Infinity and Beyond
-Chapter 35-
Betrayal, Part Two
Mommy and I are inside a REALLY crowded building. My arms are wrapped around mommy's leg while she's calling Ryan on her cellphone. 'I got company, don't I?' Computer mama tells me what he's saying.
"Two guys in coats on your seven clock, thirty yards back." Mommy tells him as she's holding a rectangular, mostly flat screen. "Head towards the lockers. Locker 410."
Mommy watches on the screen as Ryan turns a corner and walks over and opens a small, square door. He pulls out a black bag from inside.
'Open the bag?' He asks.
"No, walk back through the crowd course." Mommy says. Mommy watches as Ryan does what she says.
'You still want to meet on the platform?' Ryan asks again as he looks around.
"Plan has changed." Mommy says. "Head towards the Metro, hustle."
'What am I supposed to do?' Ryan says as he starts walking faster. There are two men who are running towards him.
"Duck." Mommy says. Ryan ducks just in time so he doesn't get hit by one of the two men.
I bite down on my red lips and lower my head so I can't see the screen. My almond-shaped dark brown eyes stare at my sparkly red shoes as I hug mommy's leg tighter. Mommy rubs my head softly...
I don't look up again until I hear mommy's voice again. "You okay?"
'I'll live.' Ryan says. 'They grabbed it.'
"Head toward the exits, hurry." Mommy says.
After a moment, I hear a VERY loud popping noise. I squeak nervously as my eyes start growing a little wet. 'Did I just bomb a train station?' Ryan says.
"I'll explain it first in Jane Street in five minutes." Mommy says before hanging up her phone and turning off the screen.
"Mommy, hold me..." My straight nose sniffles as I whine and raise my arms up towards her while she's putting away her phone and screen.
"Come here, sweetie." Mommy smiles a little as she picks me up and hugs me. "You're so cute." She kisses my cheek and whispers in my ear as she carries me away...
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Vision
Michael walks into the room Wendy and Alex are in loudly. "We need to talk." Michael says seriously to Wendy.
"No." Wendy tells him. "Alex and Nikita needs to talk. After all, Nikita is the one who killed her father." Why would mommy hurt Alex's daddy? Aren't they friends?
"How do you know about that?" Michael narrows his eyes at Wendy.
Wendy waves a black box that's in her hand. "I borrowed this little thing from Percy..."
"Just what exactly do you think..." Michael growls angrily.
"Relax, Michael." Wendy interrupts him. "I won't harm Nikita, and especially not your precious daughter. All I need is for you to get Infinity away from Nikita for a little while so Alex and Nikita can chat. After all, you don't want your daughter and her mother to end up in Division, do you..."
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"We've already lost two people." Ryan says to mommy worriedly as mommy's holding me in her arms. "You need to bring Malcom in now."
"I intend to." Mommy nods. "Sort of. You're gonna sneak us into the CIA. Once Malcom decrypts the box, I split, you get him back, win win."
"No way." Ryan shakes his head.
"I'll be in and out of there before anyone notices." Mommy tells him in a louder voice.
"This isn't some field office." Ryan says. "You're talking about Langley. What you're talking about has to be done in a skift room, and nobody gets in there without SCI clearance, which I don't have. I mean, Tom Cruise, on a harness, couldn't get in there."
"There has to be a way." Mommy shakes her head worriedly.
"I'll give it to the people who can, and I'll convince them to let you sit in." Ryan says. "Director Abbott is a good man."
"Oh yeah, and you think that they'll just let Infinity go when they find out who she is?" Mommy says angrily as she sounds as if she might cry soon. "Look, if it wasn't for this attack, I wouldn't even be looking into this box, I'd be destroying it."
For a moment, Ryan just stares at mommy. "You're afraid for Infinity..." He speaks up again quietly.
"Yes." I can see mommy's eyes growing wet as she's crying a little.
I bite down on my red lips and wrap my arms around mommy in a hug. "Mommy, don't cry..." I murmur quietly.
"You're more terrified for her than yourself..." Ryan smiles at her sadly. "Even though you know there are things on this box that can send you to prison..."
"You know I won't get that luxury." Mommy shakes her head tearfully as she hugs me closer to her. "They'll rip Infinity out of my arms, they'll use her as a weapon, a tool... And they'll burn me..."
Mommy's words makes my eyes grow wet as I start crying a little. "Is someone going to hurt mommy?" I whimper tearfully before shaking my head. "I don't want anyone to hurt my mommy... And I don't want to be away from mommy..."
Mommy rubs my head and gives me a wet kiss on the lips. "Don't cry, sweetie..."
"Nikita, I will never let that happen." Ryan tells her, sounding as if he really believes what he's saying. "I promise you that I'll protect the two of you."
But more tears fall from mommy's eyes at Ryan's words... I raise my head a little and touch my lips to her wet face. I want to kiss all of mommy's tears away...
