I've had this running around my head for a bit. Hope you like it :)
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Kensi and Deeks were running again. They were forcing the engine of the small Fiat to breaking point, and still they were not going fast enough. They simply could not shake off their pursuers in the three cars behind them.
Kensi, heart pounding and adrenaline firing her system, leaned across Deek's lap, whose eyes were firmly staring ahead at the icy road, desperately trying not to send them skidding off into the surrounding forest.
'Where's that gun Deeks?' Kensi muttered, rummaging through the driver's door, referring to the single weapon they had managed to grab during the hasty exit from the cartel's warehouse.
'I threw it in the back, sorry… CRAP' Deeks swore violently as the familiar sound of bullets thudding into the car's rear started up again. 'Don't do anything stupid Kensi.' He said, as she wedged herself between the two front seats, leaning into the back and fumbling around for the gun.
Kensi laughed. His concern for her safety as they were being pursued by three armed vehicles really was charming. "Stupid is relative Deeks, this is hardly the time for a health and safety briefing." As she spoke her fingers closed around the barrel of the gun that had slid behind her seat. '"Ah hah, I've got it." She pulled herself back into the passenger seat, and Deeks sighed as she rolled down the window.
"I really don't think that this is your best idea" Deeks growled, his heart pounding just knowing what she wanted to do.
"Well I don't hear you coming up with any better ones." She spoke softly, "I'll be fine, it's that lot shooting that should be worried." She glanced in the rear view mirror one last time, hastily checking that their pursuers were not about to open fire immediately. Then threw her upper body out of the passenger window. She twisted round, her body facing her pursuers, and tried to aim, desperately trying to predict the violent movements of the car. All this took less than a second, barely giving their pursuers time to realize her plan. Then she fired.
'Jesus.' Muttered Deeks, as he heard her gun go off.
Kensi swore as the car skidded slightly under her and her shot went wide. No matter how good a shot she was, she just couldn't predict the car's erratic movements. She ducked back into the car again as she saw, once again, the black gun barrels emerging from the pursuer's windows. Both she and Deeks ducked as much as they could as another hail of bullets attacked the car. One bullet made it straight through and out the windscreen, passing straight through where Deek's head had rested seconds before. It was a small mercy that their main weapon selection seemed to be shotguns and nothing automatic that could easily have ripped apart their little car by now.
'Deeks, I need you to keep the car steady. I don't have enough bullets to mess this shot up again.' As she spoke the car began to judder threateningly. Their pursuers weapons may not be packing a heavy punch, but the bullets were hitting the car persistently enough that the car was close to dying. It was simple luck that had stopped any of the bullets hitting something totally vital.
"I'll do the best that I can Kens." Deeks spoke grimly as once more Kensi leant out of the window, twisting herself around and putting herself straight into the line of fire.
This time however, her shot was perfect. The bullet slammed straight through the bonnet of the car that was directly on their tail and acrid black smoke immediately began to pour out. Kensi slid back through the window, desperately trying to avoid any potential return fire, and it was lucky she did so. Seconds later a fireball erupted from the engine and engulfed the lead car, debris flying in all directions.
The burning car spun around, clipping one of the trees that lined the icy road and sending a section of its undercarriage spinning off, straight into the front window of the second car. It must have taken out the driver, as instantly the car veered out of control, slamming straight into the one behind them.
"That should keep them back for a while." Kensi smirked. She let out a breath she didn't realize she had been holding.
Deeks chuckled, "Badass Blye strikes again. We should use that as a promo video for all the criminals who think they can mess with us."
Kensi raised her eyebrows. "Us? I think you would be road kill if I hadn't been here." She paused, "Good driving though". Her heart was still pounding from the adrenaline as her mind caught up with the event that had just taken place. That had been uncomfortably close. When they had skidded on that ice just as she took the shot… for one moment she thought that could be it, time up.
Deeks interrupted her thoughts. "You'd better phone Nell and tell them what happened. They probably don't even know that our cover's been blown."
Kensi nodded. " and we could do with a pick up. This car has seen better days and I don't know how long we've got before they catch us up again" Even as she spoke the car began to whine, and there was an ominous plume of black smoke began to ooze from the undercarriage. She bent down and picked up her headset from the foot well where it had slid during their escape and pushed the button that took her directly to ops.
Back in Ops, Nell and Eric were the only one in the operations room. Just over an hour ago Kensi and Deeks had missed their check in call. Not immediately panicked, Nell had traced their location, and once they had deployed a drone for a visual check, it was clear that things were going very wrong. Kensi and Deeks could clearly be seen outside a large warehouse, and they were kneeling at gunpoint.
Hetty had immediately deployed Sam and Callen to go to their aid, as she, Nell and Eric had watched the two partners escape. Kensi had disabled two men in under five seconds as Deeks wrestled the gun from the third. The observed helplessly and from an impossible distance as seven more men ran from the building in pursuit, just as the pair managed to jump start the oldest car in the lot. It was then that the drone had lost its visual aid. For the past half hour they had heard nothing.
When the phone finally rang, Nell answered instantly. 'Hello?' she asked, trying to keep the panic out of her voice.
"It's me." Kensi's voice cracked down the phone, and Nell had to sit down with relief.
"Oh thank God." Nell whispered. "Where are you? Callen and Sam are on their way to pull you out. Are you alright?" Nell wanted to cry with relief, her hand shook as she held the phone to her ear, but she maintained her professionalism. It was the only way she could help her friends now.
Kensi, on the other end of the line, smiled to hear Nell's worried voice. She instantly felt guilt at having caused such panic in one of her closest friends. "We're alright Nell, but our cover got blown. We had to make a very rapid getaway, but I'm not sure we are going to make it much further… our car isn't in great shape. The road is pretty bad too. There's a lot of ice and not a lot of tread in our tyres".
"Hey!" Deeks interjected, "My driving has just saved us. I think I can handle this."
Nell smiled at their familiar banter, however, she could also hear the car's clanking through the phone. "I think Kensi is right Deeks. The car sounds bad, please be careful. I've got a trace on your location so Callen and Sam can get you. Just keep the phone on you. Unfortunately you are in the middle of nowhere, and there really aren't any teams in your vicinity that can offer help. Callen and Sam are probably going to have the quickest response time, but it may be …." Nell suddenly broke off. Kensi's familiar breathing had stopped, and instead all she could hear though the earpiece was a deafening screech.
Deeks had been keeping his eyes glued to the road. Conditions were awful, and the damage done to the car had sent the steering out of whack. There was nothing he could do when he hit the patch of ice. He fought for control, desperately trying to steer into the spin, was vaguely aware of Kensi's yell as they slammed into something solid. He let go of the wheel, leaning back as the car lurched over a steep bank, and then careered forwards. He saw the tree, bracing himself, unable to slow the car's doomed skid, and then his world turned black.
The car's airbag's finally erupted as the car, slowed by the tree but not stopped, continued to descend down the bank. It was only when it reached the river at the bottom, cracking through the thin layer of ice that had begun to from, that it finally halted.
Inside the car nobody moved.
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