Infinity and Beyond

-Chapter 26-

Echoes and Covenants, Part Three

"It seems that little girl of yours is worth more than any of us can count, Nikita." Gustov snickers in a not very nice way, making me hug mommy tighter nervously.

"You're right, Gustov." Mommy says as she quickly pulls out her handgun and points it at Gustov. "But if you think you can take Infinity away from me, than you're very wrong."

"So much trouble and money for one tiny little girl." Gustov smiles scarily as he shakes his head. "I should warn you, Nikita, these guys are quite good."

"Then, I'll be better." Mommy narrows her eyes with a growl. Gustov sighs quietly before waving his hand silently. The three other men attacks mommy, the gun in mommy's hand is quickly knocked onto the floor.

Mommy tries to fight back, but she won't let go of me and she keeps on getting hit. "No, stop it!" I cry loudly as mommy is kicked again, making her fall to the floor. "Her bruises aren't better yet! Don't hurt her anymore!"

Mommy coughs and gasps as she's trying to catch her breath and stand back up. She still won't let go of me. "You know, Nikita, all you have to do is hand her over." Gustov smirks scarily.

"You'll never be able to take her away from me." Mommy pants with an angry snarl as she runs to grab her gun. But Gustov's men quickly knocks mommy down again.

I can't stop crying anymore as something in my chest feels like a ball of needles is stuck there and it won't stop hurting. "Stop hitting my mommy!" My words are very loud, but they don't sound clear because I'm crying too hard.

I start screaming when I feel the men's hands grabbing onto me tightly as they try to pull me away from mommy. "No! I don' want to..."

My screams are interrupted by the sound of loud gunshots. In a few seconds time, the men that was grabbing at me are all on the floor with gunshot wounds.

I quickly squeeze my almond-shaped dark brown eyes shut. I don't open them until I feel mommy's arms around me again. "Mommy?" I sniffle with a tearful whimper.

But mommy's looking up at where the gunshots came from. "Michael..."

I look up to see Michael glaring at mommy. "You have some explaining to do." Then, he turns to Gustov. "We know each other too, don't we?"

Gustov looks tense. "Hello Michael."

"How long have you been here?" Mommy glances at Michael. She looks a little nervous.

"Long enough to know that Alex is your mole." Michael answers, his eyes not moving away from Gustov.

"Michael, please..." Mommy starts softly.

"I'm not here for you." Michael interrupts, sounding a little angry as he glances at mommy quickly before looking at Gustov again with his gun pointing at him. "Now, you forge that passport that she wants..."

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"Michael..." Mommy says quietly as she, Michael, and I are all outside Gustov's house. Mommy's still holding me in her arms. "What are you doing here?"

"Yeah..." Michael sighs, not sounding very happy. "It's a funny story... Speaking of which, did you know that Vitaly Antonov, you know, the man you claim to be Infinity's father, has Hypogonadotropic Hypopituitarism?"

"What?" Mommy frowns, like she's not understanding something. I tilt my head silently. Mommy never told me anything about who my daddy is...

"Yeah..." Michael chuckles, but it's not a happy chuckle. "You would never be able to imagine my surprise when I found out yesterday from his autopsy report."

"Michael, what are you..." Mommy starts nervously.

"He never had it treated, Nikita." Michael interrupts angrily as he steps closer to mommy. "Vitaly Antonov can't have kids! So, unless there's another man I don't know about, you should start talking." He glares at mommy. I bite down on my red lips. I don't know why he's angry...

There's a moment of silence before mommy speaks up again. "I'll tell you anything you want to know." Mommy says quietly. "But right now, there's something else we have to do. We're going to put an end to Kasim once and for all..."

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Michael and I are waiting outside while mommy's went off to get a car. "Michael?" I tilt my head up at him.

"What is it?" He frowns, crouching down in front of me.

"Are you mad at mommy?" I ask quietly as I look at him with a sad pout. "You won't hurt her, right?"

I smile a little when he quickly pulls me into a big hug. "No, I won't." He murmurs in my ear. "I promise."

"Did you miss him, sweetie?" Mommy's voice sounds before Michael lets go of me. Mommy smiles at me before she reaches out a hand for me to hold. I take it happily.

"Uh-huh." I nod with a big smile.

Mommy looks at me happily before turning to Michael. "I got us a van."

