My first fanfic for Mirror's Edge!
Please forgive the grammar errors and some typos...anyway Enjoy!
Chapter 2 is finished btw, I'll just have to upload it soon.
Dont forget R&R!!
The getaway.
My name, is Greg. I have no idea what was going to happen to me today. But I do know that because of whatever happened today, It's going to change my view about the city I'm living in. Forever.
I woke up at 8 in the morning just as usual. Started getting ready for work. I took my Laptop and everything that I needed for work. I finished my breakfast rather quick. It was a normal thing. A normal day.
I live alone on my apartment. My parents live on this city as well, but I just never visit them. We had a little fight Back in the days. Which makes me more not into the visiting type. I had a girlfriend once. She was kind and pretty. Well at least in my eyes she were. We only dated for about like 3 months before she dumped me. Reason? She says that she met another guy. Ow yeah sure, that's easy to say. So, to sum it up, I live alone, and I'm quite happy about it. I also intend to keep it that way.
I took my car keys and got in my car quickly. Starting the car up was just quite easy.
I worked my way to work on the Pirandello Kruger office. I work as an accountant there. I have no intentions on physique training like being a private security officer. I guess accounting is just what I do best. I'm such a nerd.
So there I was in my office with my fellow associates. I rarely talk to them. But they talk about me all the time behind my back. I just pretended like I didn't know anything about this. I don't care whatever they're saying about me. My intentions are just working.
Faith Connors. Name really rings a bell. My associates are always talking about these so called "runners" that's always running through the city's roofs. Well, I don't really mind about them as long as they don't bother me. For all I know, they're just a bunch of retards who doesn't even have money to train in a gym or something. Jumping on roofs? Yeah right. What a lame excuse.
So just to be quick, I finished my shitty job and got back to my apartment. It was dark. I tried to turn the lights but it wouldn't work. I slowly walked in to my dark aparment. I couldn't see anything except for the light coming from my opened balcony. I walked slowly to my balcony since it is the only light source on my apartment. Just when I reached the balcony, A red dot sight laserish thingy was in my chest. A big bang what sounded like a gunshot was heard.
"HOLY SHIT! WTH?" I complained to myself as I crouched back behind my balcony door. The gunshot Shattered My glass door to pieces.
"Ok calm down." I spoke to myself trying to calm my fear down. Not long enough, another rapid bang was heard. This time, it was an automatic rifle. The bullets went haywire inside my apartment that is being torn into pieces. I ran panickly whilst crouching to my bed.
"SHIT SHIT SHIT, WTH IS GOING ON?! GOD-DAMN!" I complained with a little anger tone. All of a sudden, the fireworks stop. The situation became so quite, when suddenly, my door was being banged really hard by someone or something. The noise was trembling inside my apartment.
I was panicking wildly, I don't know what to do. When all of the sudden , Someone grabbed my shoulder really hard. I turned my head to see who it is. It was Faith. The ones in the tube.
She whispered to me with a little fear in her voice.
"You got a car?"
"I-I, I guess so" I said nervously. I felt like I was going to explode.
"Do you have or do you not?!" She said half screaming
"I do I do I do! Just, please don't friggin kill me" I said rapidly.
"Ok, where is it located?" She said calmy.
Bullets was whizzing again while the sound of banging in the front door was getting louder.
"HEY FOCUS! Where is IT?" She said half screaming again
"Alright Alright alright, It's in the um...The um...Basement! Yeah it's in the basement, totally in the basement." I said with great fear.
"Ok. I was about to leave you here but considering you have no other options, Im going to take you with me. So don't annoy me and just do as I say. Can you do that?" She was asking me with another calm tone.
"I guess?" I replied back simply.
She took my wrist really hard and started to rush through the kitchen window. Since I was dragged, I have no other option but to follow her running. Bullets was wizzing through my ears. The front door of my apartment was destroyed and what looks like 4 SWAT officers carrying a SCAR rifle was coming in through there.
Faith Jumped out with me to the next building through the kitchen window. I was just feeling numb.
She landed perfectly. In the contrary, I landed really rough. And I think I twisted my ankle.
"WHAT THE HELL! GEEZ that GODDAMN HURTS! Why didn't you TELL ME if we were to be JUMPING like CHIMPS to THE NEXT BUILDING! Mother-OW Hell...Damn!" I said whining like a complete loser.
"LOOK! WE REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS CHAT, SO I SUGGEST YOU GET ON YOUR FEET AND START FOLLOWING ME!" Faith screaming loud. I can see that she was really panicking at the time.
I don't want to be left alone their to die, I mean, I wasn't ready.
So I did what she told me. She took my wrist again and started running again like a V8 engine. I really couldn't follow her because I'm not a runner. And not to mention my ankle was not helping me at all. So I fell alot of times, but she didn't quit on me. I didn't knew runners could be such caring even in the time of panic.
Faith rushed through a door on the roof then quickly took an elevator to go to the ground floor. I was really exhausted, so I let my self breath out on the soothing air conditioned elevator.
