Needing his protection (closed)

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John Roman
Age: 38

Nicole Mason
Age: 34

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Every single lead that turned up for Nicole was a dead end...

Damnit! John was good at not wanting to be found. She had started more than two months ago and she had finally found him...also the rumors of what he was doing followed.

Finally, FINALLY! When she got in touch with a contact of his, they had ordered Nicole to get a room at the Red Rose. It was a small hotel in Las Vegas and there was a small bar in the hotel she needed to wait at for him.

So, here she was, sitting at the back of the bar, her back to the wall as she watched people come and go...she had been waiting over an hour and finally got a text saying the meeting was cancelled.

"Come on John..." she muttered under breath. What the hell? She had been running in circles just to get to him... only to have the meeting cancelled.

The only thing to do was to go to the room she had gotten and see if she could rest up for the night, then head out in the morning. She had to remember that her life wasn’t the only one in jeopardy here.

Nicole knew she was tired...and for good reason? She hadn't gotten a decent night's sleep in a long time...then perhaps if she were more rested, she would've noticed someone following her to her room...

 

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A strong hand suddenly covered Nicole'S mouth, another caught her around her midsection to keep her from thrashing too much. "Shh now, breath, just breath..." a male voice whispered in her ear. The man help a cloth over her mouth and nose, soaked in chloroform. "You're just going to take a little nap, that's all... don't fight it." He continued to whisper as she began to fight him, trapped in his strong arms .

 

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It was too late. Nicole could already feel the effects of the chemical and the way it was making everything around her fuzzy. She listened to the man as he cooed his words. Yeah, she couldn't really do much else. The fight was gone as she saw everything around her go dark and her body fell limp in his arms...

 

[Ravenloft]

John quickly and easily hefted her up into his arms and used his toe to open her door, having waited for her to unlock it before he jumped her. He took her to one of the beds and laid her down. While she was out he made sure the door was locked again and went to the bathroom to brew her up a small pot of coffee. He would need her awake and alert to answer his questions.

While the coffee brewed he pulled a chair up beside her bed and started flipping through the cable channels on the tv. Slowly, the sound from the TV and the smell of the brewing coffee started to draw her from unconciousness. He noticed and turned to watch her, crossing his legs and steeping his gloved hands as she woke up. "Welcome back , sleeping beauty."

 

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Her stomach churned as she slowly woke up. Nicole fought hard not to throw up right on the spot. The coffee smell didn't help either.

Nicole's eyes shot open as she gasped hard. She heard John's words and the first thing she did was sit up in bed and jump at him. She was pissed. The chair he was in fell backwards as Nicole yelled, "What the fuck was the big idea of drugging me?!"

 

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"Easy now, take a few deep breath and, woah shit!" John tried to calm her down but she launched herself at him. His eyes went wide and he put his knees up out of instinct. She knocked him over in his chsir, but he managed to flip her onto her back on the other bed. He rolled to his feet and turned to face her, putting himself between her and the door. Whipping out a knife, he ducked into a defensive stance. One thing was for sure, he was
Not ever going to under estimate her again.

"I needed to be sure you werent a cop! Why the fuck have you been following me?!" He shot back. "What do you want with me!? And lower your Damn voice, someone might call the cops!" It was him being loud now.

 

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Nicole held up a hand as she hunched over and tried to get her senses straight and calm her stomach to keep from heaving all over the floor.

"I'm not the one shouting at me!" She said and finally calmed down enough to catch her breath, "If you had fucking met with me like you promised downstairs then perhaps you'd know why I was looking for you...John!"

"Oh, don't look at me like you don't remember me... it's just us here now.." she told him, her voice low and lethal as she walked around the bed and toward him bit by bit.

 

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"I'm not! I'm not shouting..." John lowered his voice, still on edge from her attack. "And I didn't promise anything, the merc agency did. You'll have yo excuse me if I was a bit suspicious that you requested me by my real name. We have call signs for a reason, you know." He eyed her sharply as she used his real name again and started to slink toward him.

It came back to him in a flash, Havana, ten, fifteen years ago, this slinky red head with danger in her eyes. She'd caught him after a particularly rough mission when his defences were down. He needed some tlc and she sure seemed willing to give it. What was only going to be one night turned into weeks, then months before the old itch for action crept back in and John left her in the middle of the Night to go back to work. It was a world he didn't want her to be a part of, just too dangerous because, well, he loved her. He just loved the job a little bit more.

"Nikki?" He breathed out in stunned surprise. "How did you find me?" He dropped his guard,letting his arms fall to his side's, his knife slipping from his numb fingers. "You look good... real good." He whispered, letting her get close.

 

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Nicole glared at him and brushed off the way he was looking at her, "Oh sure, now you remember me..."

Turning her back on him, she did her best to calm her temper down by taking a few deep breaths before looking back at him, "It doesn't matter how I found you John. What matters is..."

How was she going to say this?

"What matters is that I need your help but-" she crossed her arms in front of her, "after that little stunt, I don't think you can handle it."

Yeah, it was more like 12 years ago she had been with him. Twelve years they had spent time together and then Nicole woke up one morning and he was gone. It really was a blessing in disguise because, she had only been on assignment in her own right.

An assignment that was cut short because she had ended up getting pregnant with their child. A child she never got a chance to tell him about because he left. A child he wasn't aware about and right now, Nicole wasn't sure she could tell him.

 

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"Same old Nikki, even more beautiful when you're angry..." he said, lowering his voice to a deep and sexy timbre.

He saw how serious she was though and knew better than to push his luck with her. "Please, I can handle anything you could throw at me." He retorted, not being boastful, he was dead serious, all business now. "Besides, I remember us being one hell of a team. Don't play games, What do you need help with? I'm the man for the job."

He had absolutely no idea that he'd left her pregnant. If he'd known, he never would have left her.

"I owe you this for leaving the way I did. I know it was a real shit thing to do... I just couldn't stay and put you in danger." He shrugged, knowing it was a pretty weak excuse. "If it means anything, I could never shake you. I tried, but no one ever compared to you." He reached out to touch her arm, that look in his eyes."