Chapter 9
Shin and Samantha both jumped up. Syndicate members…they both knew it. Samantha bit her lip. She knew they couldn't run forever. She grabbed Shin's hand and ran outside. They couldn't run forever, but they could run now. Samantha jumped in the car driver side. "Samantha, you don't even have you license!" Shin said jumping in the passenger side. She shrugged. "Does it matter?". Shin handed her the keys. She started up the car and took off. The radio was on for some reason, and Headstrong by Trapt boomed out of the speakers. It was kind of a nice touch, Samantha thought. The syndicate car followed. "Take care of them, I'll try to lose them. Maybe we'll run into your friends" Samantha said pushing the gas pedal down hard. Shin pulled his gun out and shot at the car. Samantha kept going straight. But not the syndicate car. Both front tires had been shot out, and they were now losing control. Samantha let out a long sigh of relief. She stopped the car on the left side of the road and stretched. A car came by them. "Shin!?" someone called from the car. Samantha brushed her hair back out of her face. Shin looked over at the car. "Charles! It's about time you got here" Shin said jumping out of the car. "We had some trouble getting here, did you know in Mars it's illegal to carry C-4 around in your car?" Charles said laughing. Two other guys got out of the car. They looked about 19 or so. One of them was dressed in baggy blue jeans and a white tank top. The other one had shorts on down to his knees, and no shirt on. Both of them had black hair, "Ray, Shawn, get the artillery out of the back" Charles told them. Samantha finally calmed down enough to climb out of the car. "Samantha this is Charles, Charles this is Samantha, Spike and Julia's daughter" Shin said. Samantha managed a small smile. The faces of the men all seemed so familiar, but she just didn't know. "So you're Julia and Spike's daughter…I thought Julia only had one kid" the man, Charles said. Samantha's eyes widened. "I have a brother or sister?" she asked surprised. Charles nodded. "A brother, he's about 18 now. He was…Vicious and Julia's. Julia had always told everyone he was her nephew". "I've got to find him" Samantha said softly. "Not a good idea, he's the leader of the syndicate now" Charles told her. The two boys jumped out of the back of the truck. "We hid all the ammo, so let's get going" one of the boys, Ray said wiping his forehead. "What time do you wanna start this shit Shin?" Charles asked. "We'll meet up at 8pm, you know where Miaka's house is right?" Shin asked. Samantha sit on the back of the car. "Yeah I remember where she lives. But we'd better be careful driving around, there's syndicate cars everywhere" Shawn said looking up the road. "So where are you guys stayin?" Shin asked. "I've got some relatives that are letting us stay with them" Shawn told him. "Ok, so at 8 be at Miaka's, we'll get this started" Shin said climbing into the car. The guys got into the truck waving and took off. Samantha got in the passenger side this time. "I can't believe I have a brother" Samantha said staring out the window. "I had no clue he was her son" Shin said. "What was his name?" Samantha asked looking over at him. "Yusuke…" Shin said still picturing him. He was only young, but he looked so much like Vicious, gray hair, stone cold gray eyes. After a while in the car, they finally got to Miaka's house. "I can't believe it, I have to fight my brother" Samantha said. "It'd be like Spike and Vicious, I just hope the same thing doesn't happen" Shin said getting out of the car. Samantha slowly got out too. "It won't be, I will win" Samantha said shutting the door.