Chapter 18

At the front of the long rows of police cars, Karkat pushed his foot down harder on the gas to catch up with the speeding van. Next to him, Sollux tapped his fingers on his lap, annoyed at the fact that they allowed Kanaya to even step into the police car. She sat in the back, screaming at how they were a bunch of idiots and how they could have stopped this from all happening.

Meanwhile, the inside of the van was completely silent, except the loud sirens from behind them.

Looking down at the gas needle, Gamzee was about to freak out.

"Motherfuckers." He groaned. "We're out of gas."

"What?!" Everyone screamed.

"I thought I told you to fill it up!" Vriska yelled at Gamzee.

"YOU MOTHERFUCKING DIDN'T SAY BULLSHIT." Gamzee yelled back.

"What are we going to do?" Feferi yelped.

"I'vve got an idea." Eridan grumbled. "Eq. Hand me my wweapon."

Feferi stared at Eridan in shock.

"You don't mean..." She muttered.

"Hand me the Crosshairs."

"WILL YOU SHUT UP FOR FIVE SECONDS?" Karkat screamed at Kanaya.

"This wouldn't have happened if you-"

"I GET IT. 'ACTED EARLIER' I KNOW. SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT IT."

Sollux squinted his eyes to notice the large figure coming out of the top of the van.

"What?" Karkat noticed it after bickering with Kanaya. "What the hell is that?"

The figure, pulling a large unknown weapon from where he came from, aimed it carefully at the police cars as a white aura charged around it.

"THIT." Sollux screamed. He reached over Karkat and jerked the wheel over to one side, causing the car to spin out of control.

A giagantic white beam shot out from the end of the weapon and exploded at the front of the rest of the police cars.

When the car finally stopped spinning, Karkat tried to regain his vision before he started yelling at Sollux.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" He screeched.

"You thould be thanking me I jutht thaved your fucking life." Sollux grumbled.

"What are you talking about?" Kanaya asked, still dizzy from the major car spin.

"The weapon the guy had wath the Ahab's Crothhairth."

Karkat pulled the car back into the street and started after the van.

"I found out when I pulled up information on thome of the theiveth that it wath pathed down through the Ampora family, but itth really powerful."

"Why would he use such a powerful weapon like that right now?" Kanaya wondered.

"He'd only have to use it if he had to get somewhere quickly or if their car was going to fail them." Karkat told her.

"Hang on." Sollux taped the control radio on the car and picked up the speaker. "Thith is Captian Captor. Ith thomeone thtill at HQ?"

The radio crackled for a few moments before a voice came on.

"Sir! This is Srg. Tavros. Uh, need anything?"

"Pull up the fileth for Eridan Ampora and Feferi Pietheth."

Tapping came through the radio, then silence.

"Sir, there, uh, are no files for those two."

"What?!"

"I can try to look at, some, uh, written records..."

"GO. Hurry!"

Papers flipped around and the sound of drawers opening and closing were constant.

"There arn't any written records either..."

Sollux sat back in surprise. He could have sworn he had them the other day.

"Oh no." Karkat got the sudden realization.

Sollux and Kanaya looked at him.

"That's what Nepeta came back into the building for. She has their records."