Here is chapter 2 already. I wanted to give you a chance to see what this will be all about!
Thank you for your reviews so far!
Bella315: I love your constant feedback on my work, all you little pointers and I love your heartfelt enthusiasm. Thank you!
Rossi's Lil Devil: Cool, I like your nick! Love the show but have to catch up on it! Interaction between Dean and Lilly start at this chapter and there will be more soon!
MulishaMaiden: There will be tactical gear at one point, hehe. Stay tuned. Seth as a computer guy was too obvious for me, plus he is the martial arts specialist. Roman wouldn't have had a job then. So he got the e-division. Can you imagine his big hands typing on a tiny keyboard? hihi.
CharismasXe: Then Dean really made a memorable first impression since he had like two sentences. But thanks! He has to say more in this chapter. :)
Chapter 2
Two weeks ago Lilly met the two handsome suits for the first time. And during these past days she ran into them a couple of times. Seth was always grinning, stepping out of the way with a grand gesture and Roman nodded at her politely.
When their paths crossed in front of the little kiosk right on the sidewalk in front of the office building they would share a word or two. That's how she learned that their names were Seth and Roman, and every now and then they had a third guy with them called Dean who never smiled and never even looked twice at her.
Lilly was stopping today at the kiosk for a coffee and a newspaper.
"I swear I had the 5 bucks in my pockets. Hold on." And she opened her handbag to look for her purse instead.
Behind her were several impatient people waiting for her to pay and leave, she could feel their angry eyes on her back.
"It was just here…wait…" she mumbled and was getting anxious.
"Pay or leave." Someone said and she turned around to come face to face with this Dean guy.
Before she had the chance to reply something Seth cut in and put 5 bucks on the counter.
"I pay for the lady." he said generously. Lilly looked at him. "Thank you…but…" "You can pay me back anytime. Now hurry or Dean here freaks out. I swear he was the inspiration behind the Snickers Diva ads. "
Lilly glanced at the guy with the unruly hair behind her. His icy blue eyes were not looking at her but she could see the resentment and contained anger about this behind them just as clearly. She didn't dare to laugh about Seth comment.
Grabbing her coffee and paper and she turned to Seth. "Thank you, I will pay you back the day after tomorrow. I will have to take my car tomorrow. But I won't forget!"
Before she had the chance to properly step aside Dean muscled his way into her place and pushed her away which earned him a slap on the head from Seth.
"Watch it Dick." he scolded his friend.
"My turn, she needs to leave." He mumbled and put the newspaper, a pack of Lucky Strikes, bubble gum and a Snickers bar on the counter and paid with a 20 Dollar bill promptly.
By the time the transaction was finished Lilly had already left.
Good, he didn't like her for some reason, and he didn't like the way his friends treated her. All friendly. Especially Seth. The guy was just too friendly sometimes.
"I bet you 5 that you can kiss your money goodbye." Dean challenged him on the way in and Seth took the bait.
"She will return the money, and you will pay me as well Ambrose." Seth promised darkly.
The next day Lilly took her car to work. She would have to work late and she didn't like it to use the subway after 8 pm. She just didn't feel safe at that time of night alone in the subway.
She parked at a parking garage right across from her office and went inside.
Today her work load was heavy. Two meetings, the last at 6 pm and it could last for hours.
It was later than she expected it to be, after 9 pm and it was raining outside.
Thank God she had packed a pair of sneakers in her bag. She put them on after this long day and instantly felt better. With her sneakers she jogged through the rain and went inside the parking garage. Her car was at level 4 and to her annoyance she had to find out that the elevator was broken.
Her phone in one hand, checking her e-mails, she walked up the stairs and opened the door to the 4th floor.
When she opened it she could immediately hear voices. Two or three.
"Turn around fucker. We will make it look like you attacked us, resisted us when we wanted to take you in and we had to use our weapons on you. Such a shame."
Lilly became really quiet. Just around the corner she could make out two uniformed police officers and they had a guy cornered who had his hands up already but his back was to them.
"I swear I will say nothing. Please. Let me go. No one believes me anyways. I am a junkie, people give a damn.
Instantly, like she knew she had to do this, Lilly turned the video function on her phone on and pointed it to the scene.
The guy turned around, he was shaking like a leaf.
"It is such a shame. If you would have just kept your mouth shut about our circle in the first place. But no, you had to blare out to your friends how you are working for us. Look guys, I work for the police, I am untouchable. Well, you are not. We really hate to do this to you but we have to send out a message." the one cop said and the other one fired three shots into the guy's chest. As he went down he saw Lilly, looked directly into her eyes and she gasped.
Loud enough for the cops to hear. They spun around and saw her near the stairwell.
Lilly reacted instantly.
She ran for her life. These were rogue cops. They would finish her as well and make sure her body would never be discovered.
So she ran, faster than ever in her whole life.
She made it out of the parking garage and turned left to the subway. It was her only chance.
When she could make it there in 2 minutes she would get on the train…
Her pursuers where hot on her heels and she ran down the stairs, put her card through the automatic doors and ran.
She reached the platform and slid into the train just in time before the doors closed. The train started to go slowly and the two cops reached the platform and were banging at the door now looking directly at her. But she also looked directly at them.
The train drove off and she knew when they reached for their radios that she needed to get off this train and change routes. So she slipped out at the next stop and changed to the line that would bring her home.
Her heart was beating like a hundred miles an hour. One thing she knew, she couldn't trust cops. They were crooked, and she had no way to tell if others were on their side, and telling them her story she would be screwed. She had to find help elsewhere.
With shaking hands she picked up her phone again and send the video to three of her email accounts. That was the only thing that would probably ensure her safety. They didn't know she filmed them.
When she reached her home station and got out she ducked her head afraid of the security cameras everywhere. The busy main street was almost empty this time of night and when she passed the Ebony Tower she stopped. She couldn't go home.
They would look for her. Check all the cars at Level 4, cross reference the data with her license. See her picture. Find her. Go to her home.
She couldn't go there. The many crime TV series seemed to pay off now. Maybe she was too paranoid but maybe not.
Lilly tried the doors to the Ebony Tower but it was locked up. Well, imagine that at 10 pm. So she had to hide out somewhere till the morning. Because Seth and Roman, they worked for this security company right here. Shield Inc. She trusted them enough to tell them her story. She just had to stay alive until morning.
And it was still raining…
She went into one of the alleys nearby, checked the nearest dumpster, full of shredded papers, thank God, and climbed in closing the lit.
Shaking so badly that her teeth clashed against each other she hugged her knees to her chest and closed her eyes.
Having just witnessed a murder and being hunted by the police was so surreal to her. Checking the video just to remind herself that it was indeed real she closed her eyes again and tried to find some sleep.