Infinity and Beyond

-Chapter 11-

One Way, Part Two

Mommy quickly rushes into a hotel room while holding me in her arms. She opens up a laptop and is searching something on it. I don't think she can find it as she seems angry.

She pushes a pile of things from the table onto the floor scarily. I shrink back a little as I sit on a chair and start wiggling with my toes.

She walks to a wall that's covered with many papers and pulls one off of it. Then, she walks back to the table and plugs something into the laptop.

A bunch of white letters come up on the black screen. I hear mommy mutter something under her breath. 'Vehicle recovery.' I don't know what that means.

Mommy is on the phone with someone, but I don't know what they're saying. 'They're speaking Russian.'

After she's done, she turns to me. "Come on, honey." She waves a hand out for me to hold. I hop off the chair quickly and walks over to her before sliding my hand into her's.

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Mommy leaves me with her friend, Henry. She said that she's going to come and get me once she's done rescuing Michael.

Henry's teaching me to play with his robot. "Intruder alert, intruder alert." The robot says loudly as it attacks a remote-controlled toy helicopter by shooting tiny rubber balls at it. The helicopter flies around in the air, doing its best to avoid getting hit.

I sit there and watches as he plays. It's fun to watch, it's almost like watching TV. Just then, Henry's remote-controlled train quickly knocks the robot down before coming to a full stop. Henry lands his helicopter down too before turning toward me. "You wanna play?" He asks with a nice smile.

"Yes, please." I grin and nod.

Vision

Mommy was in a place that was a little bit dark as she knocked out two men who were standing by a door.

She kicked the last man down to the floor before taking out a pocket knife and using it to cut the rope that was tying Michael's hands together. "We need to hurry. I don't know where Kasim's other men are."

After that, mommy helped him up and was about to lead Michael toward the door when he spoke up. "Gun."

Michael was now facing the injured man on the floor…

End Vision

I stop playing and stare down at the floor. I don't know how much time has passed, but I miss mommy…

"Infinity?" I look up to see Henry frowning at me. "Are you alright?"

"When's mommy coming?" I ask.

"Is something wrong?" Henry asks quietly as he moves closer to me.

"I miss mommy." I whimper before looking up at him. "Is mommy coming soon?"

"She's gonna be here as soon as she can, okay?" He tells me gently. "Why don't you keep playing while we wait?"

I pull my legs up toward my chest as my eyes are starting to grow some tears. "I don't want to." I shake my head. I just want mommy to be here…

I hear him get up and walk away, but he soon comes back. This time, he has a bowl of ice cream in hand. "You wanna try some of my ice cream?"

"No…" I sniffle. I miss mommy even more now. I'm going to start crying soon. I go back to staring at the floor as I hear him moving around the room, looking for something.

He sits down next to me when he finds it. "How about we draw a picture?"

I don't answer and continue to look at the floor. "You can draw something for your mom?" Henry tries again.

This makes me look up. "Okay."

Henry smiles and passes me a white sheet of paper and a box of crayons. I wipe my eyes with the backs of my hands before starting to draw.

I draw the things I like: Lily and other toys, fries, Little Mermaid and other storybook characters, flowers, and of course, I draw a big picture of mommy right in the middle.

Just then, a pair of hands cover my eyes. "Guess who."

I know that voice. "Mommy!" I say happily before she uncover my eyes. I turn to her and give her a big hug. "I missed you!"

"I missed you too!" Mommy laughs lightly as she hugs me back and picks me up.

I stretch my arms downward to try and get my picture from the floor. "Mommy, that's my picture!"

Mommy bents down and helps me pick it up. She looks at it and smiles. "Is that me?"

"Uh-huh." I smile. "Do you like it?"

"I love it." She kisses my cheek.

Just then, Henry walks into the room holding my red jacket. "She's very attached to you." He says to mommy as he helps me put on my jacket while mommy's still holding me. "It takes quite a bit of effort to prevent her from crying." He tells mommy.

