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"—is leading at least a dozen officers on a high-speed chase for the last hour now. The driver has been identified by police as seventeen-year-old TJ Anthony…"
Derek looked up at the TV as the newscaster continued with her story. On the screen, he watched in terror from a helicopter's camera the high-speed chase that was happening. There were dozens of cops following one lone van. A van he knew all too well.
"That's it!" The doctor screamed, causing Cristina to nearly up out of her seat. "That's the van! That's the van that took Meredith!"
"You sure?" Cristina asked, her words careful.
"Positive!" He wanted to smile in relief, but as the story continued to unfold in front of his eyes, he ran his fingers through his hair in worry. The van had to be going at least eighty, if not ninety or a hundred, miles an hour down the busy streets of Seattle. And his wife was inside.
"For people just joining us, the seventeen-year-old suspect is wanted for the murder of a gas station clerk on the corner of 3rd and Downs. The authorities believe he was also involved in a gang knifing from earlier this evening where at least two young men were murdered..."
Derek held his breath and didn't blink as he watched the black van increase speed and pull onto the freeway.
"Looks like he's heading north on the freeway now... we're not really sure where he's headed, and it doesn't look like he does either." The newscaster gasped as the van nearly collided with another vehicle who had pulled into its lane. "That was a close one!"
Derek nearly had a heart attack, his eyes widening in disbelief. His wife was in that car.
"We're now joined by the Chief of Police, Chief Davis of Seattle P.D. Sir, what a chase this guy is giving you guys!" The newscaster seemed entertained by it all.
"Well, yes, he is at that. This kid, TJ, is not only putting his own life and the lives of everyone in that vehicle at jeopardy, he's also endangering lives of my officers."
"How fast would you say they were going?"
The chief of police sighed. "Last radar check we did set them at about one-hundred miles-per-hour."
"Oh my God, they're going to have hell to pay when this is all said and done. Now Chief, you mentioned there's more than one identified persons in that van, can you share with us whom you're referring to?"
Derek held his breath as the chief continued.
"Yes, we are at liberty to share. That van is also a match for one that was reported in a kidnapping of a doctor from Seattle General Hospital. It is still unclear what the kidnapping, robbery and knifing has to do with one another, but we are certain that the suspect is working with an accomplice on these matters."
The newscaster appeared shocked. "Are you allowed to share the abducted doctor's identity?"
"Yes, Meredith Gray."
"Oh my God!" Cristina yelped next to him, as though she didn't believe it until she heard for herself. "Oh my God Mer is in that van!"
The TV screen seemed to be alive as it zoomed in on the high-speed chase once again. The driver was driving fanatically as he steered towards a grassy area to get around the police's roadblocks. The chief of police and newscaster continued to narrate the whole thing, but Derek tuned them out, no longer interested in their words. He could barely breathe, let alone blink. He was utterly helpless. The teenage driver held his wife's life in his hands, a life he obviously wasn't too concerned with.
"Oh my God, what are they doing?"
Derek blinked rapidly, clearing away his tears. He watched in horror as police cars began to lightly tap the back of the van in attempt to slow it down. What were they doing? The van was going at least a hundred-miles-per-hour! They were going to kill someone. They were going to kill his wife.
All of the sudden, with another tap from the police car, the van skid towards the middle island of the freeway. Hitting the concrete barrier, it flipped over it and proceeded to roll across the road a couple times before coming to a crashing halt.
Derek's hands grabbed his head as the realization hit him. His wife was dead.
I apologize for the shortness of the chapter. I'll try to update sooner than I have to make up for it. :)
