And so we begin again, another fic and a continuation from 'Pirate's Lady' that so many of you enjoyed! Hope you enjoy this as well. Just keep in mind that I do not own Charlie's Angel's that right belongs to its original creators. This fic is purely for enjoyment and fun. All other characters such as Cate (Caitlin) Fox, Diane Matisse, and any others are of my own creation. Enjoy and make sure you review! AJ5 ;-)
From the Ashes.
Chapter 1.
Travis ran through the narrow alleyways checking over his shoulder every moment he could. He knew she was still chasing him, she had been for the past three blocks, and then she appeared barrelling down after him. He saw the back door open to a building, running through it he took the stairs straight away heading up to the roof hearing her come through the door below him he sped up. Reaching the door he swung it open running out onto the roof the bright sunshine blinded Travis for a moment once his eyes readjusted he hid behind the side of a bird coop towards the centre of the roof, he picked up a long scrap of wood that was propped against the wall next to him. He heard her come through the door as it swung open smacking into the wall, he heard her run towards him where he was waiting ready to swing the piece of wood he had in his hands like a baseball bat. Just as she was about to turn to find him by the side of the coop Travis swung the wood straight into her, he felt the solid hit and watched as it knocked her down onto her back swearing, using this to his advantage Travis took off again heading for the fire escape ladder.
Cate rolled herself to her side watching as Travis headed down the fire escape swearing she scrambled to her feet again and carried on chasing after him following him down the fire escape. Travis looked up seeing Cate coming down quickly towards him, huffing he picked up his speed again crashing down to the ground in the alley, quickly looking around he saw another open door, he ran through it just as Cate came down into the alley, she followed after him. Running through the building the pair crashed through cardboard boxes and passed people, they both realised they were in the back storage room of a shop. Travis turned and came out into the main store which was a quiet fashion boutique, women turned startled to see Travis run into the centre of the room, one woman screamed as she stepped out of the changing room wearing lingerie. Travis stood frozen in the room not knowing what to do; all of a sudden his mind went blank. The room suddenly went by in a blur as Cate slammed into him sending them both crashing through the large shop window.
'When a person says freeze, you freeze! How hard is that!?' Cate yelled as she sat on top of Travis holding him up to her face by his jacket collar, his eyes rolled back as he fell unconscious. Cate dropped him down to the ground as she heard the police sirens behind her and the screeching on car brakes.
'Cate!' Julie called out as she got out of Cate's Mustang running towards her. Cate got up off of Travis and walked over to meet Julie halfway.
'Hey you made it.' Cate said as she continued walking passed Julie towards her car completely out of breath she sat on the front wing of the black Mustang.
'Are you crazy?' Julie demanded standing in front of Cate who was pinching in the side of her waist where a stitch had formed.
'Well, some would say yes to that question, I would debate it.' Cate joked as Julie smacked Cate's upper arm before she sat next to her on the car.
'Not funny, how many blocks in the end?' Julie asked looking down the street and back at Travis who still lay in the crumbled glass on the ground.
'Three and a half but I'm going to call it four.'
'Four, why?' Julie asked looking at Cate confused.
'Because he took to the roof of that building hit me with a plank of wood went down the fire escape through into the shop and then we went out the window. I'm calling that four blocks. Pay up.' Cate explained holding her hand out to Julie. Julie pulled her purse round to her lap and took out five dollars handing it to Cate who pulled it taught three times taunting Julie before folding it and putting it into her Jeans pocket. 'Thank you.'
'Unbelievable.' Julie said crossing her arms in front of her chest pouting slightly.
'What? You said I couldn't catch him on foot in less than five blocks and I proved you wrong for the cost of your five bucks.'
'You're explaining to Charlie about the window.' Julie said getting up heading over to the cops as they picked up Travis off the ground as he started to come to again. Cate smiled following after Julie to give the police their statements and credentials, not that the police wouldn't know them any way. The Townsend Agency was pretty famous within the law industry.
'Fine I'll explain it to Charlie if you'll explain it to Kelly.' Cate counter offered, Julie stopped and turned to face Cate.
'You honestly think I'm going to tell your sister what happened here, on my own?' Julie then proceeded to laugh. 'Hell no, no way that one is all yours as well, there is no way I'm getting in between Kelly and when you tell her about this. I will however be sat on the couch listening with the rest of the team and maybe with some pop corn, yeah I think with pop corn.' Julie laughed again as Cate arched her eyebrow at Julie smirking herself at the thought of the team sat listening to that conversation.
