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After training was completed for the day, Nikki settled down to watch some TV. She was flicking through the channels to find something interesting when a show caught her eye. It was a news report on their last rescue. Nikki listened to what Ned Cook had to say. He always had nothing but praises for the organisation ever since the boys rescued him and his colleague in New York. Nikki turned up the volume slightly.

"This is Ned Cook reporting on location from Mendoza, Argentina to give you the latest update of this troubled city. Not long ago, this city suffered from a terrible earthquake. Earlier, we were able to visit one of the hospitals to gain interviews from various patients who were rescued by the valiant International Rescue team. All the stories were extremely fascinating, but one struck me as very intriguing."

"One of the patients, who by request shall remain anonymous, told me, and I quote, 'Everything was falling around me. I tried to escape, but I wasn't moving fast enough for International Rescue. So they decided to things into their own hands. The next thing I saw was a fist flying toward my face'."

"Oh no." Nikki put her hand over her mouth. She didn't think her actions would get this far. She listened as Ned Cook continued.

"Now, as you may know, I was once rescued by that brave team and I know they would not attack someone for being slow. I had my suspicions about this particular patient. There was something about his story that wasn't right. So, using my brilliant reporter skills, I did some digging and found someone who could give us the truth as to what really happened. This is what I found out."

Nikki leaned forward as the picture on the screen switched from Ned Cook to someone else. The name on the screen said, "Juan".

"I tried to persuade my friend to leave his apartment, knowing full well that it wasn't safe anymore. He was only interested in the ice-skating finals." Juan rolled his eyes. "No amount of persuading would move him from his seat in front of the TV. I don't think International Rescue attacked him. Something must have hit him and his imagination ran wild. It wouldn't surprise me. That place was falling apart anyway."

Nikki turned off the TV and thought about what she just saw. She had to tell Jeff. Even if Ned Cook didn't believe the patient he interviewed, and Juan told his version of the story which would back up hers, he still had a right to know.

xxxx

Jeff looked up from the newspaper he was reading when Nikki entered the lounge.

"Mr Tracy, there's something I need to tell you."

Jeff put down his newspaper and signaled for Nikki to sit down on the couch, "So, what do you need to tell me?"

"I just saw a news report by Ned Cook on our last rescue. He interviewed that guy I punched." Nikki looked down briefly. "I know, it was wrong to hit that man, but he got violent and because of him, I dropped the hypospray. I couldn't think of any other way to get him out of that building. Now we could get into trouble because of me."

"We won't get into trouble because of it. We have agents who could make sure of that. What did Ned Cook have to say on the matter?"

"He didn't believe the story. Plus he interviewed someone named Juan, who claimed to be that guy's friend. He said that he tried to get Juan to leave, but he was glued to his TV. So Juan's story made his friend's sound like a lie, I guess," Nikki explained.

"To me, it sounds like, thanks to Ned Cook and Juan, this man's story won't get out of hand. But in future, try not to make it a habit of punching our rescue victims."

Nikki smiled. "I won't. Thanks for listening." She could have sworn she saw a bit of amusement in Jeff's eyes. Nikki stood up to leave. She stopped when she remembered something. "Oh. Mr Tracy? I thought of a code name for myself. But then, thinking it over, after punching out that guy, I don't know if it's appropriate now. It was always a nickname used by my elder brother and it's also a nickname for a nurse."

"What's the name?"

"Angel."

Jeff smiled. "I think it's a good name. I'll place it into the PDA." Nikki nodded and turned to leave, but turned back when
Jeff called her. "By the way, where did you learn to punch like that?"

"From the same person who gave me the nickname. My brother."

Post by Nikki-browneyes1 on 16/01/2005

Jeff heartbeat Dianne plain My IR:TNP OTP!

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