Fastlane, Chapter 14

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Van dragged himself out of the water onto the beach. He coughed and spat the salt out of his mouth. Ugh this was awful. Swimming for your life, he just hated that. He panted heavily and turned instantly towards Billie. He stood up to help her but she already dragged herself out of the water too. Already standing on two feet, wavering tough. She looked at the boat with a frown in her brows.

The two looked at each other shortly and began to run for the tree-line. Anything to get away from the boat and out of sight.

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Deaq waited until Captain Parish was near him. He sighed out loud.

'I have no clue what is going on.' Deaq snapped angrily.

Captain Parish shook his head. 'We are going to find out soon. The CSI-Team is going through Van's room as of now. And I brought some enforcement too.'

Parish turned around towards the door meters away. Deaq followed his gaze. The door opened and a petite, blonde woman tried to come in the Candy Store. As she did so the large stack of papers she had in one hand fell on the floor .She tried to catch some of them with her other hand, with which she had been wearing a blue suitcase which was now falling to the ground.

All by all. The 'enforcement' Parish had brought made a lot of noise and a big mess already.

Deaq cleared his throat as he looked the little blonde up and down. 'You call that enforcement?' He asked softly to Parish.

Parish just looked at him. 'Don't judge so fast Deaq. She may look petite and innocent but she is one of my best cops.'

Deaq got a mocking smile on his face as he watched the woman walk towards them now. She was still trying to get the stack of papers under control. She stopped promptly in front of them and offered her hand to Deaq as she held the suitcase to her chest.

'Hi, I am Zoe Fairchild.' She said.

'Deaqon Hayes.' Deaq said.

'In fact, Van already asked Zoe to help with the case, but she was sick.'

Deaq narrowed his eyes. He looked at Zoe. 'With what?'

'O, I would go with Van as his date. But I was sick. I understand that Miss Chambers went in my place and now is...Missing.' Zoe said.

She had wondered about that. That if she hadn't been sick would she be the one missing now? Well she would probably never know, but she wanted to do everything to get Van and Miss Chambers back.

'Miss Chambers?' Deaq asked confused. 'O, Billie. Yeah.' He never thought of Billie as Miss Chambers, let alone as a Miss at all.Not that she wasn't or that he didn't respect her, but it just sounded wrong.Just 'Billie' sounded better.

'Zoe has as you can see all the papers that she found on Hicks and all of his men in Los Angeles. That is if Hicks has something to do with this. My other team is investigating the list you made with Van, with Billie's other enemy's on it.'

'Well, I think we are safe to say that now Van is missing too it has probably more to do with Hicks.'

Parish nodded.

Deaq looked at the blonde who was staring around her like little girl with big hazel eyes and an open mouth when she still had her suitcase to her chest and clutched the papers against her body.

'Wow, I heard about this place but...This is...'Her eyes fell on a motorbike. 'Amazing.'

'Yeah. We have work to do. What do you got?' Deaq snapped shortly as he walked towards Billie's desk. He wasn't waiting for an imitation white Barbie-doll who probably was just out of school to sit him in his way.

Zoe nodded quickly and followed Deaq and Parish.

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'Are you crazy!' Van shouted angrily the moment they were kneeling behind a few bushes, looking at the boat.

'Attacking Hicks like that when Travis was holding a gun to our heads! Travis almost shot a hole in you!'

She looked up at him. Two angry blue eyes on his face, a warning look in her eyes, she looked at him as if he was the one that had just pushed her over the line.

She didn't say anything. She just stood up. Looking at him.
He stood up too, very quickly. Bracing himself for what was coming.

Okay, she was smaller then him, he was bigger then her. And she was a woman.Given the fact men were stronger then woman he shouldn't be very afraid, he could probably take her easily.But he knew that when she was angry, she became three times bigger then him, and she could lash out very hard with painful consequences for the other party.

Billie's body was shaking, full of emotions she couldn't place. And couldn't control.

She didn't know what to do. She looked at Van but still couldn't believe he was actually alive. She closed the gap between them.

Van's eyes grew big as he felt Billie pull him in a tight embrace. She almost choked him when she pushed him so hard to her body that he thought his ribs were going to crack.

Billie felt Van's body against hers. She just needed that...For a short moment.

