Rather Live Another Rainy Day
Chapter Ten: Take a chance
Kai took a brief glance around the hallway and then rushed inside. Footsteps behind him told Kai that Tala had followed him into the building. Good, he could probably use the backup. Kai looked at the elevator. Nah, Shanna wouldn't be that stupid. Kai took another quick glance around and then opened the doors that led to the stairs.
Kai looked in, cautiously and then entered the room and started to run up the first set of stairs, Tala grabbed him and dragged him back.
"You are an idiot!" Tala hissed. "Do you realize that if Julian was on those stairs we wouldn't be able to see him until it's too late. Please tell me that you do have some smarts and at least have a gun with you." Kai said nothing and Tala rolled his eyes. "Great, go into a building with a crazed lunatic in it without a gun." Tala motioned back to the door. "We're gonna have to go and get some."
Kai shook his head. "And let Shanna get in trouble in the mean time. Are you kidding me? Besides, the cops aren't really going to let us have a gun if we ask."
Tala sighed. "You got a point there but there is no way I'm going up there without some sort of defense."
Kai rolled his eyes at Tala. "Do we really have a choice. If we don't, we're most likely going to lose both of our girlfriends. And I don't think that either of us want that."
Tala ran up the stairs, and then looked down at Kai from the top of the first set. "So are you coming or what?"
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Lolli leaned against the door for about two minutes before realizing that she was letting that bitch get away with her boyfriend. Lolli ran to the drawer where she knew Rei kept a gun in case of emergencies. It wasn't there.
"Fuck." Lolli swore and then sighed. Crystal must have known about the gun and that was the gun she was currently using on Rei. "Damnit." Lolli slammed her hand on the counter. This wasn't fair. What was she supposed to do? She couldn't let Crystal leave with her boyfriend.
Where would she go? Lolli's brain asked her. Probably back to her house, Lolli replied. And where is her house? Lolli's conscious prompted.
Lolli grabbed her keys and ran down the stairs, getting into the parking lot just in time to see Crystal drive off with her boyfriend. Thankfully, neither of them saw her. Lolli grinned and ran to her car, only to swear once again. Crystal had slashed the tires. Damn, now what?
Lolli remembered that April had just moved into an apartment building just a block away. She would have her car with her! And Lolli was sure that April would let her borrow it, no questions asked. With that thought in mind, Lolli rushed over to the apartment building.
Only to find police officers keeping everyone away from it. FUCK! This just wasn't her day was it. They weren't letting anyone past, and Lolli couldn't see April in the crowds.
Suddenly Lolli felt in her pockets for her wallet. She was a reporter and one of the many good things about being a reporter is that they would let you get a closer look at things, as long as it didn't put you in any immediate danger.
"Officer?" Lolli asked as she approached the rope that seperate the public from the scene.
"We're sorry lady but no one goes past here." The officer said, waving her off.
"I'm a reporter and I was just wondering what was going on here." Lolli said quickly, showing him the proof that she carried around all the time. "Can you tell me or do I have to see someone else?"
"You're Lolli Burkenstock?" {A/N: *winces at last name*} The officer asked, when Lolli nodded, he smiled. "My name's Bob Riley. You probably don't remember me but you cleared my wife's name a couple of years ago. Her name was Shelly Trowa." The officer nodded and lifted the rope, allowing Lolli access.
"Right." Lolli tried to remember. "She was the one that was accused of robbing her father's personal items and I cleared her by producing a picture I accidently got of her at the beach that day." Lolli smiled. "How is she?"
"Not in jail, thanks to you." The officer said. "That's how I met her."
Lolli smiled. "Happy to be of service. Now what's going on here?"
Bob frowned. "You know of the Hiwatari's, right?"
Lolli nodded. "Yah, April is one of my best friends. That's one of the reasons I landed this job. Why? What happened to them?"
"April's being held by some guy that wants money and a getaway car." Bob replied. "Kai's gone up there with his friend Tala, because Kai's girlfriend went in there and Kai didn't want anything to happen to her."
"Oh my god." Lolli forgot about Rei for a second and was completely worried about April and then thought about Rei. Who should she help first? Crystal was crazy, she would probably do anything to keep Rei, but then again, so was this guy supposedly. Crystal probably wouldn't do anything to Rei until Rei did something, which should buy Lolli some time. "Bob? Do you have a gun I could borrow?"
Bob looked at her confused. "I'm sorry Lolli but I can't let anyone in there."
