Shiris leapt lightly to the ground, following Julie and Mayumi. They raced across the street and away from the main gates and into the twilight, not speaking. They would need their strength for running, since guards would inevitably begin to hunt the streets once they discovered the unconscious guards at the fence. And they had a while to go before they found the hotel again.

Back at the mansion, the three boys looked at each other.

"Come one, lets go," Hiiro ordered, running for the fence. The other two didn't hesitate to follow him.

Lightly they jumped down form the fence, looking left and right. There was no sign of the girls.

"This way, we need to get back to the hotel and contact the base. We have a lot to talk about," Hiiro commanded, starting off at a run in the same direction the girls had gone. The other two followed.

A half an hour later the girls arrived back at their hotel.

"Okay, you two go in. I can't, I don't have a dress." Shiris muttered, gesturing to her pretty, sparkling, low cut top that led down to a pair of red spandex. Julie giggled.

"Hey, shut up," Shiris said good-humouredly.

"Come one Julie, lets go get the stuff." Mayumi ordered, and then turned to Shiris. "We'll get the bags and come back. Wait for us here, and don't move form the shadows. If any police come, be careful."

Shiris nodded, face serious.

Mayumi and Julie brushed back their hair, smoothed their dresses, and fanned their faces. After a minute, they walked back into the hotel.
"Hello! How was your party?" the concierge asked as they entered, looking flushed. He had assumed it was form the party.

"It was to die for," Julie replied with a smile and a snicker. Mayumi glanced warningly at her, and she grinned.

Outside, Shiris rubbed her arms to keep warm. As the sweat evaporated form her body, she was getting colder and colder.

Then she got burning hot as a police car turned onto the street. She backed up even further into the shadows of the trees across the street from the hotel.

The car, unfortunately, had a searchlight. Apparently the minister wasn't taking any chances.

"Shit, shit, shit!" she muttered, unable to go anywhere without being seen. The police car had stopped in front of the hotel and one officer had gotten out. How could she warn the two? If they were caught…

"Excuse me, miss!"

A cold, hard voice wrenched her back to her own problems. A police officer had gotten out of the car and was walking towards her. She blinked and put her head down as the officer shinned the light in her face.

"Miss, what are you doing here?" he asked suspiciously. He had a right to be suspicious. It wasn't often that a woman with spandex and a dress top was seen standing outside at 1:00 in the morning in 20-degree weather.

"Ahh…umm…I'm lost?" she said with a hint of timidness. Time to act like the innocent damsel in distress.

"I was walking home from my friends house, and I got lost…can you tell me where… Shacovy Street is?" She completely made that up, but he put down his flashlight.

"Thank you," she said truthfully. The light had been hurting her eyes.

The man walked closer. "What was your friends name?" he asked, continuing forward.

Okay, too may questions. Time to dispatch this one.

"Miss, I said—,"

"I heard you. And here, I'll give you his card so you can call him yourself," she fibbed, grabbing a piece of paper out of her purse and holding it out to him. He was almost within kicking distance when he stopped suddenly and stared at her other hand.

"What? What's wr—oh. I see." Her gun was definitely sticking out of her purse. She must have moved it when she got the piece of paper. Oh well, only worse for the officer.

She looked back at him. He began to reach for his gun when Shiris leapt up and whipped him back with a spin kick to the head. He spun around and landed on the ground face down.

She landed lightly, confiscated his gun, and then turned back to the hotel. Julie and Mayumi were walking back down the stairs, and the officer was still at the front desk! The guard would definitely suspect them, dressed in party clothes yet leaving with all their bags. Time for a distraction.

Shiris faced away from the hotel and fired the gun into the ground a few meters away. Sure enough, the officer looked up and sprinted out of the hotel. Julie and Mayumi, also not knowing what was going on, dashed to the door. Their trained eyes saw Shiris in the shadows right away, while the unlucky officer saw only her fist when it connected with his jaw. He landed right next to his partner.