To feel that he was alive. She felt tears coming up but pushed them away quickly.The thought of him getting killed had been awful. Hot rage flooded through her again as she remembered how she had felt when she had thought that he was dead. She let go of him instantly.

Van was –after the initial shock had gone- getting a very comfortable feeling with Billie's arms around him, her soft and warm body against his.The realisation of how much he had missed her, how much he needed this, to feel that she was alive hit him.She was alive and kicking, Van thought happily as he felt a warm feeling spreading through his tensed body.

She suddenly pushed him away. He opened his mouth in surprise to say something as he looked at her.

Her fist spun through the air and hit him hard in his jaw.

'Ouch!' Van spat as he looked back at her with big eyes. Well at least he could be sure that the kicking part was there. Had she gotten crazy!

'What was that for!' He snapped.

Yes, she had really gotten crazy! Probably had a few to many blows to her pretty head. Everyone had a breaking point. Even Billie.

First hugging him, and then hurting him? What was her deal!

'YOU STUPID PRICK!' She shouted at the top of her lungs as she hit him in his chest with both her hands, pushing him back.

'Why are you here! Hicks could have killed you!' She shouted so hard that her voice broke. But she felt relieved. The fierce anger she had felt began to slip away softly.

Van swallowed as he touched his sore jaw.

'O, I see. This is how you show your worry for me.' He said angrily.

Her angry eyes were still on him but she turned away.

'It's not like I was invited or anything! Someone took me from my bedroom!' Van snapped.

'Watch your tone Van.' Billie snapped as she walked away from him, following a path.

'Watch my tone!' Van shouted as he pointed an angry finger at her. He couldn't believe this!

'You know, I have seen a lot in my days, I have seen a lot of STUPID things, but this must have been the most STUPIDEST thing I have EVER seen! 'He shouted at her.

'Well..' She said casually as she wiped a bloody finger on her trousers and walked further.

'I didn't ask for your opinion.'

Billie looked up at the trees and the sky.

Van let his hands fall to his sides. This was impossible. Did he really hear that right?

'She didn't ask for my opinion.' He mumbled sarcastic to the ground.

'I know your head is made of stone and filled with nothing, but do you really think your head is harder then a shotgun!' He shouted sarcastic at her back.

She turned her head, looking at the boat that still lay in the same place. A wrinkle appearing above her nose, between her eyebrows.Why was that boat not moving? Why weren't they followed?She ignored Van. That was the best thing to do for now.She turned and walked further until something hard encircled her arm and roughly turned her around.

'You put yourself in danger by that stupid act of yours! And whether you like it or not, but we have to go through this together!' Van spat. His grey-green eyes spat fire at her and he was very angry now.

'Don't EVER do that again!' He spat threateningly. He had just gotten used to the idea that she was still alive. Seeing her put her life on the line like that for the second time well...That just made him very angry.

She pulled her arm roughly out of his grip and looked angrily at him. She took a step towards him. Forcing him to take a step back.

'Do you really think you can order me around!' Her eyes grew big in anger now.

She had that tone in her voice from which Van knew that they were really having a fight now and that she would become very, very unreasonable, if she already wasn't. But sadly enough for her, this time, she couldn't get his badge and threaten to fire him.

Van put his hands in his side and shook his head, a sarcastic smile on his face.

'Here we go again.' Van put up both his hands in the air while he said loudly; 'Billie THE BITCH is back ladies and gentlemen.

Billie who can do everything on her own, and who has to get her way, doesn't matter what happens to others!' Van said, he almost spat out the last words.

'I didn't put YOU in danger.' She said stepping towards him with a stubborn tone in her voice.

'He shot at me remember? And we were dead anyway! Didn't you hear what Hicks said? He was planning on drowning us!' Billie snapped.

'Why are you shouting at me!'

'You don't have any reason to be angry with ME, I have on the other hand, every reason to be angry with YOU!' Van snapped. Why could she be angry with him? Because he was here? That wasn't his choice. Well, obviously he wanted to help her, but he wasn't in a real helping position now. And she was being just so unreasonable.

Billie shook her head and walked further.

'Billie!' Van snapped irritated, following her. He wouldn't let her get away with this.

She turned so suddenly that he almost ran into her.

'Do you think I am going to let a man threat me like this? Threat me like some sort of animal who he can use for whatever thing he is pulling!' She spat out angrily.

