Question #4

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2006)

Mike arrives at home and learns that Steve is alive and somewhere in reach. He is told that nobody has heard from Nicky. As a best friend would, he goes back to Saigon in search of Nicky. He goes back because he needs to know if Nicky is still alive. He knows the french man can tell him the whereabouts of Nicky, and makes his way there. Mike knows he has to push to find out what he wants to know, and pays large sums of money for the information. He is brought back to the gambling room where he saw Nicky last, and is soon standing right in front of Nicky. Nicky has become notorious for his luck in Russian roulette, and Mike finds himself talking to an unresponsive Nick. Mike promised Nick he wouldn't leave him to die in the war, and this drives him to go back and fulfill his promise. Nick has been alone so long that he has forgotten home, and no longer cares if he dies. It is apparent that Nick feels that Mike has broken his promise when he spits in Mike's face. Mike knows nothing will be the same without Nicky back in town, and with the way Nicky went out.