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Chapter Five

I can feel the weight of the gun in my hands as Jhil`s car started to swerve through cars on the road, the speed increasing. The girl that I was supposed to go protect got kidnapped and I bet all my money that it was Ghost`s people. It had to be them since Vanille didn`t had any protection with her…

They took advantage of the situation and managed to get the girl. It was a simple plan that worked wonders. I frowned to myself.

They used the distrust that Mr. Dia has with the police, I thought, that way, when they have his daughter, they can blackmail him into doing anything they want him to do. C`mon think Claire, they have to be some way you can do something here…

"We are still too far away to get to them in time," Jhil told her, "I just hope that Rosch doesn`t lose track of her."

I gave her a glance.

Track? I thought.

Suddenly, an idea popped in my head. It was so simple that I was amazed that I didn`t think of it before. I pressed a hand on the back of my neck activating the USB I had implanted there to contact Raines.

Sure enough, it didn`t take long for him to pick up.

"Something you wanted Claire?"

"Not now Raines," I answered him drawing Jhil`s glance toward me, "Listen to me, can you use one of your satellite to track down Dia Vanille`s cell?"

"It can be done if we use the GPS that she have on her phone, but why is it suddenly so important?" Raines asked.

"Because the said girl just got kidnapped and I am betting that it`s Ghost`s people who were killing her previous bodyguards. We have to find that girl at all cost Raines."

"You got it," he said.

After a few second`s I heard a beep in my head and a new unfamiliar voice was in my head.

"Hey Farron, it`s Rygdea here," the male voice said, "I have done what you wanted us to do for you. Lucky for us, Vanille`s cell is turned on right now making my job even easier than expected."

"Can you link the satellite to my CPU right now?" I asked him.

"Alright, I will link the satellite to you straight into your CPU, he said, "Be ready, it might feel a little weird…"

As he said that, the words LINK…appeared in my vision and then when the words LINK COMPLETED appeared, a sea of information were swimming in front of my eyes. It was like watching a computer screen except the difference that it was in your damn head and that it was right up your face.

Focus to Vanille`s Cell, I thought.

The information that I had in my head suddenly were spinning around as a map of Oerba appeared in front my eyes and quickly narrowed down to a red dot that was moving through the streets.

"I`ve got her," I said.

Jhil was seemingly lost at what I just do.

"So want to fill me in Farron?" she asked.

"I know where Vanille is," I told her, "They are a few kilometers away from the highway, moving toward the North…Take that exit here right now."

Jhil obeyed what I told her and swerved her car toward the exit, causing the car behind us to let out a large hunking noise in anger. But we paid him no mind as we got off the highway and running the car through the streets that run adjacent to it.

Jhil was an excellent driver as she moved the car like a snake through the traffic and I focused on the map that was in my head the dot moving along the road it was on, not even changing paths.

"Take a left here," I yelled.

Jhil did so and then continued down the road.

"I am calling Rosch," she said, "He must have the van in sight."

I simply nodded at her as the car continued to speed down the road.

"Rosch, where is the van that have taken Vanille gone?" she asked.

I could hear Rosch reply even thought Jhil was holding the phone in her ear.

"I have the van going northbound on Saint Versus," the male answered.

"Saint Versus," I said, looking at the map in my head searching finding the road easily.

I used the satellite to track down Jhil`s phone and quickly reached our current location. We were only two blocks away from the road that Rosch had just spoken about.

"If we continue in that direction," I told her, "Saint Versus is going to meet with this road in a intersection, and from the speed that Vanille`s dot is moving, I`m pretty sure that they aren`t going to stop for the light."

"How long?" Jhil asked.

"Twelve minutes," I answered.

"Alright Rosch, we will be there in twelve minutes," Jhil said, "Whatever you do, don't lose that van."

"Well, that`s kind of hard to do since I`m being shot at," the man answered, "Son of a bitch."

"Rosch, what`s wrong?" Jhil asked him and I could hear the hint of worry in her tone.

"Just got shot in my shoulder," he said, "They`re lucky it was my cybernetic arm, thought it still hurt like hell."

"Keep on them Rosch," Jhil told him, "This girl`s life is depending on it."

I hold the gun at the ready.

"We`re almost there," I told her, "This is the intersection coming up."

Jhil looked up and sure enough a number of cars were standing there waiting for the light to turn red and in the distance, I could hear the distant sounds of sirens echoing and the pop of gunfire echoing.

Then as soon as we reached the intersection, the van which was a white one, with one of the backdoor opened flew through the intersection causing nearby cars who were crossing to step down on their breaks to avoid getting hit.

Then the van was gone followed by a Hummer and then a couple of police cars which sirens were wailing loudly even in the busy midday.

"There they are," I yelled, "Go."

Jhil didn`t even need my orders for as soon as she saw the van, she stepped on the accelerator and managed through the cars as if they were standing still and then now we were on the chase of that damn van.

"Get me in front of that van Jhil," I told her.

She gave me a glance.

"What are you planning?" she asked.

"I will simply take over the van," I told her, "and take down those people."

"How?"

"I`ll improvise," I told her.

Jhil gave me an incredulous look.

"What?"

"You don't even know how many people they have in the car," she said.

"Probably four to five people," I answered, "This is a kidnapping Jhil, they aren`t going to have many people with them. Heck, it could even be only three people. They have quickly kidnapped Vanille before anyone was aware of it, and if your friend wasn`t keeping tabs upon Vanille, then we would have never been able to find her."

I hold my gun up as we passed a police car.

