Nikita

Even though they hadnt spent so much time together, Kyle kenw enogu h to know that his boss was lying through his teeth, and not benign one to give up easily, he was determined to get the answers he needed. Of course the answers woudl be essential to the research, but he wanted to help his boss grieve too, just like evryone around ikita had been trying to do for a while now, but the question was, woud he really succeed or would he be one of the people Nikita kept ignoring whenever they asked how he was doiing?

"Then why did you replay the video several times at the point when your parents are saying they can finally help him" Kyle asked carefully. He didnt want to piss nikita off because nothging good came from a pissed off nikita. nothign.

"I don't know what you mean. Continue'' nikita insisted, but the boy onthe other side of the sceen was adamant. Or maybe kyle wanted his head chopped off so bad that he was willig to provoke nikita to get it. That was a dangerous move, but Nikita cared abotu him, and maybe thats why eh was gambling with his life. That was a stupid choice, but when had anythgin smart ever come otu of Kyle and nikita's interactions if they werent on the verge of death anyway?

"Not until you tell me" Kyle insisted.

"My brother is dead" Nikita said, this time his tone and facials showing that he was beginning to get irritated. Did the oy really want to piss him off really? Was that a smart choice for him?

"He is not and you know it" Kyle said, a little too loudly, a little too harshly, alittle too realistically and Niita snapped.

"Where is he then" Nikita asked angrily making Kyle pick up the irritation in his voice. He had screwed upa nd he knew it. How was he to help his boss if he didnt even ant to be helped. Damn, this would be harder than he thoguht.

"I'm sorry. All i'm saying is that if Yuri is alive, the least I can do is help i search for him, but I can only do that if you tell me what's wrong with him. Lat I heard, there's one particular vile of the virus that is benign sold at an incredulously high price. No one wants to by it" Kyle explained. Even though the orices inthe dark web were ridiculous, there hadnt been one so ridiculous than the price set for the alst viall. It was almost liek it had a specific target, btu now oen coud tlel that anyway. Shopping on the dark web wasnt always like christas. They sold the deadliest of things and got aeway with it, not caring about the impacts of what they ahd done. Anythign for money, that wa thei motto and ethics, that was just shit in their eyes.

"How much" Nikita asked carefully. Maybe this was it, but what if? What if it wasnt , what if he was hoping for too much? What of this was just a hilarious jab thtg his brain was taking at him? What if he was just too screwed up to think straight and now everythging soudned like hope to him? What of there were so many thign that didnt make sense that hs despreationwas hpelessly driving him to? What if? What was ther efor him to think abtu? Kyle could see the wheels spinning in nikita's eyes, the hope in them. He coud tell that Yuri wasnt dead form just the raction the doctor was givign him. He had bee around nikita enough to pick up the small hints and besides, the man had made them fgo to school. They ahd learned a thing or two and thats how Kyle kenw he was right, but he wanted to knwo how long his boss would downplay the reality that was hitting them hard in the face.

"Three hundred million dollars" Kyle said as nikitas face lightened up. Well thatw a the first time the man liooked the least bit happy. Maybe he was on drugs, or maybe he found soemthgito live for eventually.

"That's it"

"What?" Kyle asked, ot getting what nikita was sayong. What did he mean by that?

"The vile with the actual virus that can help my brother" Akita said, making his juior look at hims keptically. If tatw as so, then they ahd to get it and fast. They ahd t track the location of the darn vile and make sure ot was safe so thye could go looking for Yuri. at leas they were now getting somewhere.

"I thought you just said he's dead" Kyle said to niita, his face showing how happy he was. Was it weird that seeing nikita smile made him so happy? We the man had been sad and on a downward spiral for literal months. The elast he could do was be happy for nikita. Everything wud be okay. They would be okay.

"And i thought you were smarter that's why i chose you" nikita retorted, making kyle's smile woden even more. There was a probability that he looked like astupid cow, but kyle was too happy to care about anything. Everything would be okay. Nikita was smilik=gn. He had hope. Their boss had hpe and what more could they as of a man who had given up on everything including himself?

"Well if you say so" Kyle said with a smile.

"They must know I have picked up hints on my brother beign alive, and they must also know about his current illness" Nikita said a little too excitedly, but he didnt care. What atetrd to him at the moment wa that there was hope for his brother. Three hundred million dollars didnt mean anything g in the pavlenko household. That was hwo rich they were. And if thre hundred million dollars as all nikita had to spend to get the one thign that could giv his brother hope, then he wuld spend it. Hell, he would sell himself if the amounts ran short. He ahd skills. He was the beast at what eh did. He was a jack of all trades and cudl do anthgin, if he could get his rbtoehr back. If he coud makeyuri feel better, if he could get the one thing that his brother had been denied for all these months. For the hope in Yri's eyes, nikita was ready for anything. He didn tcare anymore. All he could think of was Yuri. of course he didn tknow where yiri was, but he ahd a legion of hackers to make that happen. But for the virus, it was time limited and could be bought off the market by someone who ahd power and enough wealth like the pavlenkos. He had to hurry.

"Which means that this could be a trap" Kyle warned, but woud Nikita listen to him?