Of Shops and Car Chases

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(Dante POV)

The afternoon has not been going well…

"What did you do?!"

"What do you mean 'what did I do'?! I did absolutely nothing!" I replied earnestly to Inuba as she shook my by the shoulders.

"Then why were those men chasing you?!"

That's...something I need to think about myself…

Let's see, I didn't do anything yesterday night after I got back from my "milk-run". I went out shopping for stuff Ciel wanted wanted, and…

Oh yeah… That time with Elisia...

"Um… Maybe they have me confused for someone else?"

"They were saying your name, Master!"

"There could've been another Dante."

"They were using your name and pointing directly at you!"

No escape from this one, huh?

"I didn't do anything… At least nothing too bad…"

I felt hands quickly reach out and pinch the sides of my cheeks, stretching them outwards as far as they could without tearing my skin off, which, as you could imagine, hurt like hell. And currently, I was pretending that it wasn't hurting all too much.

"Ow! Alright, I'm sorry!"

"Oh..! What are we going to do?!"

While shaking off the guys in black suits, red ties, and ugly fedoras, Inuba and I quickly slipped in an electronics store, which was impressively stocked with nice tech, and had quite a few spare parts and refurbished goods on the shelves.

Either way, I highly doubt those idiots would come into a store like this.

"Hide in here for a while? The car is in the parking garage a good distance away, and if we're lucky, they're not going to be smart enough to post a man or two on each corner to keep a look out." I said.

My partner finally let go of my cheeks, giving me a rather frustrated pout.

"What? At least we got the ingredients you needed, right? Mission accomplished. Now we just need to pull a quick one and skedaddle."

Taking another look around, I could see various machine parts, circuit boards, and what looked like refurbished Scroll parts. Hmmm… Maybe I should come back here to get the parts I need...

Either way, we were safe, because again, let's face it, a group of morons like them would never think to look in here.

"Is there a back door we can escape through?" My partner asked me as she looked around the store.

"Let's go find out. 'Scuse me!" I said raising my voice slightly to grab the clerk's attention.

The feline-eared attendant redirected her attention to glance at me, raising an eyebrow in question.

"Hm?"

"This might seem like a weird question, but-"

I noticed a very familiar presence within the store, something that felt constantly pissed off, more so than a cat that's been dropped in a bath of water.

Well well, the Tinman of Oz actually leaves his room once in a while...

Just as the presence got closer, both Inuba and I saw Ray Chroma round the corner with his hands tucked away in his pockets, as per his usual walking mannerisms. You'd think with a metal skeleton he'd walk straighter and not hunched like-

Begone evil notions.

It wasn't long before Ray turned to face me, a confused frown beginning to form on his face, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing. Need a new heating element so you can cook toast on the go?"

"No, I'm here due to the concept of free will." he replied, the frown on his face resembling something less confused and more annoyed, "Still doesn't explain why you're here though, with that thing, no less."

"Careful now…" I said walking up to him with a smile, "That thing might just turn you into roast beef by snapping her fingers. And trust me, I've seen Eliminator 2 far too many times to know what happens. You won't be doing a thumbs up while you're melting."

"Whatever, just keep a leash on her and we'll be fine."

I could already feel an intense source of heat building up behind me, turning my head slightly to see Inuba pointing her index finger at Ray with a small sphere of flame resting at her fingertip.

"Oh calm down, you poor insecure animal, it was a joke."

"Perhaps if you spent less time calling me an animal, I'd be less inclined to give you a very painful lobotomy." My partner replied in kind.

Ray rolled his eyes at her response, "If jumping to violence is your preferred method of challenging adversity, I'll just continue to wind you up."

"Well, jumping to violence isn't really a preferred method. If anything, you're kinda asking for it." I replied nudging him with my elbow slightly, "In any case, we're sort of hiding out here for the moment."

"Could've fooled me..." Ray murmured.

"W-Wait, hold up!" the attendant suddenly cut in, raising her hand as she closed her eyes, "What do you mean you're 'hiding out here'? Unless you intend to buy something, I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

Great...

"Um…" I took a quick glance around to see what I could buy that I actually would sort of need later, and zeroed in on the rack of refurbished Scroll parts, specifically finding a receiver chip for Scroll signals, "I'll take this then and a small period of refuge on the side." I said bringing up the chip.

