Brains Meet Beauty (MacGyver 2016)

Chapter 5: Do It. I Dare You.

Andy's POV:

My heart skips a beat at the news. Nikki wanted me dead. Mac sends a worried glance my way as my hand tightens on the nail gun. He backs off. "You got enough?" Mac asks Riley at the front of the van. She was recording Kendrick's voice the entire time. 

"Every phoneme in the English language." Shoving the nail gun into Jack's, I jump out of the van to stand next to Mac. His hand comes down to grip mine. Nikki wanted me dead. A woman I thought was my friend made my death a non-negotiable. "What did you do-" 

Kendrick is cut off by Jack placing a piece of duck tape over his mouth. Mac grabs Kendrick's phone from his pocket and quickly tosses it to Riley. "Check the last call on that. It's going to be Nikki." He informs her. She looks at the contact. 

"Eliza Pittsinger. I would have chose Beyoncé as an alias, but hey..."She trails off as she connects the phone to the computer. "Call her." She quickly does as Mac says. It rings for a second before she picks up. "We shouldn't be talking right now." I hear an airplane go by in the background. 

"I took care of your friends." Kendrick's voice says from Riley's computer. She types some more. "They're not going to be bothering us anymore." "Don't call me again. I'll see you in New York." With that she hangs up. "Sorry. Call was voice over IP, routed using TOR. No way to trace it." 

"There were planes in the background, she's at an airport." Mac says. "Alright, I'll look for cell towers at San Francisco International." "NO, no, she's not at SFO." "He's right. Those engines were too small to be commercial." I explain. 

"I heard a Bell Ranger. I think we're looking for a private airport, one that services planes and choppers." Jack concludes. She starts typing and the laptop pings. "Got something. It's in San Carlos, ten minutes from here." 

"Call Thornton, tell her to ground all airplanes in the area. We can't let that virus leave the city." Mac orders. With that we all pile into the car. While Riley makes the call, Jack takes to wheel, taking off into San Francisco traffic. As we drive, I'm in my head about Nikki. 

I notice Mac is too, but instead of comforting my friend like I normally would, I'm thinking about what Kendrick said. Nikki wanted me dead. She could have made any request and she only had two. To disappear and to kill me. Well, looks like neither of her wishes came true. 

It isn't long until we reach the airport. "Hang on!" Jack calls before ramming through the chain link fence, easily driving through it. When he's stopped Mac and I hop out. There's one plane taking off. "Mac! Andy!" Jack yells. "Yeah, we see it." 

With his words, Mac and I take off towards the plane, sprinting to catch it. We reach it right before it takes off and the wheels go up. Mac climbs inside and latches onto my arm, pulling me up with him as we're clinging onto the plane as it ascends. 

Only now do I remember that he's afraid of heights. Great. I give him a look to check in on him and he nods that he's good back. Accepting his answer, We quickly get our footing while Mac and I scan everything around us to figure out what to do. 

Mac grabs his Swiss Army knife and quickly uses it to cut the landing break wire. Just like that the plane turns around and starts to land. Once we're close to stopping Mac and I let go of the wheel base and roll onto the tarmac. I reach over and grab onto his shoulder to comfort him. 

"You ok?" "Yeah, you?" "Fine." "Good." We stand and rush over to the entrance. Riley and Jack have once again met up with us. "You two go up, I'm going around." "Around? How?" Riley asks. I wink at her and take off around the front of the plane. 

I quickly find an entrance into the underbelly of the plane and shimmy my way up into the cockpit. I point my gun at the pilots. "One word." I warn. They nod, hands up I head the boys talking to Nikki on the other side of the door. 

When I silently open the door, Nikki is holding a gun to Mac's chest. "Go ahead, you've already had me killed once." He says, anger in his eyes. I walk forward, tightly pressing my gun to her skull. She tenses. "Go ahead. Do it. I dare you." I spit, finger on the trigger. 

"Five million isn't worth a whole lot when you're dead...for real this time." She sighs, but lowers the gun. Mac grabs it and hands it to Jack. "Where's the virus?" She doesn't answer so Mac start to search her. When he turns her around, I'm still pointing my gun at her. 

"I don't have a gun anymore Andy." "Oh I know. But I'm not really feeling generous right now." Mac turns her back around. "Where is it?" She doesn't answer. "Tear this place apart. "You got it boss." With that Jack and Riley set to work searching the plane. 

I grab onto Nikki's shoulder and turn her around, gun still raised. "You wanted me dead. Why?" She rolls her eyes. "You have been a thorn in my side since I met you. Very upbeat, very naive, and very in between me and Mac." I hold back from rolling my eyes.

"I couldn't tell him how much I wanted you gone because then I would lose him. That, and the fact that you're a threat Andy. A major one. It was best to have you out of the way." I lower my gun, and I see her relax slightly before I bring my hadn't up and slap her across the face. 

"I'm gonna go help them." I tell Mac. He nods as I start searching the plane as well. As we do, Mac and Nikki talk. "Guys, stop looking." Mac tells us. We all straighten up. "She already sold it." Fuck.