Ranch House
Chapter Twenty

"Why would you want to go here?"

Davenport and Chase had decided to take a cab, as opposed to driving their car. This was so they had less of a chance of getting recognized due to the car.

"Er," Davenport said. "We're meeting a friend of mine there."

"You do realize that's the suspected Parchment hideout, right?" The cab driver said.

"It is?" Davenport said. "Well, I guess we'll have to be careful, then."

He thrust a one-hundred dollar bill at the driver. "Keep the change!"

He and Chase quickly got out of the car and ran to the old strip mall.

"Chase," Davenport said. "If I tell you to run, then run."

Chase reached for the handle to open the door. "You know I could never do that."

"Look," Davenport said. "If I get captured, then you can go get the police."

"But, Mr. Davenport-"

"No. There's no other way to do this." Davenport said. "But this is what we can do for now. Hopefully, this is the final push and we can get Tasha, your sister and brothers out. If not, we can rely on you."

"There has to be another way." Chase muttered.

"No, there isn't." Davenport said. "Now, we need to end this."

Chase sighed and opened the door. Davenport walked in with Chase following.

"Stay close, Chase." Davenport muttered.

They both looked around into the darkness. As Chase proceeded into a sectioned off portion of the space, he bumped (quite literally) into Alex.

"Well, well, well." Alex said. "Look who finally came for his family."

Chase got into a battle stance. "Yeah. It's time we end this."

Alex pulled out his gun and cocked it. "You see, David wants you alive, yet it is so tempting to finish you off and let the Parchment continue business."

"What do you even want with us?" Chase sneered.

"I can't tell you that." Alex said. "He already killed Jamieson for telling your brother about our plan."

Chase growled and Alex smiled.

Chase managed to kick the gun out of Alex's hand by performing a backflip.

"Hey!" He said.

"Oh, please." Chase said. "You had that coming."

Chase then managed to knock Alex out and take his gun after fighting for a few minutes.

Chase left the room and locked it, to ensure that Alex would have a tough time of escaping (Alex wasn't very strong).

Chase found Davenport. "Look what I got." He whispered.

Davenport beamed at Chase. "Thank you."

Chase looked around. "We need to get Adam, Bree, Leo and Tasha. Follow me. I know where the basement is."

Davenport nodded and followed Chase as they began the final push to reach their family.