Chapter One:
Exposed
Chapter Song: Five Years by Blake Neely
The asphalt blurred under her sneakers, her feet pounded against the ground as she ran faster than ever before. The adrenaline pumping through her veins made her body feel physically sick, but she had no time to focus on that. All she could focus on was her own heavy breathing and the pulse pounding like a drum in her ear. Both were just a reminder she needed to push herself faster. She needed to run.
And if there was one thing being a Ghost had taught her, it was to run for her life.
She slipped down roads and alley ways of Greenville's warehouse district as shouts and screeching tires followed close behind. If she wanted to live, she needed to lose these guys. She weaved her way through two of the empty warehouses and back into the overcast day, throwing the others off her track. She had the advantage of knowing the districts layout, so she planned on making a break for it by cutting through a short cut in section M4. The people following her would lose her for good after that. There were a couple times her mind disagreed with her and urged her to jump into the river to her left. She knew they were bringing in the dogs, and that would make her scent disappear. But, beside the fact she'd freeze, she couldn't hold her breath forever. Someone would eventually see her.
Her sneakers skidded as she threw herself into another alley, pressing up against the indentation in the brick wall as an older police officer emerged from the next alley up. He held a walkie-talkie in his hand, listening in on the information coming in. All units were heading to section C9, the complete opposite direction of her.
Perfect, she thought. This was her chance to slip out without being seen by anyone.
She heard the officer's steps rush past her, and instinctively she leaned her head farther back into the hood of her oversized black pullover, letting the shadows conceal her face. She couldn't let any one of these people know who she was. To them, she was still another faceless being they marked as one of The Ghosts. It needed to stay like that.
She peaked her head out, spying on the nearby officer. Once he had disappeared down a separate road, she had bolted out of the alley and sprinted towards her destination. She swung her body into the alley way only to skid to a halt half way through. Her heart immediately dropped into her stomach once she realized she had made a mistake several alleys back and she gone down the wrong section. She slipped up going through those warehouses. Instead of a way out, she was surrounded by three cement walls.
It was a dead end.
Her heaving breaths became shaky. There were no fire escapes to climb, no garbage cans to hide behind. Behind her, tires screeched on the damp pavement as they came to a quick stop. Car doors flew open and guns cocked. She felt her stomach churn in anxiousness. There was no way out now. Slowly, she put her hands up in the air, admitting defeat.
"Put your hands behind your head!" A male agent yelled in a deep voice. She followed, lacing her fingers together and pressing her hands against the back of her skull.
"Turn around!" Another demanded aggressively. "Turn around now!" The shuffles of feet came to a pause. She knew they thought she was dangerous. All she wanted to do was scream out how wrong they were. She was just trying to protect herself. Running was the only way to do so. Slowly, obeying the agents' orders, she turned around. Her head hung low, the shadow of her hood still concealing her identity. She wanted nothing more than to keep it like that. It was the only thing keeping her from feeling vulnerable and exposed.
"Show us your face! Now!" The same agent as before yelled. Her heart palpitated hard—she thought her chest would explode. Slowly, she lifted her head, meeting the gaze of six FBI agents pointing their guns directly at her. She watched as their harsh stares contorted into confusion and shock as they realized that they hadn't only caught a member of Ghost, but that member was a girl.
And just like that, Katherine Grey was officially screwed.
A/N: Hello Reiders! Hello! Welcome to my new story. I've had this idea for a while and the thoughts been playing around my brain. Please review because I'm dying to update a second chapter!
Katherine Grey: Played by a mix between Lyndsy Fonesca and Jessica De Gouw