The black-haired girl deadpanned, "You're not just picking that up to make it look like you're buying something, are you?"

"No, I actually do kinda need this. See, my current Scroll is something I scrapped together on short notice, so I'm looking to improve it soon. Stepping in here actually reminded me of that. So thank you in a way?"

"Yeah yeah, very convincing, but unless you're here to buy more than one small component, I'm still going to judge you internally." the girl replied.

"Come on, you serious?" I said letting out a sigh afterwards.

Alright then, since I'm here and practically being extorted into buying more stuff, I may as well buy a whole refurbished Scroll. I can break that down into parts and use those for extras, additions, etc.

With a black Scroll in my hand, I walked up to the counter with it and placed it on the table, waiting to see what price she'd throw at me.

"Yes, I'm serious. You literally just said you came here to hide out!" the girl replied, "You think I'm going to believe you're here to buy something after hearing that and then watching you pick up a random component?"

"They weren't random picks, they're actual stuff I need but was gonna buy later. So, can I get a price for these already?"

"Sure, 2500 lien, plus a 1000 tip." she replied, a small smirk crossing her lips.

"I'd say not on his life..." my finger pointing out Ray.

To which I got a bright and cheery, "Go fuck yourself…" from the Tinman himself.

"But I figure one of two things would happen afterwards that would result in us going back out through the front door."

The girl placed a hand on her hip as a midnight black tail came into view, just behind her left-hand side, "And those would be..?"

"He'd probably get stones thrown at him, you know, the usual foreigner treatment…" Ray commented idly.

"No, I meant-"

Why am I arguing with Keyboard Cat here?

"Whatever…" I said handing her a few of my Lien cards, "You know why I'm here. What about you? What's your excuse?" Looking to Ray.

"I'm a regular here, not like you'd care to ask." he replied, his eyes narrowing a fraction.

"I meant what're you here for today, Tinman. I already figured you might be a regular here given how chummy you two seem. Well...how chummy you are with him." I said looking towards the clerk, giving a small nod to Ray.

"None of your business, that's what, extraterrestrial."

"For the last time, I'm not a freaking alien."

Did I forget to mention this one has the apparent notion of thinking of me as an alien?

"Keep telling yourself that, Dante." Ray responded, rolling his eyes, "I don't know why my affairs are so interesting to you, but it's getting real annoying."

"I'd figure I'd learn the almighty process of Ray Chroma's engineering skills."

Which is practically true.

Ray just scoffed in return as the clerk handed me my change.

"What might you be designing, Mr. Chroma?" My partner asked as she joined my side after browsing numerous wares around the store.

"A prototype, to keep my partner's impulsive semblance in check, if you must know." he answered, somewhat civilly, though still maintaining his defensive attitude.

Impulsive Semblance… Maybe that weird vibe I got from Scarlet days ago when scanning her Aura Signature? I wonder if her Semblance has any negative outward effects that needs inhibiting… Is it something to be cautious of?

"I see… So, was this your last stop for the day?" I asked him.

"I don't know, Dante. Is this your last stop for the day?" he countered, pulling his hands out of his pockets to pick up the carrier bag full of electronics on the counter.

"I was asking so that you can weasel your way out of paying for airfare back to Beacon or whatever."

"We'd be…delighted, to take you back with us." Inuba added, forcing a smile as best she could.

I could hear the forced tone she had when she said "delighted".

Ray practically chortled at my response, "You think I'd pay for a return trip to that piece of shit?"

"Fine, put in the effort yourself to find a ride back, whatever. So you want a ride, or not?"

The boy let out a sigh from his slightly parted lips, "Since you're so insistent on leaving… Sure, I'll hitch a ride."

He turned to the attendant quietly inspecting her nails behind the countertop, "I'll catch up with you later or something." to which she replied with a single nod and a wink.

"Right then, grab your stuff and let's bounce." I said, immediately remembering why I was here in the first place, "Oh yeah, where's the back door Ms. Extortionist?"

"Out the back, genius." she replied, gesturing her thumb toward an entrance behind her as she still admired her nails.

Ray picked his carrier bag of components up from the counter and gestured for us to follow, "This way, and mind the step."


One short walk through Mordor later, we found ourselves outside in the alleyway, taking a quick glance around.

