Chapter 18

{*silently laughs at my evil plans* >;] Enjoy nighos!}

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Day 5

"So," Detective McGasky licked his fingertip and dug through a stack of documents in a briefcase. "there are some interesting things I found recently and I think you wanna take a look." he pulled out about 15 papers and layed them across the table infront of them. Nicki sat in silence and glanced over them all.

"Now the guy on the right is the pilot of the plane he crashed. His name is Harlow James but is better known as 'Detroit.' He was sent to hijack that plane from New York to Miami to track you. As the pilot, he failed to land properly on ground near where the tour bus you were in was. That's how the deadly crash happened. He did kill himself and like I mentioned before, other passengers on the plane died as well."

[Wha....] Her eyes grew wide and her heart sunk. She couldn't believe someone would risk their life just to capture her. As the nerves rushed through her body, Nic bit at her finger covering her mouth, then sighed. "Ssssooo...." Nic thought before she spoke up again, "how did he know I was in Florida tho? I mean like who sent him?"

Dr. McGasky pushed his glasses up and adjusted some papers to his left as he explained. "Uhh, well...we do know he found your bus through a tracking system that was monitored on a website. I did some background information on him and it seems that he is apart of some gang or association so he DOES have a leader. We have yet to find info on the gang and who runs it. BUT......are you ready to hear something even more strange?"

She looked up at him with fear in her eyes. "....Sure." It felt like all the air in her lungs were gone and were never coming back. Her voice was sounded at a whisper. [Oh God...]

He pulled a few papers from his right and scanned through them as Nicki observed. "Now, you and Wayne did mention there was an after party being hosted at Rick Ross' mansion."

"Yes."

"Annnnd the um..Murder of the security guard was taken place the night BEFORE the plane crash. Which means the two guys that snuck in the gates were awaiting your arrival that next night the party was taking place. ONE of those guys killed the security guard but fleed the scene when an alarm was set off around the premises. These two men have not yet been identified but they ARE in affiliation with 'Detroit'. They're all apart of the same gang."

"Butchu wanna know whats so crazy though? I received an unknown call approximately 40 minutes into the next hour after the whole scene. (of the plane crash) I answered and no one said anything. It was weird."

Dr. McGasky twisted his face and glanced up at her for a second before turning around to grab his laptop. Nicki curiously observed him and wondered what he was up to. He searched for a few phone documents that Nicki sent him weeks ago to analyze and track the 'Unknown' caller. She could tell that he was really into trying to solve this case and help her out so she would be safe. She appreciated this man for really caring and knowing that this was a serious situation that would possibly be stopped before anything got worse.

As for her being traumatized by everything since the crash, that would scar her for good. Those people she saw would never be erased out of her head and their horrific faces that made her tremble even in her sleep. Those cold cruel flashbacks and weird dreams she had every other night was still haunting her. Nic knew the only way to stop this living nightmare was to end it all at once.

The laptop was turned around and on the screen exposed recordings of the Unknown calls to her phone and also every text message she'd ever received from the code number.

"Now I can only tell you this about these threats coming from this code number. The calls and texts are from the same person. And,"

[Well duh....I figured that out already.] Nic lowkey rolled her eyes and kept listening.

"So we can't reaaally do anything about trying to block the number and or get rid of it because they have a way to get through that too. Its quite impossible at the moment. But we can always get your number changed." he kinda giggled at the last part, making it as though that's what she should've did in the first place. She flashed a slight smile at him and pulled out her blackberry.

"Can I just get this phone cut off for the time being? I mean what if they find the new number?" she bit at the corner of her lips.

"Good thinking. I mean we could. Do you have another phone?"

"Yes. My iPhone. I never use it though." she rolled her eyes and made a stink face.

He giggled, "Okay! That'd be great. Since they only have that number and not the other."

"Okay." she gave him a grin. And looked at her blackberry to see if Safaree had call or texted her. Not to her surprise he didn't. Nic sighed, rolled her eyes once again and frowned a little.

"Now. Have you been getting around safe lately? Anything's been bothering you?"

