I am really sorry for the super slow upload of this next chapter, my exams are getting really close now and a lot of my time is being put into revising. Uploading will be slow for a while, but after by exams I will be able to write a lot faster. As a treat of waiting so long I wrote a much longer chapter as requested. Enjoy! ^^
Vi sighed with relief as she released the last catch on her gauntlets and they dropped to the floor with a loud clang that echoed the small ram shacked room that she called home. Hastily she picked up a small worn down pencil and walked to the wall above the coffin sized box that barely counted as a bed.
"One more down" she whispered under her breath as she added another line to the already line ridden wall above her bed. She sat on the box next to her bed as she slowly unworked the latches on her shoulders and breastplate and slid them off slowly and placed them next to her gauntlets. Whilst turning back to her bed she stretched her arms and let out a large yawn as she began to slip into the box "Tomorrow I can have the day off for my hard work" she smiled as she curled up and drifted into unconsciousness oblivious of the plotting's across town.
Sitting in her chair in front of her desk, illuminated by a lone lamp Caitlyn sat scribbling furiously as she smiled to herself. She slowly laid the pen on the table and brought the paper for closer inspection. After some time she placed the paper in the folder marked 'Project 538' and put the folder away in the draw in her desk and slowly got to her feet smirking as she said "Tomorrow I catch myself a criminal".
The icy night bit as Caitlyn opened the door of the station, shuddering she turned around to lock the door behind her, but as she turned she saw a tall broad looking officer with a scar across his forehead standing the doorway.
"Ah! Mr Smit! Just the person I wanted to see" Caitlyn exclaimed. The man searched the young sheriff's eyes for any trace of sarcasm but found none as she continued "The plans are all written up, I need you to check them and get your men ready for early tomorrow morning" she smiled.
"What is your obsession with this girl?" He grunted whilst eying Caitlyn suspiciously
"I have no obsession Smit, this girl just… interests me, and I think she deserves to hear what I have to say" She countered whilst dropping the keys to her draws in his hands "It's in the draw in my desk, just on the top" and with that she turned around and walked off into the night. The officer drew back into the shadows of the door way to watch the sheriff go "we'll see how much longer you'll be interested in that criminal" he sneered under his breath turning back into the darkness of the corridor.
The sunlight burnt through the hole riddled shack as Vi twisted in her sleep "VI! WE KNOW YOU ARE IN THERE" a megaphone blasted from the outside, Vi slowly opened one eye and muttered something unintelligible. "WE WILL GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE TO COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP, OR WE WILL USE FORCE" the megaphone blasted once again, this time having the effect needed, Vi shot bolt upright sleep slowly slipping away "It can't be…" She muttered disbelievingly whilst grabbing her armour and slipping it on "What does it take to get some sleep around here" she groaned as she slipped her gauntlets on and did the latches "THIRTY MORE SECONDS!" the megaphone blared. "Jesus… calm down would you? I'm coming!" she snapped whilst staggering outside in a half asleep daze.
She slowly staggered out into the clearing outside her shack, the sunlight blinding her "Ah, so you are the criminal the Sheriff is so interested in…" a man stated, this time without the megaphone "Ah, so you are the poor fool whose about to get his head knocked off" Vi spat back the sunlight that was making her unaware that she was surrounded slowly faded and she finally saw what she faced, a full circle of armed police all ready to fire upon the officers command "Shit" she muttered under her breath "Well this is a really nice turn out, but I'm afraid I'll have to be off now" she said casually whilst turning to walk off, "I don't think so!" the Officer exclaimed whilst grabbing the young criminals shoulder, Vi turned her head suddenly "Bad mistake buddy" she sneered whilst grabbing his hand and flinging him at full force through her shack "FIIIRRREEE!" the officer shouted whilst sailing through the air, followed by a loud crash.
Suddenly the sound of gunfire was everywhere, and Vi was on the first officer, taking him down in one punch whilst smoothly moving onto the next, she raised her glove up to block the incoming bullets whilst throwing debris with the other, the sounds of gunshots had grown less frequent now, Vi guessed there must be something around five police left she shifted her weight and began to run when a bullet ripped through her shoulder, she was knocked down with the force of it and blacked out…
Caitlyn hurried down the alley ways towards the designated spot when she heard the shots begin to fire, "What the?!" she exclaimed as she stopped suddenly "I told him not to fire!" she spat with anger as she span and ran back towards the shots.
As she neared the gunshots she noted they had thinned considerably, this meant only one thing, Vi was winning against her police, Caitlyn smiled to herself but deep down she feared having to face an angry force like that one to one. Suddenly the shots stopped and Caitlyn could hear the sounds of people in the streets around, Caitlyn knew what the stopping of the gunshots meant, and it wasn't that Vi had won, she put on a new spurt of speed as she ran around the next corner.
