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Chapter 39 – Car Chases
In his classroom Huey looked out of the school ground below through the window near the back of the room. The room was dark as the lights were off and the only window not covered by the dark curtains was the one he was looking out. They had gotten their old practice field in decent working condition just yesterday but it was still missing the white markings and the field goal posts because the weather had halted construction. Right now it was simply a frozen field of grass covered in a light sprinkling of snow.
He was not watching the field so much as he was watching the people on the field. There were only three people on the field right now. Even from the third floor of the school he could tell who was on his field. The distinct movements of both teens were ones he had become rather familiar with over the last weeks. As he watched them a frown crossed his face. They were wearing equipment borrowed from the varsity team's practice reserves. One piece of equipment told him exactly who the taller of the two were whenever he moved in the path of the sun. The sun's light reflected up at him from his amber visor while the puffy orange hair on the other just made him scowl. The crude and strength based movements of the last person could only be their blonde bomber.
"You gonna stop them?" Caesar asked alerting Huey to the entrance of his best friend. While he had a talent for knowing who was behind him the one person he could never sense was his dread headed friend from Brooklyn.
"From doing what?" Huey asked still watching the field below where Jazmine was trying to wrap her arms around Jason and pull him down as he caught the ball thrown by Cindy. His frown deepened when Jason simply tossed her rather violently aside. Trial by fire, he could understand the need for such a thing with the time they had left, but it was still sour to him considering the one being pushed into the fire.
"I thought you told her she wasn't going to play defence," Caesar said joining him beside the window.
"I did but I can't stop her from training. She is her own person," Huey said as they reset on the field again this time for a running play after Jason spent time showing her where she went wrong on the last play.
"So you're going to let her play then?" Caesar asked a little surprised.
"Not a chance. She can learn all she wants but it won't change my mind. We've been lucky as a team so far, but football is a game of injuries and its only a matter of time before one of his goes done again and I will be damned if it is Jazmine."
"You can't shelter her forever Huey. If someone does go down she will have to step in and its better she has some experience," Caesar reasoned.
"I know that why do you think I'm not stopping this? Jason knows that too or he would never have agreed to do this," Huey replied as once again Jason ploughed through Jasmine and he scowled again. Even saying that though it took everything he had to stay by the window and not rush down to pull Jazmine off the field.
"You might want to go down there anyway," Caesar said drawing his attention to the corner of line of sight where are green cargo van pulled up.
"It's just a van," Huey said dismissing the vehicle and returning to the play on the field where Jason and changed with Cindy and was pretty much doing hand offs to allow Jazmine to experience different forms of running.
"Look closer," Caesar said concern creeping into his voice.
"What are you talking about?" Huey said getting annoyed not wanting to take his eyes off the field in case something happened to Jazmine.
"We really need to get down there," Caesar said as Cairo and two other people in green and silver jackets stepped out of the van.
"Shit," Huey said before weaving through the desks to get to the door.
Caesar stayed at the window a few moments longer; long enough to see the green jacketed teens raise their arms like they were holding some kind of gun. A split second later Jason and Cindy convulsed and twitched as if they were being electrocuted before collapsing on the ground still twitching. Once they went down Caesar hurried to follow Huey while fishing his phone out of his pocket and quickly dialling Riley's number who should be with Ed and Rummy by now.
He found Huey on the field kneeling beside the stunned Jason and Cindy when he finally made it out of the school. "What happened?"
"Hit by tasers. They got Jazzy," Jason coughed still reeling from the effects of the tasers.
"Which way did they go?" Huey asked his eyes glowing with anger and his body shaking as he futilely tried to contain his emotions.
"I'm not sure," Jason said slowly regaining control of his body.
"Call Riley Caesar. See if Ed and Rummy can get a helicopter in the air," Huey said to Caesar who was already on his phone again.
"Riley can Ed and Rummy get a helicopter in the air? They've taken Jazmine," Caesar asked Riley over his phone as Huey helped Jason to his feet while Cindy still laid on the ground her smaller frame not taking the shock as easily as Jason's bigger body that spread the electricity out more diluting its effect. "We're looking for a green cargo van. I'm not sure what make but I would think a green cargo van might be a little rare."
"Are they going?" Huey asked pulling his keys out of his pocket as Caesar hung up his phone.
"Yeah Riley said they are going to take out the Wuncler helicopter and they have alerted the police under Wuncler's pay," Caesar said.
"Wait Huey take these," Jason said still twitching a little as he tossed his own keys at Huey. "It's faster and easier to get through traffic."
"Thanks," Huey said taking the keys and running to Jason's motorcycle where he grabbed his star receiver's orange and black helmet and squished it over his afro pushing the black hair down over his shoulders.
Huey swung his leg over Jason's Yamaha and started the bike before swinging the back wheel back and forth as he kicked the bike into gear and sped away from the school. Caesar quickly followed in his truck but was easily outpaced by the smaller and faster bike that could weave in and out of traffic.
When Jason's phone rang in his ear he realized that the helmet had a built in blue tooth set. Hitting a small button on the front of the bike he connected with the call.
