Chapter 15: Catching Ronald

Alex soon heard loud running and stopped crying. She quickly wiped the tears away and stood up and walked toward the door and then quickly backed up further into the room as bullets went flying toward her. Alex hid behind the door to the room and waited while trying to come up with some way to get through this uninjured. Soon one person came into the room and looked around. "We know you're here, so just come on out." One person said walking toward the hole in the wall. Assuming that someone is outside waiting for Alex to come out of something, Alex quickly shut the door and ran over to the person. The man had just turned around when he was kicked in the stomach causing him to hunch over. Alex quickly hit him in the back of the head with her handgun as four more people came from around the corner. Alex managed to get behind the wall as bullets went flying past her. All four rushed over to the wall that Alex is behind and tried to turn and shoot but Alex was the one that caught them off guard. Quickly Alex grabbed the gun from one of the men and swung it around hitting the first man in the head and then kicked him away and into the others. She ran over and grabbed onto two of the men and separated them leaving the man behind them open. Alex kicked the man in the face while doing a flip which caused the two men she has in her grips to fall to the floor. Alex then stomped on their stomachs knocking the air out of them. She ran over to the one that she kicked and grabbed onto his waist and then rolled onto her back and kicked the man into and through the window behind her. After that Alex knocked out the other two and then relaxed.

Alex breathed in heavily after the little battle and then leaned up against a wall. 'Alex come in.' Jacob asked.

"What is it Jacob?" Alex asked sliding down the wall.

'You're ok, good. What happened?" Jacob asked.

"Well, let's see, five people came at me with machine guns. Luckily for me, they weren't too bright. I managed to knock most of them out but I did throw one of the men out a window." Alex explained recovering her breath.

'Good, now keep moving and be careful.' Jacob said.

'Be careful he says. Of course I'm going to be careful.' Alex thought and then went over to the door and looked out. She didn't see anyone down there including civilians. 'At least I don't have to worry about them.' Alex thought going over to the staircase. Alex pulled out some binoculars and looked to see if she could find anyone but there really wasn't anyone here. 'Better for me.' Alex continued down the stairs and soon came to a map. Alex looked and found that the theatre isn't too far from where she is. Alex went over to the next door with the words Personnel Only and found stairs leading downward. 'If only I didn't have to go down two sets of stairs.' Alex went through the door and cautiously made her way down some stairs. 'I should get my shotgun ready in this close of quarters.' Alex pulled out her shotgun and then continued her slow decent down the stairs. Once she reached the bottom of the stairs she found two guards, both of which aren't facing her. Alex looked around and couldn't find anything but a plant. 'I guess that'll work.' Alex thought and then picked up the plant and threw it out the door and to the right and immediately hid. Voices were heard asking 'what just happened' and 'what was that.' Soon four people went over to where she had thrown the plant. Alex took in a deep breath and before the four could turn around, Alex shot each of them in the back with her shotgun.

Alex went over to where the guard on the left had been and looked around the corner. No one was there and so she continued. Alex continued into a decent sized room with a hot tub in the middle. 'Hot tub, really?' Alex shrugged and then moved on and then came to a hallway. Alex slowly made her way down the hallway and then came to a second set of stairs. Alex poked her head around the corner and saw no one there. She walked down the stairs and then turned to walk down some more stairs. Once she reached the bottom, she noticed one man looking away from her. Quickly he grabbed onto him and choked him until he fell unconscious. Once the man was laid down on the ground, a small thing slipped from his pocket. 'Flash bang.' Alex said simply and then picked it up and continued.

Soon she came to a very long hallway which had at least one door leading into a giant room. 'This must be it.' Alex said looking into the room. Guards are everywhere however all the ones on upper balconies are looking away but the many people below are looking in many different directions. Alex pulled out the small device and then threw it into the middle of the group and it went off. Alex made sure to look away from the flash after throwing it. She quickly made her way to one of the staircases leading to the balconies. Alex went up the stairs and listened into what some guards were saying. "This is such a lousy job."

"I know, but we have no choice." One of the men said. "We have to protect Mr. Longcape. My question is why he couldn't just hide in some underground tunnel or something instead of the top balcony of this stupid building." A guard said.

Alex got what she needed and then ran over and threw one of the people over the balcony and then knocked the other out. That's when she was discovered. Guards started shooting at her from below and above. Alex quickly made her way up some more and more stairs until she reached the top balcony. Running away from her is Ronald Longcape, making his way over to some other stairs. Alex however is much faster then him and reached him while staying close to the wall away from the edge so as not to get shot. "Ronald, it's over, give up." Alex said grabbing him and tackling him to the ground. Alex was then shot in the shoulder by a stray bullet from behind. Luckily the bullet indented itself in the armor but didn't make it through. Alex threw herself and Ronald into the staircase but not down the stairs.

"I don't get it, with that good of armor, how are you so fast?" Ronald asked confused.

"Easy Ron, I'm stronger then I look." Alex said pointing her handgun up to his chest. Ronald raised an eyebrow. "Ok it's also charmed a bit." Alex said and then asked her question. "Now where is this bomb?" Alex asked.

"There is no bomb Alex, it was just a way to get you here." Ronald said.

Alex picked Ronald up off the ground and shook him but then spoke to Jacob. "Jacob, come get Ronald." That's when many people came into the room and started gunning down everyone below like experts. "Really Jacob, you couldn't have done that earlier."

'Sorry but that would have given Ronald time to run, we needed you to get him before we could come in.' Jacob said.

"Wait, we?" Alex asked walking over to the balcony and saw Jacob below her. "I really want to slap you right now, I don't know why but I do." Alex said heading down the stairs. 'This would have been easier if my bro was here.' Alex thought walking down some more steps.

A/N: Sorry I didn't update yesterday but it was my dads' birthday and so we spent the day with him or doing stuff for him. Anyway, please review and please continue to read and review. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.