Chapter 5

Escape

Although James thought he had a quick getaway on board the stolen motorcycle, he could soon hear the clatter of bullets once again hurtle behind him, as two gang members were chasing him by bike. James tried to avoid them by taking a sharp turn into an alleyway, where the icy path nearly made him lose his grip on his bike, but he manage to keep his balance and zoom on ahead. The two bike members behind him chased after him down the alleyway, although one lost his grip and crashed into a waste bin, knocking him out cold, whilst the other raced after James.

James had never been in a high speed chase before, and was more nervous about the level of distance he was between the gang members behind him, than the actual road in front of him and was constantly swerving. Even more bad luck ensured when a speed camera caught a picture of James, which caused him to swear under his breath. An unwanted picture would not be good for the mission, but James knew he had to out-run the biker, but he was catching up and James knew he wouldn't be able to continue on the icy road forever.

Then James took his only option and drove into an abandoned building, which the gang member followed into as well. The abandoned building was cluttered with crates, and was probably used for storage. James got off the bike and quickly went to hide behind some of the crates. The gang-member got off his bike as well and drew out a dagger from his pocket, his eyes darting back and forth for his soon-to-be victim to appear. But James thinking quickly was one step ahead of the gang member and snuck around him, using the crates for cover. He then skilfully managed to quietly clamber on one of the crates and positioned himself behind the gang-member.

The gang member who was still eyeing for James didn't know what hit him until he heard the words 'Asta la Vista Comrade', then James pounced to twist the neck of the biker, who reacted to James violently, trying to shake him off. But James with his hands firmly on the biker's neck and head, he managed and with one massive click, which caused him to fall on the ground, making a large echo in the building as his head fell to the floor. James landed panting, he scraped some of the sweat from his forehead and tried to relax, despite the fact he had just killed someone, who was now dead on the floor in front of him. James pulled himself together, clearing his constant thoughts in his head. He managed to haul the gang member away and hide him between a few of the crates in the room. He had to push the crates with all his might, so that they would be positioned correctly in order to hide the gang member. James got back on the bike and rode back to the safe house.

***

James had managed to ditch the motorbike by having it roll into the river, running the last ten minutes back to the hideout. James pushed opened the door, to find Kerry running up to him and giving him a hug, which James found quite unexpected and hugged back, smelling the fresh scent of her perfume.

'Your back, I was afraid something had happened to you,' Kerry said worried 'you had been gone for hours,'

James letting go of Kerry glanced at the time, and saw that he had been gone longer than he thought; it was now 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

'Sorry that I worried you Kerry,' James said reassuringly 'but I had to keep low for a while, the gang I went to infiltrate chased after me.

Kerry went back to hug him again, James didn't realise until that moment how much Kerry cared about him, and how much he cared about her. She let go of James and brushed her hair slightly, before announcing her success in infiltrating the construction site and retrieving the blue prints. James congratulated her and was soon phoning Campus to report a mission well done to Meryl who told him that transport would be picking up James and Kerry tomorrow.

James went over to the sofa, where Kerry had gone to sit, beckoning him over, so they could both watch a DVD, she brought over from Britain. Although the film had barely started before Kerry started to eye up James and slide her jacket onto the floor. Although James had been trying to resist temptation with other girls on campus, whilst trying to get back together with Kerry, he managed to hold himself, as he moved towards her. She lay down on the sofa, as James came over to her and struggled to say anything as the hormones raged around in his body.

'Kerry I really…like you as more than a friend,' he said with a suave sense in his voice 'and I want us to be together again and put the past behind us and start a fresh.

'I really like you too James,' she said smoothly back 'But with Bruce and everything that has happened between us, how can I trust you again,'

'Because…….,' James spoke slowly before gazing into Kerry's eyes and saying 'because I love you and I've come to realise the mistakes I made,'

They both leaned in and kissed each other and shared a long passionate kiss, which lasted throughout the film, although nothing progressed from. James was glad that he was finally with Kerry again, and didn't care about anything in the world, and wanted this moment to last forever.

***

'COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!!' A loud booming voice came from outside; waking up James abruptly, although it did not disturb Kerry who had nestled herself in James arms. James quickly nudged her awake, and told her to quickly head out to the back and grab her jacket, which was still on the floor from the night before. The loud sound came again from outside threatening to open the door, if we did not co-operate. James quickly slid all the spy equipment into his bag and grabbed his jacket before waking up Kerry. Kerry picked her jacket up from the floor, and followed James out the back door, together they raced through the back alleyways, heading to the forest located on the edge of the city.