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Oh, and main reason I urge you to make an account- I'd like to make these replies directly to you, instead of awkwardly replying in the beginnings of my chapter, so people don't get confused. But, anyway, glad to hear your word on the story, and now, I'll start to write it.

As for the rest of you (Who else is reading this besides Albus, Ginger, and PrincessNinjaWarrior anyway?), I hope you enjoy chapter 12. Can't wait to hear your thoughts! :)

Panting, Hobbes was nearly there. One more block to run down. But then again, the white van was already in sight. From where he was, it looked clean, and not all that sketchy. The main question he had in mind was why the van never left. It must have been at least a little over 5 minutes it took him to walk there, the van wouldn't just sitting there…waiting for Susie. And then, Calvin was also in danger. What if he was hurt? Or dead? As angry as Hobbes was at him, Calvin was still his best friend, one of his only friends. He was his brother, in a way. The alleyway Susie was in was past the van, but luckily for him, ran around the building that separated the alley just next to him. As quiet as possible, he ducked into the first alley.

It was dark, and smelled like garbage. Dirt clouds littered the fur of his legs as he ran around the building, towards the alley parallel to the first. Once there, he walked through it slowly, looking all around for Susie's crouched form, hiding, shaking in feat. He couldn't hear anything, until-

"BAH!" he yelped, growling ferociously as he whipped around, teeth bared, only to see Susie standing behind him.

His expression softened immediately. There were little tangled and imperfections in her dark hair, her short red dress had been torn. She wasn't crying, but looked frightened. The tiger immediately hugged her tightly, a sigh of relief taking him over. Susie leaned her head against his chest, returning the hug before pulling away, looking back up at him. He returned her gaze questioningly, his voice barely above a whisper,

"What happened. Is Calvin still in the van?"
"Yeah…I tried to call him, I figured his phone was on silent during the movie, but-"
"He didn't bring it."
"Then you answered. I-…I don't know what we should do, they're probably waiting for me to come out."

Hobbes looked over his shoulder. The van was just parked there, no lights were on at all, as if it were just parked for the night. It was directly in front of the sidewalk that bordered the alley, no more than twenty feet away from them. The shade of darkness seemed to hide them from view of the car… it seemed… Hobbes turned back to her.

"Maybe they can't see me. I can try to get Calvin, which seat is he in?"
"Back, but the doors bound to be locked."

"And since when could a full grown Bengal tiger not break open a car window?"

"Hobbes, no! There has to be another way. They'll have to come out of the van eventually, right?"
"They have the advantage of a warm car though. They might even have enough food to stay out here."

Susie groaned in frustration, kicking a discarded bottle against the dumpster, shattering it. The sound of a larger vehicle approaching made them turn around to face the opening to the alley. Footsteps approaching were heard, until two capped sillouettes entered the alley, holding what looked like guns. Hobbes and Susie went wide-eyed, and started to back up. Light suddenly flooded the alleyway as flashlights were aimed at the pair.

"Hobbes?"
"Yeah?"
"RUN!"

Taking off as quickly as they could down the dirt path, the girl and the tiger ran as fast as they could, the sound of booted footsteps clambering louder and liuder as they ran. Electricity volts were heard from being, only making the two run faster.

Back in the Van…

Calvin had his nose pressed against the glass of the car door as he saw the two uniformed men run after Hobbes and Susie with flashlights and tazers, the two aforementioned hauling ass just a few feet ahead of them. Stammering, the boy began to yell, whapping his hand on the glass as he tried to open the door, frantically calling out their names. Eventually, he gaze up, face in his hands before looking to the seat beside him. Brooke was there…sobbing. Calvin quickly furrowed his eyebrows, rage suddenly taking him over.

"You… YOU set me up!"
"Calvin, you don't understand-!"
"I should've known there was no way you would be setting up a book club! You probably can't even read!"
"Calvin, let me explain!"
"NO! Because of you, the fucking animal control is chasing down my best friend, and Susie! They kill wild animals, you know that, Brooke?"

Back in the twisting alleyways…

"Damn heels!"

Hobbes and Susie diverted into a dark side alley, the men running past them as Susie removed her shoes, wincing slightly. She put it back on, the two still panting heavily. She looked at Hobbes,

"I saw the uniforms…that's the animal control?"
"The animal c-"
"Yes, they must be after you. We have to get out of here."
"But, Calvin-"

"To hell with Calvin! If he's in the van, then who knows he didn't plan this?" Susie threw her hands in the air. Hobbes sighed, looking down from her, to the ground, and back to the parallel alleyway. Rubbing the back of his sore head, taking her hand in his paw as he sprinted across the main alleyway in search of the one from which he first entered. Once out, and back on the sidewalk, they sprinted on until they were at a safe distance on 10th street, where they turned, on towards Willow Street, the one they both lived on.

Hobbes dazily followed her into her house, where they ascended the stairs up to her room. He smiled slightly, following her in. He remembered being in there not two weeks ago. She shut the door behind them, locking it as she shut the window, drawing the curtains in as well. Hobbes gave her another worried look,

"Won't you parents get mad that I'm here, at ten at night?"
"Not like they would be able to see you, anyway. You may have to face Hell from your mom later though."
"Oh, I don't want to know what she'll be thinking when she hears about this…"

Susie went red, knowing what he meant, but ignored it. She took a deep breath, removing her heels gratefully. As she joined Hobbes, sitting on the edge of the bed, she knew his question would be inevitable, being the big protective furball that he was.

"Now…tell me what happened. Everything."

Susie sighed, slosing her eyes as she though back to the first important event of the night,

"It went like this…"

And there we have it!

The next chapter will consist of Brooke and Calvin's arguing, flashbacks, intrusions from the Animal Control, and some Hobbes/Susie fluff. So, hope you enjoy it! Should be posted sometime this weekend.

Hope you enjoyed this! Review for me, yeah?

-RJ