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Date Posted: 03:17:42 04/20/08 Sun
Author: taurus2124
Author Host/IP: CPE-124-188-1-103.nsw.bigpond.net.au / 124.188.1.103
Subject: Chapter 160
In reply to: taurus2124 's message, "The Rising Dragons ... continued ..." on 02:14:32 04/06/08 Sun

Chapter 160

Nikita looked up when she�d heard the sound of the door opening and watched as Karen and Steven entered the room. Through hooded eyes she watched as Karen spoke quietly to Steven. They both looked over towards her for a brief moment, then continued their conversation. Judging by the look on their faces something was up. It looked to Nikita as if they were planning how best to handle a situation that invariably concerned her. So they had finally come for her. Were they going to torture her for information about the Rising Dragons or were they taking her somewhere else?�

Nikita knew what she could do and decided to thwart their plans for her. She�d try and find out what it was that they wanted. She also needed to find an opportunity to leave the clue for Michael. Without any shadow of a doubt whatsoever, Nikita knew that he would have found her whereabouts by now and would be on his way to retrieve her. If she procrastinated and was indifferent for as long as possible, then perhaps she could give him extra valuable time in finding her at this location before they moved her to a new one.

Lowering her eyes Nikita heard their footsteps approach then Karen�s voice issued an order as she made her way over to her. �Get up Nikita!�

�Why?�

�We�re leaving.�

�Where are you taking me?�

Karen eyed her with disregard. �Enough questions ... just do as you�re told.�

�No! Not until you tell me where we are going,� Nikita replied defiantly.

Suddenly she felt a stinging whack across her cheek. �That�s not important. Get up!�

Giving Karen no satisfaction that her blow had had any effect, Nikita glared back at her. �Make me!�

�As you wish!� Karen gestured towards Steven when it was apparent that Nikita was refusing to comply. He stepped forward, grabbed her by the arm and roughly pulled her to her feet. When Nikita began to lash out at him, Karen quickly grabbed her by the other arm. The jolt to her shoulder caused her to wince in pain.

�Argh!�

Although mentally refusing to accept Karen�s order, the effort to resist their tactics proved to be too exhausting. Physically, Nikita was far too weak and was unable to overpower them. She was in a great deal of pain. Nikita gave Karen an imploring look as they began to drag her from the room. �Okay ... Okay ... I�ll comply. Please Karen ... my shoulder.�

Her strategy had the desired effect. Relenting, Karen released her arm but not before giving Nikita an admonition. �Very well ... but if you resist again ... I will use force.�

�I understand. I�ll go quietly.�

Karen let go of her arm and Nikita immediately lowered it placing her hand in her pocket. Her fingers curled around, then closed over the signature matches nestled in her palm. Then, unbeknownst to her captors, she managed to drop the matches on the floor in the corner near the bed. Nikita then stumbled. Karen glared at her. Then she felt them both grip her arms firmly. A wry smile briefly appeared but Nikita disguised it with another moan as Karen and Steven quickened their retreat. Preoccupied in their haste to leave, they�d failed to see what she�d done.

She�d been able to leave a vital clue for Michael. When he managed to reach this location, this small clue would lead him to put two and two together and realise that someone from The Triangle nightclub was involved in her capture. Michael would know it could only be Karen, Steven or Andy Koo who was implicated in her kidnapping and detainment. Armed with this Intel ... he would act accordingly.

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Nikita had been taken to a private airstrip. Another Chinese man, who they�d called Eddie, had accompanied Karen, Steven and Wang Yu to the airstrip where a helicopter was waiting for their arrival. From what Nikita could gather Yu appeared to be Sun Yee Lok�s right hand man and someone Karen trusted and turned to for guidance. However the relationship between him and Karen surprised her. Once again her suspicious were roused. Judging by the way they reacted to each other, it appeared as if Karen was someone of importance in the triad. This was a revelation to her for up until now; Karen had not been as assertive as she had shown tonight. The woman was a chameleon. Just who was she? Nikita wondered.

Hovering on the heliport, the rotor blades of the helicopter quickly picked up momentum as their car drove over to the waiting aircraft. Once the car had stopped Eddie bundled Nikita out of the vehicle and into the helicopter. Wang Yu remained on the tarmac for a brief moment and spoke to Steven and Karen before he too entered the helicopter. He buckled himself in next to Nikita with Eddie flanking her on the other side. Wang then signalled to the pilot.

Once the three passengers were all inside, Wang closed the door and the helicopter picked up momentum for take off. Nikita was unsure of what was going on especially when Karen and Steven did not enter the aircraft. Swiftly the pilot took off into the darkness. Nikita managed to see the silhouettes of Karen and Steven who were left behind on the asphalt watching as the helicopter flew south over the sea to a new destination.

Inside the aircraft, Nikita knew that she would just have to have the fortitude to withstand whatever they had planned for her. She had great faith that Michael would move swiftly once he had something to go on and it wouldn�t be too long until he found her. She also vowed to try her comm. unit once again in the hope that this time it would work. She could then contact Section so that they could finally trace her location. Until then she would sit tight to conserve her strength until the morning and whatever may befall her.

Things could be better in the light of day ... but the again ... perhaps not.

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Her removal and transition from one place of incarceration to another had been done swiftly under the cover of night. The triad had certainly gone to great lengths to move expeditiously and leave no trace of their whereabouts. Karen and Steven together with the elder man Wang Yu had arranged for her to be taken away from the built up populated area in Stanley and to be brought here to this isolated, remote and less accessible area.

Nikita had been moved to a new hideaway in a disused monastery on Hong Kong�s largest island Tai Yue Shan. Nestled in the hinterland of Lantau Island, the remoteness of the area was perfect for what they had in mind for their guest. Deep in the hidden country stronghold, the location was far enough away from the mainland of the big island and provided greater security from prying eyes. The fact that the monastery was abandoned, overgrown and well away from any touristy areas only enhanced their chances of anybody suspecting that the triad used it as a place of incarceration.

Karen and Steven had set in motion their contingency plans for Nikita but had not accompanied her on the journey. Instead they had returned to Hong Kong to act as normal as possible. It was imperative that they keep up appearances and follow through on their alibis and professions as if nothing had happened. Therefore they had gone to great lengths to make their schedules and routines appear as normal as possible. Steven was also expected for questioning about the bombing by Detectives So and Yee of the OCTB and if he didn�t turn up suspicion could be placed on him.

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In their absence, Wang Yu had arranged for Andy Koo to start the interrogation of their prisoner. He�d been summoned to the monastery to elicit information from Nikita especially about what she knew about the bombing and massacre at his nightclub as well as her knowledge about the Rising Dragons. Everything had been carefully planned and anyone who may be searching for him in regard to her kidnapping would come up short. Andy�s alibi had been well orchestrated by Jiang and his message left on Nikita�s answering machine was testament to the fact that he would be out of town on business. There was no way that he could be implicated in Nikita�s kidnapping. Andy had covered his bases from all angles. Hence his disappearance for a few days could very easily be explained and verified.

This was the ideal situation. They would be able to interrogate Nikita and also find out what she knew about Tony Wong and the disappearance of Madame Cheung without any hindrance or interference whatsoever. Sun Yee Lok had given explicit orders that they were to elicit the information that Nikita knew about the triad members by any means necessary. Wang knew that Andy was the best person to extricate this information. He would enjoy the challenge of matching wits with this woman. So far Nikita Wirth had put up a great resistance but that wouldn�t last long here. The facilities for interrogation were far superior at this new location.

Wang looked forward to what Andy may have in mind for their prisoner and his arrival at the monastery tomorrow would be well received.

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