"Yeah, I'll be there. No I'm using a car. Merc! I can't run around with these PK Officers still chasing me...what? Yeah I'm with someone...So? I can't! I'm using his car....Look Merc, I'll be in your lair in one piece. You just have to get the pizza ready." Faith was talking to some guy on the intercom.
The elevator door opened with a ding sound. She takes my hand with firm grip yet again and starts running straight forward out of the building. We were actually running to my apartment building again to get my car on the basement.
She let's go of my arm as she starts to jump the iron fence in front of her that was separating this building and my apartment. I just stared at her on the other side.
"WELL? Hurry up! Jump!" She said with a hurry manner.
"You expect me to jump? I CAN'T, and I WON'T! For all I know, I'm exhausted as hell, my ankle hurts like shit, Thankyou very much!" I replied back with a sarcastic anger expression on my face.
"LOOK! I don't know WHAT you're up to, but all I know is neither you or I, is going to die tonight. Now jump this God-forsaken fence already!" She said with a sassy style.
"OK FINE! But I'm doing this for my life and not for YOU!" I told her as I start to crawl the fence with great dificulty.
I was half way jumping the fence, when suddenly, 2 SWAT officers was coming from behind Faith.
"HEY! YOU TWO! STOP IT RIGHT THERE!" They screamed while pointing their rifles to Faith.
I just stopped my position immediatly (I was currently in the top of the fence). Faith turned around quickly and shot them both in they're feet with her glock, making the SWAT officers blind fire their rilfe everywhere. As she was doing her "business" I finished jumping the fence and am now in the other side as Faith is.
"OH GREAT! So now YOU happen to be, ow I don't know, CARRYING A GUN!" I said with great fear and sarcasm. I was just shocked that she was carrying a gun.
"IT's not MINE ok? I picked it up on my journey here and happen to get STUCK in your FANCY APARTMENT!" She said replied me with great Sarcasm again.
I really didn't care or less, My goal is just to get out of here and get my normal life BACK.
We ran through the stairs of my apartment downstairs to the basement. Right then, I saw my car in perfect condition.
"There! The Silver BMW! That's my car!" I screamed sounding quite happy for it. I didn't seem THIS happy using the same car for work today earlier this morning.
We both together ran to the car and....I dropped my car keys.
"YOU WHAT?! Can't you just HOTWIRE IT?!"Faith said with shock
"NOOO, YOU CANT HOTWIRE IT!, IT'S A BMW! IT'S controlled ONLINE to an OPERATOR. Geez what do you THINK this is the 60's?!" I said trying to explain fancy automobile stuff.
Suddenly, a group of SWAT and PK was rushing through the building's basement.
They were firing their rifle rapidly making cars glasses to shatter everywhere making it a heavy chaotic situation.
"Look..Ok, you just go find your car keys calmly beneath the cars, and I'll stall them" Faith said calmly.
Faith started shooting back with her glock that was just only one clip left. I was panicking, I couldn't seem to find my keys anywhere under the cars. I started looking over and over again but I just can't find anything . I was so stressed out when suddenly....The key was in my pocket.
I opened the door quickly to get in. So did Faith.
She was in the driver's seat so CLEARLY she is driving.
"OK, what's your PLAN NOW?" I said half underestimating her
"We rush them down" She said calmly with a little smile.
With no time at all, she was getting the car, my car, to a full throttle. The PKs and SWATs are still firing at us from the front. Bullets were penetrating my car's once beautiful body. My Car's glass began to crack as it can not hold on the bullets that were smashing it with great force rapidly.
The car jumped to an air and took an immediate left. Faith throttled the car again making it accelerate so fast and leaving the apartment site within seconds. The PK and SWAT officers were slowly vanishing.
I sighed with great relief and start to close my eyes. I can still see Faith with a serious look on her face. I looked near the hand break of my car and saw Faith's glock. I immediatly grabbed it and point it at her with a freakish look.
"OK, you got out, you got the car right? Now drop me off and leave me be!" I threatened her with her glock that I used.
"Tell me, whatever your name is. do you really expect the PKs and the SWAT team, not to mention the CPF, will let you get away after you helped a RUNNER like me escape through a building using YOUR car?" She said while staring me and my gun with a mischievous look.
"But, Fine! If that's what you really want then , I could just drop you at the New Eden mall for you to buy some Pretzels there. Sounds good?" She continued as she ignored my gun and continued to look to the front.
I lowered the gun and put it near the hand break again. I put my hands on my face as I slightly groan to myself. I then released my hands and I looked out the window.
"Why bother? I don't even like Pretzels anyway." I said as I start to close my eyes again and started to lean relaxly to my BMW's leather seat....with bulletholes ofcourse.
Faith smiled and continued to drive. "Silly guy, he does know that the gun is empty right?" Faith thought to herself.
Threatening with an empty gun? YEP! Typical accountant. Hope you guys liked it. Chapter 2 will be uploaded soon.