As mentioned before, I accidently forgot this chapter! Once again, I am at fault. My bad. (-smiles nervously-)
IT'S TIME FOR A CAR CHASE!
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"Wilkinson." Nicole and Ben spoke simultaneously, their voices flat.
"Hello, Mr. Gates." Mitch greeted. I could see a scared look in Riley's eyes, and I regretted letting him walk out of the palace.
"I'm sorry." I mouthed, and Riley shook his head, apparently trying to say it wasn't my fault. My eyes were stinging a bit when I looked at him.
Then Mitch's brothers appeared behind the four of us, also holding guns in their hands. We all held up our hands slowly, and I tightened my grip on the plank.
"Give me that plank," Mitch nodded his head at the plank in my hand, speaking calmly. "And no one will get hurt, alright?"
I realized that Mitch must have persuaded Riley to explain why we were in London. I looked at Ben, and he nodded slowly. I turned around, lowering my hands and handing the plank to Daniel with a sigh.
He looked at it, pleased, and moved to hand it over to Mitch. Acting quickly, I hit his hand, causing the plank to fly upward. He looked up at the plank, and Ben elbowed him hard in the stomach, causing him to double over. Riley seemed to get the plan, and shoved Mitch hard, knocking him backwards. The older man regained his balance and held out the gun, ready to shoot, but Nicole kicked it from his hand.
Abigail and Seth were both looking up at the plank as well. Ben punched Seth hard in the jaw, and Abigail caught the wooden object. We all ran towards the rental car.
"I'll drive!" Riley quickly opened the left door, and grabbed air where the steering wheel should have been. Ben slid into the driver's seat, and Nicole, Abby, and I all dashed into the backseat.
"Get down!" Ben shouted as one of the brothers lifted his gun to shoot. The shot broke the back windshield, showering all five of us with little pieces of glass and peppering the back of the car with bullet holes.
"You guys OK back there?" I could see Ben's eyes meet Nicole's in the rearview mirror.
"We're good. You OK?"
"Fine." Ben replied with a small smile.
Riley brushed the shard of glass from his hair. "I'm kind of chilly. Thanks for asking." He replied sarcastically. We sped down the street in the car, dodging the other cars on the street. It seemed almost like a video game.
"Turn, turn, turn!" Riley cried, and we took a sharp right, crashing into the side of a bus.
"Everybody OK?" Ben asked, but I was too shaken respond, and apparently so was everyone else.
"Can't you go faster?!" Abigail screamed hysterically.
"Maybe if we had one less passenger!" Nicole fired back in a sing-song voice.
"They're gaining on us!" I shouted, and I was right; the black Range Rover and the taxi were catching up fast. We ended up behind a large truck full of beer barrels.
"Come on, come on…" Ben sounded understandably impatient. I looked behind us to see Daniel leaning out of the side of the Range Rover to shoot us again.
"Look out!" Ben shouted as he began shooting. Nicole, Abby and I all let out little screams as more bullets hit the back of the car. I was beginning to wonder where the cops were by this point.
A few bullets hit the beer truck in front of us, and barrels began falling out, some of them spilling all over the street. The car swerved dangerously, trying not to get hit. Barrels began exploding, and the alcohol rained down on the car, covering the windshield. One barrel flew, knocking the head off of a statue. I realized that I had white knuckled grip on the door handle, my heart pounding loudly in my ears.
I saw the taxi behind us flip onto its side as we continued. We passed the truck, and Ben spun the car around 180 degrees in front of it, then shifted gears.
"Go, go, go, go, go!" Riley shouted quickly, and we sped off down another street. As we drove, a ring filled the car.
"What is that?" Riley asked.
"It's Abby's phone." I answered.
"It's him." Abby replied with a roll of her eyes.
"You have his number on her speed dial?" Riley asked incredulously. Abigail shushed him, handing Ben the phone.
"Mitch, this has got to end before someone gets hurt." He said when he answered. I couldn't hear Mitch's reply, but I knew what it was anyways. "Tell that to my father." Ben said bitterly, hanging up the phone while Riley looked at him, confused.
We turned onto a side street full of people, and one guy hit out car as Ben began honking the horn.
"What are all these people doing in the street?" Nicole asked. The people suddenly started running.
"Why is everyone running?" Riley wondered aloud. Abby and I turned to see Seth driving right towards us.
"He's right there, go!" Abby shrieked. We sped up a little bit.
"Did I just run over a man's foot?" Ben asked, sounding concerned.
"Why are we always getting chased?!" I cried, half in fear and half in frustration.
"Watch the people!" Abby commanded.
We crossed a street and pulled into another lane, going even faster now. We turned yet again, getting onto a main road, the black Range Rover following us once more.
"They're still behind us." Abigail pointed out.
"We noticed!" Nicole snapped.
"Does this phone have a camera in it?" Ben asked, holding up Abby's cell.
"No, it's broken."
Ben's shoulders slumped and he threw it back at her. "Hang on, we're gonna run a red light."
"Are you crazy?" Nicole shrieked. I screwed my eyes shut as we blew past the red light, nearly running several people over in the process.
"Hack into the London Police database and get a copy of the picture from that traffic cam." Ben ordered Riley, who looked rather annoyed.
"Okie dokie."
"It wouldn't kill you to say please, would it?" I asked, also annoyed with Ben.
"Can't do it?" Ben asked, his eyes glued to the road.
"No, I can do it." Riley mumbled. "I just don't like that you assume I can do it."
"Why thank you, Riley." Abigail replied, tapping Ben's arm. He made a strange face in the rearview mirror.
We drove onto a bridge, with the Wilkinsons ending up directly beside us. Ben held out the plank, as if to give it to them, but threw it over the top of the car instead, causing it to land in the Thames. Ben swerved past a construction site and drove off. We continued for a few blocks before pulling over and parking the car.
"Is everyone OK?" He asked, taking a deep breath.
"I think so." I called. "I, for one, am a bit shaken, but I believe I'm not physically harmed."
The five of us quickly got out of the car. Nicole threw her arms around Ben's neck, kissing him passionately while Abigail looked on in mixed shock, confusion, and… could that have been jealousy? Riley stared at the two of them in confusion as well.
"Seriously, did I miss something? When the heck did the two of you hook up?"
"A few days ago." Nicole answered with a shrug, kissing Ben's cheek. "It just sort of… happened.
I put my arms around Riley's neck, looking up into his blue eyes.
"You sure you're OK?" I asked him. He nodded, kissing my forehead.
"You know I didn't mean any of the stuff I said back there, right?" He looked a bit worried.
"Yeah, why?"
"I don't know. You just seemed a little freaked out is all." He shrugged his shoulders.
"Can we go get some lunch?" I asked. "I'm hungry."
"Well you're eating for two, right?" He replied with a smirk. I smacked his arm, rolling my eyes.
"Lunch sounds like a good idea." Ben commented. "But right after that we're catching the next flight home. We need to translate that plank." He sighed. "There's a lot riding on that little piece of wood."
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That was actually rather difficult to write. I had to watch that scene again and again to get everything down…
Review, please?