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Ch. 2- Starting Over- Part 1
Two Hundred Miles North of New York; Canadian Territory, Outside of Ottawa
It was 4:45 am.
Shalimar and Lexa had fallen asleep and carried to the back seat of the cars by Brennan and Jesse, respectively. Both men were tired but they were looking for a dealer so they could trade in their cars. The plan was to plant a false lead that would point to them going north into Canada in case The Dominion was on their tail. After they had gotten new cars, they would head back south crossing Canada diagonally directly to Chicago. Hopefully nobody would track them.
6:00 am
There was a dealer just on the outskirts of Ottawa. Brennan had to wake Shalimar as much as he would've liked to let her sleep. She looked so peaceful that her sole presence was soothing to him.
"What's going on Brennan?" She asked sitting up.
"I found a dealer. You know we have to change cars so The Dominion won't track us" Brennan said to the sleepy feral.
"Lexa, wake up" Jesse said to Lexa while gently shaking her arm.
"What? It's still dark. Can't I sleep a few more hours? I forgot how many times The Dominion shot me with a tranquilizer. It's quite uncomfortable when you keep being drugged and woken up" Lexa said somewhat annoyed.
"Sorry, Lexa, but we have to ditch the cars. Brennan found a dealer and we have to go in" Jesse said to her.
"Fine!" Lexa said quite irritated
Both couples got out of their cars and headed for the doors to the establishment.
"I'm surprised it is open this early" Shalimar told the other three.
"Then again, it is highly convenient for the travelers that go through here and have the need for new cars" A man in a dark-blue suit told the feral. The salesman was tall with broad shoulders, green eyes and blond hair. Lexa was eyeing him in a way that made Jesse take the lead.
"Hi, there, we are looking for two new cars. We are moving to Ottawa and we thought it fit to get new cars" Jesse said to the man in a slightly hostile tone.
"I see, well, come this way Mr...?"
"Alexander Robertson, this is my sister, Alicia" Jesse said pointing at Shalimar. "And this is Leo Rochester and his wife, Anna" the molecular added pointing at Brennan and Lexa.
"Nice to meet you all. My name is Peter Smith. Please, come this way" The sales man added in a very pleasant tone that Lexa winked at Shalimar, who grinned back. Luckily, Jesse didn't see this.
Half an hour later.
"I think I'll be taking the Mecedes Benz SL600 in black" Brennan said. Shalimar had to admit that he had very good taste when it came to cars.
"I'll take the Lexus RX in black, too." Jesse said to Peter.
"Great choices. How will you be paying? I can device a suitable payment plan if you like" The sales man prompted.
"Do you accept money transfers?" Jesse asked in a very calm voice, claiming the man's attention that had been on Lexa a second before.
"Yes, of course. I'll take you to a computer terminal. Follow me" Peter said and led Jesse to a cubicle at the far end of the establishment. At Jesse's polite request, Peter left him to make the money transfers.
"Everything is in order Mr. Robertson. It's been a pleasure doing business with you" Peter said looking at Lexa. Jesse firmly and quite fast, shook Peter's hand. Lexa, along with Shalimar and Brennan were wondering how had Jesse paid for the cars. For all they knew The Dominion could've confiscated all their accounts and the ones they had been keeping active on Adam's name. It's true Jesse was a master hacker, but who's money could he be using?
"Thank you for your assistance, Peter." Jesse said.
"Yeah, thank you" Brennan added, while Shalimar nodded and Lexa look at Peter witha smile on her face.
"You're supposed to be married remember?" Shalimar whispered to Lexa, but she just grinned.
As they all walked out, with new keys to two new cars, Lexa asked what they had all been wondering.
"Um, Jess?"
"What's up?"
"How did you pay for the cars?"
"I'll admit, it wasn't easy, but I managed to hack into my family's holdings and made a transfer that looks like money's been sent to be invested. Initially, I checked our own bank accounts and, as it was expected, all our money is frozen except the accounts to Adam's name but that is just a trap. So I decided to "borrow" my own money from my family. I'm pretty sure that they won't find a trail, and if they do, we'll be far away from here"
They all knew that the "they" Jesse was referring to was The Dominion. Jesse was very clever, there was no question there, but it was still risky to bring in someone related to them if only remotely.
"Are you sure that was wise?" Brennan Asked.
"I'm pretty sure it was the only option I had and I'm pretty sure we'll be long gone before they track us here, besides, if they follow this false trail, they'll go into Ottawa and by the time they figure out it was a false lead, we'll be safely hidden in Chicago"
"Yeah, but what about your family? What will happen when they realize their money is missing?" Shalimar asked.
"The thing is, I borrowed MY money, which is technically being watched over by my father but safely put away in a bank account in the Caiman Islands. I'm sure it'll take them a while to figure out that the money is gone. Like I said, by the time my family or The Dominion find out where all that money went to, we'll be far away from here" Jesse replied quite pleased with himself. He was so proud of his most recent hack, it was impossible for the others to even doubt him.
"OK, Jess. Time to go every one" Brennan said bringing everyone back to earth. They had struck a deal with Peter to sell their cars. That establishment would be buying their cars and all that money would go into an account Jesse had set up in Chicago while he was paying for the new cars. So far everything was going rather well, all things considered.
"How long will it take us to get to Chicago?" Lexa asked Jesse.
"Well, we'll be stopping along the way only to eat, at the very least. I've calculated we could stop in Toronto, London, Detroit and South Bend, that's in Indiana. It will probably take about three days and we'll be alternating the driver's seat, so yeah, about three days" The molecular answered. Lexa was clearly not thrilled by the thought of having to spend three days cupped up in a car.
"I want to see how shalimar will react to that. She's the one here with feral instincts" Lexa said. Sarcasm heavy in her voice.
Shalimar wasn't very excited either, but what choice did they have? They couldn't stop for very long, not until they had made contact with the mutant underground.