"They are probably four people inside," I said, "One driver and a look-out, one to grab Vanille and another one to tied her up, making it quick and efficient and also, quite silent."

"If you said so," Jhil said.

She swerved past another police car just as a stray bullet smacked into the window sill but it didn`t do anything except causing an electric crackle on the glass.

"Bullet proof eh," I said, seeing that.

"It came with it," Jhil answered me.

Now the car was coming up to the van and I pressed the button on the door causing it to slide up opening letting in the wind. I holstered the weapon in my pants as the car came up close to the side door and then I took my chance.

I jumped toward it and took hold of the side of the van causing it to swerve before the man who was driving started to yell in a strange dialect, sounding instinctively similar to the one I heard at Caleum Industries.

The car continued to do the swerving as if trying to throw me off but I held on harder feeling the metal of the car bending underneath my hand. Then I put my feet into position so I could have space to open the door and a dangerous swerve by the driver almost made me lose my grip as my feet slipped from their hold.

"Okay, I`m going to kill him first," I murmured.

I pulled myself up and glanced back toward where one of the doors opened at the back so that one of the men could shoot at the police that was following them. I smirked a little before pulling myself all the way to the top of the van and rolling there.

I heard the kidnappers yelling in that strange dialect again before a bullet pierced the roof of the van, right by my head. I rolled to the other side as bullet tore at the top following my movements.

From the speed that the bullets are going, I would have said a submachine gun, I thought, but I have to move first.

I crawled to the end of the van seeing the opening since the door was still open. I pulled myself to a crouch and pulled out my gun from my jeans. I glanced back at the road seeing that it will be a few minutes before we reach the next intersection.

Then I placed took hold of the back of the van holding it backward with my hand before leaping into action. My body was flying in the air from the back of the moving fan, and I saw nothing but air for a few seconds before both of my legs were thrown forward hitting the guy that was standing at the door sending him flying backward along with me, who landed on top of him.

Then I raised my gun aiming it straight toward the other guy who was standing at the far end holding the submachine gun and fired. It hit him straight into the head, sending him backward where he crumbled on the ground.

Then I walked forward toward the two people in the front and aimed my gun straight toward the driver`s head.

"Stop the car," I yelled at him…

But it wasn`t a him at all…

It was Vanille.

I stared at the girl shocked for a few seconds and glanced toward the other chair only for a fist to smash straight into my face. I stepped back at the hit. The man whom had just hit me in the head was holding his hand in pain.

He must have hit my metal head with all his strength. That must have hurt…a fucking hell lot.

Seeing that I wasn`t down, he raised his gun toward me just as I did the same and we both fired at the same time. I feel his bullet hit me in the forehead causing me to turn my head to the side just as he did the same…well, except for him, blood splattered all over the front of the car, causing Vanille to let out a shriek.

I shook my head since it was still ringing from getting shot at my head before making my way toward Vanille.

"Look, you can stop the car now," I told her, "Everything is fine, I took care of them all."

But Vanille`s shaking hands didn`t move from the wheel.

"T…They said they will kill my parents if I stop driving," she said, her voice breaking.

I put a hand on her shoulder, and one upon her own.

"Hey Vanille, it`s okay," I told her, "They won`t harm anyone anymore, you can stop driving the car now, you can stop."

The girl was still shaking and I can see the tears falling from her eyes. But the van slowed down until it came to a full stop. She then put her head unto the wheel her body shaking from the sobs as she cried and I seated there beside her, putting a comforting hand upon her shoulder.

"C`mon," I told her, "let`s get out of here."

She opened the door and stepping out of the car, and I followed her. The cops were coming toward us along with Jhil who was talking with one of the policemen. When both Vanille and I reached her she turned toward us.

"I have convinced him that we can take her home," she said, "I`ll let them take care of the kidnappers. You can go wait in the car Vanille."

The orange haired girl nodded at her before walking toward the slick looking car. The two of us followed her but more slowly.

"Won`t she have to give a statement or something?" I asked giving Jhil a glance.

"Even if she gave a statement, you know that it will reach a dead end soon," she told me.

I glanced toward Vanille who was seating in the back of Jhil`s car. The girl still looked scared from what I can see.

"Even so, Farron that was some wicked shit you just did," Jhil told me, "Where the hell did you learn how to do these things?"

"I just do them," I answered her, "C`mon, let`s bring this girl home."

She nodded at me and walked toward the driver`s seat as I took the passenger one. Then the car was rolling away from the site.

Somewhere

"The trilling chase between the Oerba Guardian Corps and a mysterious group of individual had finally come to a stop here at Ivalice road. We are still unable to identify the individuals that were in the van but we do know they had tried to kidnapped Dia Vanille," the male announcer said, "Daughter of the man behind the wealthy Dia Enterprise. From the shocking images that we managed to captured, a lone woman had managed to infiltrate the moving van and managed to rescue the young heiress to the Dia fortune. No identification had been made about that woman except of her unusual pink hair…."

The TV was shut off.

"Well, look like they failed," a man said with both of his arms crossed, "What do you propose we do Ghost?"

The man known as Ghost stepped out from where he was standing, holding his pale white mask, the mask that haunted Claire`s nightmares.

"We move forward," he said, "If Dia isn`t going to cooperate since he ignored our signs. We may have to go see him and remind him not to cross us."

He pulled the mask upon his face then looked up both of his eyes visible through the eye holes on the pale mask.

"It would seems it`s time to accelerate things up a bit," he said, giving a chuckle.

So ends this chapter with Ghost first appearance since the prologue...

Hope you have enjoyed the read.

Jacques0 out.

R&R.