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Scottie and Kavanaugh were already firing at the crew, taking them out much faster than I expected for arms runners.
“What’s the plan?” I shouted to Fox.
Fox grinned at me, then ran for Scottie.
23
SCOTTIE
Fox ran over to me, grabbing my hand just after I took out one of the crew. “What—”
He grinned as he pulled me into him, spinning me around before sliding his hand behind my back and pulling me flush against his chest. That’s when I heard it. Strains fromThe Nutcrackerwere playing from his pocket.
“No,” I said forcefully.
“It’s gonna happen.”
I tried yanking my hand from his, but he held me tight. “It’s so gonna happen. You know you’ve missed this.”
“I haven’t missed it at all. You can’t make me do this,” I argued.
And then he stepped forward as I stepped back. “It’s a waltz. Just flow with it,” he said, tilting his head to the side as he started to waltz.
“Fox, this is not happening!”
“Then why are your feet moving to the same rhythm as mine? You know you want this. You can feel the passion flowing through your veins. It’s go time!”
It was go time. Time for me to get the hell out of there. But I was already wrapped up in the music, swaying with him to what I believed wasThe Waltz Of The Snowflake.And then the tempo started picking up, and he swung me around. I pulled my gun, firing a shot just before he pulled me back in.
“That’s it! Yes!” Fox shouted. “Feel it!”
I waltzed my ass off, leaping out of his hands in time with the music, flipping over one man and grabbing his neck, breaking it in the next instant. Then Fox motioned for me and I ran at him, leaping into his arms as he lifted me over his head, spinning me around as I fired over and over again until all but the captain fell to the deck as the music turned quiet.
Slowly, Fox lowered me. I pointed my toe, touching down in a grand jeté. I really fucking hated that I saw The Nutcracker at the theater with him last Christmas. The captain shook his head, mostly in disbelief at what he was seeing.
“Are you ready?” Fox asked.
“Bring it,” I said, still staring at the man. The music sped up again and I spun, holding my arms out in first position as I pointed my toe and turned again, always maintaining eye contact with the man. Damn, my ballet was on point. The closer I got, the faster I spun until I was just feet from him. Then I leapt in a tour jeté, raising my arms in the air as I spun and landed in a somewhat perfect grand jeté.
I sighed, smiling wide as I took a deep breath and glanced at the man kneeling at my feet with one of Fox’s daggers straight through his heart. He slumped to the side and fell to the boat deck with a thud. Fox walked over and pulled the knife he had thrown, wiping it on the man’s chest.
“Man!” Fox laughed. “That was awesome! I had no idea you’d been practicing so much!”
“Neither did I,” Eli said as he stared at me with his arms crossed over his chest and an amused grin. “Nice…pointy toes. Especially while in combat boots.”
I cleared my throat. “Yeah, well…” There was no getting out of it this time. I had willingly participated, and now everyone was going to know it. At least there were no cameras.
“So, are you two done, or should we wait for the second act?” Eli asked.
“As much as I would love to do another dance, we have company,” Fox said, pointing in the distance. And that’s when the plan became clear.
24
ELI
For just a moment, I forgot why we were even taking out these assholes. The show Fox and Scottie put on had all of us laughing, wishing we had our phones to record it. I chuckled to myself as Sarah looked at us all like we were weird. She’d get used to us.
“So,” Fox clapped his hands together, grinning at us. “Now, let’s get down to the real reason we’re here.”
