1 and a half hours earlier...
Mailboxes were flung off their wooden beams as Charlie Hogan extended his torso out the side of Ace Merrill's car and smashed them to bits with a baseball bat. This was their usual past-time,and this time they aimed to smash up twenty mailboxes in less than half an hour. They were currently on fourteen with 10 minutes to go.
"Speed up,Ace." Fuzzy Brackowicz suggested,pointing out up-coming mailboxes to Charlie."10 minutes to go,and we've only got to 14 mailboxes so far."
"Shut it,Fuzzy,we'll make it." Ace replied back,pressing his shoe firmly against the acceleration peddle and lurching the car forward,before speeding up. Charlie stumbled back slightly,but regained his balance and full-force connected the bat to another mailbox. This time the mailbox shattered completely,spraying some of the wooden beam it was situated on onto the males in the car. They flinched,and brushed away the pieces.
"Awesome." Charlie said,passing the bat to Fuzzy."Your turn." He commented,watching as Fuzzy nodded and extended his torso outwards on his side,getting ready to aim for another mailbox,when the sound of sirens blared behind them.
"Oh,shit." Fuzzy breathed."Ace,it's the fucking police." He mentioned,but Ace only smirked.
Charlie looked behind,but Fuzzy turned his head back around."Don't show who you are,you idiot." He hissed.
"They already know who we are,dumb-ass." Ace commented,stepping on the peddle and speeding up. The needle on the speed turned to 70MP/h as Ace raced down the street they were cruising on."Hold onto your hats,boys. This'll be a bumpy ride." Ace mentioned,before suddenly turning his wheel - one side of the car lifting up by the force,before slamming back down again - and driving into an open field. The field had recently been plowed,so the mud was bumpy and Ace's car nose-dived in each ridge,before coming back up again.
Charlie gripped his seat,but Fuzzy was yowling with delight as he sat up to experience the wild ride. He instantly regretted it,as Ace went over a massive ditch,and he was sent flying out of the car."Fuzzy!" Charlie shouted,trying to grasp him,but his grip slipped and Fuzzy was out of view,tumbling across the field violently."Oh,shit,Fuzzy's down." He shouted,but Ace ignored that fact."We gotta go back for him!" Charlie added.
"Fuck him." Ace retorted back,keeping his eyes on the fence up ahead."If we go back,we'll be taken out. He's probably been taken by now,but we gotta keep carrying on. So,sit down,and shut the fuck up,Hogan." Ace explained,adjusting his rear-view mirror to get a good look at where the police cars were. They were right behind them,and Ace had no way of getting out the field.
Fuzzy had been hauled in by the police,after one of the police cars nearly ran him over. He had rolled a good few length,before coming at a stop with a broken arm and a bloody face. Around three police had taken him back to one of the cars,and arrested him for disturbing the peace and damage to property. He had committed many previous offences,but had never been caught,so his sentence had added up,and there was no escaping this time.
The fence that Ace was driving towards came into view,and Charlie's eye-widened as Ace sped up."We're not gonna make it,Ace." He theorized.
"I said shut the fuck up!" Ace shouted. His car drove straight through the fence,and out onto the road in front. The tyres skidded across the road,but managed to out-right itself so Ace managed to pick up speed again,and rid of the police cars that were now far away.
Charlie got rid of the pieces of fence that had landed in the car,and he looked back to see where the police cars were. They were beginning to drive through the broken fence,but Ace's car was far away by now.
"We're gonna lose them." Charlie said,grinning like a fool as he lent forward between the two seats in front,his arms resting on either seat.
"Damn straight we are." Ace said,winding the wheel around to turn right suddenly,towards the centre of Castle Rock. The tyres screeched as he skidded around a corner,his car shaking slightly with the down-force of the speed.A few civilians on the curb gasped,and started to walk faster,or run as Ace drove past them,nearly knocking them off the curb.
Charlie yowled,and pushed somebody over as they passed. The person he pushed stumbled back,and smacked into a brick wall,shouting out an offence. Charlie laughed,and turned his attention back ahead.
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Vern and Teddy,who were sat in the tree-house having smokes,heard the commotion outside and instantly made it to the window. Teddy was the first one to spot Ace's car,and Vern spotted the police cars coming around the corner to tail-gate them.
"Oh,man!" Teddy commented,smiling broadly as he eyes were glued to the scene."This is awesome! A real-life police chase." He added.
Vern squirmed in his place."Yeah!" He replied back,simply as his eyes remained on the police cars."It's Ace Merrill." He said,pointing towards Ace's car which had skidded around a corner and nearly up the curb that people were walking on."He's finally been caught."
"I gotta tell the others this." Teddy said,but it was around half an hour later that Teddy told Chris and Gordie,since he couldn't tear himself away from the scene. It was too abnormal not too.
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"Charlie,check under the seat." Ace instructed."You see the packages?" He asked,keeping his eyes glued to the road as he travelled down it at 78MP/H. He had a wild glint in his eye when Charlie said: "Yeah,there's loads. What are they?"
"Take 'em,and throw 'em,Charlie-boy." Ace instructed again,his smirk appearing."Straight at them police cars. Do it." He said,sternly.
Charlie nodded and collected the packages,placing them next to him on his seat."How many?" He asked.
"As many as you want." Ace replied,turning a corner. The police cars followed,and Charlie picked up two packages. They were weighty,but Charlie managed to throw them.