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Mommy is holding my hand as we walk into our home. "Nikita." Michael's voice speaks up, making mommy look up as my oval-shaped face smiles up at him.
Mommy's eyes widen when she sees Alex and Wendy. "Hey." Mommy smiles at her before frowning as she glances between Wendy and Alex and Michael. "What's she doing here?"
I skip over to him and raise my arms towards him. "Michael, hold me?"
"Come here, pumpkin." Michael smiles a little as he picks me up into his arms before looking back to mommy. "I think you three ladies should have a talk..."
Then, Michael looks back to me with a smile. "You wanna go fly a kite with me?"
I tilt my head as my almond-shaped dark brown eyes looks to mommy before looking back to Michael. "But what about mommy?"
Mommy and Michael looks at each other for a moment before mommy walks over to me and caresses my cheek.
"Mommy needs to talk to Alex and Wendy about something, honey." Mommy smiles at me and kisses my forehead. "When mommy's done, mommy's gonna come and find you and Michael, okay?"
"Okay." I nod.
"Good girl." Mommy smiles and rubs my back. "Go with Michael..."
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Michael is holding my hand as he takes me to a park. He's holding a big red bird kite in his other hand. I stop walking when he stops walking.
"Do you know how to fly a kite?" He crouches down in front of me with a smile.
"Nuh-uh." I shake my head.
"Alright, well, we first put the kite on the ground like this..." Michael tells me as he puts the kite on the ground before unrolling the roll of string as he backs up further and further from the kite. "Then, after unrolling the string far enough, we take the string's handle and run..."
Michael starts running around me. I watch happily as the kite soon goes up into the air. Then, Michael walks over to me and gives me the handle. "You want to hold it?" He asks me.
"Okay." I smile and nod as I take the handle from his hands.
"Good." He smiles back before sitting down on the grass beside me before pulling me onto his lap and grabbing a bag of potato chips. "And now, we can have some snacks..."
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Michael and I play until the sky starts getting dark and I start getting a little nervous. "Michael, mommy's going to come and get us, right?" I turn to him as I bite down on my lips.
"Well... Maybe mommy's waiting for us at home." Michael says. "You want to go home."
"Uh-huh." I nod as my tummy growls. "I'm hungry."
"Alright." Michael says as he stands up on his feet, picking me up with him. "Let's get this kite down so we can go home..."
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But when we get home, we don't see mommy anywhere. Instead, we see Birkhoff standing in front of us. "What are you doing here?" Michael narrows his eyes at him as he slowly puts me back down on the floor.
"I'm here to warn you to run." Birkhoff looks at me and Michael seriously.
"Where is Nikita?" Michael frowns as he sounds as if he doesn't trust Birkhoff.
"Nikita's dead." Birkhoff tells us sadly. Dead... I know what that word means, it means mommy won't hold me, hug me, kiss me, or smile at me again.
His words makes ice buckets fall inside my tummy. My eyes grows VERY wet VERY quickly and my tears fall like a waterfall down my cheeks.
Then, something inside of me feels as if VERY bright and VERY white lights are shining around it. Those lights hurt A LOT! And then, I don't know why, but the hurt quickly goes away and then I feel as if nothing's inside of me...
"No..." My voice comes out quietly as I shake my head REALLY quickly and cover my ears. "Mommy said that she'll come back to us. Mommy won't lie to us!"
"Infinity..." Birkhoff speaks up again, but Michael interrupts him.
"Shut up, Birkhoff!" Michael yells at him VERY, VERY angrily. His loud voice makes me shrink back with a loud whimper as goosebumps pop up my olive skin.
"I want mommy!" My words don't sound clear as I can't stop crying. "Mommy won't lie to us! Mommy won't leave us!"
Michael crouches down in front of me softly and picks me up gently. "You're right, pumpkin." Michael tells me as he hugs me and rubs my head. "Mommy won't lie to us and she won't leave us. So, if she's in trouble, we're going to find her and help her."
Then, Michael looks back to Birkhoff VERY coldly. "And Birkhoff is going to help us..."
Birkhoff just stares at us for a moment. "You're crazy, Michael." He shakes his head as if he can't believe something. 'Birkhoff is not entirely correct. Nikita will wake up from her fake death in a few hours.'
I feel some ice buckets lift back up from inside my tummy. I don't understand everything computer mama just told me, but I do know the part about mommy waking up...
Michael quickly pulls out his handgun and points it at Birkhoff. "I mean it, Birkhoff." Michael growls at him scarily. "You're going to help us find her..."
Birkhoff stares at Michael, looking really nervous and a little scared. He gulps and nods silently...
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Author's note: hey guys, sorry I haven't updated in a while, hit a bit of a writer's block. I know this chapter is a little short, but I'm back now, and I promise that the next chapter will be longer. So please remember to review! Many thanks in advance!