"You can hack into the street cams, right?" I asked our very friendly cyborg.

"You're assuming I can hack at all." he replied evenly.

"I am assuming because it'd be pretty stupid if you weren't able to. That, and you're not entirely outfitted for combat as far as I can tell. So yeah, I'm assuming you can hack."

"Then it's a good thing I can then, isn't it?" Ray smirked as he led us through the alley, "What are you looking for?"

"Black suits with red ties and ugly looking fedora hats."

"There's two near the front of the store we left, three loosely hanging around across the street, and one leaning against a parked black van toward the traffic lights at the north end of the road." he replied instantly as he kept walking.

"You sure there aren't any more of them?" I asked Ray as Inuba and I cautiously looked out towards the street, finding all the suits he spotted for us.

"I'm positive, doesn't mean there aren't any waiting around the corner for you, though."

Okay… I pretty much have a path mapped out for us, now all that's left is a little masking.

I quickly pulled up the hood of my grey, cotton hoodie jacket and looked to see Inuba's fox ears and tail vanishing in a short burst of white flame, a thin veil of her pure white Aura forming at the back of her cotton sweater, as she too pulled up her hood.

"Alright, quick like Solid Snake."

Our group of three strolled out into the street, acting as casually as we could, though with Ray, casual and passive was his norm.

"They haven't spotted us yet…" Inuba whispered to me as she kept track of our sides while I kept my focus to the front.

"You keep acting like a pair of paranoid drug addicts and they will. Relax…" Ray murmured in reply.

"Dude, if they have guns, and they happen to shoot the bags of deliciousness we're carrying that took us about an hour to find, my inner murderer is going to be stirred. And trust me, that's never a good thing."

Pissing me, my partner, or my siblings off is like smoking. It's a bad habit that can get you killed. Don't freaking do it.

"Hold hands, it'll make you two look like a couple, plus these idiots have the brains not to draw their guns in a heavily populated area." Ray instructed, "It's only if you make any sudden moves that they'll get suspicious."

"They pulled guns on me the second they could when they saw me. I highly doubt their middle school education is going to make them smart enough not to try and shoot me out in public."

"I'm tracking three police cruisers in a half mile radius of us." Ray countered, "The second they pull their guns out, they'll draw the police like angry hornets."

"You may be right…"

"I-I'm not opposed to Mr. Chroma's earlier idea…" Inuba softly whispered.

"Which one?"

"Hold her hand you goddamn idiot." Ray growled.

Jeez, so mean. I take back what I said earlier about being friendly.

"Alright then." I said extending my hand to my partner, who froze up suddenly.

She was hesitating. Was my palm sweaty?

A quick look over told me no.

For a few seconds, Inuba's hand was moving back and forth, as if she was at odds with whatever decision she had in mind.

I guess I have to make the choice then.

Without a moment to lose, my hand moved towards hers and grabbed hold of it as I moved her closer to me.

"There. Inconspicuous disguise complete."

Ray turned to face us momentarily, "Oh, and smile, would you? While we still got something to smile about."

Fake smiling is kind of hard… Though looking at Inuba, I couldn't exactly tell what kind of expressions she was making. All I could see was that her eyes were pretty wide at the moment.

Maybe she didn't like holding hands? Don't worry, it'll all be over soon. Just a few more meters to the parking garage.

"How much further?" Ray asked, looking over his shoulder to see if we we're being followed.

"Well, we're outside the entrance now, and about twenty meters from where I parked the car."

"Good. No more of this cloak and dagger shit."

"You love it. Admit it."

"You don't know me."

"Eh, I know a decent amount so far. Give me a few more days or so and I can guess what you might be having for breakfast in the morning."

Ray rolled his eyes, "For all you know, I could eat batteries."

"I'd actually like to see that. Never seen anyone eat batteries before…"

I mean, I've seen people and things eat a lot of...weird stuff. But batteries? That'd be a first for me.

"I'm sure you would…"

A bit more walking through the concrete parking garage and we found Primarius resting in one of the spaces as we left it. I pressed a button on my small remote for the car to pop the trunk, allowing Inuba and myself to put the grocery bags inside one after the other.

Ray opened the back left door and placed his carrier and messenger bags in the right passenger seat before sitting down.

"Ready when you are, you know, since two of those suited guys have just entered the garage..." he commented as he closed the door.