"You have to let me." Lolli insisted. "Those are my friends and I can't let them get hurt and knowing Kai, he went in there without anything to defend himself. In fact, I need three guns. Can you do that for me?"
Bob looked at her and then nodded. "Sure, I have some extras in my car."
Lolli smiled. "Thanks Bob. I really appreciate it."
"Only for you Ms. Burkenstock." Bob smiled back. "Only for you."
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Shanna had no idea whatsoever on what she was doing. She only knew that she had to get to April, get her out of whatever she had gotten herself into and do it before Kai realized what she had done. There was no other way that Shanna could think of to get her friend out of this mess and there was no way in hell she was going to leave her in this.
"Alright. What apartment did April tell me she moved into now?" Shanna muttered to herself. "Why do I always ignore this kind of information. Why? No wonder Kai gets mad at me."
"What was that?" One of the police officers that Shanna had brought with her asked.
"Nothing." Shanna scanned the door numbers. She knew that it was on the third floor and she knew that it was one of the couple's favourite numbers. Or was it a combination of their favourite numbers? Fuck, she didn't know. April's favourite number was 17 and every room here was 17-something. So what was Tala's favourite number. {A/N: I have no idea what Tala's favourite number actually is, so I'm making it up here!}
"Which room is it?" The other police officer prompted.
"I'm thinking." Shanna hissed. Forty something? or was that April's second favourite number. No, April's second favourite number was 34...and Tala's was 43! "That one!" Shanna said, pointing to the apartment.
"Are you sure?"
"YES!" Shanna exclaimed, remembering just in time that she needed to keep her voice down, just in case that Julian guy heard her. "Alright, now what are we going to do?"
"It's your call." The first officers said.
Shanna growled. Trust these two officers to play i'm-stupid-you're-the-one-who-brought-us-here. Damnit! Why in the hell did they have to do this to her. "Alright then." Shanna leaned against the door. "Do you think that he'll have something behind the door?" The officers shrugged. Then Shanna smiled. "I have an idea."
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Rei sat in the car and sighed, waiting for something to happen that would rid him from this world and from Crystal. Rei then mentally hit himself, stop thinking like that. Lolli would be here with help any second now.
They turned a corner and found that they were facing a bunch of cop cars. Rei smirked, this could work.
Chapter Ten: Take a chance
Kai took a brief glance around the hallway and then rushed inside. Footsteps behind him told Kai that Tala had followed him into the building. Good, he could probably use the backup. Kai looked at the elevator. Nah, Shanna wouldn't be that stupid. Kai took another quick glance around and then opened the doors that led to the stairs.
Kai looked in, cautiously and then entered the room and started to run up the first set of stairs, Tala grabbed him and dragged him back.
"You are an idiot!" Tala hissed. "Do you realize that if Julian was on those stairs we wouldn't be able to see him until it's too late. Please tell me that you do have some smarts and at least have a gun with you." Kai said nothing and Tala rolled his eyes. "Great, go into a building with a crazed lunatic in it without a gun." Tala motioned back to the door. "We're gonna have to go and get some."
Kai shook his head. "And let Shanna get in trouble in the mean time. Are you kidding me? Besides, the cops aren't really going to let us have a gun if we ask."
Tala sighed. "You got a point there but there is no way I'm going up there without some sort of defense."
Kai rolled his eyes at Tala. "Do we really have a choice. If we don't, we're most likely going to lose both of our girlfriends. And I don't think that either of us want that."
Tala ran up the stairs, and then looked down at Kai from the top of the first set. "So are you coming or what?"
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Lolli leaned against the door for about two minutes before realizing that she was letting that bitch get away with her boyfriend. Lolli ran to the drawer where she knew Rei kept a gun in case of emergencies. It wasn't there.
"Fuck." Lolli swore and then sighed. Crystal must have known about the gun and that was the gun she was currently using on Rei. "Damnit." Lolli slammed her hand on the counter. This wasn't fair. What was she supposed to do? She couldn't let Crystal leave with her boyfriend.
Where would she go? Lolli's brain asked her. Probably back to her house, Lolli replied. And where is her house? Lolli's conscious prompted.
Lolli grabbed her keys and ran down the stairs, getting into the parking lot just in time to see Crystal drive off with her boyfriend. Thankfully, neither of them saw her. Lolli grinned and ran to her car, only to swear once again. Crystal had slashed the tires. Damn, now what?
