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I won't ramble... Here 'tis!

Chapter 15

The garage was dark inside and Rose knew that she couldn't afford to bring more attention to the fact that she was here than she already had, nor could she afford to have the guard wake and alert anyone else to her presence. After pulling the guard into the room, she grabbed her small torch and had a quick look around.

"Oh… I'm gonna have to come back here." Rose whispered as she took in some of the cars that filled the garage. Porsche's, Ferrari's, Jag's, Alfa's… it was her type of candy shop if ever she saw one. She quickly shook her head and got back to the job at hand… finding something to tie up the guard and keep him quiet. Within minutes, Rose found a few rolls of duct tape and electrical cable.

With the guard bound, gagged and stuffed into the boot of a car, Rose was about to leave to find 'Eleanor', but she couldn't resist a quick look at the Enzo parked a few from where she stood… Running her hand over the sleek metal made her mouth water. All of a sudden, she remembered what she was here for… "Crap!" she hissed. In seconds she was at the door, cracking it open enough to glance outside.

Bad!

'Can you see any sign of her?' Ryan asked through the earpiece. Ryan was the backup techno guy, not as good as Christian or Eddie, but he held his own. Chris had gone with Adrian when he realised Lissa was going after the Hemi.

"No… but that doesn't mean she's not here." Dimitri said quietly as he crept around the block of garages at the rear of the property. Somehow, he'd made it to them without being noticed. He thought that finally something was going his way. All he could hope for now was that he'd arrived before Rose.

As he stood at the far end of the garages, the door handle in his hand, he rested his ear against the door and listened as his eyes looked around for any movement. Not seeing or hearing anything, Dimitri quickly slipped inside the dark garage. Happy that he was alone, he quickly turned on his torch and did a quick sweep of the room. There were a lot of exotic cars here but it didn't take long for him to see that they were all relatively new models. The one he was after wasn't in this garage.

"First one's a no go." He said quietly.

'Sorry I can't tell you which one she's in," he said referring to the car, "I don't think this guy has any method to which garage they go in."

"That's fine." Dimitri said as he slipped out of the garage. Within seconds, he'd made his way to the second of the five garages and again, he listened for movement inside before actually going in. Once inside, he couldn't help but smile.

There she was… Eleanor in all her gun metal glory! And no sign of Rose.

He almost felt giddy at the knowledge that he'd got to the car first and in the back of his mind, he almost wished that he'd find himself in the same situation as they'd been with the Stingray, only the other way around. He made his way over to the car, which he thanked his lucky stars wasn't parked in behind anything else and couldn't resist running his fingers along her sides as he moved to open the garage door…

Once open, he turned smiling at the car in front of him… "You're mine now Eleanor." He said softly. Just then, the door he'd not long walked through himself opened up. He knew instantly who it was by the silhouette… "Too late Baby, she's mine."

"You'd really take her off me, Comrade?" Rose said as she closed the door and walked towards her lover.

"Yup… As you so eloquently put it the other day; out here, it's you against us… Can't have it both ways, Roza." Dimitri moved up to the door of the car and leant against it as Rose moved close enough that he could feel the heat of her body against his.

"But you know how much she means to me. You'd really deny me something that you know I've wanted for so long?" Rose had to pace herself. She knew as well as Dimitri, that they couldn't stand here and chat for too much longer. Someone was bound to come looking for the guard she'd knocked out. But she also knew that the only way she was getting this car now was for Dimitri to give it to her and she wasn't above using her God given 'assets' to get it.

"Yes, I would… you probably should have got here sooner." He said finally allowing himself to show the amusement he found in their current situation. He was close enough to her to see the slight tightening at the corner of her eyes, lit by only the light of the moon.

Rose closed the distance between them and ran her hands up his hard chest. As soon as he felt her fingers brushing over his nipples, he reached up and grabbed her hands. She couldn't help but gasp at the pain. Dimitri looked down and grimaced at the sight of her bruised and bloodied knuckles. "Your hands." Dimitri swore in Russian. "Where are your gloves?"

"I didn't have the chance to get them on before having to deal with a guard." As much as he hated seeing her hurt, Dimitri couldn't help but feel proud of how badass his girlfriend was. Rose watched as his lip twitched.

"I'll clean them up for you when we get home." He said as he stood up from his position. "I may not be there for a bit because I'll have to make sure both the cars get to the warehouse first." He snorted and snickered at the scowl that Rose sent his way.

"Dimitri…" Rose wined; she even pouted and looked at him under her lashes. "Please…"

He knew what she was doing and he couldn't help but be amused at her seduction attempt… "Not tonight, Josephine…" he said tapping the end of her nose. He opened the door and climbed inside. He started up the Mustang and put it in gear. "Don't get caught Roza, I'd hate to have to bail you out of jail…" Dimitri laughed as he put his foot down and took off out of the garage.

Rose was pissed!

"PRICK!" She yelled out.

It didn't take long for the sound of the car's engine to diminish as Dimitri got further away. What Rose did hear getting louder however, was the sound of running feet and shouting men… She knew she had to get out of the garage and once more found herself running at top speed.

With the shouting behind her, Rose knew that her getaway was probably going to be longer than she desired; luckily, she was fast. As she ran, she pulled out her phone and somehow pressed the right buttons for the voice dialling feature… "Call Ambrose." She puffed out. He picked up almost immediately.

'Thought you were going to be quick?'

"I'm running… Meet at the… closer pick-up…point."

'Leaving now.' He didn't say anymore, knowing that she hadn't got the car. She'd told Ambrose that it was stupid, picking out a pickup point closer to the house; she got upset with him at the thought of not getting the car; now she was pleased as she was fairly sure she couldn't have run to the other location they'd picked out. After a few more minutes of running, Rose knew she'd lost the guards that had been following her so she slowed down to a fast jog. Finally, she rounded the corner of a street and saw the truck ahead.

"What happened?" Ambrose asked seriously as he got out of the truck.

"Dimitri happened, that's what." She panted out heavily. "Fucking security guard… if I didn't… have to deal… with his ass, I would have… got to it first… but no…" Ambrose tried hard not to laugh as he watched Rose pace back and forth, ranting to herself and throwing her hands around. She was quite the spitfire when worked up. Then she stopped and cocked her head. In the distance, he could now hear the sounds of an oncoming car. "He wouldn't…"

Seconds later, Ambrose squinted against the bright white headlights that completely lit up the area around them. When the car sped past them, he realised who it was… He turned back to see Rose throwing daggers from her eyes at the car and its occupant and was about to tell her to get into the truck when he heard the sound of screeching tyres. He had to bite the inside of his cheeks as he watched the car reverse back to them. As the car got closer, he retreated back to the safety of the trucks cabin… He had a feeling he'd be driving back home, alone…

Did ya think Rose would miss out? :-) Why do you think he stopped and went back to them... Is he going to rub it in a little more?
Till tomorrow...

Sandy XXX