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Here is chapter eight, I hope you like it! I apologize in advance for any spelling mistakes, I think I got them all! (I hope :D)
Kai made his way through the wrecked store, kicking a broken bottle from his path as he walked around the fallen store shelves.
"Wow this place is a mess!"
"Well from what Mal's told me, these guys are willing to go to any lengths to get what they want."
Natara stepped out into the alleyway behind the store as she glanced down at the tire marks on the ground.
"Looks like they broke in through the front and escaped out the back before any officers had even been notified of the break in. Did you get a look at that security system yet?"
"Doing it now!"
Natara followed Kai back inside the store as he disappeared behind the checkout desk. Natara examined the scene, looking around the items that lay on the store floor. Her attention was drawn back to Kai as he jumped up from the behind the checkout desk, knocking over a stack of tin cans in the process.
"Oops. My bad."
Natara rolled her eyes in defeat as she stood with crossed arms.
"How's it look?"
"Whoever dis-armed this security system is smart, like really smart. We're talking Amy smart."
"Well is there a chance that maybe one of the Drake Brothers could have dis-armed the system?"
"I don't think so. Other than Amy, I don't know of anyone who could be smart enough to do this!"
Natara scoffed as she kneeled down to examine a piece of cloth caught on a broken bottle.
"True but they've been smart enough to stay out of prison all these years."
"Okay good point."
Looking closer at the cloth, Natara rose to her feet as she placed it inside an evidence bag.
"I don't think there's anything else here, we'd better head to another store. See what we can find there."
"Yes ma'am."
Kai saluted as he hopped around from the checkout desk. Letting out a deep sigh, Natara shook her head as she dug her buzzing phone out of her pocket.
"Hi Amy, what's up?"
"Natara I managed to track down one of the Drake Brothers like Mal asked me to, but you're not going to like what I found!"
Natara felt her stomach drop as she heard the panic in Amy's voice.
"Why, what is it?"
"He's heading for Mal and Elena right now!"
As they entered the public library, Mal and Elena paused looking around at the hundreds of bookcases in front of them. Mal rested his hands on his hips as he let out a sigh of defeat.
"Ah hell! It'll take us hours to find the file in this lot!"
"No it won't."
Elena ran off in front as she made her way towards a set of stairs. Still contemplating his surroundings, Mal took a second before he noticed that Elena had disappeared.
"Elena where are you-"
Mal quickly followed her as she led the way through a narrow row of bookcases before finally walking into a small study area. Grabbing a chair, Elena dragged it towards the wall as she checked that it was stable enough to stand on. Mal folded his arms as confusion flooded his face.
"Elena what the hell are you doing?"
"Just wait a second! And keep an eye out for that librarian with the glasses, I swear she hates me!"
Elena stood on the chair as she unscrewed the bolts from the vent above her. Mal glanced down the corridor of books as he noticed the librarian Elena was talking about; he sent her an innocent smile only to receive a glare in return as she went back to organizing the books.
"I've got it!"
Elena closed the vent before she jumped down from the chair, as she quickly flipped through the pages of the file before looking back at Mal.
"Right then let's get back to the precinct."
Racing down the stairs, they quickly made their way back to Mal's car. As they drove down the road, silence filled the air. Mal glanced across at Elena as she sat reading through the evidence file.
"How long were you and Jake keeping that thing?"
"A couple of months.."
Mal nodded as he focused his eyes back on the road.
"It'll be enough right? To put them away I mean?"
"We'll know when we get back to the precinct and we can see what we're dealing with."
Elena grew silent as she closed the file and placed it on her lap. Resting her arm on the window, she watched the city sights as they flew passed the window. Her eyes wondered to the side mirror as she jumped up in her seat to look out the back window.
"Okay it might just be in my head, but I think that car is following us!"
Mal looked in his mirror as he eyed the blue car behind them, without warning the car revved fiercely as it rammed them throwing them forward in their seats.
"What the-?!"
"Mal it's Liam! How did he find me?"
Mal managed to keep the car steady. Picking up speed as the blue car continued to close in on them. Screeching around a corner, Mal flew down the street as he dodged oncoming traffic. Gunshots echoed as the bullets pinged against the car, glass shattering as the back window exploded. Elena ducked down as she screamed in fear. The blue car sped in front as Liam appeared from the window, gun in hand. Mal pulled his own gun from his holster as he glanced down at Elena.
"Elena I'm gonna need you to take the wheel!"
"What? Are you crazy?! I can't drive!"
"You don't need to, just keep the wheel steady while I shoot out Liam's tires!"
"Uh.. okay."
Elena leaned across as she held the wheel with shaking hands. Mal hung out of the window as he aimed his gun at Liam's car. Taking each shot, the third found it target as it popped the car's front tire. Ducking back inside the car, Mal took the wheel from Elena as he picked up speed, racing passed Liam. As they approached a red light filled with idling traffic, Mal slammed the breaks as they quickly came to a halt. Taking a second to breath, they both jumped at the sight of Liam screaming towards them. Running the red light, Liam failed to break as an oncoming garbage truck ploughed into the side of him. A blood-curling crash as the truck dragged the small car across the road, leaving behind a trail of oil and discarded metal. As they watched the crash, Elena shook from panic and fear as she glanced across at Mal.
"Oh jeez, that could've been us!"
"It almost was! Are you okay?"
"Uh...oh yeah I'm great!"
Elena let out a nervous laugh as she climbed out of the car. Walking down the street, she stood with curious bystanders as they surrounded the wreckage of the car. Feeling a presence behind her, she turned to see Mal as he stood with his eyes fixed on the crash site of the car.
"This is my fault… isn't it?"
Mal looked down at Elena and his face softened when he saw the fear in her eyes.
"No."
Without another word, Mal walked away to talk to the officers as they arrived at the scene. As Elena stood alone, she let out a shaken breath. With her heartbeat echoing in her ears, she tried as hard as she could to keep her trembling hands steady.
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