Lolli remembered that April had just moved into an apartment building just a block away. She would have her car with her! And Lolli was sure that April would let her borrow it, no questions asked. With that thought in mind, Lolli rushed over to the apartment building.
Only to find police officers keeping everyone away from it. FUCK! This just wasn't her day was it. They weren't letting anyone past, and Lolli couldn't see April in the crowds.
Suddenly Lolli felt in her pockets for her wallet. She was a reporter and one of the many good things about being a reporter is that they would let you get a closer look at things, as long as it didn't put you in any immediate danger.
"Officer?" Lolli asked as she approached the rope that seperate the public from the scene.
"We're sorry lady but no one goes past here." The officer said, waving her off.
"I'm a reporter and I was just wondering what was going on here." Lolli said quickly, showing him the proof that she carried around all the time. "Can you tell me or do I have to see someone else?"
"You're Lolli Burkenstock?" {A/N: *winces at last name*} The officer asked, when Lolli nodded, he smiled. "My name's Bob Riley. You probably don't remember me but you cleared my wife's name a couple of years ago. Her name was Shelly Trowa." The officer nodded and lifted the rope, allowing Lolli access.
"Right." Lolli tried to remember. "She was the one that was accused of robbing her father's personal items and I cleared her by producing a picture I accidently got of her at the beach that day." Lolli smiled. "How is she?"
"Not in jail, thanks to you." The officer said. "That's how I met her."
Lolli smiled. "Happy to be of service. Now what's going on here?"
Bob frowned. "You know of the Hiwatari's, right?"
Lolli nodded. "Yah, April is one of my best friends. That's one of the reasons I landed this job. Why? What happened to them?"
"April's being held by some guy that wants money and a getaway car." Bob replied. "Kai's gone up there with his friend Tala, because Kai's girlfriend went in there and Kai didn't want anything to happen to her."
"Oh my god." Lolli forgot about Rei for a second and was completely worried about April and then thought about Rei. Who should she help first? Crystal was crazy, she would probably do anything to keep Rei, but then again, so was this guy supposedly. Crystal probably wouldn't do anything to Rei until Rei did something, which should buy Lolli some time. "Bob? Do you have a gun I could borrow?"
Bob looked at her confused. "I'm sorry Lolli but I can't let anyone in there."
"You have to let me." Lolli insisted. "Those are my friends and I can't let them get hurt and knowing Kai, he went in there without anything to defend himself. In fact, I need three guns. Can you do that for me?"
Bob looked at her and then nodded. "Sure, I have some extras in my car."
Lolli smiled. "Thanks Bob. I really appreciate it."
"Only for you Ms. Burkenstock." Bob smiled back. "Only for you."
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Shanna had no idea whatsoever on what she was doing. She only knew that she had to get to April, get her out of whatever she had gotten herself into and do it before Kai realized what she had done. There was no other way that Shanna could think of to get her friend out of this mess and there was no way in hell she was going to leave her in this.
"Alright. What apartment did April tell me she moved into now?" Shanna muttered to herself. "Why do I always ignore this kind of information. Why? No wonder Kai gets mad at me."
"What was that?" One of the police officers that Shanna had brought with her asked.
"Nothing." Shanna scanned the door numbers. She knew that it was on the third floor and she knew that it was one of the couple's favourite numbers. Or was it a combination of their favourite numbers? Fuck, she didn't know. April's favourite number was 17 and every room here was 17-something. So what was Tala's favourite number. {A/N: I have no idea what Tala's favourite number actually is, so I'm making it up here!}
"Which room is it?" The other police officer prompted.
"I'm thinking." Shanna hissed. Forty something? or was that April's second favourite number. No, April's second favourite number was 34...and Tala's was 43! "That one!" Shanna said, pointing to the apartment.
"Are you sure?"
"YES!" Shanna exclaimed, remembering just in time that she needed to keep her voice down, just in case that Julian guy heard her. "Alright, now what are we going to do?"
"It's your call." The first officers said.
Shanna growled. Trust these two officers to play i'm-stupid-you're-the-one-who-brought-us-here. Damnit! Why in the hell did they have to do this to her. "Alright then." Shanna leaned against the door. "Do you think that he'll have something behind the door?" The officers shrugged. Then Shanna smiled. "I have an idea."
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Rei sat in the car and sighed, waiting for something to happen that would rid him from this world and from Crystal. Rei then mentally hit himself, stop thinking like that. Lolli would be here with help any second now.
They turned a corner and found that they were facing a bunch of cop cars. Rei smirked, this could work.