You're Mine

ice, ice, baby

"Where are you taking me?" Villanelle asks for the third time and again is met with silence from Konstantin. He simply looks at her, smiles then focuses back on the road. They have been driving for three hours and she had lost her bearings once they left the streets of Rome and entered into the countryside. "Are you taking me out to the farm to kill me like a dog?" She asks absently while looking out the window and letting out a sigh of boredom. "No. There is a place where you will be safe, just for a little while. I have to go back to Russian and talk to them. Try to make them see why you must be kept alive" he says, and she turns to him. "I'm amazing, why would they want me dead!" Her comment causes the usually reaction from Konstantin, he frowns, and sighs deeply at her and says " You never listen. You are in trouble. I'm risking a lot for you." He says and she simply ignores this "Don't they think you're dead? I did shoot you" she says and smiles at him. "They know everything. They have people everywhere. You won't be hidden for long." Villanelle let's out a gasp saying, "Oh no, they might find me and then I'll have to kill them all!" Konstantin turns sharply and pulls the car off the road and turns to her. "This is serious. You cannot joke like this. You need to stay hidden until I have dealt with this. Do you understand?" His voice is hard, and he can't help but feel like he is scolding his unruly child. She looks at him and her face is blank, unreadable. "Yes papa. I will be a good girl" she says, her eyes wide and almost on the verge of tears. "You are going to be killed within a week" he says before starting the car and continuing. "Where are we going?" She asks yet again and Konstantin smiles and lets out a laugh. "Somewhere cold" he says and turns to see a look of disgust on her beautiful face. She turns on the radio and a song begins.
"Ice ice baby "
She feels Konstantin's eyes on her as a roar of laughter erupts from the man and she quickly punches the button and shuts the radio off. The sound of his laugh filling the now silent car.

***

Kenny's phone buzzes on the desk and he looks at it for a moment and reads the message. "E is awake, weak but she's asking for you." He quickly tucks his phone into his pocket and shuts off his computer. "Where are you off to?" A voice asks and he turns to see Jess standing in the doorway. "Oh, I'm just, popping out" he says, and she raises an eyebrow and rubs her hand across her stomach. "You can tell me Kenny, I know there's a lot of hush hush about all this. Hugo's dead, Eve is god knows where and her husband is being shipped off into witness protection." Her voice is filled with concern and she takes a step closer, reaching out to touch his forearm. Her eyes pleading with him to give her some explanation. "Meet me at the pub tonight, 7pm." He says before grabbing his jacket and bike helmet and leaves the office hurrying out into the cooling night air. He rides as fast as he can to the hospital and rushes through to the room where an armed guard is standing. He stops and takes a moment to catch his breath before walking up to the guard who simply nods and moves to allow him in. Kenny looks at him awkwardly but doesn't give too much thought to it as he sees movement in the room. He walks in and hears the soft hum of electrical equipment fills the room, he steps in and sees the doctor hovering by the bed, and she smiles before quickly walking past him and shuts the door behind her. Kenny takes a tentative step towards the bed and sees Eve turn her head and a look of relief on her face. "Oh Kenny" she says softly as tears well in her eyes. "I tried to warn you Eve." He says and stops moving forward but Eve's hand reaches out towards him and he moves in and takes it. "I'm so sorry Kenny. I should have listened to you. She killed him. She slit his throat right in front of me and then... oh god" her voices falters and she looks up at him. "What Eve. What happened?" He asks, his voice earnest, knowing that the doctor will need to report to his mother about Eve's condition. "I... she shot me. She thought that I would leave with her. Live in Alaska..." her hand drops away and she turns to the window as tears cloud her eyes. "I can't be here much longer Eve. Mum will be here soon. She murdered Hugo, in a hospital in Rome. Niko is being put into witness protection, she killed Gemma in your storage unit. If you know anything else tell me now!" His voice is hard, and she takes all of this information in, her mind swimming. "Niko, oh god. What did she do? What did I do?" She says and tears begin to fall from her eyes. Kenny walks across the room and pulls out a few tissues from the box and hands them to Eve, who wipes her cheeks and blows her nose. "I killed a man...Raymond. He works for the twelve" she says, her voice soft and she speaks quickly. Kenny looks at her and his face is blank. "Okay" He says and there is a knock on the door, his ten-minute warning that his mother is on the way. "Don't tell her. I'll see if I can find them. Stay safe" He says heading to the door. "Them?" Eve asks as he reaches the door. "Oksana and Konstantin" He says before opening the door and leaves walking quickly down the corridor, his mind reeling with the information Eve had provided.