"What happens when you get to Mexico? Where will you go?" Nika asked.
"It's best if you don't know. It's best for everyone. We'll drop you off in the next town, and I'll wire you that 10,000, like I said. Shouldn't take more than a week or two" Michael said. I leaned against the window away from Nika, who had taken to touching my arm every once in a while, believing I was a boy. And I was getting freaked out by her.
"Michael, we got company" Lincoln said, I looked out the window to see a sedan coming up behind us.
"What the hell's he doing?"
"Hold on! Hold on!" The car crashed into us, trying to drive us off the road. Nika screamed and clung to me.
"Who is it? Who is it?" The sedan drove up beside us, and Lincoln looked across.
"It's Bellick!" They rammed into us again and Lincoln fought for control of the car, while I was trying to pry Nika off my arm as she screamed.
"Hold on, hold on"
"Duck! Down!"
"Hold on, hold on, hold on..." The car was rammed again, and I slid over into the door.
"Can this thing go any faster?" I shouted at Lincoln.
"What do you think?" The car smashed into us again and our car swerved.
"Look out!"
"Hold on!" A truck thankfully made the other car go behind us for a bit, which allowed Lincoln to regain control of the car. But as soon as he could Bellick's car smashed into the back of our car, and we went off the road.
"Look out! Look out!"
"Hold on!" The car crashed into a tree, and slowly my head stopped spinning and I got out the car, helping Nika out as well.
"Nobody move!" Bellick fired his gun. "Nobody move!" We all froze.
"Oh, good to see you again, boy" He said to Michael.
"No need for anyone to get hurt, boss" Lincoln said.
"Boss? Oh, there's no need for formalities any more there, Sink. I'm no longer an employee of the state, thanks to you"
"I think somebody wants that reward" Michael said.
"Oh, it's not about reward money, friend. Your pal Manche told me all about your little treasure hunt for Westmorland's stash. Get in the car. We're going to Utah" We were marched over to Bellick's car at gunpoint.
"All the cops all over the country when all they had to do was tail the tail, you know. Move that moneymaker, sweetheart"
"Let's move it, convict!" Geary shoved Lincoln into the hood of the car, I moved forward but Bellick pointed his gun at me.
"Not so fast Riley, don't think I've forgotten about you. Only girl ever in Fox River, only girl to have escaped as well. See your still parading around as the wrong gender. Never took you for a cross dresser, but whatever you like, sweetheart"
"If you know about the money in Utah, why do you need us?" Michael got the attention away from me.
"In all the excitement of the escape, Manche didn't hear all Westmorland said before the old bird kicked the bucket, but he heard enough. Utah and five million. You'll fill in the blanks" Bellick grabbed Nika by the hair, and she let out a whimper.
"Hey!" Bellick pointed the gun at Michael.
"Don't even think about getting cute, smartass. Now you and your brother are gonna take me right to where that money is or the whore gets dead real fast. Ask me if I'm bluffing" Michael raised his hand, and we all got in the car.
We stopped for a toilet break, Geary apparently had the 'bladder of a kitten'.
"I never thought I'd say this, Scofield, but I thank God for the day you walked into Fox River" Bellick said.
"And out of it" The pair of them chuckled.
"It's gonna be okay" Michael told Nika.
"I don't wanna hear from you right now. You told me nothing would happen. You promised me" She stormed back into the car.
"Oh, that's one pissed off commie you got on your hands there, Scofield. Didn't your mama tell you how to treat a lady? Or was she a whore like this one?" Lincoln slammed the door and advanced on Bellick.
"Lincoln!" I shouted, as Bellick cocked the gun at Lincoln.
"Got a problem there, Burrows?" Geary came over with his gun drawn as well.
"We only need one of you to take us to the money. Remember that" I glared at him, and Michael steered me back to the car.
"Let's go, buddy" He said to Lincoln.
"All right, everybody out. That way. Go on" Bellick said, grabbing me and marched me to a shack. I was inwardly smirking as I found it funny how the tire went flat.
"Careful" I heard Michael say.
"Don't touch me!" Nika shouted in response.
"Just relax"
"You know, I believed everything you told me, and I did everything you asked. I risked my life for you. For what, for 10,000 dollars I risked my life? And this entire time you had $5 million just waiting there. You're a bastard, Michael" She stormed ahead of me.
"For all that aggravation, I hope you get to hit that a few times, Scofield. Ba-ba-boom. We're gonna wait it out in that shack" Bellick said, still gripping onto my arm, and I had a sudden flashback of the first time we met.
