Infinity and Beyond
-Chapter 29-
Into the Dark, Part Two
I scream VERY loudly before I REALLY can't stop crying anymore...
"Sweetie?" Mommy says worriedly before looking down at my arms, which is hurting A LOT right now. Mommy's eyes grow tearful. "Minor burns... some blisters... These will probably become bruises..." I hear her murmur quietly.
Mommy gently picks up me off the ground. "Shh... I know it hurts, sweetie." She tells me gently before kissing my forehead. "But it will be okay. Mommy's gonna make the pain go away..."
"We're leaving now!" Mommy says impatiently to Owen as she stands up and helps Owen stand up too. Mommy's still holding me in her arms.
"Mommy, it hurts!" I cry loudly. Mommy hugs me close to her as tears are starting to fall out of her eyes...
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We're back in Owen's place. I'm sitting on mommy's lap as she pours something from a little bottle onto a small, white cotton ball. I still haven't stopped crying.
"Shh... Sweetie, this is going to make it better, okay?" Mommy says as she holds my hands before touching my hurt arms with the small cotton ball. It makes it feel as if needles are poking at it.
"Ouchy..." I cry louder. Mommy stops for a moment and hugs me warmly from behind.
"I know, sweetie." She gives me lots of kisses. "But it'll get better, okay?" She says before picking the cotton ball back up again and makes it touch my arm. I gasp and whimper tearfully until mommy's done.
Mommy wraps her arms around me warmly as I'm still crying a little. "I love you." She whispers in my ear before kissing me on the cheek and rubbing my back.
"I love you too, mommy." I sniffle and hiccup quietly.
"I've used up the last of my regimen." Owen tells mommy as he walks over to us. "How's Infinity doing?"
"A little better." Mommy sighs quietly before looking up at him. "We'll get you more, and we'll find a way to wane you off of them."
Owen walks away silently as he takes his shirt off. There are lots of pictures on his body. "Mommy, what are those?" I ask as my cryings have mostly quieted down.
"Tattoos..." Mommy murmurs with a frown as she looks at Owen before turning her head to the pictures on the wall and then back to Owen again.
'Tattoo: a form of body modification.' I still don't understand...
"Owen..." Mommy stares at his tattoos. "What did you do?"
"I told you." Owen says. "It's so I don't forget."
"Look, I know what you're going through..." Mommy says to Owen. She's just about to put me down, but I whimper as I quickly wrap my hurting arms around her. Mommy hugs me back. I want mommy to keep hugging me for a little longer...
"I feel it too." Mommy continues to Owen gently. "Everyday. It makes us want to do the right thing, but you can't keep punishing yourself. It has to end."
Owen sighs quietly before looking around for a moment. "We're running out of time. Guardian knows we're here..."
"Which means he called Percy." Mommy nods. "Which means that a Division strike team is in the way. If you're in his shoes, what do you do?"
"First thing I do is... Secure the black box." Owen says.
"He'll be going to the bank, we need to get there first." Mommy says as she looks down at a map.
"No." Owen shakes his head, looking down at the same map that mommy's looking at. "I did a walk through of all the banks, they are all basically just the same."
"In Montreal, how did you choose your bank?" Mommy asks him.
"I don't remember." Owen sighs.
"Owen, I need you to focus." Mommy tells him. "Where's that bank?"
Owen doesn't say anything, so mommy continues. "Close your eyes." Owen does what she says. "You're walking into the bank, in Montreal, for the first time. What do you see?"
There's a moment of silence before Owen speaks up. "I see three guards, five cameras, Timewalk vault..."
"Tell me about the safety deposit room." Mommy says.
"There are boxes on both sides." Owen says as he opens his eyes again. "They went floor to ceiling... There was a back door, opens into an alley. Buried in the parking lot because it provided cover... The alley!" Owen says as if he just remembered something while mommy draws a red circle on the map.
"The Royal Birkham." Mommy says. "On Crowndale..."
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Mommy drives Owen and I to a big, gray building. Mommy and Owen gets out of the car before mommy opens the back car door and undos my car seat's seatbelt.
"Come here, sweetie." Mommy says as she picks me up into her arms before turning around. "Stay here." Mommy tells Owen. "I'm gonna try and talk my way into the safety deposit room and see if we can set up some kind of remote surveillance."
