Chapter Fourteen

~Risa~

It was twilight and I was driving the SUV at full force last in line and with Jake and Jack. I couldn't bring myself to care because at least I was on the squad. Emmett suddenly made a sharp turned and I followed forgetting to set my blinker on. A lair was starting to come into sharper focus and we swerved out around it. Jake jumped out of the car as soon as I put it into park and was in the back unpacking all of the sniper gear. I felt a sudden pang because usually Jen would be unloading the sniper gear. Jake ran over and started talking to Ed and Marcus and Shuhei were behind me. I motioned toward the back of the SUV and they started pulling stuff out.

"That's nasty," Emmett said. He was covering his nose and pointing at the thicket. I sniffed as did everyone else around us. To me it smelled pretty normal but I couldn't be sure. The Vampires had a very keen sense of smell and I took Emmett's word for it because Edward and Alice had the same reaction.

There was a crunching of leaves, and at once everyone turned around. Whether it was an animal or another person we didn't know and every single person had drawn a weapon and calls of "Police don't move, I said don't move," became mingled with "Division Nine, show yourself," "Division three, come out into the open," and "Division Six stay where you are!"

Slowly with his hands over his head Jasper Hale moved into the open clearing were Spike was blaring a searchlight in his face. The light caught off of Jasper's skin and it was glittering with the force of a million tiny diamonds. Jasper walked over to Alice and everyone put their weapons down. I felt at ease even though my two best friends were being held hostage by Aizen and a vampire.

"Damn it Jasper!" I yelled remembering that Jasper could control people's moods and that it was most certainly his doing now. "False alarm"

Renji were already in Soul Reaper form and standing next to me as I grabbed more gear out of the Suburban. Jake already had a Remmington 700 fully loaded. His expression was deadly serious and his eyes were scanning the nearby trees determining which was the sturdiest and where the best vantage point was.

"We'll go first," Emmett said. He was holding a battering ram even though he could break down the entrance with ease. Personally I thought he was only using it for fun. Jasper who somehow managed to squeeze into riot gear was holding the other side of the ram. They counted to three and slammed the battering ram into the entrance. The door splintered and they ran inside followed closely by Edward and Alice. Behind the vampire cover were Shuhei, Marcus, Renji and Byakuya, the Soul Reapers. Behind them were Sam, Ed, Jules Jake, and I. Bringing up the rear was Spike, and Jack.

We ran along a corridor until there was a door blocking our room. There were voices coming from the other side and we could hear them. A female voice was yelling at another female voice as another male voice laughed.

Up top, Emmett and Jasper knew who the voices belonged to. They gave the signal to the back and we knew as well. With another thrust they slammed the door open and we charged all screaming the same thing. "Police SRU, hands where I can see them"

Byakuya began to fight with Ichimaru almost immediately. Their blades clashed furiously sending sparks flying. Edward and Alice were fighting the female vampire while Jasper and Emmett began to build a pyre. I pulled a knife from my pocket and started off toward Jen with the intent to undo her bindings but as I got closer a figure came out of nowhere and swept Rukia and Jen away. I watched it for a second before pocketing the knife and pulling out a glock. I ran after the figure but I couldn't get a clear shot because Rukia and Jen were in the way. Rukia was yelling and trying to get away. I was yelling back trying to let them know I was here. The armor was slowing me down so I popped a gikongan into my mouth and let the heavily laden body hit the floor. As a konpaku I had a wider range of movement.

"Get the fuck off me!" I heard Rukia yell. There was thump. The kidnapper had knocked her out with the side of his hand. I saw Jen's silhouette try to attack but to no avail.

A door burst open out into the clearing where the SUVs were parked. The kidnapper popped the hatch of one and threw Rukia and Jen inside it. He hotwired it in less than ten seconds and drove off. I leapt into the air and ran atop the current trying to keep the SUV in my line of sight. I had to run above the trees to keep up with the car but it didn't come without a disadvantage. My sight was limited greatly and my weakened condition slowed me down. Within a matter of seconds Shuhei and Marcus had caught up with and past me. I was gasping for air now without realizing it I had ran over a mile at full sprint.

Jake was next to me now and me guided my back down to earth without jerking me down. Underneath in the brush was the other SUV.

"Marcus and Shuhei will tail them," Jake said. "We'll run ahead and cut them off, there was another vampire in the waiting and that's who took them."

"Copy that," I breathed as my blackberry started to buzz. I pulled it out to read the message Sam had sent me.

Head west and cut them off at the clearing

I pulled my hair back into a tighter ponytail as Jake slammed on the accelerator and the SUV shot forward. I gripped the handle tightly as he swerved in and out of the trees. Up ahead I saw more lights and realized that they were stopped. People were everywhere so Jake pulled up. Sam came out of nowhere, directed Jake to an area and told him to leave the high beams on. He did what he was told and we stepped out of the vehicle.

It was like a warzone around us. A few yards ahead there was a fire blazing and the outlines of Emmett, Jasper and Alice could be made out. Somewhere by a tree Edward was talking quickly on a cell phone holding his nose. I could see why; Jules and Byakuya was holding Jen up and holding her hand over a cut on her leg and a little ways further Marcus and Jack were bent over Rukia, who was lying on the ground. I opened my mouth to ask Sam what the hell was going on when he pointed to the SUV that I had begun to chase. It was crumpled from top to bottom, making it look like an accordion. I stared at it with an open mouth wondering how the hell Jen and Rukia were still alive if that thing toppled over with them in it. God damn, those two were fucking lucky.

Jake shot me a look and ran over toward Rukia. Both he and I were trained in emergency battlefield medicine. It was a shame Amy wasn't here, out of the three of us she was the best and with her here things would be a lot smoother. I ran over to Jules and Jen who was worse upon further inspection.

"Femur's broken," Jules explained as I came closer. She had splinted the injury with two tree branches and the thick cables from her rappelling gear. "And I'm suspecting further injury to her spine and ribcage but Edward just called in the paramedics. They're gonna be a while though trudging through all of this."

I looked at Jen with only one thing running through my mind. With what Jules had done there wasn't much else I could do until the paramedics arrived.

"Bletchley," I muttered more to myself than anyone around me. "What the fuck did you do?"