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Kara is waiting for Willem who wandered a couple of streets over to get some pizza, gods that man and his bloody stomach. She grins at herself for sounding just like her Taddy scolding her father.
The Jeep is still where they left it back in the three hour car park but it's nice to walk, her face turning up to enjoy the burst of sun as she leans on the side of the building, the brickwork holding the heat and she hopes Willem is not too far away, his warmth like no other.
Gods, that sounds sappy" she says out loud, revelling in the feeling he gives her. Now she knows what her Taddy gave up for her, now she understands how much she owes him.
The sound of an engine revving and she opens her eyes to see a yellow taxi cab racing across the intersection.
Right at her.
Kara narrowly avoids being crushed between the taxi and the building. With fluid grace, Kara rolls to safety, landing on her feet. With a quick look back over her shoulder at The Agent in his crumpled taxi, Kara runs.
The Agent steps out of his taxi, seemingly unhurt by the crash. He looks around, but can't see Kara anywhere on the street.
The Agent runs for an iron-wrought staircase that leads up to a Pedestrian Bridge that hangs over the Street. At the top of the Pedestrian Bridge, The Agent looks up and down the street.
He spots Kara, running through the crowd of Pedestrians.
The Agent leaps off the Pedestrian Bridge, arcing through the air with superhuman force.
The Agent tackles the running Kara to the ground, slamming into her with a tremendous impact.
But Kara is quick. She takes the hit and spins The Agent around with a martial-arts kick. The kick sends The Agent crashing through the front window of a Bakery.
The Agent comes crashing through the display window, landing in a pile of sticky buns and broken glass. But seemingly unfazed, he just picks himself up and walks back out the front door.
Kara stands in a crowd of bystanders assuring them she is fine as she tries to brush herself down, watching in surprise as The Agent exits the Bakery, his expression fierce.
The Agent immediately spots Kara and comes after her.
Kara bolts away, running to a Herbalist Store across the street.
Jars of different shapes and sizes containing a variety of medicinal herbs and other such substances are on display. Kara runs into the Herbalist Store, making her way through the displays.
The Agent leaps right through the Herbalist Store's front display window in a hail of shattered glass. He tackles Kara, crashing through the jars on display. The Agent slams Kara to the ground. He grabs Kara's head and smashes it against the floor once, then twice.
The Agent tears open Kara's blouse. He pulls out the necklace around her neck, the little Welsh Dragon. While The Agent inspects the carving, Kara's hand quietly moves to a large glass jar lying next to them.
Kara smashes the glass jar over The Agent's face.
She grabs the carving out of The Agent's hand, scrambles to her feet, and runs.
Kara bursts out of the Herbalist Store's back door, out into a small, cluttered Alley. Kara lands hard in the debris, but she rolls with the fall and is back up on her feet, running. The Alley ends in a high Wall with a Billboard on top of it. Wall has a railing along one side. Kara vaults over the railing and keeps running. She knows Willem is coming, a change in the air as he enters the street close by, she tries to call out but her breath is laboured so she gives in to faith that he will catch up.
The Alley is crowded with workers unloading crates out of the loading dock of the Fish Factory.
A cop walks by. Kara runs past the Cop, just barely bumping into him. But as Kara passes him, she deftly grabs the Cop's gun from his holster. The Cop doesn't even notice his gun is missing as he turns, annoyed to see Kara racing away.
"Hey!" he calls to her with annoyance.
"Sorry" she calls back over her shoulder as she listens for the telltale chuffing of her mate, like a locomotive.
He is barely one street over now, coming closer.
Come on love.