Chapter 14: La Bambina (Pt.2)
"Are you sure she's down there?" La Bambina asked Lincoln as they made their way to the pool.
"Yeah, She's definitely there." Lincoln replied.
"We may not have much time, so I'll do a quick check in the pool restrooms in case of more cops." La Bambina stated.
Lincoln nodded as La Bambina made her way towards the bathrooms. He took a moment to sit down and look around for Lynn. He couldn't seem to spot her anywhere, So he assumed she went to the bathroom or something. Right now, was the chance to sit down and re-evaluate everything that's happened so far. Who exactly is La Bambina and could they trust her? Also, If she's from Toronto, how could she have known about the incident back at the police station? There are too many coincidences for her to only just happen to hear about it. After all, If Chief Johnson had died, there would most likely be a bounty on Lynn's head rather than a reward...And even that is unfair, due to himself being the one that tasered Cheif Johnson. Then Rina finds a place to plan their next move, and she's being held captive in the room for both of them? This is all really screwed-
"LINCOLN!"
Of course, Lynn sneaks up behind her younger brother and gives him a heart attack.
"Lynn, Where were you?" Lincoln mumbled after collecting himself.
"In the pool silly. I was just practicing my backstrokes in the deep end." She claimed with a smile.
"Don't you think that's a bad place to try them? You could drown."
"Me? Drowning? You sure are full of jokes today." Lynn cracked up. She wasn't invincible, but she does have a point. Lynn's athletic ability was almost second to none.
But that's beside the point. They had to discuss the issue at hand.
"Lynn, I gotta let you know." Lincoln began.
"What is it? Look, If it's something about the trunks that Rina gave you, It was the first thing that looked similar to the one-"
Lynn spotted the serious look on Lincoln's face and allowed him to finish his sentence.
"It looks like we're going to have to get out of here." Lincoln stated.
"Well um.. alright, let's head up to the room and tell Rina-"
"She can't come with us Lynn.."
Lynn shot Lincoln a malicious look.
"Why not?" she asked.
"When you left, I went back into the room to check for something, and I met this girl who was outside of the door. I thought I heard her voice but it wasn't her, So when I went to open the door, she pulled me into a hiding spot, and within the cops busted in the room looking for you. When I asked the girl why the police were here,
she said that they wanted you for the murder of Chief Johnson." Lincoln explained.
Lynn stayed silent. Lincoln began to worry that she might do something as wanting to confront the cops one on one.
"I'm turning myself in." Lynn broke the silence.
"Are you crazy?!" Lincoln yelled out. This drew a small crowd's attention.
"Lincoln, I can't let this happen! She can't go down for something that isn't on her! It would kill me inside!"
"Lynn, We don't even know if Cheif Johnson is dead! All we know is that this is the story of what one other person told me! Plus, You didn't even do it, It was me who tasered him!"
"But I can't afford to lose either of you! I have to do this!" Lynn argued back as she began to run away. Lincoln chased after her, but slipped on a wet part of the deck. La Bambina bursted out of the women's changing room.
"Bambina, She-"
"I heard everything, Go after her! I'll try to catch her at the elevator." La Bambina said.
Lincoln picked himself up and continued to chase after Lynn. What the hell was she thinking? This isn't a fight she should be even fighting! She's most likely being blamed due to her being the only one committing some type of crime at the station. Lincoln tried to keep pace, but it's hard to keep up with the Energizer bunny herself. If he was going to catch her, He was going to have to hope that Lynn would run to the elevator and not the steps. Inside of the lobby area, La Bambina caught a glimpse of a girl racing through the lobby.
"That has to be her." She thought to herself as she braced herself for the impact. Lynn weaved her way through the traffic of bodies that were crowded around the lobby desk. As she hit her top speed, however, She spotted La Bambina out of the corner of her eye moving towards the elevator doors. She also knew that Lincoln was on her tail, so the best option was to hit the steps as quickly as possible. Lynn finally made her way past the final obstacle and took a jump step out of the direction of the elevators and lined her body up to cut to the stairs. It was the perfect execution.
Sadly, It was the wrong move.
As soon as Lynn decided to jump cut, La Bambina pushed herself off of the elevator doors and launched at Lynn. She hadn't expected to derail Lynn off course entirely,
But she was able to trip Lynn up enough to cause the young girl to lose her balance and fall on top of the second set of stairs. With Lynn down for a second, Lincoln used every last ounce of energy he had left in his body to come close enough to catch up with her.
"I've got to keep going." Lynn said with a bit more determination after picking herself off the ground. She was only able to get one foot on the next step before Lincoln grabbed her hand.
"Lincoln what are you doing!"
"I'm stopping you from making a huge mistake Lynn!"
"The mistake was leaving Rina by herself! What if something bad happens to her?! They aren't the cleanest cops in the state Lincoln!"
"I know they aren't, But if anyone is going to find a way out of this, It's Rina! She always has something up her sleeve."
"Lincoln please!"
"LYNN NO! I can't let you do this!"
"THIS ISN'T YOUR FIGHT!" Lynn shouted back at him.
Lincoln froze in his steps. He felt every emotion he had at the moment drop as quickly as the tears streaming down Lynn's face.