"Yeah....I guess. I mean, I'm still dealing with the same crazy stuff that's been haunting me. But. Right now, I'm preparing for my tour that starts next week."

McGasky took off his glasses and sat back down after putting away his papers. "Oh, Really? Where to?"

"Well it kicks off in Australia and then I go to Japan." she beamed another smile. He could tell she was really excited about it.

"Whoa you're going all the way out there?"

"Yep! Can't wait to see my babies!!!"

"Well, Ms. Maraj....You sure you wanna do all that with all that's happening? I mean do you think that's safe?"

Nicki's smile faded away when she saw the concerned look on his face. She never really gave it thought that these people would try to harm her even from out of the country. Especially with it being announced everywhere she'd be in AUS next week. [Oh shit...]

"I can't cancel on my babies now because....they've been really waiting forever to see me LIVE and it's....it's something I'd hate to take away from them." It made her quite sad that something life threatening would most likely prevent her from seeing her Barbz on the international tour. Sometimes in life, you would have to risk something in life to do something you loved so much. Something she would have to decide doing with this tour.

"So you're risking this chance to do the tour alone?"

"I'm not necessarily going to be all ALONE but I am headlining. I mean it IS MY tour. And I've taken risks before....ALOT of them. But all in all, I know I'll be fine." she rapidly batted her lashes to show that she was now getting a bit annoyed at people being more concerned about her safety than she was.

The detective had a serious look on his face and didn't approve of Nicki's choice. "Ms. Maraj, I know it's not business to tell you what to do but I don't think anything is more important than your safety and your life. If you want to take that chance to do that then let it be. These type of situations do get out of hand."

A big sigh came from Nic as she rolled her eyes and slightly raised her voice, "Too bad I can't call anything off NOW. My Barbz are my heart. Just imagine if I had to tell them the whole thing was cancelled until further notice. If it's one thing, I DON'T need them finding THIS shit out! Bad enough they're already worried about my where-abouts because of the plane crash. Yeah, I know they'll probably understand but I don't wanna take that chance. They've waited long enough. Anything for my babies. I'm not gonna sit around hiding in my house forever so that person won't hurt me! I have work that needs to be done and nothing and NO ONE is gonna stop me from my grind!" It was til now she realized how angry she had become after she explained herself. Her chest was rising and falling quickly and her nostrils flared.

Detective saw that Nic was becoming fed up and to make a mental note that he'd do all he could on his part to make sure this woman wouldn't be in harms way. Despite of what she said.

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Day 8

Safaree and Shaneqwa were in her gym working out together and doing some catching up. Shaneqwa was becoming worried for her big brother because he was letting something he assumed get out of hand and it wasn't like him to just up and leave Nicki like that. She knew if she brought the situation back up to him, he would be pissed off. But she really didn't give a care because he was being quite childish and ridiculous about it all. The treadmill began to slow down as she came to a stop and called Safaree over to talk.

"Aye, come over here right quick." Shaneqwa said, grabbing her water and trying to catch her breath. Faree did his last few sit-ups before grabbing his towel and taking a seat next to his sister.

"Wassup."

"Deuce, I don't think all this shit is necessary."

He paused and looked up at her, raising an eyebrow. "Fuck you talking about?"

She sighed. "Safaree, that girl is all alone with nobody there to look out for her and YOU'RE suppose to be her best friend!"

He took the towel and wiped sweat off the back of his neck and forehead. He didn't look back up at her. "Look, I ain't tryna hear all dat shit man. She good, I'm good. She'll be alright. Besides, she got niggas lookin out fa her. Aint no needin me."

"And what do you mean by that?!"

He smacked his lips. "Man, look. Awlat fake shit she's been actin out about ain't even true! This whole time she's been lying to me about 'someone's after her' or some stupid shit."

Shaneqwa got up and looked at him crazy. "So you don't believe her?!?!"

