Chapter 12

Faster Faster Faster

Were the words ringing in Jack's ears as he focused as much as he could on the faint objects in front of him. Kate had been holding her breath since they drove off. She was trying her best not to look scared but was failing miserably since as whenever they did a sharp turn or the police behind them got closer, she squirmed and shut her eyes.

She hadn't been in this type of situation before. She had been in many others but not any like this.

The siren from both cars rang through the gloomy and dark night, although there was hardly any point in keeping it on since as there were hardly any cars around. The odd car passed by them every few minutes but that was it. 04:16 was displayed in clear green writing on the clock in front of them. It had been nearly 8 hours since they had known each other. And yet, why did it feel like they had known each other for so long?

They are turning right into Woods Lane

The voice came in through the speaker.

'Great.' one of them smiled to themselves. The police knew this area like their own home. In fact they knew any area like their own home so they had an advantage in situations like these.

People like Jack and Kate, who probably hadn't been here before, wouldn't know that the road is a cul de sac and there wasn't a way out.

Jack cursed loudly once he saw that the road finished on a dead end. The road was a cul de sac and there wasn't a way they could go out. Kate knew what had happened but couldn't say anything. At last, she let all her breath out and buried her head in her hands.

They sat there for a few seconds, lost in their own thoughts, not saying anything or even looking at each other. Then, Jack scoffed and started the engine once again. The car wheels screeched as the car turned around and they were flung to one side. As soon as they were back on track, facing the entrance (which was now the exit) of the road, Jack pushed down on the pedal as much as he could and the car flew forwards and out of Woods Lane. They had just missed the police who were right behind them, and nearly caused a collision.

Kate's face changed dramatically from fear to joy and surprise. She laughed a little, then more and then sighed in relief and looked over at Jack even though she knew he probably wouldn't listen to what she said because of the concentration shown on his face.

'Thank you.' she whispered, then sank back in her seat. It wasn't over for them yet, that's all that mattered to her right now.

Over at the other police car, behind Jack and Kate's, it wasn't going too well.

'We missed them!' one of them cried out in despair. 'We missed them yet again!' he roared.

'Oh no we haven't. They are not going to get away this time. This time we have really caught them.' another one said and laughed maliciously.

'Erm... I'm sorry to break it out to you but we haven't caught them. They are actually far out in front of us.' a tall and thin man pointed out.

'Oh, don't you be too worried about that. We will catch them.' another officer, possibly the most intelligent out of them all, laughed and they all smirked.

'We want more police cars please. We need them to surround those two at all sides.' he spoke into the walkie-talkie and they all laughed.

Through the dark and peaceful night, not much was seen but Jack could safely say that they had lost the police yet again. There were no signs of them behind them.

He stopped the car, close to the kerb and turned off the engine. They both sighed at the same time, looking out of their windows.

4 minutes later

A small nudge was aimed at Jack's arm and he woke up from his short snooze and turned around, sleepily to look at Kate's terrified face. He looked back to see a police car travelling at full speed towards them. He started the car for the countless time that evening and they took off.

The two police cars swerved from side to side, tyres screeching, sirens sounding, one behind the other. And as they carried this little game on, Jack and Kate noticed an even bigger problem than they thought. From the foggy night, two other police cars appeared and Kate gasped slightly as they cut them off: one on their left and one on their right.

Jack cursed loudly a few times but then got his mind to work again.

'Kate, listen to me. We need to switch places.' he screamed at her.

'Are you crazy? I can't drive that fast, I'll get us into a right mess!' she argued back.

'You have to. Just please. Trust me this once. I know you probably don't but you need to trust me this time, okay? Just put your foot there... good... that's it. Now come in front of me. Great- no don't take your foot away!... Okay.' he sighed when they had finally manage to swap places but still drive the car. Kate was now driving and Jack was sitting in her seat.

He rummaged in his pocket, searching for something and soon got it out. The other two cars were still keeping up with them but that was going to change. He took out his gun out from his pocket and put the windows down. He put his head next to the window and aimed the gun at the tyre. It was difficult to do so because of the rough roads and the speed that Kate was going at.

When he finally had the right aim, he fired and the bullet flew straight to the tyre. The car slowed down but didn't stop completely. He soon did the same for the other tyre and the car stopped almost dead in its tracks.

'One down. Two to go.' he mumbled under his breath.

He had to shoot the other car over Kate, however and that was going to be more difficult.

'Try to stay still, yeah?' he said to her as he opened the window over her, together with the car going in a weird direction because of Kate's loss of control, and got out his gun ready to fire once again.

Jack took aim again, but this time not at the tyre but of the window and most importantly the person behind the wheel. He shot the window first, loosing a few bullets but nevertheless succeeding and then took aim straight for the driver's head and shot.

He slumped forwards, bumping his head on the wheel, as the car swerved to one side ending up straight into the trees.

Jack sighed in relief and Kate seemed pretty pleased too. There was just one more car behind them and Jack knew exactly how to get rid of it. But this one was going to be the most difficult.

'Kate... I want you to speed up as much as you can when I say 'GO'. Is that alright?' he asked and she nodded.

'Good.' he mumbled and opened his window once again. He was about to take his arm out when he saw a bullet fly straight past him. The officers must have seen him shooting at the other two cars and decided to play along too. When Jack thought it was safe, he took his arm out and shot at their car, but only got a reply of another bullet being shot at him back.

After a few minutes, he finally managed to shoot that police officer's arm. He was not dead, but badly injured which would mean that there was a possibility that Jack could easily do this.

'Okay, Kate. Are you ready?' he asked but didn't get an answer back. He aimed as closely as he could to his target and said:

'Three... two... one... GO!' And shot as many times as he could at the car and then another few times at the engine and tyres. Kate sped up as much as she could and the police car behind them had blown up. Fire, sparks and bits of metal were flung around but the most important thing is that they got out. Again.

Hey, what happened to the reviewers? Don't you like the story any more? Or is it just that SassyLostie, HughFan and Hersheygal have gone on holiday? But anyway, thanks to all the rest who reviewed, once again.

So... they got out again. That chapter was a bit longer because the last one was very short. So, I hope you liked it. And I have very important news: we get to find out exactly what Jack did and who he killed next chapter. Suspense, huh?