Fastlane Chapter 9

Fastlane isn't mine!

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Hicks turned around in the large living room.

'It's good that you called me Travis.

Very good.'He said as he inspected his surroundings.At least one of his men had a brain.

It was always hard to find good men to work for you.

Travis nodded as he looked at a painting that hung on the wall.

'I found it very weird that this woman has such a large house, with so many expensive things.'

The other houses he had been to were always very sober, or messy.They had fit to the situation the woman had been living in.But this house, this house didn't fit to a woman who had no money, and was at the edge of her life, almost living in the gutter.

'Real designer things.'Hicks said as his finger went over the smooth leather of Billie's couch.

'If the place belonged to her father, or a rich relative...'Travis begun.

Hicks shook his head.'No, it doesn't.I checked all of that remember.'Hicks turned towards Travis.'Billie has no one, apart from Van and Deaq.She is from the streets, just like the others were.They think that they get a better life.'Hicks said, a smile appeared on his face.

He turned towards the broken coffee table.'In a way they do ofcourse...'He said, his smile turning into a sly smile.

'This one didn't seem very insecure.It doesn't add up.'Travis said as he looked around too.

Hicks shook his head.'I think Van and Deaq lied to me.'Hicks put his hand in his pocket to get his cigarbox.'It's kind of funny that her file says these things about her while they are lies.'He said as he casually took out a cigar and held it under his nose.Enjoying the scent.

'Boss?'A voice said from the bedroom door.Hicks turned his head towards Carlos.He held up a badge.

Hicks frowned his brows as he walked towards Carlos.

'She is a cop!'He spat out, his words filled with disgust, venom and astonishment.

Hicks clenched his teeth in anger.'A COP!'He shouted.'A F#(& COP!'He slammed his fist in the wall.

Hicks turned towards Travis.He didn't feel any pain, though his knuckles were red now from the wall they had collided with.His anger overshadowed everything.

'Do you think Van and Deaq know about this?'Travis asked.'Maybe they are cops too?'

'I don't know.They could be...They could be in on this.'
Hicks began to pace around.

'They think that they are smarter then me?

They think they can outsmart ME! Well, they are at the wrong adress!

Cop or not.I don't care.'Hicks shouted angrily.His face turning red, making the vein on his forehead visible.

'What are you going to do with the woman?'Travis asked.

'It's too late to change something now.She already saw you.We will just go along with the

plan.'Hicks said in a calm voice now.'That stupid bitch!'He spat directly after that while he started to pace again.

'They will come looking for a cop.'Carlos said.

Hicks looked up at him.An angry glare directed at Carlos.

'I know that Carlos!Do you remember how much I hate it when someone tells me something that I already know!Because it's so OBVIOUS!'He shouted.

'We will just have to make sure that there will be no evidence leading to us.No evidence at all.'

'What about Van and Deaq?'Travis asked.

'We stick to the plan with Van'. Hicks said.He turned towards his men.'We act the same, we just have to come up with something to get those filthy cops of my track.'

Travis looked at his boss who was still pacing around.His dark hair shone in the lights of the large lamp Billie had on her ceiling.Hicks' face was flushed from anger.His dark eyes glittered with anger.

Hicks stopped pacing suddenly and a smile appeared on his face.

'Maybe this is just an extra challenge.

Maybe this isn't so negative at all.It would certainly be more fun with her being a cop.'Hicks paused to think about that.

'I always imagined how it was to have power over a cop...

To kill a cop.'

Hicks smiled and sighed with deligth.He lighted his cigar.

'I think God is on our side guys.He sent us an extra challenge.And we will use that for our good.'

Travis grinned and nodded.He wasn't worried at all.He knew that his boss always got whatever he wanted.

'Cleaning up this place won't be necessary anymore.'Hicks said.'There is probably too much of your blood or DNA lying around to make it look like a robbery.We have to get to drastic measures.'

Travis nodded.

'Did you find anything interesting other then the badge?'Hicks asked Carlos when he saw him walking out of the bedroom.

Carlos shook his head.'No, just the badge and a gun.'

'Ofcourse, it would have been a lot of luck to find my file lying around here.'

Hicks nodded as he took a drag of his cigar.

'Well people.It's time to go home.'He said as he walked towards the kitchen and opened the gas.

He walked towards the backdoor, followed by Travis, Trent and a few of his other men.

'So dumn...Who leaves the gas open nowadays?' He mumbled as he walked down the path waiting for that exploding sound that he loved,

those angry red and yellow flames licking and absorbing everything they could get a hold of.

Destroying everything...

Fire.

Fire was a powerful tool.

He loved fire.

