"Hold on to the seat kid !Go in the back and get ready to jump at any time
, okay ? " He told her as the engine started to roar like a beast inside
the car.
" Like I have a choice...." She mumbeled as she squeezed herself trough the two seats in the front.
Xander started the car full speed ahead witch caused her to fall on the backseat with a bump.
"Ow! What are you doing ? "
"I don't know! How the hell did they got here ?!" He replied frowning.
" Damn if I know. Speed ahead!"
"Excuse me ? "
'C'mon ! They're morons , they're not going to bump into us ! Just speed in front of theme and we'll have clear way , trust me !"
Xander shooked his head , but pushed the gas.
The car started to speed towards the Police cars .The white and blue ones tagged along for a couple of seconds and ran towards theme also, but in a short moment, close to the impact, they broke up and Xander went right trough the middle , letting out a cheer , as Dana laughed and screamed along with him.
He speeded up the road , not minding the red lights or the cars at the intersections , and hurried up some small streets , ending up somewhere in the ghettos , to a place totally unfamiliar to her ,and there he stopped. He looked at the watch on his hand.The 'race' took almost 15 minutes from the start from the moment the policemen lost their traces.
"Damn.....I'm getting older." He told silently to himself and stepped out of the car.
Dana followed. The place was somewhere near factories and old buildings .She was surprised people actually lived there ,but they were quite numerous from the number of the ones outside , joking around, screaming , walking or just hanging from the windows. In front of her was something that looked like an old factory also, but as Xander made her a sign to follow she discovered , after exiting the huge elevator , that this was actually his house. Tough she asked herself if she could name the place 'house'.
It was nothing more but a huge room , probably , before the factory was closed it was used for depositing stuff. In the rest she was sure that if yu would of asked for any kind of junk or gear , Xander would have it. From tons of CD's and audio/video tapes to skaters and mountain climbing gear . Not to mention the room was stuffed with Coke cans and she could notice various slices of pizza that rested on some tables and desks. He had corners filled with nothings , like exchange parts for cars and motorcycles and sports magazines . On the ceiling and walls rested posters , articles and photos. Somewhere she noticed a bed that wasn't made. The windows were too dirty to be able to give light from outside or inside, and the elevator didn't seem so stable. Xander was , in a wierd way , protected.
"You actually live here ?" She asked with her hands in her back pockets.
"Yeah , why , not so your taste ? "
"Are you kidding ? This place is great!" She said laughing and sat on a chair in front of a computer.
Xander smirked and put the tapes on a row , somewhere in a box . After that he put the cameras in some hooks on the ceiling.
" That's quite an.....how to say ? Ingenious idea for hanging a camera....."
"Well I usually put theme here to record the parties I have here.They usually get pretty wild and they sell good afterwards.Especially if you want to surprise anyone that has no idea what he did the night before ."
"Well damn. Is there anything out of order you DON'T do ?"
"Orgies." He answered and started to search trough a fridge on the opposite side of the room. He heard Dana's laugh from the other side.She seemed to laugh everytime,even if she was in trouble.
He came back with two cans of Coke and some Pizza, and turned the music on.
"Hungry ? "
"Yeah ! Thanks !"
They both sat at a table near the fridge. That part of the big room seemed to be the kitchen even if nothing else was there to cook with , yet it had a fridge, sink and table. Dana started to notice Xander's style. She opened the Coke and started to eat. She was starving .
"What's up with all those holes in your ears ? "
" Oh these.....dunno....I just like piercings ,why ? "
"Just asking . Did theme yourself ? "
" Well 2 were made when I was little, the other two in the left ear when I was about 13 or 14, and the other ones, the ones in the right ear ,the one lower and also the one up here were made by myself before every driving exam , after the exam at writing , I made the one lower and after I took the license the one up."
" Well.....you have quite a history there."
She smirked and started to eat. They stood there for a while , eating and drinking , with Xander walking around, arranging stuff or testing cameras or wheeles from rollerblades and skateboards.
" Um...Xander....."
"Yeah ? " He responded while looking inside a camera trying to fix something.
" I don't wanna seem rude or anything , but where am I gonna sleep ? If you don't have any other room or anything I mean."
" I don't have a hotel room if that's what you're asking.I guess you can't go back to where to lived for now ,huh ? Well then , until everything clears up and we start the team and stuff , you're welcomed to stay here , but under some conditions."