Vi's eyes slowly drifted open to find the Officer standing over her grinning, her gloves had been removed and her hands and legs bound and there was a searing pain in her shoulder where she was shot "YOU FUCKER!" she shouted struggling against her bonds "Oh now now, don't be so un lady like" he smirked and drew his pistol from his belt "The Sheriff wanted you alive… but I'm afraid I can't let that happen, it may ruin my plans.." he gloated whilst inspecting his gun in his hand "So I'm afraid, right here in this dump, you will die, and no one will ever know or care" he smiled with victory as he raised his gun to her head. Suddenly the police man next to him was knocked off his feet and hit the one behind him to the ground pinning him there "Shit!" the Officer exclaimed and started to squeeze the trigger but as he did the gun was shot out of his hands and skittered under the rubble of Vi's shack the man span around and gave the figure who stood in the shadows a poisonous look before running into the shadows of the next alley, the figure shot after him, but to no avail, he was too far gone.
"Crap" she swore under her breath as she saw Smit running into the shadows of the alley before her. She turned suddenly aware of the woman tied at her wrists and ankles behind her, and bleeding from her shoulder where there was a nasty bullet wound, but nothing time wouldn't fix, luckily.
"Sheriff Caitlyn?" She asked her eyes wide and mouth open astounded "You do realise you just shot on your own men?" she croaked, weak from exhaustion.
"They are not my men if they don't follow my orders" Caitlyn sighed and dropped her gun to the floor "I am truly sorry of what has happened to you, this was not my plan. I only wanted to talk, not to murder" she said looking into the criminals eyes.
"Hey it was nothing, only got me shot." Vi stared back a smirk on her face "Now hows about you get me out of these ropes and we can have that little talk of yours before I go back to building my home and getting on with my life?" she said kindly, but Caitlyn flinched at the words.
"Yes of course" she said pulling her knife from her belt and slicing the ropes that bound the criminal. "One second, just hold still" as she pulled a long bandage from the satchel on her belt and began to wrap it around Vi's shoulder.
"Thanks" Vi sighed under her breath rubbing her wrists. "Now what was it you wanted to talk about?" she looked up at the Sheriff.
"Well before I was going to give you the choice between prison or joining us, but I find that kind of unfair now that I caused harm upon you" she explained whilst sitting down on a barrel and picking up her gun.
"So now?" Vi asked looking questioningly at the Sheriff
"Now… I give you the choice of working with me as before, or carrying on with your life as you were before." She said whilst cleaning the rifle with a handkerchief she took from her pouch.
"If I carry on with my life, will the police still chase me?" Vi asked
"I'm afraid so, yes" Caitlyn said looking up
"And if I work with you, they won't?"
"Of course not" The Sheriff smiled
"Then I think I would like to work with you, if I means I can still take down criminals without having the police to worry about" She said smiling slightly at the thought.
Caitlyn's eyes lit up as she heard Vi's answer and a smile played on her lips as she said "I never thought that after all this you would actually accept my offer. To be honest I never thought you would in the first place, even if it meant going to jail" she got up from her barrel and offered a hand to the criminal who took it thankfully and stood up.
"Think nothing of it, I may have once been like them, but now I only seek to take them down, a criminal is not what I am." She said as she bent to pick up her gauntlets.
Caitlyn's smile vanished suddenly and she looked at Vi with worry
"What is it?" Vi asked
"There's only one thing…" she started but stopped to think about a way around it
"What is it?" Vi asked once again
"You would have to stay in a cell for at least a few months whilst you are on trial, or maybe…"
"Maybe what?" Vi asked looking hard at the Sheriff.
"Well… You could either stay in the cell or under the supervision of a high up official" She said slowly
"Like that guy?" She asked pointing in the direction Smit had run
"Not exactly what I was think of, I was wondering, maybe, you could stay with me…" She looked up hope in her eyes.
Vi smiled brightly "Sure, sounds much better than a dank dark cell, or staying with one of your loony officers"
Caitlyn ignored the remark at her officers, she was too happy that Vi had accepted "I see that I have caused a lot of mess to your home, so I will leave you in peace now, how about you come to the station at 12 tomorrow?" Caitlyn smiled.
"Sounds good to me" Vi said as she stuck out her hand.
"See you then" Caitlyn said shaking the outstretched hand. And with that turned around, snatched up her gun and walked off making sure hide her smile from Vi. Caitlyn had done what she set out to do, and not even Smit had stopped her.
Vi groaned as she dropped the gauntlets next the rubble that was once her shack, now only half of it stood. She moaned as she saw that her bed had been crushed and kicked a plank of wood in frustration. Vi's eyes closed for a second, sleeping was catching up again fast as the adrenaline ran out so she made a nest out of the rubble by clearing a circle and curled up soon dropping into a deep sleep and started to snore.
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