Chapter 4: The Escape
"Hey, what are you doing?" Nate raised his arms defensively in front of him out of habit. Why did this crap always happen to him?
Chloe sighed irritably and in a flash she cocked the gun. Nate flinched, shutting his eyes.
There was gun shot and he cringed, waiting for the pain to hit him. After a few seconds, Nate opened his eyes to the sound of an alarm. Chloe grinned, lowering her arm, aimed up at an angle away from him. Behind him, Nate turned to see a damaged alarm code system against the top of the wall.
"What the hell are you doing?" Nate yelled over the alarm and in outrage.
Chloe put the pistol back her holster and shrugged, the grin still on her face. "Well, that was too easy. I always preferred a challenge."
Nate could only stare at her. The woman is crazy! Yet at the same time, his attraction for her grew. The siren wailed in their ears.
"You ready or what, cowboy?" Chloe teased, hurriedly climbing out the window. Nate followed her, his back flat against the outside wall, edging along the wall's boarder.
He could hear guards yelling, running toward the alarm, as Chloe jumped, landing in a bush, two stories below. Nate unhitched himself just as he saw, at the corner of his eyes, guards by the window.
There was a rustle at Nate's impact atop the short hedge. The adventurer was grateful for the soft landing. Rolling out of the plants, Nate realized that despite the guards surrounding them by the second, Chloe had waited for him. They ran together through the elegant garden, ignoring the peaceful scenery enriched with moonlight, sprinting towards the quickly closing East Gates.
Nate ran past, and once safely on the other side, he turned to the girl. She was little ways behind, but with her delicate figure, easily slipped through the closing narrow opening.
"Come on! Keep going!" Chloe urged.
A little distance away, the guards were catching up, ready to re-open the gates.
"Sorry, boys," Chloe muttered breathlessly, shooting the control box of the gates, breaking it so it couldn't activate.
Despite their head start, Nate and Chloe ran until they reached the Jeep Nate had hidden well off the streets.
"Get in!" Nate yelled, hopping out into the driver's seat.
They sped off, the blaring red lights a small dot in the review mirror.
Once they reached civilization, Nate pulled the car to the inside of an ally road, concealed from sight. He could hardly just sit still in the car, so he got out to walk off the adrenaline still flooding his veins.
Chloe joined him, watching him with interest.
After a while, Nate paused, the pulse of his heart slowed back almost to its normal pace, and pulled out the amulet. Grinning satisfied, he held it up to examine it.
"Now this has gotta be worth something," Chloe observed.
"Yeah," Nate agreed. "Enough for us both."
"Well then, I think this calls for a celebration." A sly smile lined Chloe's lips.
"Yeah," Nate replied, equally cheerful. He caught the mischief glint in Chloe's eyes and asked, "Did you have anything in mind?"
Chloe walked close to him, their chest so close, they could feel each other's heart beats. Chloe's two fingers walked up his chest to his shoulder. "We could make this night more worthwhile…"she suggested, smirking, her meaning seductive.
Nate matched her smirk, before leaning down and meeting her lips with his.
Okay, don't kill me, but I know this took a long while to update! And this isn't even a long chapter! But, I hope you still enjoyed reading it and I really want to try and keep true to my word and update. I've just been uploading so many other stories unto fanfic, and of course school eats up a lot of my time. Please REVIEW! I swear, it makes me update faster! and it makes my day...