"Just keep moving. Come on. Come on, come on. Fantasia, get going" Bellick said, as we made it into the shack.
Bellick got out some wiring to tie our hands to a pipe, after he was finished he and Nika went into the other room.
"Stop stressing. It doesn't do any good" Michael said as Lincoln struggled with his bindings.
"Maybe you oughta start stressing if they're gonna put a bullet in our heads"
"They need us. They need us to get that money"
"I admire your optimism. She's rolling, man. I can feel it"
Finally Bellick and Nika came back.
"If you guys need to use the can, hold it" Bellick said to Lincoln and Michael. "You need to tinkle, sweet pea, I'll watch you anytime. Sit down" He said to me and Nika as she sat down next to Lincoln.
"Hands behind your back" He tied her to the pipe then walked back into the other room.
"Took your time" Lincoln said.
"It takes time to gain a man's confidence" She said."You're right. He'll bite on anything I say. You just tell me where we trap him, and I'll tell him that's where the money is"
I smirked, until she looked at me.
"Your a girl?" She asked.
"Sorry to disappoint" I said, as she went red.
"Hey!" Nika shouted.
"What do you want?" Bellick stood in the doorway.
"I need to use the bathroom"
"Again?"
"I have a small bladder"
"That ain't all you got" He cut her ties. "Get up" She got up and went into the next room, as we all glanced at each other.
"She'll get it done. Nika and I have come too far together" I couldn't help but feel a little jealousy and I looked away so they couldn't tell.
"When money's on the line, you trust no one"
"Sometimes you have to"
"Not if you wanna survive, you don't"
"You really don't trust anyone, do you?" I asked.
"Can you blame me? After all that's happened?" Lincoln replied.
"No, I mean before that. Before prison"
"Every time I trusted someone, I got burned. Every time I got close to someone, I got screwed. I know better, and so should you two"
Bellick came storming back into the room and threw Nika down next to me, and as Bellick was distracted she undid my bindings.
"My daddy always said 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and I put you in the ground'. Any more games and I stop the hooker's air, understand?" He tied Nika to the pipe.
"Thanks for the dance, sweet pea" As he walked away he reached for his knife, which I stealthily gave to Lincoln as I untied him and Michael.
"You bitch!" Lincoln grabbed him from behind, with the knife to his throat.
"Fooled ya" Lincoln shoved him to the ground, where I tied him to the pipe, and smirked at him.
Just then Geary came in rolling the tire.
"I carried it, the cons can change it" He turned around to find a gun pointing at him courtesy of Lincoln.
"Oh, you really suck, Bellick, you know that?"
"Roll him. Let's go" Michael tied him up next to Bellick as Nika helped.
"Hands behind your back" He said, and then to Nika "Thank you"
"Your both stupid you know that, he's got you both fighting over him" Bellick said, as Nika looked at me shocked.
"I have no idea what your talking about" I said, not looking Nika in the eye.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, too bad he's only been using the whore, I would have loved to have seen a good cat fight"
"Don't you ever stop talking" I said, as I put some duct tape over Bellick's mouth and Michael helped me back up, I avoided Nika's glare.
"At least let us take you into town" Michael said.
"No. If I'm seen with you, it's a lot of trouble for me. I can walk. It's only a mile" Nika responded. I watched their conversation from where I leaning on the bonnet of the car.
"We never would've made it this far without you"
"But now you're crossing the border. Without me"
"You can't go where we're going. It's not a life for you"
"Then, that's it then. It's over for good"
"Thank you" Michael hugged her, and I beat down the green monster inside of me.
"Be safe" He said, as she moved over to Lincoln and hugged him.
"Good luck" She snatched the gun out of Lincoln's waistband and pointed it at us.
"I told you not to put the gun there" I hissed at him, Nika pointed the gun at me and I shut up.
"I loved you, Michael. And I thought I was gonna get that back, but you just used me" She said.
"That's not true"
"I deserve more than this. I deserve more than just being the girl that you call when you need something"
"You really think you're gonna find the money in Utah?" Lincoln asked.
"I don't care about the money in Utah! I don't want any more crime. I turn you in, I get $200,000. Legal money" She picked up the cell phone that was on the dashboard.
"You're the policeman's problem" She said.
"Nika... " Michael stepped forward.
"Don't come any closer or I'll shoot you!"
"No, you won't" Lincoln held up the gun clip, and Nika looked defeated. Lincoln took the gun and the cell phone off her and got in the car. I followed his example and put my seat belt on this time. Michael soon joined us, and drove down the road.
AN : Yay Nika's gone :) So did you like this chapter?