AN: I'll do my best to post within the next week. I know it takes at least a half hour or so for me to type a chapter, plus however long it takes to post it. So really, it all depends on homework and rehearsal schedules. Hopefully, I'll be able to get a few in, but I can't make any promises. Please read and review. Anything you recognize belongs to JE. Thanks for reading!

Two days passed. I had now been 'dead' for a week. Today was the day of the service. The entire team would be there from the start, plus most of the police force. We had broken up into teams. One in the Hall, where the service was taking place and the rest spread throughout the surrounding block. I was placed along the outer edge, along with Ranger and his core team. The orders were simple, Cezar was not to escape.

Around five, people started coming in swarms. Everyone wanted to go to the infamous Bombshell Bounty Hunter's service. No one passed by unnoticed. With my father's help, cameras were placed everywhere, unseen by viewers. Anyone and everyone were caught on camera. In addition, microphones were hidden in various locations around the block. If Cezar showed, he was as good as caught.

A few hours passed without event. Everyone checked out. Then, there was a stranger. No one knew him, no one had heard of him. As I was closest to his location, I raced toward him, various Rangeman following about one hundred feet behind. He saw me and ran. Nothing screams "guilty" like running.

He ran into the small gap between buildings. I was able to get through without stopping-knocking boxes down in the process- but it would cause problems for the Merry Man. It led to an alley with a gate at the end. I was gaining on him, but my breath was coming in rapid gulps. I couldn't continue this for much longer. I really should have taken Ranger up on his offers of morning runs.

Cezar paused for a moment, seeming to drop something, before jumping the gate. I managed to run a few more feet, coming to the spot where he paused. I gave the ground a fleeting glance and spotted something. I thought nothing of it until I was two hundred feet away. Then…Boom!!

The flash seemed to blind me. The shockwaves slammed me into the wall, on which I hit my head. A fireball erupted at the drop point. Just my luck. There's going to be one heck of a concussion later, but thankfully I stayed awake and alert.

I tried to look around, but black spots clouded my vision. Fortunately, I was looking away when it went off. I couldn't imagine what the flash would have done if I was looking straight on. When my vision finally cleared, I looked over to find Ranger vainly trying to get through the small gap left by the tumbling boxes and the fireball. I laughed at the sight, though it came out as a moan; laughing wasn't helping the killer headache.

This increased Ranger's urgency, making it harder for him to get through. Finally, Diesel came to his senses and popped him in. He hurried over to me, "Babe, you OK?"

"For the most part. Just some bruises, concussion, nothing I haven't had before. I feel horrible." Ranger seemed to do a quick scan, checking for serious injury. "No, I mean I let him get away."

"Babe, stopping would have been letting him get away. Him throwing a grenade at you is entirely different."

"That's what it was? Seemed more like a bomb to me."

"Yes, it seems to be a M84. A stun grenade. Usually creates a bright light and loud noise. We use them sometimes when we need to clear a place out. Very effective. Unfortunately, your infamous luck shined through. It appears to have landed in a puddle of gas, causing some explosive side effects."

Of course it did. Murphy really seems to have something against me.

Ranger helped me up, then led me to the gap. The guys had cleared the way while we were talking. We stepped through the gap, and they let out a sigh of relief. Thankfully, there were no other onlookers. Everyone was still at the service. Thank God for small favors.

---Originally, the grenade only went off with a flash and a bang, but right before I typed it, I discovered that it exploded when in contact with a highly flammable substance. So of course I couldn't resist, it was just perfect for the Plum world.