"Huey, we've spotted a green cargo van going down Main Street heading north," Rummy's voice came over the headset. Huey could hear the loud humming of the helicopter blades as Rummy had to nearly shout into his receiver.
"I'm getting on Main Street now," Huey said ducking behind a smart car and onto a one way street that connected with Main Street that ran parallel to the street he was one now.
"I've spotted you," Rummy said just as Huey saw the helicopter with a giant gold 'W' on it swept by him flying just over the low buildings of the area.
"I see you too. How far is the truck ahead of me?" Huey asked speeding the bike up to the highest he was able to go while still being able to react to the cars in front of and beside him.
"A couple of blocks," Rummy said passing over him again heading toward the cargo van.
Huey weaved through to trucks before running a red light. Within seconds he spotted the green cargo van just before it made a turn off the road onto another one way side street. He took the corner at full speed his knee almost touching the road's surface.
Coming out of his turn he came up only a couple of car lengths away from the van that was heading for another one of the large streets that ran through the city. Huey had to make a decision that could prove very dangerous for him. The road the van was about to turn on connecting with a highway just a few kilometres up the road and if the van got on the highway he would lose the advantage of his small vehicle's ability to almost ignore traffic. With this in mind Huey could continue to follow the van onto the highway and hope to keep up or he could take the very dangerous option of getting on the van now and stopping the van.
It took barely a second for him to make up his mind. He could not risk Cairo escaping with Jazmine. Who knew what the vengeful Chicago native would do to someone so close to him? Huey carefully stood up on the seat of Jason's bike balancing on top as he came near the back of the van. Slowly removing his hands from the handle bars and leaped the short distance between the bike and the back of the van.
For a second things looked dire for him as his hands slipped on first contact with the back of the smooth van, but he got his one hand around the end of part of the roof rack. After slamming into the back of the van, Huey grabbed another part of the rack with his other hand while standing on the bumper. As the van turned onto the main road Huey pulled himself on top of the van where the wind created by the speed of the van it him full force nearly ripping him for the roof of the van
Behind him without a drive to balance the bike Jason's brand new Yamaha fell on its side and its momentum carried it in a show of sparks out into the main road behind them as a school bus came by and tore the bike apart and caused a line of minor crashes and the bus slammed on its breaks.
Huey grimaced when he heard the crash but he kept going up the van. The bike was done for and Jason would not forgive him if he did not get Jazmine back after that. Inching his way along the roof, Huey made it to the front of the car where thankfully the passenger side window was open. He went in feet first kicking the teen in the passenger side in the face while he slid into the van sitting on top of part of him.
"Pull over," Huey yelled at the driver who was leaning as far away from Huey as he could with his unconscious friend sprawled over his lap. When Huey saw the driver was not going to listen, Huey grabbed the wheel with one hand and the emergency brake with the other. Steadying the wheel so the van would not roll if the driver got scared and turned it he pulled on the emergency brake and the car skidded to a stop.
Once the car came to a complete stop he slammed the driver's head against the wheel three times knocking him unconscious. With threat in the front of the van taken care of, Huey climbed out of the passenger door and quickly skirted the van to the back door which was being opened as he got there. Seeing a white hand wrapped around the door Huey kicked the door backward and was rewarded with a grunt of pain and a thump.
Grabbing the door handle before it could be locked form the inside Huey threw it open only to find himself staring down the business end of a taser gun through the shaded visor of Jason's helmet. "You shouldn't have followed unarmed Huey," Cairo said after noting his pushed down afro while moving the laser dot of the gun to Huey's chest.
Before Huey could answer the sound of helicopter blades drowned out any sound he could have made and a rain of bullets came down from above hitting the ground beside the car but not actually hitting it. The sound of the bullets hitting the ground so close by frightened Cairo just enough that Huey was able to grab him by the head and pull him out of the van before slamming his former best friend on the ground he ripped the taser from his hand and shot the electric prods into Cairo's leg.
Huey climbed into the van and found Jazmine alone inside tied up. "Are you okay," Huey asked her fumbling around with the ropes after he removed the gag from her mouth.
"I'm scared Huey," Jazmine cried tears rolling down her eyes.
"It's alright your safe now," Huey said finally undoing the knots in the rope and freeing her. Helping her out of the car Huey stood over Cairo. "It's only a football game jeez Cairo."
"This isn't about the game Huey. This is about revenge for sucker punching me," Cairo said through his spasms.
"Will you can plan you revenge in jail," Huey said hearing the sound of police sirens.
"I won't stay there long. I have a powerful backer," Cairo laughed as a police cruiser pulled up to the scene and two officer jumped out. Huey quickly told them what happened and Jazmine added her part and Cairo and his two unconscious buddies were dragged away.
"What a nigga it's just a game," Huey said shaking his head as he watched the cruiser pull away. "I'm going to have to talk to Wuncler."
Cairo has made the first move and things have really gotten serious. Why is Cairo so confident he won't be going to jail? Is this the last we see of him or are things going to get worse before the game? How is Jason going to react to his trashed bike.