"Crap… Alright, time to bail."

"Please don't run someone over…" Inuba pleaded as she got in and sat in the passenger seat.

"Hey, I have a spotless record to this day. No accidents, no arrests, nothing. Which is more than what I can say for you when I tried teaching you how to drive."

"You can discuss this later, we need to go, Dante." Ray spoke as he looked out the rear window.

"Yeah yeah..."

Alright… Let's see if watching "Baby Driver" taught me anything.

"Look, if you don't start this fucking car in the next three seconds-"

I shifted the gear in reverse and quickly peeled out of the space given there was no cars around us, then shifted the gear to "S" after taking a quick glance to see if both my partner and the tinman had their seatbelts fastened.

Just in case we get chased or something, I rolled the window down and tapped the side of the door, letting my Aura spill over Primarius, shifting her pure and pristine white coat to pitch black. It wasn't just for cosmetic purposes however.

I took it easy on the gas pedal a little in case someone else tried getting out, which luckily there weren't. Though, when we rounded the corner, we all saw exactly who we were expecting.

And let me tell you, it wasn't Santa Claus like I would've liked.

"Hey! There they are!"

As soon as their hands moved, I floored it directly towards them, making them jump out of the way as I exited the lot and made a sharp turn onto the main street, speeding up just a little bit to move away from the garage. Though, taking a look in the rearview mirror told me they weren't about ready to give up.

A black SUV of sorts, or at least the equivalent of one, sped up to the black suit goons and let them in before they sped off after us.

Damn, just when I thought we'd catch a break…

"Hey, Mr. Roboto, can you hack the traffic light systems and make it green all the way up until 6th Street so we can make a right turn there?"

"You realise they'll also cross the lights, right? I don't know what you did to piss these guys off, but they don't fuck around." Ray responded in kind.

"Well, lets just hope they don't have mad driving skills in GTA."

"Changing the lights in 3… 2… 2… 1… Floor it."

I rolled my eyes at his subtle joke as I stepped on the pedal with a bit more force to make us go faster, all while I darted and weaved between other vehicles in separate lanes to get us ahead faster.

Even so, the SUV was still on us, and I eventually saw them roll down the windows on the passenger sides, allowing two of the suits to stick their bodies out a bit with, oh look, assault rifles.

Yay.

Bullets pinged off of Primarius, leaving not so much as a scratch thanks to the Aura I coated her with just in case they were going to fire at us like they were doing right now.

"Are we-" two bullets cut Ray off as they bounced off of the rear windshield, "going to do anything about these assholes?!"

"I'd shoot Aura Swords at them, but I don't want to hit anyone else, not while I'm driving in a populated area!"

"Wonderful, the one time I don't bring a gun and I end up needing a gun… What's your excuse, Fox?"

My partner said nothing as she held on to the side door handles, letting out a squeal with every sharp turn and pass I made. She was trying to find her happy place at the moment, which wasn't here.

"We don't use firearms at all except my brother, Leonard. Even if Inuba were to use FoxFire Piercer, it'd probably burn straight through the car and hit someone behind the dorks behind us!" I told him as I made a slight turn going right.

"Fuck…" Ray cursed under his breath as his eyebrows furrowed.

He turned around and appeared to analyze the vehicle behind us, something obviously running through his mind as he stared.

"You said you can make 'Aura Swords', right?"

"Yes indeed."

"What else can you make..?" he asked as a bright violet glow emitted from his hand.

"Anything outside of complex machinery. Why?"

The amorphous bundle of hardlight in his right hand slowly shaped itself into a submachine gun, "Can you make bullets?"

Oh you clever bastard…

"9mm, full metal jacket."

I snapped my fingers and a pile of twenty nine or so bullets of white and black Aura formed in the pullout armrest's cupholder next to Ray.

Ray held his left hand above the cupholder and his hardlight engulfed the bullets resting inside, each singular strand grasping a single bullet, manipulating them into a straight line as he clenched his fist and formed a magazine.

Once it was constructed, he slotted the clip into the magwell of his hardlight SMG and pulled the slide back, chambering a round.

"Let's see if this works as intended, shall we?" he murmured to himself as he rolled the window down, careful not to poke his head out as several more bullets came flying in our direction.

Ray unbuckled his seatbelt and maneuvered himself so that he was sat on the door itself.

