Chapter 11

Round the Twist

Ainsley's sitting next to Cream the Rabbit. She's now twenty four; not a little girl anymore. Her clothes consist of ripped jeans and olive tank top. Cream is driving an armoured truck and he's sitting next to her. He didn't utter a word, he thought Cream is the sexiest thing he had ever seen.

Cream broke away from her usual attire when turned ten. Her relationship with Vanilla got a tad stale when she turned 17 at the moment she caught Cream doing drugs. Her recovery was slow, every time she sees her mother she thinks of her as an unworthy figure which should be erased from her memory.

One of the mobians a rabbit, grabbed Ainsley and pulled him over the seat while Cream's driving. The rabbit was holding a phone and placed it on Ainsley's cheek. "Talk."

Ainsley spoke in the receiver and who should it be but none other than Theobald Williams. "You're no longer needed."

"What do you mean?" asked Ainsley.

"After that screw-up you did, I decided to relocate since Rejoice are on to us."

"Wasn't it GUN who's willing to choose your fate?"

"Kes informed that Rejoice took over; I'm not taking a chance to continue our operations from where we are now."

"And me?"

"You heard what I just said."

Ainsley was talking about what he should do now that he failed Williams and he's in the arms of a group of rebels.

"Now that we've been located, it's about time we engage a counter attack."

The dial tone pierced his eardrum. He doesn't know what he should do now. He doesn't know that Cream has ideas him.

Nazo and Anthony arrived at the scene where the SWAT vehicles were. They found the wrecked lorry and overturned van. They were totalled, The front of the lorry was bashed in with broken lights; steam shot out of the radiator like a tea kettle; the front bumper was hanging on its side and bent a fifth way in. The van's right side is also bashed in, the collision with the front passenger side did the most damage. The driver's cab's empty and the door trailers were open.

They spotted corpses of numerous SWAT members. They were shot in the head; some were shot in the limb, leg and/or arm. Pools and streams of blood were all over the place. The cars were riddled with bullets with broken windows, slashed tyres, busted doors which indicated that a group knew more about SWAT than both GUN and Rejoice even thought of. They were also well-armed, since most of the bullet casings Nazo found were from M1 Carbine Rifles and only a few CAR-15 casings. From what Anthony and Nazo are looking at SWAT members didn't have much of a chance in preventing the group from taking Ainsley.

The two walked around the crime scene, seeing the massacre from an unknown enemy. They soon noticed a document with Rejoice's insignia on it. Nazo opened it, there were files on Williams' men. He found something else, it was more shocking than the other files he read. Anthony used his phone and contacted Tower. "Nazo has found something you need to know."

"Bring it to headquarters at once," answered Tower. "It might be helpful."

Nazo brought the file and climbed in one of the SWAT cars and Anthony followed.

Williams on the other hand has other plans, he went out the warehouse and was immediately picked up on Rouge's hidden surveillance cameras she installed before she left. The light on them bleeped and the recording was transmitted to her PDA.

Rouge picked up her PDA and looked at the footage. "Williams has left the building."

She looked at Mina and Aleena. "No pun intended."

"We know you're not trying to make a joke," forgave Aleena.

"Mina Theobald wouldn't leave his hideout especially if they're cameras hidden," said Mina. "He always hires the best people for the job. Not just on completing mission but also making sure that nobody is watching over him."

"I agree," pondered Rouge. "Maybe there's something he knows that we don't."

Rouge continues watching the footage, it shows Williams getting into what appears to be a stolen car. She can tell because the license plates were missing. "We need to tell Hershey about this."

Mina took out her cell phone and used speed dial. She put the phone on loud speaker. "Agent Hershey? It's Mina. Listen, Williams is on the move."

She looked at Rouge's PDA to see where he was heading. "He's heading towards the freeway in a stolen...Dodge Charger?"

Hershey was at the House of Acorns with Phil Peters and Sir Charles. None of the other members are there. Hershey was familiar with vehicle mentioned. "Did you say Dodge Charger?"

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"Police reported a stolen car 4 months ago. It was a human who had a deep voice."

Aleena came to realise something. "Do you have any evidence?"

"Why do you ask Aleena?" wondered Hershey.

"I think I know this person."

"You might want to ask the police for that. You know I'm not a cop. I'll contact Cian and Saoirse to catch Williams."

Aleena noticed that Rouge was at her PDA. "I managed to ask the crime lab to send use the footage of the theft to see if we can identify you Mr. X."

She connected to the computer and uploaded the video and watched carefully. The person was speaking to a car dealer.

"Better crank up the volume just to hear the commotion," said Rouge.

"Glad to hear that you picked a Dodge Charger not many customers pick a Dodge. Most of them pick Chevrolet, Ford, Nissan, Daewoo..."

The figure reached in his back pocket and slowly pulled a Desert Eagle. He waited, he's a patient man. Not the kind who just pop a hole in a head and dashes from the scene. He's very skilled almost as though he was trained to handle situations like the one he's in. He even knows which firearm to use.

"I can give you the keys but you need to do some paper work." continued the salesman.

The figure dropped his arm holding the gun near his thigh. "That's what you salespeople think."

He swung his arm straight and pulled the trigger.

After hearing the person's voice, Aleena knew her hunch was right. "That's the person I spotted with Sir Charles and Phil Peters."

Mina scanned on the figure and rotated the image what the three saw who Mr. X is, their faces looked like they had seen a mangled corpse. Their expression was unbearable.

Cian and Saoirse were finding Williams on the freeway. They're using a GUN tracking system. They were about to make a left turn until a minivan rammed them from the right. Their Range Rover almost flew over the edge luckily Saoirse managed to steer towards the assailant. Cian fired a shotgun and the rear tyre burst like soap bubble. The minivan skidded into oncoming traffic, an oil tanker rammed it from behind causing it slid towards the nearby exit. It overturned, came off the road and landed on a railroad track. The driver and passengers suffered from numerous broken bones and blood loss. The driver can see Saoirse approaching, he was about to draw his gun but a speeding cargo train tore the vehicle in half. The train didn't stop and just kept on going.

Saoirse and Cian ran towards the scene of destruction, there were bodies and metal over the tracks. Cian noticed one of the corpses, it was Gar. He was wearing a Rejoice uniform, same goes for the rest. Saoirse spotted a GUN uniform near the driver's seat. They came to a conclusion, Gar is the person working for both sides for idiots.