When the packages flew through the air,their protection split and revealed a collection of small rocks,tied in a bundle of each package. Charlie watched as the packages collided with one of the police cars windshield,shattering it and making the driver weave across the road dangerously. The windshielf had completely shattered,and the rocks scattered over the road.
"Oh,wow." Charlie commented,picking up more packages and lobbing them. Some of the packages missed and smashed against shop windows,or hit against trees that were lining the curb.
"Having fun?" Ace asked,turning another corner.
"Totally." Charlie replied back,throwing more than three packages at once.
"Don't waste 'em all." Ace said."Gotta save some,just in case." He added.
When Ace turned another corner,he was faced with a line of police cars and a heavy-line of police men. Who knew that two teens would need so many police men?
"Fuck." Charlie said,as he noticed the line."How are we gonna dodge that one,Ace?"
"Jump out." Ace replied.
"What?" Charlie said back,astonished. He looked at the road and shook his head." I ain't gonna do that."
"Just fucking do it!" Ace screamed,and Charlie flinched."Or,do you wanna rot behind bars?"
Charlie made up his mind by jumping out of the car,and rolling down the road. Ace was still driving towards the police car line-up. Charlie rolled for a while,before standing up and running as fast he could,not looking back to see if any police men were following.
Ace smirked at the police men up ahead,who were standing ready."I'm not gonna move first." Ace said,flashing them a cocky grin.
Gun-shots rang through the air as two police men shot at Ace's tyres. Ace's expression dropped,and he frowned deeply."Fuckers." He hissed as his car skidded out of control and slammed against a wall.
The next moment,Ace was hauled out of his car and dragged across the street with hand-cuffs attached to his wrists,towards a police van where he was arrested and sent to prison. This was a moment in history,as Ace Merrill was never caught - it just wasn't his day.
Ace Merrill had been charged with disturbing the peace,destroying property,and many other charges that had been hanging above his head for a number of years.
Charlie Hogan was never caught.
Charlie had ran a good while away from the police,and hadn't been caught. The police were too busy with Ace to notice that he had ran off.
Charlie managed to make it to Billy Tessio's house without being spotted,and as soon as he got to his door,he banged frantically against it. "Billy!" He shouted,smacking his palm against the front-door."Billy,open up!" He shouted again.
The door opened and there stood Billy,worry washed over his face."Man,what's up?" He asked,noticing that Charlie had a few cuts and was bleeding."Shit,what happened?" He noticed that Charlie was breathing heavily,and he let him grasp his breath before asking another question."What happened?"
"Fuzzy and Ace have been arrested,Billy." Charlie replied,taking deep breaths as his heart was racing."We were just cruising as normal,and smashin' a few mailboxes along the way,when these police cars started tail-gating us. Ace led them through a field,and we smashed through a fence..and..and..Fuzzy fell out the car. I think he broke his arm. And he got arrested. Me and Ace carried on through the streets,but eventually got cornered. I jumped out the car because Ace told me to,but he carried on driving. I heard shooting next,but I didn't see if he got shot because I was already gone." He explained,quickly. Billy listened with a frown set on his face.
"We need to tell Jack." Billy stated,grabbing his jacket,putting it on and exiting the house.
They found Jack Mudgett outside his house,working on the underside of a car in a blue jump-suit,working away with a spanner as he tinkered with some bolts. He flinched when somebody banged the boot of the car,and he shuffled from underneath it to see who it was.
"The fuck?" Jack said,wiping his brow as he stood up. It was Billy and Charlie. Charlie looked like he saw a ghost,and Billy looked pissed off."What are you guys doing here?" Jack asked,walking over to them and placing the spanner on the boot as he lent against it on his palm.
"We've got some pretty bad news,Jack." Billy spoke first.
"Yeah,pretty bad." Charlie chimed in.
"Well,tell me then,you pussies." Jack said,frowning at how ambiguous they were being."Spare me the fucking time,and just tell me."
"Fuzzy and Ace have been arrested." Charlie said,quickly. Jack's expression dropped and he straightened up.
"Seriously?" Jack asked,running a hand through his hand in shock."Fuck,that's bad. What we gonna do?" He asked,looking back at them.
"We don't know. Charlie was gonna be arrested as well,but he managed to escape." Billy explained,clamping a hand on Charlie's shoulder briefly."Charlie will have to remain hidden. We'll have to think something up."
"Try and get him out,you mean?" Jack asked."How are we gonna do that? Ace'll stick out like a sore thumb if he's out on the streets of Castle Rock again." He explained,shaking his head."Nothing's gonna work."
"Yeah,but what if he's locked up for years?" Billy said."We'll just be wet-ends without him. It won't be as fun as it used to be. And Fuzzy,as well. Fuzzy can turn any situation into a riot."
Jack sighed,picked up his spanner,and shrugged. He was about to walk back to the part of the car he was walking on,when Billy grasped his shoulder strongly."You're just gonna walk away and do nothin',you pussy?" Billy asked.
Jack turned around and glared,shrugging the hand off his shoulder."I didn't say I ain't gonna do nothing,Billy." Jack retorted."Gimme tonight,and I'll think of something,yeah? For now,get Charlie hidden,because we can't escape three people without getting caught."
Billy released Jack's shoulder,before looking at Charlie and nodding his head once. They walked away,as Jack continued his work on the car.
It all depended on Jack Mudgett to bust out Ace and Fuzzy - and he had managed to put together a plan by the morning.
And by that time,Teddy had told Chris and Gordie all about the police chase and how Ace Merrill had been arrested.