"Keep her steady!" he instructed as he held onto the handle on the inside.

To meet his requirements, I made sure to stay in one lane and sway only just so slightly to throw off their aim so that they didn't hit Ray.

Ray opened fire as soon as he had a clear shot, where I quickly took note that he was specifically targeting the front wheels of the SUV with unprecedented accuracy, blowing out the two front tires with only a few shots.

The car skidded to and fro, threatening to hit the other cars near it. A freak accident was in the works, but I wasn't going to let it happen.

I motioned my the index and center finger of my right hand across my body, and took a quick glance in the rearview mirror to see four of my Aura Sword impact the side of the SUV and sent it barrel rolling into the air.

With the amount of force I put behind the impact, it would be just enough to send the vehicle into the empty lot I spotted to my left.

"Whew… Glad that's…"

"Don't get too comfortable, they've got backup." Ray informed us.

One more glance in the rearview told me this wasn't entirely over, since two more black SUV's were on hot approach.

"Are you kidding me?!" I said letting out a frustrated sigh, "Great…"

See, I had an idea running through my head at the moment. Pretty stupid one, but hey, when are my plans not? Besides, they usually work out in the end.

"You can drive, right?" I asked Ray as he climbed back inside the car, the last of his bullets spent.

"More or less." he replied, consuming the hardlight SMG into his palm, "Why?"

Do I trust him enough?

Screw it.

"Don't kill my partner, please." I pleaded as I pressed the button to lower the hardtop roof.

The two large metal pieces that made the roof slide into one another and into a panel near the rear of the car, completely exposing us in the now convertible Primarius.

I hit the button to put the car in cruise mode, which thankfully I found from reading Ross' notes meant the car would drive in a straight line too while keeping a constant speed, unbuckled my seatbelt and hopped into the back seat while Ray took over in the driver's seat.

First thing Ray did was put his seat belt on before a hardlight harness quickly formed around Inuba's body, securing her in her seat.

"E-Eh?! W-What is this?!" Inuba asked wriggling around to free herself.

As Ray's hands found the wheel, he turned to look at her, "He said not to kill you, didn't he?"

"I-It's tight..! And somewhat hard to breathe…"

"Lose some weight then." he commented with a smirk as his foot became very quickly acquainted with the accelerator.

I only shook my head as I heard Inuba growl slightly, the car moving at a faster pace now since fewer cars were on the street.

Alright, time to do my thing.

I extended my right hand outwards as my Longsword formed in my hands with a burst of white and black Aura, where I soon lashed outwards to clear away the rest of the Aura covering it.

Taking careful aim, I straight tossed my sword into the windshield of the frontmost SUV, lodging it between the driver's seat and passenger's seat, where I then leapt out of the car towards the SUV I assaulted, and swiped my right hand across my body, letting out two Aura Swords that pierced the front tires.

I then vanished midair in streaks of white and black Aura, appearing to my longsword I stuck in the windshield of the out of control vehicle.

To the horror of the men inside, I gave them a quick smile and wave before plunging my sword into the hood of the car to kill the engine, which eventually caused the car to flip over with me and the occupants inside.

Instead of joining them, I planted both feet on the hood of the car and kicked off it, sending it flying into an empty parking lot of a fastfood restaurant nearby. Still midair, I straight tossed my longsword into the next and final SUV, hearing gasps from the men inside as the suit in the passenger seat aimed his rifle at me.

Plunging my sword into the hood yet again, my hand shot forward through the windshield as if it were paper and grabbed the neck of the one trying to shoot me.

With a quick pull, I tore him through the windshield and tossed him aside into a cloth awning that killed his fall, but the drop afterwards definitely broke a bone or two when he hit the floor.

I leapt backwards into the air for a brief moment, then brought myself down on the hood of the car with enough force to dent the hood considerably and force the rear end of the car into the air to flip.

Like the SUV before it, I planted my feet on the roof of the car and pushed off it, sending the car flying into another park until it stopped on its nose and slowly tipped over.

Thanks to the force I put into pushing off from the SUV, it was enough to force me back to Primarius' current position on the street, where I saw it slowing down, but speeding up slightly back and forth between the two.

That bastard Ray was trying to throw off my landing trajectory…

Unfortunately for him, I flipped in the air once and landed perfectly in the back seat in a lounging position, let out a sigh of relief.

