Chapter 9
They ran once again. Not stopping, not looking back. They just ran, focusing on the figures in front: it was dark and difficult to see. Kate didn't know what to think anymore. She had seen a CCTV camera recording everything that had just happened. When the police officers watched the footage, it was obvious that they would think that she was running away with him. She would have to run with him.
Or she could play a little trick. She could lead Jack straight to the polices' hands. But how would that help when the police would lock her up in jail, too? She shook the thought off. There was only one possibility for now: run with him.
Stanley? Roberts? Cortez? Are you there? Pick up! What happened? Hello?
Came the voice through the walkie talkie. Of course, no one would answer. The noise of the sirens faded away as a whole gang of police officers rushed in through the door. They came in and stopped dead at the sight in front of them.
The three police officers were lying unconscious on the floor, blood dripping out of them. The shopkeeper could only stare with his mouth open, not moving at all.
'Did you see what happened?' a bunch of officers screamed at him as they came his way.
'I-I saw-' he began but quickly stopped when he was bombarded with a series of other questions. He stared at them with a horrified face.
'The CCTV camera recorded them. I-I woke up-'
'Wait a second. You woke up?' another police officer stared at them like he was crazy. 'Aren't you meant to be doing your job?'
'Well, yeah but...' he trailed on and blushed revealing that he had fallen asleep.
'Okay, never mind. We'll need you to come to the police station with us for an interview to tell us exactly what you saw and what happened. Then we'll let you go back here, is that alright?' one of them asked as the others began to call in for more police officers.
'Yeah, I guess.' he shrugged.
'What's your name?'
'Dawson. Uh- Michael Dawson.' he said shakily.
'Okay, Michael. We need everything that is relevant to the case. Is it just the CCTV footage?'
'Yeah, I mean I was quite shocked. It's not every day that a man and a woman come barging in-'
'What did you say?'
'I said it's not-'
'No, after that.' the police officer said as he rolled his eyes. This guy was anything but intelligent.
'A man and a woman-'
'There was a woman too?' one of them asked as they raised their eyebrows.
'Yeah. They were both fighting against these three.' the shopkeeper said as he pointed to the three officers in front of him. The police all looked at each other and nodded knowingly. So Kate Austin was working with Jack after all.
It was almost impossible to run now. They were both getting tired and out of breath. Not only did they not have the right shoes on, but they could hardly see a thing. Jack looked back, carefully. No sign of the police.
'Okay. We'll stop here.' he said in between breaths. Kate collapsed to the ground, trying to catch her breath and Jack leaned on a tree. They were still in the woods, not far away from a motorway since as the noise of a car going past was heard every now and then.
'Is it safe?' Kate asked. He looked around and nodded. The police were nowhere to be seen but it wasn't too late for them to appear out of nowhere.
'Right. This is what we'll do. An ambulance is on its way for Stanley, Cortez and Roberts. More police officers are coming this way to take Michael and the CCTV footage to the police station. He will be interviewed there and they will come to a conclusion after they watch the CCTV footage.' he stopped and they all nodded in agreement.
'We will split into groups of three. Us four will go that way,' he said as he pointed to a direction, 'whereas you five will go that way and you five will go that way' he carried on, directing them through the woods. 'This way, we can attack at different angles. We need to have contact at all times, though. So, make sure that we catch him this time without anyone getting hurt.' he finished and they all took off in different directions to find Jack and Kate.
Once again, thanks for the reviews:D
So, as you can see, Jack and Kate got away but now the police are coming after them. (But they don't know that. They suspect it, but are not certain.) I hope you liked my add of Michael as the shopkeeper. :) There will be lots of characters from the main show added, but I'm not saying who. grins So, thanks for reading and please review and I'll make sure that I update again! ;)