Chapter 4

Alexa could already tell that Don was worried about his team, he was pretty sure that his friends wouldn't just leave it be, he was pretty sure that they would be trying to solve this from their angle and possibly trying to track them down now. Don had informed her that they needed to live on cash as much as possible, and they were using burn phones to make any calls that needed to be made, so their personal phones couldn't be tracked at all. Alexa knew that Don didn't like the fact that he was doing this without his team and any back up from people that he knew.

"Are you sure you can handle doing this without any help from your people?" Alexa asked as she watched Don walk into the hotel room with the dinner that he had picked up. They were pretty much living on take out as they moved hotels or motels every once in a while, while Don looked over the files and things that Alexa gave him.

"Look, when I need their help, I will call Mac or leave him what they will need at a pickup location. Right now, I don't want to put our only assistance in severe danger, because when it comes down to it, we need their eyes fresh and unbiased and we need them healthy and out of danger for as long as possible." Don said as he set the cartons of Chinese food on the table in the small motel room that they had rented under an alias with cash.

"True. So what file would you like to review this time? What is it you want to question me about? All my notes are in those files, so I don't understand why you need to ask me questions." Alexa asked as she looked at the chopsticks and smiled at the sight of the plastic forks and spoons he set on the table, it was apparent he remembered her telling him she didn't know how to use the chopsticks.

"Nothing yet. I just want to continue going through this file that I started reading before I left the building." Don said as they started eating and he started to go through the file that was still open and sitting there.

They were getting more and more frantic and angry. Alexa had something very important that they needed and they couldn't risk not getting it from her. She knew that they weren't just going to let her get away from them, that they weren't just going to allow her to walk away with something that important. The money that could be made from the product and the formula that she had put together, that money could do a lot of good for them and buy the things they all really wanted, keeping them in the good life. They were well aware that Alexa would never actually allow them to take full credit for something that she created and so they would have to end her life, just to be sure that she would never ever out them for what they had done. Alexa was too much of a goody too shoes to understand that sometimes it would be best to just look the other way, to be a good business woman. Alexa didn't know the first thing about keeping other people happy, and that was going to cost her, her life.

They were trying to see who could be helping her out, and so far they had no leads. Alexa had not returned to her apartment, or apartment building any time in the last twenty four to forty eight hours. They weren't sure where she was hiding or who she was relying on to help her through this but she had to know it wouldn't be long until they found them out and got to them. They weren't going to just let this go, they couldn't just let this go and she had to show herself sooner or later.

"We may have a tip about where they could be and who she is working with." One of the newer people they had hired said, excitement lighting his eyes as he was apparently thinking there was going to be some sort of fight coming his way.

"Who?" The main leader asked as he arched an eyebrow at everyone in the room.

"Let's talk on the way to our latest sighting." The informant stated as he motioned for them to all follow him out of the building.

Mac wasn't sure what was bothering him, but something was. He hadn't spoken to Don since before Don had decided to take Alexa on the run, and that had him worried. Mac started pacing in his office again and worried that it would be way too late before Don realized he needed some assistance and by the time he understood that he would need help, he would be in way too much trouble.

Alexa had a really bad feeling and she didn't know why. She had always gotten the bad feelings in her gut when she was close to being caught by the very people she feared. Alexa got up out of her seat and walked towards the window, glancing out of the blinds without moving the blinds, not wanting anyone to know that she was on to anyone being out there. She could feel Don's eyes on her back, and she could tell that he was curious about what was going through her mind.

"What is it?" Don asked as he slowly got up.

"I think this place is burned." Alexa said softly.

"Impossible." Don said, but he was gathering everything so they could make a break for it.

"I don't think so. I used to think I could cover my tracks well, that no one would ever make me but somehow they always found me, no matter where I was and no matter who I pretended to be." Alexa said as she armed up with a weapon just as she watched Don check his own weapon.

"Are you sure about this?" Don asked her softly.

"Positive." Alexa said and they made a break out the door for their vehicle just as shots rang out.

The smell of blood and the yell of pain echoed in the air around everyone out there. There were screams as people ran, and no one knew who it was that was shot, but someone was.