"Drop it!" Julio yelled. Shy threw away the pump. "You too, drop it!" he yelled at Nick.

"Let her go!" Nick said, taking a step closer.

Julio fired, barely missing Shy. "I’ll kill her!"

Nick knew he could shoot Julio in the head before he got a shot off, but before he was able to, Sal burst through the door, firing that semi. It gave them enough time to get out the door with Shy. By the time Nick got outside, they were gone.

As he drifted off to sleep, he acknowledged the fact that his intoxication definitely played a role Shy’s kidnapping. With his level of skill, Nick should have been able to drop all three of the bandits, semi or not. He shot Julio, but Julio was still able to get up and walk out with Shy. If he had taken the shot, would he have hit the target or Shy? Nick tossed and turned and the nightmare began again.

"Bobby put the gun down!" Mike yelled.

"I’ll kill you!" Bobby screamed at Nick.

Mike put his gun to Bobby’s head. "Bobby please," he said quietly. "Take the gun out of his mouth and put it down."

"Don’t think this is over. I’ll kill you!" Bobby shouted. "And that bitch!"

Nick sat straight up on the bed and reached for his gun. He was sweating and breathing hard. Slowly, he began to calm down. He looked over at the bed next to him; there was a man lying down. Nick aimed his weapon at the man. With the barrel of the gun, Nick poked the man in the back. "Get up. Nice and slow," Nick said as he backed away and the man began to move.

"Don’t you think I unloaded your gun before I laid down?"

"Black," Nick said as Mike Black sat up on the bed.

"Hello, Nick. Damn, it’s good to see you." Mike stood up and held out his arms. Although he was glad to see him, Mike would have preferred that it be under better circumstances than this. Mike was pretty excited when Wanda called and said that Nick was on his way to the island to see him. Now this had to happen.