"That are....?"
" You don't mess with my video games , you don't clean anything up , you don't cook and you don't answer the phone."
" Uh....I think I can live with you for a while and doing nothing..." She answered, amused of his answer." But why not answer the phone ? You have a girlfriend that is not suppoed to know I'm here ? "
"Girlfriend ?" He frowned.
" Hey , or boyfriend !" She rised her hands, defensive.
" I didn't meant that . No , it's just that it's safer not many people knowing you're here after all the comotion downtown today . It's quite possible the police is already after you."
" I'm just a racer , they'll give up soon, they have criminals on the loose."
" Whatever, but just don't."
"Okie dokie."
Dana stared around for a while.
" And....do have any clothes ? Just that....I'm dirty. I promise to wash theme and give theme back to you as soon as I clean mine."
" You might as well throw that jacket away you know." He replied.
" I don't have anything else to wear , all my stuff are at home, and I can't go there for now."
Xander put the camera down and opened a closet with its doors filled with posters. Between the mess, he got out something.
"They won't fit you , but this is all good I have for now. Don't worry after you'll get the money off your stunt tapes, you'll have more."
" I thought the credit will be all yours." She answered taking the clothes from his hands.
" Well, since now you're staying with me I can't steal your work.Either way , you'd feel bad if I take all the money. Don't worry, I get my share too."
She shook her head smiling and turned to check out her clothes. A black T-shirt with a grafitti-like inscription on it , and a pair of khaki baggy pants. She turned towards Xander that was working on his camera. She frowned. Xander didn't seemed the type to wear baggy pants , it was enough to look at his clothing style from now containing a black sleeveless t-shirt and a pair of red and black leather pants. Wierd....
She went behind him and started to change. The clothes were definetely NOT her size.The T-Shirt was with about 3 number larger and the pants too. She smirkd thinking it was good she was chubby and didn't lost weight from her hips, otherwise the pants would of fell off her.
"Okay . Ready. Know any place where I can wash theme or something?"
" No."
"Uh.....then what do I do with these ? "
" Well throw theme. I promise tomorrow you'll have other ones. I have a friend that works with these sort of stuff , she'll get something . Is there anything you'd prefer ?"
" Not to throw my clothes away . But if you're asking. something like you gave me , but a bit smaller."
" Okay."
She put her clothes on a crimson leather sofa that was in the middle of the room and joined Xander that sat on the table with the camera.
" Why are you doing these things for me anyway ? I don't usually trust people that help me too much."
" You go by the principle 'Watch it sister, people might tell you that the river ain't deep ' ? "
" How did you knew that ? "
" You lost this in the car." He replied and handed her a small agenda with Sylvester the cat on it. Near the cat it was written ' Don't trust people you need, they might tell you that the river ain't deep.'
" You....thank you !" She said and put the agenda in her pocket.
" I didn't looked trough it if that's what you're asking."
"Thanks."
Suddenly, the phone started to ring. Xander turned towards the sofa and took a small cell phone that rested on its pillows.
"Xander. Hey ! What's up ? Ihm.....yeah sure . "
He closed the phone and turned towards Dana that was reading one of the articles on his walls.
" Yo, kid ! Tomorrow we'll meet our team . "
" Already ?"
"Yeah, kid. C'mon now , go to sleep, we wake up at 5 ."
"5?! Why so early ?"
" We have lots of stuff to do. Go rest in my bed , I'll wake ya up."
She headed for the bed and made room between all the sheets , and curled up to sleep.
"Hey , you mind if I let the music on ? "He asked turning the music a bit silent.
"No , it's okay...." She replied.
She heard various sounds around the room, Xander working maybe,the sound of the fridge. She asked herself if it was safe to sleep here, with a man she hardly knew. But they were in the same bussiness afterall weren't they ? Well, wether she was caught by the police or getting into trouble with Xander it was the same thing wasn't it ? She gained a bit of her trust anyway . She decided that she was okay for now , he seemed like a nice guy. Sort of..... Soon she felt dizzy and drifted away into sleep.
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Something shook her. She soon realized it was someone's hand. Panicked , she was ready to scream , but she soon reminded where she was. She opened her eyes and , in a very dim light she noticed Xander's face in front of her.
