Darkness was falling quickly as eighteen people strode quickly through the smoke and the flames of the still-smoldering tour bus on the way to the parking lot. If it wasn't for some of the weird ass costumes these people wear, they'd look like incredible badasses.
Athena is flanked by Finch on her left and Tara on her right. Beside Tara walks Bermuda, and just behind Athena is the fan skeptical of Tara's skill. Tara can't help but glance over at this fan. She knows her from twitter and the forum, but for some reason she can't think of the woman's name. On the other side of her is another fan she can't quite remember the name of, the one with the tattoos. Jim walks beside him, and Steve pulls up the rear with a few of the less brave fans that had stepped forth. Rubén weaves in and out of the crowd, still trying to get that elusive cell phone signal.
Only four of the fans in the group have cars, but thankfully two of the drove minivans. Finch and Tara climb into the front seat of the tiny rental Tara drove, and Steve and the guy with the tattoos climb into the backseat. As the minivans and the other car fill up, it's clear that these vehicles will have to hold more people than they were designed to.
Thankfully there is an excess of rope and extension cords at their disposal from the ruins of the stage and the tour bus, and it doesn't take long to rig up a semi-safe "net" of rope and extension cords for those unfortunate enough to not be able to squeeze into one of the vehicles to hold onto.
One particularly small fan climbs up onto the tiny rental car, and after a bit of scuffing and scrambling pounds on the roof of the car. Ready to go.
They speed off through the parking lot, following the signs of the hasty getaway of the terrorists with Al.
As they merge onto the freeway, Tara speeds up, hoping the fan on her roof has a good footing. Hoping that Al will still be in one piece when they reach him.
It doesn't take long for them to regain a visual on the terrorists. To both the fans' surprise and chagrin, the terrorists have chosen a generic black windowless van as their getaway vehicle, and they're actively crashing through traffic.
"FINCH," Tara shouts, "TEXT ATHENA, TELL HER TO GET THE OTHER CAR UP TO OUR LEVEL. WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS CROWD."
"ON IT!" Finch says, already dialing Athena's number. Soon the other car, not much bigger than the one they're in, has matched their speed and is neck and neck with them. Tara glances over and nods before speeding up and passing an SUV on the right shoulder. From the backseat, one of the men gives a small yelp of surprise as two of their wheels go off the road. Tara fights with the wheel for a few moments before pulling the car back up onto the road and nearly ramming directly into the side of the van. They can hear Al screaming.
The sound sends Tara into a rage.
"Hold on to your shit," she growls. "I'm about to wreck a rental car."
"Tara, no—" Steve protests as she speeds up and slams the front corner of her car into the back of the van. They bounce, the people inside the car tossed like ragdolls as Tara tries in vain to regain control of the vehicle. The fan on top of the car is thrown down across the windshield but still they hang on.
The car doesn't stop until it's down in the right hand ditch on its side. The person on top of the car has been thrown from the vehicle, and the one with the tattoos is out cold, but the rest of those in the car seem to have escaped the crash relatively unscathed.
As they pull themselves from the wreckage of the car, they witness the other car and one of the minivans successfully driving the van off the road. Probably half a mile up the road the van swerves into the ditch, rolling twice before landing on its roof. Tara and Finch shriek as they run forward, forcing themselves to run as fast as they can though their bodies protest every movement.
"Al!" they scream as they approach. The van is oozing blood and rocking lightly as the survivors thrash and fight to untangle themselves from the wreckage. Thankfully, they can still hear Al screaming from inside.
Athena, Steve, Jim, Bermuda, and a few others arrive at the van at the same time as Finch and Tara, and they surround the van in hopes of stopping any kind of dashing escape the terrorists might attempt even now.