"I never wanted to put you in such a situation like this in the first place! I never caught up to think about all of the things you've done for me. It's just like Rina said.. I'm always having you put yourself in tough places that you have to fight tooth and nail to get out of! It's like I'm a damsel in distress! I can't keep standing around and letting people get hurt trying to save my behind!"
Lincoln gripped Lynn's hand harder.
"Lynn, There's nothing in the world that I wouldn't do for you! I want you to know that I don't want to see you lose your only chance to truly be happy! That's why you left home right?!" The white-haired boy exclaimed.
Lynn felt herself freeze up. There was no response.
"WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER! NO MATTER WHAT, I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOUR SIDE! DO YOU HEAR ME, LYNN LOUD?!"
The sports prodigy slowly shook her head. Lynn couldn't believe it. Where the hell did this passion come from?! Lincoln never got like this, Unless he truly cared...
It was so obvious and yet she ignored it. What was she doing? Not trusting her brother when she had asked him to do the opposite for her? She had no other choice. She did want happiness...But not only for herself, for Lincoln as well. She couldn't ignore his speech and fight him off. It was time she stopped questioning him and started to rely on him as a partner. Slowly she took a deep breath and looked Lincoln dead in the eyes.
"I know what I tried to do was stupid... But I don't wanna see Rina get hurt!" Lynn answered honestly.
Lincoln felt a cold shiver go up his spine. "Listen, Lynn.."
"Trust me, We'll get her out of there."
The siblings turned to see La Bambina with two other people. One was a guy who was about six feet tall with blonde hair and a black long sleeved t-shirt that read:
"La Bambina."
The other person was a girl who was shorter than the guy with red hair with purple streaks. She also had a long sleeve t-shirt with the same thing, only her shirt was red with the lettering in black.
"La Bambina? Why do these two have your name on shirts?" Lincoln asked.
"Oh yeah hahaha. I forgot to mention. La Bambina is the name of our resistance force." She laughed.
"La Bambina? Resistance force? Who exactly are these guys?" Lynn asked, confused.
"Oh yeah that's right, we haven't properly met. Well since you already know that my real name isn't La Bambina and I can trust you two, My name is Tobin Washington.
The guy with the blonde hair over there-
"-Meh."
"Yeah him, His name is Aaron Wyona" Tobin continued.
"And I'mmmmmm Tessa Kiroy!" The girl chimed in happily.
"It's a pleasure to meet you too!" Lincoln smiled. "Were they the two you were referring two earlier?"
"Yeah, they are. All of us grew up together in a small neighborhood in Toronto." Tobin confirmed.
"So you're the one who murdered the chief I'm guessing?" Aaron muttered, pointing at Lynn.
"I didn't murder anyone!" Lynn clinched her fists.
"Knock it off Aaron." Tobin shot the blondie a look. The message must've connected because Aaron immediately apologized.
"If the public knew about the death of our chief, It would throw the media in a frenzy." The officer spoke.
"Oh really? So why bother telling me?" Rina egged on.
"Well here's the thing hun." An officer with the name Rodwell stood in front of the girl. "You were spotted red-handed in the tape. We know what your buddies look like."
"I have no idea what you're referring to, sir." Rina played dumb.
Officer Rodwell laughed. "You really think we have time for you to play coy? Sorry, but we want answers about our chief. You can either start singing or go Bye-Bye Birdie."
"I have nothing to say to you."
Officer Rodwell began to pace around the room. "What will break her? There's no dirt on her! She's cleaner than the windows. Probably as to why she volunteered to draw them off of Lynn's trial. Rina Lawerence... What was the thing that could break such an innocent girl.."
"Umm is he okay?" Rina asked a fellow police officer. Everyone heard the man say what he was thinking, nobody questioned it though.
Officer Rodwell stopped pacing and faced Rina face to face.
"Have you heard from your mother Olivia in a while Rina?" Rodwell asked with a sadistic smile.
"Yup... I have." It was a small lie but she was able to deliver it in convincing fashion.
"Is it true that your mother is a convict?" Officer Rodwell pressured. Officers inside the room were put off by the comment, but allowed him to continue.
"Yeah, she is. What's your point?" Rina felt some anger release in her statement.
"In 1999, She was convicted of what type of murder?"
"First degree.."
"Exactly. And you know who was her victim?
That was her trigger. "I'd advise you to shut your mouth right now. "
"Oh, what's wrong Rina? Where's the BRAVADO NOW?!" Officer Rodwell cranked up the pressure of the moment.
"SHUT UP!"
"CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?! ADMIT IT ON YOUR MOTHER'S VICTIM'S GRAVE! YOUR FATHER SHOULD HAVE-"
"RODWELL ENOUGH!" One of the cops pulled Rodwell away from the girl.
"ARE YOU INSANE?!" Another cop yelled.
Officer Rodwell smiled. "Look at her! It's disgustingly obvious she's hiding something to protect her friends. Unfortunately, If she doesn't talk, My gun will give her the liberty of doing so!
Time stopped.
But Rina's rage didn't.
"PULL THE GUN ON ME, ONLY ONE OF US WALKS OUT OF THIS ROOM!" Rina untied her hair from the ponytail state it was in.
"Let me wrap my weave up"
"I'm the trap Selena"
"Dame mas gasolina!"
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