After giving their statements to the police officers on scene Cate and Julie got back into Cate's Mustang, Cate driving they headed back to Charlie's large house their temporary office since the original office was blown up by Diane Matisse nearly two months back.
'You know the sooner the new agency is completed the better.' Cate said as she drove. 'Charlie's place is great and all but it will be nice to be back in an office, not his home.'
'It bothers you that much?' Julie asked looking out to the road.
'Not a great deal but it's his home not an office.'
'Plus having Kelly, Jill, Kris and Sabrina all running around trying to find any photos of Charlie is wearing a bit thin.' Julie and Cate laughed together as they drove on through town.
Arriving at Charlie's house Julie and Cate walked into the house heading towards the back billiards room which seemed to be the largest ground floor room with a bar for them all to congregate in as an office. Reaching the door the pair of Angels could hear Kelly's voice before they even entered.
'She did what!?' Kelly's voice shouted through the grain of the big wooden doors.
'Maybe we should come back later.' Cate said quietly to Julie as she began to turn and walk from the door.
'Oh no you don't.' Julie laughed grabbing Cate by the tail of her tan leather jacket and opening the door into the room. Kelly, who was on the phone, spun round to face the pair of them, she was not amused.
'All right Charlie, we'll call in again later. Bye.' Kelly hung up the phone a stern look on her face as she leaned across the bar to look down Cate who looked innocently back at her big sister.
'What?' Cate asked just as Jill, Kris, Tiffany and Sabrina came in to the room having heard the phone ring and Kelly shouting.
'You ran down a suspect through several blocks, across roof tops.'
'Hey, only one roof top.' Cate pointed out as Julie walked behind her and sat down with the other Angels on the long red sofa in the room trying not to laugh as they watched the sisters.
'You chased after him down from the roof top into the back of a clothes boutique and then threw him out of the store.' Kelly continued.
'Well Kelly, it was a woman's clothing boutique.' Kris tried to defend; Kelly spun round to Kris a look of anger and annoyance on her face.
'She threw him through the shop window!' Kelly yelled thrusting her hand indicating towards Cate. Kris stifling a laugh and smile sat back using Jill as a shield.
'I told him to freeze at the first scene but he chose to run so I had to pursue, right?' Cate asked the rest of the Angels who were sat watching the matinee performance in front of them not one offering an answer.
'Caitlin.' Kelly scolded walking slowly towards her sister.
'What did you learn from Travis any way.' Sabrina interrupted standing up in front of Kelly blocking her from Cate.
'We were trying to find out what he knew when he started to run.' Julie explained.
'Why run though?' Tiffany asked, 'The bad guys don't normally run from us.'
'Could be that Diane has told them all not to confront us or harm us in any way. Make sure we're all hers and hers alone.' Kris suggested.
'Yeah, remember that guy from last week? He was dying to strike out at Bri but backed off in submission. Jill explained in agreement.
'Yeah, not that I'm not thankful the guy didn't hit me but he said it was more than his life was worth.' Sabrina said taking her seat next to Tiffany again.
'So what's next?' Kris asked as they were meeting dead ends everywhere they turned, sometimes literally.
'We eat.' Jill and Cate said together then pointing to one another as they both said 'Jinx.' And started to laugh, Kelly was not amused. Everyone agreed lunch was the answer as they walked out of the billiards room toward the large kitchen where Charlie's staff was finishing making the Angels lunch.
'Take your seats in the dining room ladies, your lunch will be ready momentarily.' Charlie's chef Marc told them. Thanking him they made their way to the dining room taking their seats as they all continued to talk and laugh. Kelly took hold of Cate by her elbow taking her to one side.
'We're not finished.' She said before letting her sister go and joining the others. Cate took a deep breath and sighed smiling to herself before entering into the dining room and sitting down between Kris and Julie.
Across town in what used to be Damien Roth's large mansion situated in the Hollywood hills, men carrying suitcases filtered in through the front door followed by a lady no taller than 5'7' wearing a blood red tight dress, black high heels and a black swooping hat with a small veil just long enough to cover her eyes. She looked very fitting for the 1940s mansion she had just walked into. Taking off her hat and shaking her black raven hair out from the tight bun she had, had in tied it back into Diane Matisse walked through the entrance hall of the mansion surveying as she did so.
'That Brit had nice taste. Ok boys we're home, let's get back to business.'
'Business?' One young man asked looking to her confused.
'It's time to hunt Angels Billy, time to hunt Angels.' Diane smiled to the young blonde man as she sauntered through to the sitting room and through the mansion.