"Alex!" Laura screamed as her legs gave way and the man pushed the bar further into her throat.
Alex wasn't sure what to do. He had a rope to use, but he wouldn't be able to get it in good use unless he got away from the wall. He took a small step forward, forcing the man attacking him back a bit. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Laura still putting up a fight. Just as Alex managed to pull the leader into the concrete, fracturing his knee caps, the other man lunged at him. Alex knew he could finish this guy off, but the thing that worried him was that for the man to be after him, he must have finished up Laura.
"Goodbye!" the leader hissed, closing in on him.
This is it, Alex thought, backing up into the wall.
The man was coming after him, holding onto a large sheet of glass with the ability to cause serious injury. Alex dived out of the way, hoping to be able to get up in time to make a dash for it. He came in contact with something that was a lot softer than concrete as the man pushed him over. It was Laura's back.
BANG!
The man fell to the ground in pain. Alex stood up in time to see Laura holding a gun to the leader's back before they both took a step back.
"I've killed him! I've killed him!"
"Calm down. You've only hit his leg," Alex puffed, putting a hand on her shoulder before pulling it away as he realised she was still covered in filth. "Let's get you cleaned up."
"What about the gun?"
"Er..."
Alex had an idea. After a few minutes, they were walking away from the unconscious men in a reasonably happier mood.
"Wait!"
Laura ran back to where they had left the men. She moved one of them over a bit so he was in a compromising position with one of the others. The teenagers had moved the bodies so it looked like they had had a fight and hid the gun far away after cleaning away Laura's prints. Laura snorted and ran to catch up with Alex.
"You are so immature."
"You are!"
Alex shook his head to himself and they both walked up the stairs to the apartment. When they walked through the door, Jasmine gave Laura a wide-eyed look before demanding that she hop in the shower and put on some comfortable shoes. Luckily, she didn't ask any further questions about where they had been or why Laura had a bruise around her neck and Alex was limping.
"We are going shopping!"
"WHAT?!" Laura yelled, halfway to the bathroom. "SHOPPING?"
"Yes," Jasmine said, shocked by her reaction.
Laura pouted before running off to get all the rubbish off her. Alex walked back to his room and sat on his bed. He sat around for a while before pulling out a picture of Jack and him on a picnic. He stared at it for a while before placing in on his dresser and walking out to the lounge room.
Jack and Alex had never been too close, but they had cared for each other and looked out for one another. Jack hadn't given Alex a phone number, but he knew her mobile number off by heart. If anything happened or he was lonely, he was going to call it. He didn't want to pester her by telling Jack about a run in with a few gang members and a gun. It wasn't ranked dangerous enough in his opinion.
"How do I look?" Laura asked, stepping into the lounge room. She didn't look any different apart from the her bruise which was calming down.
"Laura – ish," he replied.
"Goodie!" Laura sat down next to him on the couch. "By the way, thanks for helping me out before."
"No problem. Anyway, you saved my back a few times over there."
"Nah, I only shot somebody."
"Who shot who?" Jasmine asked, walking back into the room with the keys.
"Nobody," they both said, trying to look innocent. It worked.
"Come on, hop in the Beast."
They were back in the garage, standing a few steps away from Eagle's prized possession. Alex wasn't so sure about getting in the car without Eagle's permission. By the looks of it, neither did Laura.
"Are you sure about this?" Laura asked, staring at the red car.
"Yes, now get in some time this week, please."
Laura hopped in first, slowly followed by Alex. They sat in the back, Jasmine in the front. She flicked a switch and the roof came down. Laura gasped.
"Jasmine! The roof is collapsing!"
Alex chuckled. "It's a convertible."
"What does that mean?"
"The roof can come down to make it a roofless car."
"Why would you want a roofless car?"
"To get the wind in your hair and because it looks cool."
"Oh."
Jasmine parked the Beast and the three spilled out. Laura was very interested in how many cars could fit in the car park. Very, very interested.
"How do they all fit?" she asked Alex.
"Err...dunno?"
"Oh. I used to say dunno."
"Why don't you anymore?" Alex asked, trying to keep the subject away from car parks.
"I'm talking like a British person now."
"You can still talk like an Australian," Jasmine interrupted. "The boys will dig it."
Laura gave her a weird look before following behind with Alex.
"So, what are we buyin' anyways?" she asked Jasmine after getting over her uncial revolt. Alex noticed her accent snap back in since she had been trying a British accent since that morning.
"A bit of everything for you with the money from the agency."
"Everything?"
"Everything."
Laura and Alex both groaned. Laura might have never been in a shopping mall since she always lived outside in the country, but she knew what that meant. It was going to be a long day. At least it was all charged to MI6's bank. Alex was looking forward to making Laura spend ridiculous amounts of cash on MI6's account. It would make up for all the horrible things they had done to him.
Alex smiled to himself.
I think I'll stop it there and have the shopping as next chapter. I haven't got many reviews for those three chapters I wrote and sent in while was ill. I like that word... Don't forget, now is the last chance to get your character forms in. I have two spaces left but if enough people apply with beautiful comments, you ALL get a spot!
RG
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