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Date Posted: 21:36:28 03/08/08 Sat
Author: Mary
Author Host/IP: cpe-69-135-186-204.woh.res.rr.com / 69.135.186.204
Subject: Characters & Shadows - Chapter 40 (Some bad language)
In reply to: Mary 's message, "Characters & Shadows - Cont." on 11:19:55 02/28/08 Thu

Chapter 40

“Advance teams, report.” Marco instructed. He heard them all report in that they were on mark and ready for primary team. “We will be onsite in three minutes. Be ready.”

Then Marco turned his head to look over his shoulder, “Everything is in place. We’re ready.”

“You’d better be. It fucking took long enough to get here. I thought you were better at this Marco.” David replied snidely from the back of the limo.

Marco tried to ignore him. He told himself, just a little longer…a little longer and it will all be worth it.

“We arrive at the front entrance in two minutes. I will double check the perimeter with the teams and then we go in.”

David just waved him off, “Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever. I’ve been waiting a long time to see her, just get me there. That bitch only dies when I say so and not a minute sooner.”

Marco grit his teeth and remained silent.

*****

“All teams, primary target is in our perimeter. Repeat, primary target is in our perimeter.” That got Adrian’s immediate attention. They were right on time, just as Marco had reported they would be.

She watched as the car pulled up to the block in front of the hospital. On another monitor was the inside of the car and she noted the tension in Marco. The other monitors showed various angles of the hospital including the lobby, elevators, hallway and Nikita’s room. Adrian had watched with sadness as Nikita’s friends had taken turns saying their good-by’s to the young woman. She felt almost a pang of jealousy for the way that these people obviously loved the girl.

But worse she was now watching the lone occupant of the room, Michael Samuelle. He was an amazing man and Adrian was almost disappointed that she hadn’t ‘found’ him sooner and had him ‘enlisted into the organization’. But alas, she had not. He would not leave her side Adrian knew this. There was no scenario that was acceptable to get him out of the room so his odds of being collateral were quite high. But again, there was nothing she could, or would, do about that now.

They were finally at the hospital and Adrian then spoke to the teams personally, “All teams on mark. Primary target is onsite. Ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing more important than taking David Fanning out of play. Condition is black. I repeat, condition is black.”

*****
Michael stood by her side holding her hand, placing kisses on her temple, brushing her hair back. Memorizing every facet of her face. He was numb, lost, swimming in a tide of misery that he had no way of holding back. He had finally found the one, the one woman that he would spend his life with and she was slipping away right in front of him. He had asked for this time alone with her, needed to have her all to himself for a little while. He couldn’t dream of trying to say good-by, he had no idea how to do that. So he silently stood next to her and held vigil on her behalf.

*****

Carla heard in her ear that David was now in the building and she felt another surge of adrenaline rush through her body as she realized this was it. She heard Marco as he was directing them onto the elevator and then Adrian’s voice telling her to take her position. She began to move.

*****

There was silence in the elevator and Marco took that moment to pray to a God he no longer believed in. He wasn’t praying for himself though. He was praying for a woman that he had loved but never had, a woman that deserved so much better than what she had ended up with – thanks to him and his manipulations.

The elevator arrived at the floor and the disembarked. He saw his men in place and nodded as they continued down the hall in silence to Nikita’s room. Marco spotted Carla sitting just outside the door. She was pretending to cry into a tissue with her head down.

Michael lost in his thoughts barely heard the door opening. He felt a wave of anger as he had asked everyone to give him some time alone with Nikita and he desperately needed that time. “Please, not now.” Michael softly asked of whoever was interrupting his precious time left with her.

But whatever he might have expected it was not what he heard from behind himself. A cold, cynical voice carried into the room, “At least she isn’t dead yet.”

Michael turned, furious at whomever had the nerve to come in this room and say such an inhumane thing, “Who are you and what do you want?” Michael’s voice was cold, vicious as he swung around and then paused for a split second in utter shock.

Three men stood in the room, two in black from head to foot and both with guns aimed directly at Michael. The third man stood there with an arrogance that disgusted Michael and he hated the way that he was looking at Nikita. David then looked at Michael, “You must be the actor. Michael Samuelle.”

Michael just stared at him.

David continued as he moved closer to Nikita. Michael tried to move around the bed to stop David but both men instantly cocked their guns and took aim. Michael froze.

“That’s a good boy. You just stay right over there and don’t move. You have no idea what you are dealing with here. Trust me, they will shoot you and I will let them.” David looked down at Nikita shaking his head and then touched her hand, “Little Nicky, I finally get to see you again.”

“Who are you?” Michael asked through clenched teeth. He was furious and he had no idea what was going on, who these men were or what in hell they were doing in this room right now.

David smirked, “She didn’t tell you, did she? No of course she didn’t. Shame on you Nicky, didn’t tell the new boyfriend about me.” David straightened and continued while waving his finger with his wedding ring in the air, “I would be her fucking husband, David Fanning.”

Married? Nikita married? No. She would have told him. She wouldn’t have kept that from him…but then somewhere in the mass confusion of Michael’s mind the name clicked. And then pieces began to come together just a little for Michael. “You son-of-a-bitch. What did you do to her?”

David laughed, “Brave of you considering the circumstance. What did I do to her? I gave her everything. Everything! What did she do? Betrayed me. The slut had the world and all she did was whine and whine and whine. Drove me crazy. I gave her more. Still she whined. Then one morning she’s gone. Poof, just like that. Gone. After everything that I did for her. Ungrateful…”

Marco was concerned that David’s anger would be turned toward Nikita and he could hurt her so easily right now. He had to find a way to make sure he could take David out and the other guard without Michael or Nikita being hurt. He needed an opening.

Michael had had enough of this he was frustrated and at the end of his rope as he yelled, “What are you doing here? What do you want?”

Carla who had been outside the room knew that Marco should have already taken David out, she was not surprised when she was told that it was time. She checked the gun tucked in the back of her pants and then heard the yelling in the room. Taking that as her chance she opened the door rushing in toward Michael as close as she could get, “What is going on in here? It is a hospital you know.”

Instantly guns were pointed at her as she knew they would be and she stopped in false shock, “What….oh, god…what….?”

David was furious at the interruption and pulled out his own weapon aiming it directly at Carla, “Shut the fuck up! Everyone just shut the fuck up.”

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