'NO ONE TREATS ME LIKE THAT!' She screamed at Van. And again he saw that hot anger in her that he had seen on the boat.

Yes, he had seen her angry a lot of times. And yes, he had seen her VERY angry a lot of times too. But it was just as if...As if this was different.

As if this was a different anger.

As if there was more to it then she showed or gave credit for.

'Well I hate to bring it to you. But I have the feeling that he is using us at the moment, and has us exactly where he wants too. If you haven't noticed; we are at an Island, and they didn't follow us! Does that make any bells ring! And what you did a few moments ago...You only made it worse for yourself.' Van said, sounding somewhat softer.

'No I didn't because we are away from Hicks and his guys now. That is the first step! And...'Billie looked at him, stopped talking suddenly. She smiled in mock. 'No, you aren't going to tell me this are you?'

'What?' He asked surprised.

She put her arms in her sides.' Deaq. You better tell me that Deaq is on our trail right now.' She said her finger pointing at him.

'You are so unreasonable!' Van said in a loud tone, his voice almost skipping a tone in amazement.

'Do I have to spell it out to you!' Van shouted now. 'I got kidnapped from my room! I was sleeping! I don't even know if Deaq knows I am gone already.'

She went to stand straight, her eyes boring in his as she tilted her head to one side. She was just so angry and she needed to relieve that.

'It's nice to know that you found some rest while I was missing.' She said in a mean voice.

It hit Van as a bomb. His eyes spat fire at her and all he wanted to do is take her by her shoulders and shake her really hard.

'Do you have any idea what you are saying?' Van said very slowly. His eyes so big and filled with venom that Billie swallowed. Now she had gone over a line.

Billie froze to the ground. She knew that the things she had said these last minutes weren't exactly right...

Van walked towards her. His eyes never leaving hers.

'Do you know what I have been through!' Van snapped.
He stopped right in front of her.

She put her hand in her side and got a cocky look on her face.

'Please Van. Tell me what YOU have been through these few last days.' She said sarcastically. It was obvious from her words, her tone and the look on her face that she mocked him and didn't expect him to have been through something that was worse then what she had been through these last days.

What could he say? That he had felt so awful because he had thought that the bitch was dead? He was too proud for that to say something like that right now. To let her know how much he cared.

'Your place burned down. We thought you were dead.' He flapped out. He hadn't wanted to tell her that, he thought she already had enough on her mind, but he had had it with her.

Her eyes grew big in shock. Her mouth opened a bit. It formed a few words but no sound came out. 'My...Place...?'

'Yep.' Van said as he looked away shortly acting very casual about it. 'It TOTALLY burned down, O, but you might like to hear that there is still ONE wall standing.' He said.

And there it was, very shortly.

Very, very shortly, and only obvious for the expert on Billie-behaviour .He saw the glint of sadness, pain and maybe even, somewhere very deep away vulnerability flashing over her face.

Her eyes, for just less then half a second looked at him, widening, showing him how much she was moved and hurt. But before Van could even draw in a breath again it had disappeared and a darkness flood over her eyes.

Her lip twitched in anger now.' You sound as if you like it.'

'No Billie. I don't like it.' He said stepping closer to her. 'I thought you were dead. I thought that there was a possibility that that stupid, stubborn, bitchy ass of yours had exploded in that stupid house of yours. So that's what I have been doing these last days. So don't tell me, or don't mock me or don't judge me. Understood!' He said stepping so close that now it was her turn to step back.

'And I have news for you Billie. You don't get to tell me anything anymore while we are here. Just so you know. Because I am sick of you.' Van shouted as he felt himself losing control over his anger.

'You know what?' She asked in a calm voice.

'SHUT UP!' She shouted without waiting for an answer. She didn't want to hear him anymore. She clenched her fists in anger and turned around. She was out of it. First he was dead, and she was worried sick. She would have given her life for him, and now he was back, bothering her and nagging as he always did and she could only wish she was far, far away from him.

From anyone for that matter. She just about had had it with everything. The fact that her house was...Gone...She didn't want to think about that...Not now...It was just too much...

Van could almost see smoke coming through her nose and ears. She was ready to explode.He turned and sighed as his mind rumbled to find a solution to get out of this mess. He looked at his watch as he tried to remember how long they were here already, and how long they had been on the boat.

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