Shiris gave them a thumbs up sign, and they nodded, going back inside to pay. The clerk, a little startled by the gunshot, hurriedly gave them their bill, which they paid immediately, in cash.

"Thank you," Julie called as they ran out the front door. Down the street they could see lights flashing. Soon, the sound of sirens could be heard.

"The concierge must have called the police!" Julie shouted above the sirens, which were down the block.

"We have to get out of here! Where's Shiris?" Mayumi yelled back. Shiris wasn't where she was supposed to be. They raced to the side of the building.

Suddenly a car came screeching up to them and the passenger side door flew open.

"Quick! Get in!" Shiris shouted form the driver's seat.

The girls didn't hesitate.

"You stole a police car!?" Mayumi cried, next to Shiris.

"Yep!" she replied, and threw the car into reverse. The real policemen were almost on them, and one had already seen the unconscious officers. He shouted and sprinted for the car.

"Get us out of here!" Julie screamed as the police opened fire. Shiris jerked back into drive, spun in a tight circle, and slammed on the gas. The car raced down the road with the other cars in hot pursuit.

"We have to lose them!" Mayumi exclaimed as Julie watched from out the back window.

"I know, I know! Where should we go?" she asked, running a red light. The cars around her slid and slammed into one another.

"Sorry!" Julie called at them. "Hey, only two police cars made it through!" she said excitedly.

"Okay, lets go to the airport. We can find a place to hide and contact Jane for further instructions. The officers didn't see us, and no one knows we were the ones who stole the car. We weren't in front of the lobby, so no one there knows it was us." Mayumi commented.

"Yeah, but if we go to the airport, there's bound to be security like none other. I think we are, in effect, stuck here until they decide they can't find the killer." Julie pointed out. Mayumi nodded. "You're right. I didn't think about thaaaahhhh!" her sentence was cut off as Shiris made a hard right, almost on two wheels. As a reward, one police car flipped over when it attempted the turn. One more to go.

"lets head to a mall!" Julie cried, pointing to a bright neon sign that was visible down the road.

Shiris and Mayumi considered this. Well, actually Shiris didn't really, since she was trying to lose the last car.

"good idea. We can find a quiet place, and the police would never think of looking there. Lets go.," she said to Shiris.

"only if we can shake this guy before we get there. I'll take a slight detour so he doesn't know where we're going." She quickly slowed down and turned right onto a back road. The car followed. A few twists and turns later, Shiris saw a dirt road leading off the street. The police car was so far behind that he didn't see her go up onto the street.

Shiris stopped a few feet after pulling onto the dirt road.

"Julie, get on the floor and lay down," Shiris ordered sternly.

"what?"

"do it. now."

Fearfully Julie slid onto the floor and stretched out.

"uhh…Shiris? What are you doing?" Julie asked timidly watching Shiris' set face, afraid to hear the answer. In response, Shiris jerked the car into reverse, pushed her foot all the way down on the gas while still on the brake, then released the brake and let the car go flying out onto the street.

All three jerked violently when their car connected with a shriek of metal on metal and the high-pitched sound of breaking glass with the other police car, which had been about to pass their hiding spot. Shiris slammed against the wheel and Mayumi almost went through the dashboard.

"Jesus Shiris!" Julie shouted, after the car came to a standstill.

Shiris didn't reply. She threw the car back into gear and floored it, leaving behind the smoking ruin of the other car that suddenly burst into flames. Julie noticed thankfully that the officer got out before it blew, looking a little dazed.

She flopped back onto her seat, rubbing her neck.

"that was a little close, don't you think?" she muttered.

"it was the only choice. We had to lose him fast, and for good. Now we have to find a hiding place and get to the mall," Mayumi said, rubbing her own back. Shiris nodded and wound her way back to the highway on which the mall stood. A few streets away from the mall, they parked the steaming car behind a shed.