else asked me that question I would kill them, but...at the time I felt like I was on top of the world you know...it almost seemed like when I was stressed it was the only thing that would make me feel better...I always got stressed cause the Huntsmaster always stressed everyone out...and I hated him." "Now I know everything I did was wrong."
"I knew it." they hugged and kissed passionately...after...
"What, no...I'm not asking her that...well cause I don't want to...oh don't yell at me in Russian that's no fair!"
"Jake...who are you talking to?" Rose asked...Jake and Nick exchanged a joint-
"Oh sh*t."
"Wait, have you been wearing that earpiece this whole time?" she approached him
"Wait wait wait...no no no no no no no no...crap." Rose opened hi shirt.
"You...you were wearing a wire...you were tapped?"
"Oh no...not that look...that's your Huntsgirl look."
"Don't worry Jake I'm on way...until then, USE GUN, DRAGON UP, BUT DONT JUST STAND THERE" Nick threw off the head phones, grabbed a Beretta from his desk, loaded it, and headed for the door."
"Son, where you going?" Sergei asked
"To park, don't wait up, tell mom I love her...and you too."
"You don't sound excited."
"That's because I ain't." Nick said before slamming the door on his way out.
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