Chapter 8: The chasing

Lola and Melissa was walking down the streets after leaving the café. When they walked by the Casino, also having a little conversation while they were walking.

"Well Lola, this case you are working on is really turning out to be quite interesting." Melissa said as they were walking.

"But, every interrogation I have made connecting to it has leading me to a dead end. I just hope this one is different." Lola said.

"If it does, I would like to know about it. I'm so excited to see how this I going to…" Melissa said before she made a scream as a huge man in mob suit was landing at the sidewalk in front of them from alley at the Casino.

Lola would recognize that person anywhere. It was Nasty Canasta, one of Yosemite Sam's second in commands and crime partner of Cottontail Smith.

As he was getting up was holding his hand on his face, as if he had been punched. When he got up, he tried to run, but then some kind of line where twisting around his legs so he fell. Then he was dragged back at the alley he came from. Lola ran to the alley to see who was dragging them. At the end of the alley, she saw two shadowy figures. One where creasing the line they used to drag Canasta. The other one forced his knee against Canastas face with a huge force, a few seconds later; Canasta was lying silent on the ground.

Lola to her gun and badge out of her jacket.

"Freeze. A.C.P.D. don't move." She said while pointing the gun at the figures with one hand and showing the badge with the other. It was too dark to she could get a view on them, but she was sure she could see two couple of eyes looking at her as they stood motionless in the alley.

Then suddenly from above, a dagger-like object hit her gun and electrified it. Lola field the shock in her hand and then dropped her gun while groaning in pain. She looked up to see where the object came from, and spotted a third shadowy figure jumping from a fire escape at the building left to them. The figure landed a few meters from the two other.

"You again. I gotta say, ya have a talent of finding out where da action is." The figure said with a Brooklyn accent.

Lola where then standing in a battle position.

"It's you isn't it. You are behind these mysterious attacks." Lola said with a cold voice.

"Guys. Take Canasta. I'll deal with dis." The figure said to the others. Then, one of the figure threw a device at the ground, which created smoke that clouded the unconscious Canasta and the two figures close to him. When the smoke was gone, so were they, leaving only the figure with the Brooklyn accent.

"Who are you people?" Lola said still standing in battle mode. She wasn't sure but think she could see the figure smiling at her.

"Catch me, and I'll maybe tell ya." The figure said while turning around and started running.

Lola turned around to see Melissa, who was completely stunned by what she just saw.

"Melissa. Call the police, I'm going after him." Lola said as she started running after the mysterious figure. Melissa then got out of her shock by shaking her head in toon style and did as Lola commanded.

It wasn't easy but Lola could still see the figure at the end of the alley. When figure reached the parking, he made jump over a fence and ran to another building with a fire escape that reached the roof. Lola followed the figure, and she was thinking she could capture him at the building. This building was more isolated than the others. Then, when the figure reached the building, he was running up the stairs of the fire escape. Lola could easily keep up. When they reached the roof, Lola thought for sure that she could capture this mysterious man. It was unlikely he could make a jump at the top of a building. She thought wrong. At the time the figure reached the edge of the roof, he made very long and impressive jump, and landed on a building next to the one he jumped from. Lola had a surprised expression on her face, no man could make that jump, so this figure was no man, but neither was she, she was a rabbit, and as rabbit she is an excellent jumper. She ran as fast as she could and when she reached the edge she made the longest jump she could. She barely reached the building the figure landed on. She manage to grab the edge of the building and then pulled herself up. At the time she got up, she noticed that the figure was still standing at the building, starring at her.

"Not bad, but ya need practice." The figure said as he started running again. When Lola got up in her feet, she started chasing him again. The direction they were running at had a line of buildings close to each other. Lola and the figure keep running and jumping from building to building. The figure started speeding up, so did Lola. Finally, they reached the end of the line, where there were no more buildings. Lola new that this time she had him. The figure could not escape this roof, only from the direction he came from, and she was blocking the way.

"That's it. You got nowhere to run. Now answer my question. Who are you?" She said while breathing heavily after the running and jumping.

The figure where stood at the edge of the building, looking at Lola, breathing heavily as well. After some time they both started breathing normal. They figure slowly walked toward Lola, after a few minutes the figure stopped. Lola could now see the figure clear. He was a young, gray rabbit with white fur and honeybrown eyes. He was wearing some kind of black suit with darkblue, slender armor. He made a devilish smile to Lola.

"Ehhhh… what's up doc?" The gray rabbit said.