When mommy is about to leave with me, she quickly turns back to Owen just as he's about to follow her. "Stay here." Mommy tells him again before mommy walks towards the gray building with me still in her arms.
She's just about to reach the door when she sees Owen chasing another man. "Owen?" She shouts after him before chasing after them too.
A lot of loud car horns sound around us before the man starts shooting his gun towards us. I scream as I hug mommy tightly and squeeze my almond-shaped dark brown eyes shut. I can feel my eyes getting wet again, I'm going to start crying again...
Mommy pushes Owen out of the way before shooting her own gun towards the man. Owen runs and I don't see him until he gets to stand beside the man and the two starts fighting...
But soon, Owen looks as if his head is hurting again. The other man grabs a gun that's been dropped on the ground and points it at Owen. "Mommy..." I start crying as I'm scared.
Mommy shoots the man before he can shoot at Owen. She quickly puts me down on the ground before walking towards the man that's laying on the floor. "Don't move." She tells him.
But the man quickly gets up and grabs mommy. He starts chocking her. "No!" I cry loudly. "Don't hurt my mommy!" I try to grab his leg but he kicks me hard, making me scream as I roll on the ground.
A loud car horn sounds as a car's coming towards me, closer and closer... Everything inside me feels empty... "No!" I hear mommy scream VERY, VERY loudly.
I scream, squeeze my eyes shut, and my cries get louder and louder. "Mommy!"
I feel mommy's arms wrap around me tightly as I feel her jump with me in her arms before rolling on the ground too. She's breathing loudly as the rolling finally stops. "Sweetie?" She sounds VERY scared.
I open my eyes tearfully to see mommy's face is wet with tears too. "Mommy!" I cry hard as if a balloon in my tummy has just popped. "I was so scared!" I hug mommy tightly.
"I know, sweetie." Mommy cries a little. "I'm sorry. Are you hurt anywhere this time?"
"My arms still hurt!" My words don't sound clear as I'm still crying too hard.
"Shh... Mommy's right here, okay?" Mommy says as she hugs me warmly before standing back up with me still in her arms. Mommy turns around, but Owen and the other man are both gone...
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Mommy takes me back to Owen's place. "Owen?" Mommy calls out.
"Nikita?" Michael's voice sounds. Mommy and I both turn our heads in surprise.
"Michael?" I whimper tearfully as I try to raise my hurting arms towards him. "It hurts..." I start crying a little.
"Infinity?" Michael frowns worriedly as he walks over and takes me from mommy's arms. "What happened to your arms?"
"We had... Some unexpected situations." Mommy tells him sadly before she wraps her arms around both me and him. "What are you doing here, Michael?" She sounds very glad to see him.
"I wanted to make sure you two were okay." Michael says before we break from the hug. "Did he run off on you two?"
"He's not himself." Mommy says sadly.
"That's what I've been trying to tell you." Michael says.
"How do we help him?" Mommy looks as if she might cry soon.
I raise my hands up towards her. "Mommy want a hug?"
Mommy almost smiles as she takes me from Michael's arms and hugs me close to her before kissing me on the cheek.
"Nikita, you're not hearing me." Michael shakes his head. "There is no way to help him."
"I don't believe that." Mommy says tearfully.
"The longer he goes without the drugs, the more delusional he becomes." Michael tells her. "Look around you!"
Mommy looks around the room before speaking up again. "He wants to get better."
"You can't just talk him out of this." Michael says. "His nervous system is fried."
"Then, we get him on the regimen and then we stabilize him and we find a way to get him clean." Mommy says.
"That's impossible." Michael murmurs.
"Impossible?" Mommy raises an eyebrow. "Like single-handedly taking on Division? Like hoping one day the three of us can be together?"
Mommy continues when Michael doesn't say anything. "Michael, he's one of us. If it were me or Infinity out there in trouble, would you give up?"
Michael looks at mommy sadly for a moment before speaking up. "If you really want to help him, tell me this, where is he right now..."
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"I don't think he can do it." Michael says as we're still at Owen's place.
"Why not?" Mommy asks as I'm sitting on her lap.
