Chapter 6: Hotel Showdown
The next morning, Michiru awoke to the sound of the shower running. She groggily sat up in the covers and rubbed her eyes before she climbed out of the bed and walked over to the bathroom door, knocking. "Haruka?" she then called out, patiently waiting for an answer. "Yes?" the blondes low, husky voice soon came while the sound of running water stopped. Moments later the door opened, exposing Haruka wearing one of the hotel's bathrobes – which was twenty centimeters too short for her. Michiru giggled at the sight, earning a glare from the blonde, before she explained her need: "Are you done yet? I wanna take a shower too." Haruka nodded before she shook her head, causing her short hair to fall back into it's natural position. Michiru entered the bathroom, locking the door behind her, and stepped into the shower. Soon, the warm water ran down her body, and while the aqua haired girl cleaned herself, she remembered the things that had happened the night before. She especially recalled one event: the short, but wonderful moment where she had been looking into Harukas eyes. Surprised, Michiru had to notice that her stomach started to flutter when she thought about looking into the taller woman's eyes. "Now what's that supposed to mean?" the aqua haired woman thought to herself, frowning. "It's not like I'm in love with her or something…right?" Before she could go any further with her musings, she could hear how somebody knocked against the bathroom door. "Did you drown in there, or what?" Harukas voice came seconds later. "I'll be done any minute!" Michiru called back, turning off the water and stepping out of the shower. She put on the second bathrobe, which – unlike Harukas – fit her perfectly and reached for the doorknob when she suddenly heard a loud banging noise coming from the other room. And seconds later, Haruka let out a scream.
Later, Michiru was surprised about herself. The normally shy and sometimes even fearful girl vanished within the moment she heard the blonde scream in what sounded like pain, only to be replaced with another Michiru, a Michiru that didn't know the word fear. She pushed the bathroom door open and stormed into the other room, finding Haruka on the ground, holding her shoulder, and four policemen, lead by a tall woman with short, spiky blonde hair. Who now aimed her gun at Haruka.
"Don't move!" Inspector van Dyk bellowed, before she looked at the woman who was obviously the one who had been taken hostage. "We'll get you out of here. You're save now." The woman smiled and nodded, walking past the hurt bank robber, who stared at her in shock, and over to the inspector, who lowered her gun to look less threatening.
Michiru walked over to the police inspector, a wicked plan forming in her mind. As soon as she was close enough, she made her idea reality – by ramming her knee up, into the inspector's stomach. Letting out a gasp, the blonde woman doubled over, while Michirus hand shot down and wrestled the gun from the inspectors grip. With one fluid motion, the aqua haired girl moved backwards until she stood next to Haruka and brought her gun up, aiming it at the police inspector. "You okay, Haruka?" she asked, shooting a short glance at the blonde – who knelt on the ground, staring at her with her mouth hanging open. "Why you little…" the inspector now grumbled, slowly recovering from the blow she had received. "Gimme my gun back!" "Dream on." Michiru coldly replied, not lowering the weapon. "Hello!" the inspector bellowed, anger in her voice. "You're the hostage here! You are supposed to be scared and waiting for us to save you! Remember?" Michiru raised both eyebrows at that odd statement, for one second wondering how that woman made it to the rank of an inspector, before she shot back: "Maybe I don't want anyone to save me. Ever thought of that?" The inspector let out a sigh. "What is this, did I stumble into a comedy movie and no one told me? Did that guy brainwash you, or what?" "I'm not a guy!" Haruka threw in, but the police people simply ignored her. "You'll let us go now." Michiru demanded, threateningly waving the gun around. "Or I'll kill all of you!" "I'm afraid that we have no choice." One of the police officers spoke, earning a glare from the inspector. Before the woman let out a sigh and nodded. "Alright. You can leave…for now. But don't think that we won't keep chasing you!" Michiru just snorted at that while she waited for Haruka to get up, then the two women slowly moved towards the door, with the aqua haired girl aiming the gun at the inspector all the time. As soon as they were through the door, Haruka yelled out "Run!" and the two women started to speed down the hallway, with the five police people right behind them. Michiru pushed the door that led to the stairway open, and sped down the stairs, Haruka following her – leaving a trail of blood on the gray tiles. The aqua haired girl was the first to arrive at the exit, but when she tried open it, it was locked. "Get outta the way!" Haruka screamed behind her, and Michiru quickly moved to the side. Haruka threw herself against the door with all the speed she could bring up, and it flew open. The blonde landed on the hotel's car park, hitting the asphalt with a groan, while Michiru stormed out and threw the door close behind her, hearing the lock click when it closed again. Seconds later, the police people banged against it in frustration. "On to the car." Haruka panted, holding her shoulder again, with blood seeping through her fingers. Michiru shot her a concerned look, but the blonde just shook her head. "Worry about me later, now we have to get away." The aqua haired girl nodded, and the two women ran over to where their car was parked. They quickly climbed in, Haruka started the engine and drove off – just in time, since the police managed to break the door open once more and came running out of the building. All the five people saw was the back of Harukas car, speeding away. "Damn!" Inspector van Dyk cursed, slamming her fist against the traitorous door in frustration. Before she yelled out: "Into the cars! Quick!"
"And you are sure that they won't find us here?" Michiru asked while she looked around, frowning. Haruka shook her head. "They'll assume that we continued driving down the street. No one will come up with the idea that we entered the forest." Michiru giggled when she remembered the police inspector. "Now that was an odd cop." She then spoke. Haruka chuckled and nodded before she imitated the woman: "Did I stumble into a comedy movie and no one told me?" Michiru giggled again – then she remembered that Haruka had been bleeding before. "Haruka, what happened to your shoulder?" she asked, getting serious all of a sudden again. Haruka shrugged and gritted her teeth afterwards. "Nothing too bad." She then spoke. "The cops broke the door open with one of those ram thingies they have, and one of the splinters dug into my shoulder. It's just a scratch." "Let me look at it." Michiru demanded, causing Haruka to blush – much to the aqua haired girls amusement. "You want to look at it? That would mean that I have to undress." The blonde mumbled. Michiru sighed and nodded. "Exactly. Got a problem with that?" Haruka gulped, and Michiru giggled at the expression of utter helplessness on her face. "Don't make such a drama out of this. Do you think I've never seen a naked woman before?" Now Haruka was totally flabbergasted, and that caused Michiru to crack up completely.