"Thank you, Henry, for your help." Mommy smiles and nods at him before turning to me. "Come on, honey, say good-bye to Henry, Michael still needs a little help."

"Bye, Henry." I smile and wave at him before mommy carries me away.

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Mommy takes me to an airport. She picks me up into her arms with a walkie-talkie in her hand. She runs toward a door that Michael comes out of with three other men wearing green clothing.

A noise comes out of the walkie-talkie. Computer mama tells me what it's saying. 'The American operative has been located and taken into custody.'

Mommy says something in the same language. 'Russian, she said understood.' Mommy stops walking, she looks at Michael.

I turn my head to look at him too. He looks angry as he pushes one of the men away and tries to run toward mommy, but the men catches him before he can.

Mommy turns away with me still in her arms as the men leads Michael to walk past us. I look at mommy, she looks sad, so I hug her.

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Mommy's typing on the computer to Alex while I play with Lily on the floor. I don't look up until I don't hear her typing anymore.

She's still sitting in front of the computer, but she's not moving. I stand up. "Mommy?" I say quietly.

She doesn't seem to hear me, so I walk toward her. I stop when I see her face, she's crying, and she looks very hurt…

I stand there, not knowing what to do. Where does it hurt? Why is she crying? I know I sometimes forget that I'm not supposed to wipe my hands on my clothes and sometimes I forget to clean up my toys after I play with them. Sometimes, I also forget that I'm not supposed to play with my food.

I touch her arm and she turns her head to look at me. "Don't cry, mommy. I'll listen and be a good girl. I'll wipe my hands on a towel next time, and I'll remember to clean up my toys, and I won't play with my food anymore…"

I stop when I see her smile a little, but still, more tears fall out of her eyes. "What's wrong, mommy?" I say quietly. "If you want me to, I'll clean up my toys now." I'm just about to turn and walk to my toys that are laying on the floor right now when mommy stops me.

She pulls me toward her and lifts me onto her lap. "I'll be okay." She hugs me close to her. "Just stay put for a little while okay?"

"Okay." I nod as I wrap my arms around her to hug her back. I pull my head back a little to see her face, she's still crying. I lean in to kiss her cheeks, I want to kiss away all of her tears. "I'll stay until mommy doesn't hurt anymore."

She almost laughs, but I can feel more tears rolling down her cheeks. "Thank you."

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When mommy finally stops crying and looks like she's feeling better, she picks me up and heads toward the washroom. "Let's go take a bath and get ready for bed, okay?"

"Can I sleep with mommy tonight?" I ask. I like to sleep with mommy.

"Of course." She smiles and kisses me on the lips. "I love you."

"I love mommy too." I grin widely.

Mommy seems happier now as she puts me down once we're in the washroom. "Do you have to pee?" She asks as she starts running the bath water.

"Uh-huh." I nod as I take off my pants to sit on the toilet seat. After I'm done, I look toward mommy again. "Can I go get Johnny?"

"Yep." She says as she starts pouring in some bath soap, causing the warm bath water to grow lots of bubbles.

I go to the small desk beside my bed to grab Johnny. I take the chance to grab Lily too. I put Lily on mommy's bed before walking back into the bathroom with Johnny.

Mommy's already taking off her clothes as I put Johnny on the bath water to let him float. Then, I start taking off my clothes too.

After I'm done, I raise my arms up toward mommy as she picks me up before putting her feet into the bath. She sits down in the bath with me in her arms.

I reach my arm forward to grab Ariel, who's lying on the side of the bath tub. I play with her and Johnny as mommy rubs a purple bath ball over my body as well as herself.

When she's done, she wraps an arm around me and pulls me closer to her. "Come here, hon." She says quietly. "We've got to wash your hair."

When I look over at her face, something in my stomach curls into a tight ball. She looks… so tired and a little weak, almost as if she might fall over soon.