"Percy told me that every box is a biometric's sensor. They're coded to the individual blood signatures of their guardians. He wants to transmit, then he'll need to get a sample of the guardian's blood." Michael says. I don't know what he's saying...
"Well, the guardian's out for Owen's blood." Mommy sighs as she wraps her arms around me.
"We can't let them come together." Michael shakes his head before his phone beeps. Michael takes it out and looks at it. "We may be too late. Division's found him."
"What about the guardian?" Mommy says.
"On his way." Michael says.
"Owen's luring him in." Mommy says as she stands up, picking me up with her. "He wants the guardian to come to him. How far away is your team?"
"Closer than we are." Michael sighs as mommy looks nervous before she quickly runs out of Owen's place with me in her arms and Michael following her...
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"When we get there, can you order your strike team to back off?" Mommy asks him as we're in a car and mommy's driving.
"Possibly." Michael sighs. "But I can't control the guardian, he's under Percy's orders."
"I'll take care of him." Mommy says.
"No, you take care of Infinity." Michael tells her. "Owen can take care of him."
"Michael..." Mommy starts.
"If it comes down to it, I'll put Owen down." Michael interrupts.
Mommy looks at him. "It won't come to that."
Just then, Michael's cell phone rings. "Hello." Michael answers.
'Amanda's calling.' Computer mama tells me before telling me what Amanda's saying on the other end. 'We've a situation, Michael.'
"Amanda." Michael says nervously. "I'm kind of busy right now."
'I understand, but Alex has made an accusation against you.'
"Alex?" Michael frowns.
'She said that Thom had feelings for her. Feelings that led him to behave irratically. Unless of course, Alex's accusations are mistaken?'
Michael looks at mommy as she whispers quietly to him. "Help her, please."
"Yeah." Michael sighs into the phone. "I'm sorry. I should've said something. I thought I could help him."
'So you knew he put her in compromising situations.'
"Yes I did." Michael says. "But he was a promising agent. I made the wrong call."
'You of all people should know about the dangers of an agent falling in love with a recruit, Michael.'
"Yeah, I'll keep that in mind." Michael says to Amanda as he looks at mommy with a smile. Mommy smiles back. I don't really understand, but mommy and Michael looks happy, so I'm happy too...
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Mommy, Michael, and I walk into a big building with red doors. Mommy's holding my hand as we walk towards Owen, who's standing in front of a computer inside the building. He has one of those things mommy and Michael call a black box in his hands.
"Owen." Mommy calls out to him as we walk closer to him. "We can get you the regimen." She says to him as Michael raises a gun towards him.
Mommy lifts me up onto an empty seat. "Stay here, sweetie." She says before walking to block Owen from Michael.
"I don't need it." Owen says. "Not anymore." I don't know why, but Owen feels really scary right now.
"You do this, people will get hurt." Mommy tells him.
"There's always pain before you get better." Owen says. "It's how we heal."
"Get out of my line of fire." Michael says scarily making me squeak nervously as I quickly jump down from my seat and run over to grab onto mommy's arm. Mommy might get hurt...
"Sweetie, go sit down." Mommy looks down at me.
"Mommy come and sit with me..." I shake my head as I grab onto mommy's arm tighter.
"I'll be fine, sweetie." Mommy says to me softly before looking at Owen again. "Owen, please..."
"This is how we remember Emily." Owen says scarily.
"Nikita, take Infinity and move." Michael says. He sounds as if he really wants to hurt somebody right now. I feel goosebumps pop up my olive skin...
"And Daniel, and everybody else." Owen continues as if Michael hasn't interrupted.
"Nikita, take Infinity and move!" Michael yells scarily, making me whimper tearfully before starting to cry a little.
Mommy and Owen doesn't say anything as a loud beeping sound comes from Owen's computer. Michael steps to the side and shoots at the black box, breaking it with a BIG hole.
Mommy quickly crouches down and hugs me. "Mommy, I'm scared!" I cry louder and harder as mommy picks me up into her arms.
"No!" Owen yells angrily before running up to Michael and a fight starts between them.
"Boys, no!" Mommy yells before quickly putting me back onto my seat and running over to them to try and stop the fight.
