Chapter Three: The Hunter and the Hunted
Kasumi glanced behind her again, as Zaeed browsed through the gun catalogue at Rodam Expeditions, muttering, "Overpriced peices of junk...couldn't even take down a pyjak...". The turian owner eyed him with irritation and was resiting the urge to vault the counter and rip his fake eye out. Kasumi had recently heard that some of Donovan Hock's people were looking for her and the graybox, so she was being extremely cautious. She wished Zaeed would hurry up and buy something.
Zaeed wished Kasumi would stop staring at the bloody door. He didn't think he had ever seen such an obvious attempt to hide worry. She was clearly looking for someone following her. At least the Blue Suns he had heard were on the Citadel looking for him would see her first. He laughed at one of the pitiful pistols that was supposed to be the shop's best and saw the turian shopkeeper clenching his fists in rage.
"Fine, I'm going. Bloody turians." He walked out of the door and looked back at Kasumi. "Come on, Goto. If you want to shake whoever's looking for you, we should keep moving."
Kasumi gave a little smile and followed him, "Was I that obvious?"
Zaeed responded, "No, I'm just bloody good at evading followers. Stick with me and we'll be-!"
As Zaeed rounded the corner, so did two humans and a turian in Blue Suns uniform. There were was a moment of silence as the groups stared at eachother. It was broken by Zaeed's surprisingly calm tone.
"Shit."
"Get Massani!"
"RUN!"
Zaeed and Kasumi sprinted through the Citadel with the Blue Suns hot on their heels.
"Where the hell is C-Sec?" panted Kasumi as they ran.
"Vido probably bought them off, the bastard."
Eventually, they turned into a small warehouse filled with barrels. It was occupied by a single volus that Zaeed promptly knocked out with a punch. Zaeed noticed the red barrels marked, "Warning: Highly Explosive" as the Blue Suns ran in.
The human in front stepped forward, grinning. He had an English accent and an air of over-confidence.
"Mr. Santiago wants you out of the way, Massani. You're going to regret not dying from the first time. It's over."
"Maybe for you."
Zaeed and Kasumi pulled out their guns and pointed them at the explosive barrels. The Blue Suns noticed but it was too late. The fire engulfed the two humans and the turian screamed as his foot was blown off. Zaeed and Kasumi were already gone.
"Got to admit, Zaeed. That was pretty fun." laughed Kasumi, as they strolled back to Zakera Ward.
"Anytime, Kasumi." And Zaeed smiled for the first time in a long while.
"I'll bet we're going to turn the corner and run into Hock's- Oh, for fuck's sake!"
And they began sprinting again.