I stay as still as I can while she's washing my hair. I don't want to make her feel more tired. After she's done washing my hair, she washes her own while I play on the other side of the bath tub.

"Are you ready to get up?" She asks me once she's finished.

"Uh-huh." I nod as I raise my arms forward toward her. "Up, please."

She gives me a small smile as she takes me into her arms before standing up and stepping out of the bath tub.

She crouches down in front of me before grabbing a very big yellow towel and wrapping it around my body to dry me.

Then, she grabs a smaller white towel and puts it on top of my head. She wraps it around my wet dark brown curls to make it less wet. "So, which story do you want to hear?"

I frown and tilt my head. "Mommy looks sleepy."

"I'm okay." She smiles and reaches a hand out to smooth out the frown on my oval-shaped face. "I like reading stories to you."

"Does that make mommy happy?" I ask as she stands back up and starts to dry herself.

"Yes." Mommy nods while smiling at me.

"Okay." I grin happily.

"So, what story would you like to hear?" She asks again.

"I like everything mommy reads to me." I smile widely.

"Oh, why?" Mommy looks a little happier as she bents down and picks me up.

I tilt my head as I wrap my arms around her in a hug. I don't know why, but seeing mommy smile makes me really happy. "I don't know." I answer as she walks out of the bathroom, carrying me.

Mommy picks up my pajamas along with her's and puts me down on her bed. She unwraps my towels before I start putting on my pajamas. She does the same for herself.

After that, I crawl into bed as mommy goes to grab a storybook. She comes back holding a Tinkerbell story.

She crawls into bed next to me and wraps an arm around me. She kisses the top of my head before she starts to read.

Vision

Mommy was standing in a bathroom in front of a mirror. Her hands were on her tummy and she looked a little scared.

Beside her, there was a small garbage can that was full with small, white rectangular boxes and there are also things that looked like what Wendy would stick into my mouth when I was sick, except these things all had a small red thing on them that looked a little bit like a t. 'A plus sign, it's the sign you use when you're adding two or more things together.'

Just then, a phone started ringing. Mommy jumped in surprise. She looked at herself one last time in the mirror before she opened the bathroom door. "I won't let them hurt you." She muttered very quietly as she walked out of the bathroom and toward the phone that was beside a computer.

"Hello." She answered the phone.

"Hey." It was Michael. "You should be leaving the house by now. You still need to go over mission prep with Amanda, remember?"

Mommy took a deep breath before she spoke up. "Yeah, I got it, Michael." She sounded nervous.

"Is everything okay?"

"Of… of course, why wouldn't it be?"

"You sound…" Michael stopped for a few seconds before he spoke up again. "I'm just making sure."

"I'm fine, Michael." Mommy said. "I'll be there in half an hour."

"Alright. I'll tell Amanda." He said before hanging up.

Mommy put the phone back on the table before one of her hands touched her stomach again. "I'm sorry… but I can't tell him yet."

End Vision

I barely know what mommy's reading anymore. I'm very sleepy and I can't really keep my eyes open. My head is lying on mommy's chest, but I feel it move down.

I feel mommy's hands gently move my head down to a pillow. "Mommy, hug." I whisper very quietly as I'm falling asleep.

I feel the bed move a little before I hear a quiet click and everything turns black. "Mommy…" I'm starting to whimper.

"Shh… I'm here, sweetie." Mommy says softly as she pulls me closer and wraps her arms around me. I quiet down as the last thing I feel is her lips on my forehead before I fall completely asleep.

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Author's note: Hey guys, sorry, I know this is much shorter than I usually write, but I'll make up for it in the next chapter. This chapter is a little bit of a filler chapter that gives a more detailed perspective on parts of Nikita and Infinity's daily life that we haven't had the chance to see. So, please review me your thoughts on it as well as the vision Infinity had. Oh, and here's a little teaser, Wendy's gonna show up again in the next chapter, and she'll definitely be around longer than Nikita might like.