"Let's go." Michael clears his throat and nods before mommy leads the way...

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Mommy, Michael, and I are in a white van together as mommy's speaking into a black cellphone in Russian. Computer mama tells me what she's saying. 'Do not back up your trucks.'

A man's voice sounds after mommy's words. 'Get to the trucks! Now! We'll go around!'

'No, you'll not.' Mommy tells them in Russian. 'Your trucks have just rolled over remote IEDs like this one...' Computer mama is telling me in English, but I still don't understand it...

I feel goosebumps pop up my olive skin when I hear a loud boom sound. I'm a little scared as I lean closer to Michael. "It's alright." Michael whispers to me quietly as he pulls me onto his lap before hugging me.

'Walk north.' Mommy speaks up again. 'Abandon the drugs. We are watching. We the Knights of Shi'ra claim them for our own fight against the west.'

'Who are the Knights of Shi'ra?' The man calls out loudly.

'You have five seconds.' Mommy tells them scarily.

'Listen to me. These drugs belong to Kasim Tariq!' The man yells. Michael looks a little angry at the sound of Kasim's name.

I put my curly dark brown hair behind my ears before grabbing Michael's hand. "He's a bad man, right?"

"Yeah." Michael nods quietly. "He is."

'Four...' Mommy continues.

'Do you have any idea who he is?' The man is starting to sound nervous.

'Three...' Mommy says.

'Hurry! Let's get out of here!' Another man's voice fights with the first man.

'No, none of you move.' The first man yells at the people with him scarily.

'Two...' Mommy counts down.

'Go ahead!' The first man says to mommy angrily. 'You blow us up and you lose the heroin as well!'

My oval-shaped face frowns silently. What's heroin? 'A dangerous drug.' Computer mama tells me.

'One...' Mommy finishes before there's another loud boom, making me duck into Michael's arms quickly.

Everything's silent until the first man's voice sounds again. This time, it's coming from mommy's laptop. 'We've been hit, Kasim!' The first man says loudly.

'By who?' Kasim asks.

'The Knights of Shi'ra.'

'Get me on a rail to St. Petersburg.' Kasim sounds like he's talking to someone beside him. 'I want a meeting with Ari Tasarov.'

'Kasim, the heroin is burning!'

'Failure is death.' Kasim says scarily before hanging up. Something in my stomach feels like a huge ice cube is freezing everything else.

"Mommy... Michael... I'm scared." I whimper as I feel as if I might cry soon.

"Shh..." Michael says softly as he rubs my head and pulls me even closer to him.

"Everything will be okay, sweetie." Mommy tells me with a small smile before sighing quietly to herself. "Sorry, Ari, we gotta do this again. Strike three, here I come..."

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Mommy takes us back to the theater Ari's at. This time, he's with Kasim. Michael tries to move closer, but mommy stops him. "Not yet." She tells him quietly. "Not until we get Kasim alone."

Michael looks at mommy, annoyed. "Trust me." Mommy says seriously. "Just stay here with Infinity for now." She says before leaving Michael and I hiding in a corner.

"What's mommy going to do?" I tilt my head at Michael.

"No idea." Michael sighs unhappily before the lights in the theater randomly goes out. I start to get a little nervous.

"Michael, what's happening?" I whimper quietly as I grab onto Michael's arm.

"Shh... It's okay." Michael hugs me gently. "This is probably your mom's doing."

"But I don't like the dark..." I whine a little before Michael hugs me closer to him.

A moment later, a big, fat, bald man falls onto the floor beside Ari and Kasim from somewhere above with a loud thud. I squeak a little as I quickly squeeze my almond-shaped dark brown eyes shut.

I don't open them until I hear mommy's voice. "Get back to the car while I grab Kasim." Mommy tells us before running off again...

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Mommy throws a sleeping Kasim onto the floor of an empty house before turning to Michael. "He's all your's." Mommy tells him seriously as she walks over to me and picks me up. "Infinity and I are going to wait upstairs."

I wrap my arms around mommy with a happy smile as she carries me upstairs with her, leaving Michael with a sleeping Kasim...

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Author's note: alright guys, here's another chapter! Sorry I haven't updated in so long, and I know the last couple of chapters have been a little short, but I promise I'll make it up to you soon, so please remember to review!