" Kid, wake up. We have to go."
" Like I have a choice...." She mumbeled as she squeezed herself trough the two seats in the front.
Xander started the car full speed ahead witch caused her to fall on the backseat with a bump.
"Ow! What are you doing ? "
"I don't know! How the hell did they got here ?!" He replied frowning.
" Damn if I know. Speed ahead!"
"Excuse me ? "
'C'mon ! They're morons , they're not going to bump into us ! Just speed in front of theme and we'll have clear way , trust me !"
Xander shooked his head , but pushed the gas.
The car started to speed towards the Police cars .The white and blue ones tagged along for a couple of seconds and ran towards theme also, but in a short moment, close to the impact, they broke up and Xander went right trough the middle , letting out a cheer , as Dana laughed and screamed along with him.
He speeded up the road , not minding the red lights or the cars at the intersections , and hurried up some small streets , ending up somewhere in the ghettos , to a place totally unfamiliar to her ,and there he stopped. He looked at the watch on his hand.The 'race' took almost 15 minutes from the start from the moment the policemen lost their traces.
"Damn.....I'm getting older." He told silently to himself and stepped out of the car.
Dana followed. The place was somewhere near factories and old buildings .She was surprised people actually lived there ,but they were quite numerous from the number of the ones outside , joking around, screaming , walking or just hanging from the windows. In front of her was something that looked like an old factory also, but as Xander made her a sign to follow she discovered , after exiting the huge elevator , that this was actually his house. Tough she asked herself if she could name the place 'house'.
It was nothing more but a huge room , probably , before the factory was closed it was used for depositing stuff. In the rest she was sure that if yu would of asked for any kind of junk or gear , Xander would have it. From tons of CD's and audio/video tapes to skaters and mountain climbing gear . Not to mention the room was stuffed with Coke cans and she could notice various slices of pizza that rested on some tables and desks. He had corners filled with nothings , like exchange parts for cars and motorcycles and sports magazines . On the ceiling and walls rested posters , articles and photos. Somewhere she noticed a bed that wasn't made. The windows were too dirty to be able to give light from outside or inside, and the elevator didn't seem so stable. Xander was , in a wierd way , protected.
"You actually live here ?" She asked with her hands in her back pockets.
"Yeah , why , not so your taste ? "
"Are you kidding ? This place is great!" She said laughing and sat on a chair in front of a computer.
Xander smirked and put the tapes on a row , somewhere in a box . After that he put the cameras in some hooks on the ceiling.
" That's quite an.....how to say ? Ingenious idea for hanging a camera....."
"Well I usually put theme here to record the parties I have here.They usually get pretty wild and they sell good afterwards.Especially if you want to surprise anyone that has no idea what he did the night before ."
"Well damn. Is there anything out of order you DON'T do ?"
"Orgies." He answered and started to search trough a fridge on the opposite side of the room. He heard Dana's laugh from the other side.She seemed to laugh everytime,even if she was in trouble.
He came back with two cans of Coke and some Pizza, and turned the music on.
"Hungry ? "
"Yeah ! Thanks !"
They both sat at a table near the fridge. That part of the big room seemed to be the kitchen even if nothing else was there to cook with , yet it had a fridge, sink and table. Dana started to notice Xander's style. She opened the Coke and started to eat. She was starving .
"What's up with all those holes in your ears ? "
" Oh these.....dunno....I just like piercings ,why ? "
"Just asking . Did theme yourself ? "
" Well 2 were made when I was little, the other two in the left ear when I was about 13 or 14, and the other ones, the ones in the right ear ,the one lower and also the one up here were made by myself before every driving exam , after the exam at writing , I made the one lower and after I took the license the one up."
" Well.....you have quite a history there."
She smirked and started to eat. They stood there for a while , eating and drinking , with Xander walking around, arranging stuff or testing cameras or wheeles from rollerblades and skateboards.
" Um...Xander....."
"Yeah ? " He responded while looking inside a camera trying to fix something.
" I don't wanna seem rude or anything , but where am I gonna sleep ? If you don't have any other room or anything I mean."
" I don't have a hotel room if that's what you're asking.I guess you can't go back to where to lived for now ,huh ? Well then , until everything clears up and we start the team and stuff , you're welcomed to stay here , but under some conditions."
