'The Young and the Restless' spoilers: Will Nikki get killed?

"The Young and the Restless" is moving forward this week with episodes that will have every fan holding onto their remote controls. A hostage crisis has happened and someone can potentially get hurt.
Fans can recall from the previous episode that Ian shot down Victor and grabbed Nikki as a hostage. He brought her to the Abbott cabin thinking that the place was empty. He didn't expect that Phyllis will be there. So now he has two hostages, and things are going to get messy.
According to spoilers, Ian will think that Nikki is too much of a liability. Being an elite, someone will really look for her. This will lead him to think that it's best to get rid of Nikki. He only has two options, though — either to let go of her or kill her.
Nikki's life could be in danger and the efforts of Phyllis to put a mind game on Ian will not work. Phyllis tried to do a reverse psychology on Ian by volunteering to shoot Nikki. She's not really going to shoot her though. She only wants to get the gun. But Ian will end the game by telling her that while it's fun to play games, he isn't naïve enough to fall for it.
Instead, he will order Nikki to call Victor in the hospital and ask her to deliver a message for him and that is to bring him a $5 million ransom. It's also said that Victor and Ian will have a face-off. It's not known yet how things will unfold for them but one thing is expected, and that is one will survive the encounter while the other will fall into demise.
Meanwhile, Sharon's situation is getting worse. Spoilers suggest that Kevin will find Mariah unconscious after Sharon loses control. Mariah will tell Kevin that her mother is no longer on medication. Kevin won't easily believe her though so he will do some snooping around to find out the truth. Eventually, Kevin and Mariah will work together to help Sharon.
"The Young and the Restless" air schedule is every Monday to Friday on CBS.