Cherub: Target

Chapter 3: Cat and Mouse

As soon as the hand had grasped James' shoulder he knew he was in trouble, as James turned around he sized up the two men, the one who spoke had an Australian accent but that didn't mean much, they were both bigger than James and looked like they worked out a lot.

James had to think quickly, he had to get the information back to campus before the 25th, he knew there was a chance Lauren would raise the alarm but then she might not and he couldn't take that chance.

"Sorry mate, I think you've got the wrong guy" James went to walk past but the 2 men blocked him.

"Hey man, this is my stop, can you move" Even as James said it he knew there was no chance of them moving but they had already made a mistake, they had both moved to block him from going forward leaving the rear unguarded, James knew he would need every chance he got so he took this one with delight.

James through a punch aimed for the guys head, the man easily blocked it like James knew he would, with blocking the punch he had left his lower body exposed, he found that out the hard way as James let out a powerful kick between his legs, before the second man could react James had jabbed him in the throat, they both crumbled to the ground.

James turned and ran for the door as many passengers watched in amazement at what had just happened.

Once outside James had to asset the situation, he knew they knew he had the information so they must be from help earth, he also knew if they got the chance again they would kill him, if he got the information back to campus that would be there mission blown again by cherub.

But first things first, he knew he had to get as far away from here as possible to at least have a chance of getting back. James ran out of the station and onto the main road, where was a taxi when you needed one, he heard a racket behind him and saw the two guys appearing from the train angrily.

James took his chances and ran right, the street was empty except for an elderly couple walking on the side of the road to him, with the street being empty the guys had no problem spotting James when they came out of the station, when they saw him they instantly chased him, they saw him turn right at a intersection but when they got there and turned right there was no sign of him.

Once James had turned right he hopped over a fence into someone's garden, he hoped someone wasn't home. He saw that the garage door had been left open so he quickly rushed in before the guys reached the corner, once inside he had a good look around, he saw a workbench with tools messily left out, spare tires, can of fuel and a red Yamaha motorbike, he was thinking what he could use to get out when yet again he kicked himself for being so stupid, months ago he has just sat and passed his motorbike license test, he grinned as he look upon the bike, he had his way back to campus.

Back on campus, Laurens friends had turned Good Charlotte back on and were laughing.

"Gosh, you gave us a fright Lauren, the tone of your voice was scary" said one of Laurens friends.

"God I could kill James sometimes, he's always trying to trick me into things"

"Why, what did he say?" asked another friend

"He tried to tell me I had to get everyone out of campus, something about finding some information"

"Information about what?"

"Don't know, he was cut off, he must thing I'm so stupid if he thought I'd fall for that"

"What happens if he was telling the truth?" Said Bethany, Laurens best friend.

Lauren had been thinking about that, James had never tried anything this big before and she thought that A) He would never do anything like that, something so serious and B) He would never do it while on a mission. Lauren gave Bethany a quizzed look " I don't know"

"Wouldn't it be better to be safe than sorry, we can talk to Meryl bout it"

"Good Plan, wanna do it now?"

"After this song, I love this one, I just wanna live..."

The guys from the train walked slowly down the road looking for James while making sure they weren't walking into a trap, this was a noisy street, music blearing out windows, kids playing in a yard, a motorbike being revved in a garage. This made it hard for the 2 guys so they took a side of the road each, while slowly making there way down there came an enormous crash, both guys turned to see a motorbike crash through a fence, the one closest got sprayed with pieces of haywire wood but the second guy was on the ball, with one movement he went down on one knee, take out his gun, remove the safety and fired.

James was rattled from the crash through the fence and it didn't help when he heard a gunshot. He quickly balanced himself and roared down the road, by that time the second guy was back on his feet, now both were firing at him, James swore he could feel the bullets whizzing past.

One of the two guys was reloading and the second had one bullet left, he took careful aim and fired.

James was just going around the corner when he felt a sharp pain in his side, he looked down to see blood seeping out onto his white shirt, lucky he had been leaning to take the corner or he would have come off the bike, James found the shot itself hurt but was bearable, he found the wound a few minutes after the shot hurt like hell, he knew he'd have to do something if he wanted to make it back to campus, he was just happy the other two guys couldn't follow him.

The guy who had fired the shot stood looking pleased with himself, he smiled to his friend then to his pocket, he realized his phone was vibrating, he answered " Hello"

"Finally, I've called about 5 times, why didn't you answer?"

"We had a problem"

"And, is he taken care of?

"...No"

"WHAT!!, what the hell do I pay you for, a 16 year old slipped from you grasp" Shouted an outraged voice.

"He's wounded, I got a clear shot in his side"

"Least its something, where are you and where is he?"

"We are in a small village called Shackleton , the mark is heading north on a red Yamaha"

"God, You Are Useless, He Has A Bike Now !?, What town is north of you?"

"Toreston"

"Fine, I'll have 4 men there spread out waiting, is there any other way he could pass through without going through that village?"

"None at all, there's a single road through, river on one side and forest on the other, he won't take the forest"

"Why are you so sure?"

"It's the middle of winter, if he went through the forest he would be knee deep in snow"

"Of Course, To be sure he doesn't expose our plan early I'm moving in forward"

"Too when?"

"Tomorrow morning"

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