"That are....?"
" You don't mess with my video games , you don't clean anything up , you don't cook and you don't answer the phone."
" Uh....I think I can live with you for a while and doing nothing..." She answered, amused of his answer." But why not answer the phone ? You have a girlfriend that is not suppoed to know I'm here ? "
"Girlfriend ?" He frowned.
" Hey , or boyfriend !" She rised her hands, defensive.
" I didn't meant that . No , it's just that it's safer not many people knowing you're here after all the comotion downtown today . It's quite possible the police is already after you."
" I'm just a racer , they'll give up soon, they have criminals on the loose."
" Whatever, but just don't."
"Okie dokie."
Dana stared around for a while.
" And....do have any clothes ? Just that....I'm dirty. I promise to wash theme and give theme back to you as soon as I clean mine."
" You might as well throw that jacket away you know." He replied.
" I don't have anything else to wear , all my stuff are at home, and I can't go there for now."
Xander put the camera down and opened a closet with its doors filled with posters. Between the mess, he got out something.
"They won't fit you , but this is all good I have for now. Don't worry after you'll get the money off your stunt tapes, you'll have more."
" I thought the credit will be all yours." She answered taking the clothes from his hands.
" Well, since now you're staying with me I can't steal your work.Either way , you'd feel bad if I take all the money. Don't worry, I get my share too."
She shook her head smiling and turned to check out her clothes. A black T-shirt with a grafitti-like inscription on it , and a pair of khaki baggy pants. She turned towards Xander that was working on his camera. She frowned. Xander didn't seemed the type to wear baggy pants , it was enough to look at his clothing style from now containing a black sleeveless t-shirt and a pair of red and black leather pants. Wierd....
She went behind him and started to change. The clothes were definetely NOT her size.The T-Shirt was with about 3 number larger and the pants too. She smirkd thinking it was good she was chubby and didn't lost weight from her hips, otherwise the pants would of fell off her.
"Okay . Ready. Know any place where I can wash theme or something?"
" No."
"Uh.....then what do I do with these ? "
" Well throw theme. I promise tomorrow you'll have other ones. I have a friend that works with these sort of stuff , she'll get something . Is there anything you'd prefer ?"
" Not to throw my clothes away . But if you're asking. something like you gave me , but a bit smaller."
" Okay."
She put her clothes on a crimson leather sofa that was in the middle of the room and joined Xander that sat on the table with the camera.
" Why are you doing these things for me anyway ? I don't usually trust people that help me too much."
" You go by the principle 'Watch it sister, people might tell you that the river ain't deep ' ? "
" How did you knew that ? "
" You lost this in the car." He replied and handed her a small agenda with Sylvester the cat on it. Near the cat it was written ' Don't trust people you need, they might tell you that the river ain't deep.'
" You....thank you !" She said and put the agenda in her pocket.
" I didn't looked trough it if that's what you're asking."
"Thanks."
Suddenly, the phone started to ring. Xander turned towards the sofa and took a small cell phone that rested on its pillows.
"Xander. Hey ! What's up ? Ihm.....yeah sure . "
He closed the phone and turned towards Dana that was reading one of the articles on his walls.
" Yo, kid ! Tomorrow we'll meet our team . "
" Already ?"
"Yeah, kid. C'mon now , go to sleep, we wake up at 5 ."
"5?! Why so early ?"
" We have lots of stuff to do. Go rest in my bed , I'll wake ya up."
She headed for the bed and made room between all the sheets , and curled up to sleep.
"Hey , you mind if I let the music on ? "He asked turning the music a bit silent.
"No , it's okay...." She replied.
She heard various sounds around the room, Xander working maybe,the sound of the fridge. She asked herself if it was safe to sleep here, with a man she hardly knew. But they were in the same bussiness afterall weren't they ? Well, wether she was caught by the police or getting into trouble with Xander it was the same thing wasn't it ? She gained a bit of her trust anyway . She decided that she was okay for now , he seemed like a nice guy. Sort of..... Soon she felt dizzy and drifted away into sleep.
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Something shook her. She soon realized it was someone's hand. Panicked , she was ready to scream , but she soon reminded where she was. She opened her eyes and , in a very dim light she noticed Xander's face in front of her.
" Kid, wake up. We have to go."
