Okay guys... it's short, but I promise there's more to come. Hope you enjoy this little teaser. :)
The Chase
Two determined men - one dressed in uniform blue, the other a man whose guilt seemed evident based on his flight from the scene. Legs pounded the pavement keeping time to a merciless rhythm...
The overpowering sound of heartbeats flooded through Jim Reed's entire body and echoed through his temple. Lungs worked overtime and muscles strained to keep up the demand for more speed.
The original call had been a 405 radio... When Unit 1-Adam-12 arrived at the location, a wiry man about 20 years old had burst out the front door and run down the street. Jim immediately leapt from the car and gave chase. Malloy followed in their black and white. The suspect showed absolutely no signs of tiring. Suddenly the man turned a corner. Jim Reed slid to a stop and peered around the edge of the building carefully.
Nothing.
A dead end?
The road had led to a brick retaining wall, which Jim estimated to be at least 12 feet high. The building by which it stood had no door and no window. A parade of ancient beer bottles marched along the ground in disorderly ranks. Discarded newspapers shuffled nervously in the light breeze.
"No one vanishes into thin air," was Jim's thought as he breathed heavily. He glanced back where they had come from... no sign of Pete. Reed had followed the suspect through several really tight alleys through which the patrol car would not pass. His partner had probably tried to get in front of them using another street.
Jim walked further into the area, in case an exit was somehow concealed. There was just no way to scale the wall and there didn't appear to be a way out. He turned to leave, disappointed that he had not been fast enough to stop the vanishing act.
"Hey Pig!" A voice rang out from behind him.
Jim spun around in time to see a man standing on top of the wall. There was a mere second between the time that he heard the voice, turned, and the shot rang out. As he fell, he caught a glimpse of a sneering face and realized that this was not the man he had been chasing. Pain seared through his shoulder and the world disappeared into blackness.
To be continued...