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'Men, she is late!Can you even believe that?Billie is late!We are the ones that worked last nigth.'Van said as he trew the ball at the basket and missed.He sighed irritated as he looked at the wallclock.

Deaq nodded.He was sitting on the couch, waiting impatiently for his boss to turn up.

'Just call her then.'Deaq said as Van walked slowly towards the ball.He was still very tired from the day before.

'You call her.You are closest to your phone.'Van said in a bantering tone.

Deaq sighed and stretched his arm to reach his phone.

Van ran towards the basket again and this time didn't miss.He turned around to look at Deaq.Deaq shook his head and put the phone down.'There is no answer.'

Van frowned his brows.'There wouldn't be something wrong, would there?

She is always in time.'

Deaq sighed and got up.'Let's go check it out.'

'She probably just overslept.'Deaq said although he didn't think that very likely as he walked towards his sweater and pulled it over his shirt.

'Yes that could be.'Van said to calm himself down as they walked towards the car.

'After all, she is just a normal human being.'He said as he got in.'Although, I have to admit that I sometimes wonder if she really is.'He had a frown in his brows when he said that.

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Van's mouth dropped open in shock when he saw what was left off Billie's home.Deaq walked around the car in slow-motion as his eyes couldn't leave the black, smoking mess in front of him.There were police-lines around it, closing it up.

Van saw a policeman standing outside the door and ran towards him as quickly as he could.

'What happened here!'Van shouted impatiently at the cop.

'I am not at liberty to say.'The cop answered as he slowly eyed Van up and down.

Deaq was still walking towards them.He almost couldn't swallow.He felt worry flooding his body as his eyes couldn't leave the one wall that had managed to stay up.

'I am a cop too!What happened here!'Van snapped as he took the cop by his arm.

'Let go of me.'The cop said in a warning tone.

'Van.'A voice said behind him.Van looked up and saw captain Parish who had obviously come out of what was left of Billie's house.

'What is going on here?'Deaq asked Parish when he finally had gotten there.

'The firedepartment was still trying to get the flames under control an hour ago.We don't know if there was anyone inside..The neighbours said they heard an explosive sound..

The CSI-team is looking for possible human remains.'

'Human r...?'Deaq couldn't get the words out of his mouth.

Van gasped in shock and looked at what once was the porch.The porch he had been standing on a few days ago, feeling so nervous.

'No.'Deaq shook his head.'No man, this is a mistake.'He began to laugh.'Billie wasn't in that house.'He said pointing at the mess.'She can't be.'He shook his head in denial.'It's Billie we are talking about...BI-LLIE!'Deaq said as he looked at Van and Parish.

Van bit his lip as he looked at the ground deep in thougth.He rubbed his forehead.There were too much things going through his head to think clearly.

'We will find out soon enough.'Parish said as he tried not to think about some possibilities of what migth have happened here a few hours ago...

'Do you think it's connected to the case?'Parish asked.'You were working on Raymond Hicks rigth?'

Van nodded with an absent-minded look on his face.

'It doesn't make sense.Why would Hicks kill Billie?If she even is dead.'Deaq uttered.

'No.She isn't dead.'Van said slowly.He looked up at the smoking mess.

'She better not be.'Anger rose up in his eyes.'I am going to kill Hicks with my bare hands if he is responsible for this.'Van spat in anger.He felt all his muscles contract.If he only got his hands on the persons who did this...He clenched his teeth in anger.

'She went away yesterday to relax the whole evening.We were with Hicks the whole nigth.'Deaq said after a short pause.

'So she was home.'Parish said.

Van nodded as a sickening feeling crept up through his whole body, stopping in his throat.

Realization hit him.

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Billie opened her eyes.She closed them immediately as a brigth colour invaded her eyes with no mercy at all.

She opened them again, fluttering her eyelids until her sigth wasn't that blurry anymore.She got a frown on her face when she tried to recognize her surroundings.

White.

Everything was white...

A white wall, a white ceiling, another white wall.

Her eyes went down to her body.She was almost strapped up from head to toe.There were brown leather straps keeping her body to the bed everywhere.

Around her legs, her waist, her upperbody, her arms and wrists.The only thing she could move was her neck.And when she did she regretted it instantly.Pain shot through her head and a nauseous feeling made master of her.She almost felt like she was going to throw up.Her body felt hot suddenly and cold a second later.She began to shiver over her whole body.

What was going on!Where was she?

She opened her mouth to shout,

to scream,

to get all her anger and frustration out in that one scream, but the words wouldn't come out, no sound would come out.

Her throat was so dry...

A soft whisper and moan were the only things leaving her throat...

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