"Nigga ain't nobody after her! She just been covering all that fake shit for Drake. He's the one that's been calling her phone Unknown and sending her them private sneaky ass text messages. Talmbout, 'Oh Safaree, someone keeps txting me, threatening me and these unknown calls are getting out of hand. I don't know what to do' yeah right." he shook his head and went back to the excersing equipment.

"How you just gon assume she's with Drake?! I told you about that jealousy shit! Ain't none of-"

He smacked his lips once more then shook his head again. "Cuz dat nigga BEEN snoopin around for awhile! He even took her out on a date, and she didn't come back home til the next morning! After I spent HOURS lookin for her ass and waitin up for her at home. Right off da back dat tell you something!"

"Well I don't think that's the case, Faree."

"Trust me....it's just him. Nicki's been acting as if she didn't want me around her anymore. Puttin on this bullshit act to push me away. Whatever the fuck I did anyway......"

"Safaree, PLEASE." Shaneqwa rolled her eyes and crossed her arms across her chest walking back to the other side of the floor, laying down on her back.

"Ne-Ne you don't even know the HALF of what I know! Have you seen the txts messages he be sendin her?! Like she got his shit in some type of code in her phone.....shit like 'i love you' or 'don't say anything' or 'i'll get what I want' with those retarded ass winky faces. Fuck outta here. If she didn't wanna be with me, why couldn't she just tell me!"

She did a few crutches before pulling all the way up to look at her livid brother. "You're over-reacting and you're being ridiculous!!!"

A loud thump came from the floor when she heard Faree let the weights drop from mid-air. He glared at her and flared his nostrils. "Yeah. Whatever. Fuck both of'em." Safaree snatched his towel up and stormed out of the workout gym and upstairs to the guest room.

"Safaree, you don't mean that!" Shaneqwa called out after him before she heard him slam the door shut.

Back upstairs in his room, he began to disrobe from his sweaty workout clothes. He hated when his sister would always take up for Nicki in any fight they had. Never did he want to talk about it so it made him even more upset. [Only 3 more days....] 3 Days until he would finally move into his own place for now to have some space and clear his mind. Right about now, his sister was beginning to be no help in agreeing with his decisions. Safaree walked into the bathroom and turned on a hot shower. He remembered to grab his phone and check it before getting in.

14 missed calls from Nicki. 28 text messages from Nicki. 2 txts from CJ. 3 from Vincent. He rolled his eyes and checked his emails. Nicki. Nicki. Terrence. Nicki. Manny. Manny. Tyga. Manny. Nicki. Ni-

He huffed and threw his phone back on the bed and went to take his shower.

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"Okay so everything is still going as planned?"

"Yesss! Of course! Trust me, everything will be fine. We got this guys."

"Great."

Nicki had called an emergency team meeting with Manny, T, Joyce, Laurieann and Steve the tour manager. She wanted to confirm that the tour was still on and in full effect for next week. There was nothing to stop her from performing for her Barbz overseas and she wouldn't let anything happen to her or her team.

The only person missing from the meeting was of course, Safaree but at this point she really didn't care.

"So....is SB still gonna come on tour or....?"

"If he wants, he can. I could quite careless at this point." Nicki shrugged and rolled her eyes.

T and Joyce and Manny only understood what she meant when she said that. So they knew. Hypeman or no hypeman, there was still gonna be a show. "I know the barbz'll be looking for him but...." she shrugged again.

Nicki was being completely ignored by Safaree at this point and it was pissing her off. But in the back of her mind, she really did need him on stage with her. Let alone, traveling by her side.

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After his shower, SB came back out wrapped in a towel and went to the drawers to pull out some clothes. When he slipped on his boxers and basketball shorts he walked back over to the bed to retrieve his deodorant and gucci cologne. A ring came to his phone to let him know there was a new text message. The first person that came to mind was Nicki. Probably calling to whine and cry about how much she missed him. He shook his head and checked it anyway.

#RS1137:
You ain't gotta clue playboi...

SB twisted his face at the txt message, confused but replied back.

Target:
Fuck dat mean? Who dis?

#RS1137:
You'll see...

He made the same face at the message and kept it at thought. This is when he realized somebody was playin games.

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