Owen angrily lifts mommy up and throws her onto a table, breaking the table before mommy falls to the floor. I feel a spiky ball poking from inside my tummy. "No! Don't hurt my mommy!" I cry and scream LOUDLY.
Michael quickly picks up the gun he's dropped and points at Owen again. "Hey!" He yells at him as I quickly hop down from my seat and run over to mommy. I quickly hug her as I cry even harder.
"Michael, don't shoot him!" Mommy yells just before Michael knocks him out. Mommy stands up as she picks me up with her.
"Mommy!" I cry loudly as mommy hugs me and rubs my back.
"Shh..." She whispers in my ear and kisses my cheek. "I'm okay..."
Then, mommy looks at Michael. "Thanks for not taking the shot."
"I still don't like the guy." Michael shakes his head, but he sounds as if he might smile...
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After a while, I quiet down in mommy's arms. Michael's on the phone with Percy as computer mama tells me what Percy's saying. '... And there's no sign of him?'
"No." Michael sighs. "The box was destroyed and the guardian strike team are dead. You know that's the second one she's gotten to. Perhaps you should rethink your black box system."
'Hmm... Perhaps...'
After that, Michael hangs up the phone and walks over to me and mommy. "You feeling better, kiddo?" Michael says as he sits down beside us.
"Uh-huh." I sniffle and nod as I wrap my arms around mommy. "Mommy always makes me feel better."
"Oh, sweetie..." Mommy smiles happily as she kisses me on the lips. Michael just smiles as he tickles my tummy before wrapping an arm around mommy's shoulders. Mommy lays her head on Michael's shoulder happily.
"We're finally all together." Mommy murmurs with a smile...
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Mommy and I are waiting for Owen to wake up as I'm sitting on mommy's lap and playing with a little rubber ball. "Hey." Mommy says as Owen's beginning to wake up. "You notice I wind up as your nurse a lot? You're unconscious half the time we're together."
"And you're practically always holding that kid like she's your lifeline." Owen grunts as he pushes himself up into a sitting position. Mommy picks me up with her before going over to sit beside Owen.
"Easy there." Mommy tells him. "I've been crushing your pills and feeding them to you intravenously. So the dosages might be a little off."
"My pills..." Owen says.
"Yeah." Mommy sighs. "Michael recovered them from the guardian's safe house. But I've your supply."
"Thanks." He mutters.
"We got to get out of here." Mommy says as she puts me down on the floor before grabbing both mine and her coat. "Michael's covering for us, but this place may no longer be safe." She says as she helps me put on my coat before she puts on her own.
"Sounds like I own him." Owen stands up.
"You can thank him when we get home." Mommy says as she picks me up again. I hug mommy happily. I like it when mommy's holding me...
"You're going to have to thank him for me." Owen sighs and shakes his head. "I'm not going with you."
"What are you talking about?" Mommy asks.
"I think I need to find some answers." Owen says.
"Owen, this isn't something you have to go through on your own." Mommy tells him sadly.
"Yeah, it is." Owen nods with a smile. "But there are some things I have to do by myself. Find a way to get off this regimen for one, and figure out if I'm ready to start making up for the things I've done. Till then, I could be no help to you, Infinity, or anybody else."
Mommy sighs with a small smile. "You know where I'll be." She's just about to turn away and leave before Owen speaks up again.
"Nikita?" He says, making mommy turn back around with me still in her arms. "I never apologized for Daniel. I'm sorry."
Mommy's eyes are wet and she looks as if she might cry soon. But after a moment, mommy puts me back down on the floor before hugging him. "Take care of yourself, okay?"
After she lets go of him, mommy's crying a little as she tearfully picks me back up and hugs me. I wrap my arms around her and kiss her wet cheeks as we leave Owen...
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Mommy's still holding me as she calls Alex. "I'm in London, but I'm coming home."
'We got to talk.' Computer mama tells me what Alex is saying. 'Amanda recommended my cancellation. Luckily, Percy wasn't convinced.'
"We need to move up the timetable in your extraction." Mommy nods.
'Good. I nearly bought it today. Amanda had me on a lie detector. Here's what's weird, Michael saved my ass. Do you think he's planning something?'
Mommy smiles. "Alex, we need to talk about Michael..."
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Author's note: hey guys, here's another chapter. Please remember to review!