"That was a nice distraction…"

"Thank goodness you're alright…" Inuba said looking to me with a smile, "Um… Mr. Chroma? May you please undo these bindings?"

"It's called a harness." Ray corrected as the hardlight dissipated, "Calling them bindings sounds suggestive."

"W-What?! N-No, that's not what-!"

My partner was apparently ashamed of herself for some reason given the fact she quickly hid her face behind her hands. What exactly is suggestive about bindings?

Meh, not important.

"DON'T THINK THIS IS OVER YET!"

What in the actual f-

"Oh for God's sake... What now?" Ray muttered to himself disdainfully.

I turned my head around and saw...the very same guy whose nards were epically crushed by Elisia's foot, sprinting towards us like freaking Sonic the Hedge from out of nowhere.

He got close enough to the car whee Ray attempted to slam the brakes and hit him with the rear bumper, but the white suit shifted out of the way towards my side of the car and meant to go straight for Ray.

That was until I planted the sole of my shoe into the side of his face and sent him soaring into a dumpster near one of the alleyways we were about to pass.

"No jaywalking, asshole." Ray idly commented as he continued driving, earning a brief laugh from me.


Along the way, Ray and I switched seats, allowing me to drive once more as we made it back to Beacon safely and without any further...interruptions.

I slowed to a halt near the curb of a rather luxurious hotel… What business might you have here Ray? Are we meeting with a secret wealthy lover? Or..?

Ray opened the passenger door and grabbed his things, throwing his messenger bag over his shoulder as he shut the door.

The hotel was lined with decorative trees, flower beds, and shrubbery, flanking the lit granite pathway toward the lobby.

"Thanks for the ride." Ray said as he stood on the sidewalk.

"Anytime. Though, just to clarify, this isn't a usual thing. You know, with people chasing me down and trying to kill me. Maybe."

"You know what? I'll remember that the next time you get into trouble and drag me along." Ray replied sardonically, "I hope my driving didn't shake your pet up too much, I can be a little…heavy on the gas."

"Heavy doesn't even describe it... " I said letting out a sigh, "See you tomorrow."

"Don't bet on it..." he called as he turned on his heel and gave a two finger salute.

"Right… Later then."

I shifted the gear and took off from the hotel drive-in, turning back onto the street with the evening sun behind us as we went.

"Well… That was certainly an...eventful experience…"

"Honestly, I didn't think people would come after me…"

"Why were they after you in the first place, Master?"

"Well… Remember a while ago how I went out shopping at night for soda and all that? Well, I helped a person out who was being harassed by white suit, and it's safe to say I wiped the floors with them epically. I didn't think they'd remember me… Or you know, the fact that they were in a gang or whatever."

"Master…" my partner let out with a disappointed sigh.

"What? I thought he was one of those touchy, douchey players that can't take no for an answer."

She kept her piercing gaze on me, keeping her arms crossed until she let out a sigh and leaned back into the comfy black leather seat.

By now I already restored Primarius' color back to the main body color of white with some black edges and highlighting, that way in case cops came looking for us for some reason, they wouldn't be able to find us. Nor would those douches if they decided to come after us again.

"In any case, I doubt they'd try something like that again. At least, for a good while anyway."

"I understand you were protecting someone else...but please, try to stay out of trouble."

"Heh… Trust me, I always try to steer clear…" I said while making a right turn onto the cliffside road leading back to Beacon.

Night was virtually upon us at this point as I drove on the road near the vast lake beneath us. It shimmered with the light of the shattered moon above us, its light cascading into the small forest area below us.

"It's beautiful...isn't it?" my partner asked, drawing my attention to her.

"Yeah…"

My gaze remained on her, watching as strands of her snow white hair fluttered gently in the night breeze as she stared out at the lake, her ears moving side to side a bit.

"It is…"

As soon as she made to turn back fully into her seat, I was already face forward again, keeping my eyes entirely on the road, where they should have been in the first place.

"By the way, what were all these ingredients for that you had me grab for you?"

She giggled a bit before saying, "It's a surprise."

"Surprise huh? Can't wait…"


Bit more of just interaction with other characters this time around, but we'll be moving ahead with more plot related matters next chapter. Plus, we wanted to do a sort of car chase anyway.

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