Chapter 41: No Way But The Highway
Chelsea watched Sunny as she made her move on the chess board. It was mostly Chelsea's idea to play chess though Sunny was a bit hesitant, she was more a video game person. She played board games as a little girl, Go Fish and Battleship, but never played chess before. Somehow, some way, Sunny managed to beat Chelsea; despite being a novice at the game. Chelsea looked at her "What?" Sunny wondered "Rematch" Chelsea demands "Best two out of three".
First fall, she lost.
Second fall, she lost.
Third and final fall, Chelsea nearly has it but looses again.
"H-How did you-I thought you were a beginner" Chelsea was speechless "I am, I never played chess before" Sunny herself was speechless "I never lost a game of chess before, you must have cheated". Sunny scoffed and chuckled "Really?" she sarcastically retorts "Okay, how'd I cheat?" "I don't know, Asian mind tricks" Chelsea stupidly answered "Oh wow Chelsea!" Sunny faked a gasp "Wow! I must have used my used my magic Korean powers to get the win!" she mockingly smiled "Now you're just mocking me" Chelsea scowled "Aw! I'm sorry!" Sunny in a fake manner apologized "I hurt your feelings! It's okay! Don't cry little girl!" Sunny makes a sad face "Dirty little cheating cunt" Chelsea stuck out her tongue and blew a raspberry "Chelsea come on, it's just a game, who cares; just relax" Sunny chuckled "I don't care, you're a cheater" Chelsea shot at Sunny "You're being immature, I didn't cheat, you watched me the whole time" she explained, Chelsea eyes her "Rematch, this time I'm watching you closely". Sunny rolled her eyes "Okay fine, but if I win then you drop it and admit that I played fair" she demanded "Fine, let's play". They rearranged the pieces on the board. Chelsea and Sunny look at each other. This time Chelsea tells herself, she was going to win for sure.
Within nineteen minutes Chelsea looses again. She growls "I want a rematch" she demands again "No," Sunny tells her "okay, it's over, I won fair and square; so drop it" she says. "No! Uh uh! I won! I played fair! You fucking cheated! Admit it!" Chelsea bangs the table with her fist "Chelsea it's just a game" Sunny reminds her "Oh you think you're better than me! Huh? Is that it!? You know I worked my ass off for everything I ever did! Never in my life have I taken a shortcut! Everybody back home always said I cheated when I never did! You're just like everybody else you dirty fucking wank!" she violently hyperventilates. Sunny, who was stunned at the rant, looked at the woman who sounded by the look of things that she was on the verge of having a psychotic breakdown "Chelsea, it's just me, your friend?" Sunny attempts to bring her back to earth. She slowly gets up and places a hand on her shoulder "Just breathe and relax". Chelsea slowly starts to breathe, within a minute she returned to her normal self.
"Sorry, just got a little bit flustered there, back to being myself" Chelsea exhaled and giggled "Remind me never to play board games with you again" Sunny looked at her with concern "Uh that usually never happens, just a little slip" "A little? You look like you were going to go on a shooting spree" Sunny frowned "But I didn't! This is me! Happy and having fun!" Chelsea smiles with unease on her face "Okay...let's do something else".
The champagne pops from her phone. Sunny saw it was the one who took her sister. She hurriedly swipes the app "Where's my sister?" she demands "How rude, not even a proper greeting" Wolf snarks "Fuck you".
"Language young lady" he snidely warns.
"What the fuck do you want?".
"I have a problem that you're going to solve for me".
"Oh?" Sunny looks at the chessboard "What? Kill a junkie? Kill the Chief of Police? What?".
"Nothing so simplistic" he says "What then?".
"Their's a dealer, him and his brother have been causing problems for us" he explained "He supplies cheap PCP from Vespucci to Vinewood and rednecks in Blaine, we brought him and his punk brother in, threatened to put them in jail and whatnot, unless they gave us a cut of the profits" "I'm guessing something changed?" Sunny wondered "He said wasn't going to share any more of the profits, he plans to turn states evidence against us".
"What do you want me to do about it? Kiss their ass?" Sunny snarked "You wish, no; something a little better".
"You're going to take them out using an explosive".
"You're fucking nuts, you know how risky that is?" Sunny voiced her concern "That's the thing, the piece is already attached to their vehicle; the detonator is the key component of the whole thing". Sunny looked at Chelsea. "Okay, where's the control?" "There's a gas station in Sandy Shores, it's in the women's bathroom, bottom of the bin; just remove the bag and it's there".
Sunny sighed "Okay, when's he coming in?" "He won't leave for another couple of hours, wait by the side of the road" he instructs "Wait till you see them" "What car are they driving?" Sunny wondered "It's a lime colored Baller".
"Once you see it, follow them but stay inches away from them. The control that you're going to use works approximately for that reason, don't be too far otherwise it won't work and don't be too close otherwise you'll be caught in the explosion".
Chelsea slowly came over to Sunny "Wait until the car goes half way on the bridge on the W-H, when it's half way there, turn the switch on and set off the fireworks" he grimly says "Just perfect" she sarcastically tells herself "Call me when it's done". With a sigh Sunny looked at Chelsea "Come on, we got a job to do" she unenthusiastically says "Uh okay, what kind of job?" "The kind that goes boom" Sunny opened the front door "Ooh" "How well do you know Sandy Shores?".
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Sunny and Chelsea wait as the cars pass on the highway. Chelsea pulled out the control. It was large, black with an on switch. It had a green light, it wasn't on yet. A big red button which was the trigger to set it off. "I'm hungry" Chelsea complained "Well what do you want me to do about it?" Sunny kept on staring at the highway "Buy me something" she demands "Buy you what? We're not even near a liquor store" Sunny tells her "Well, let's go find one" "No! That fucking car is going to be here any minute". Chelsea groans "Come on, it'll be a few minutes and we'll be right back" "No, no, no" Sunny answered "You're being mean to me" Chelsea pouted "God, I swear, it's like being with a child". They sat in silence as cars are passing by "Can I ask you something?" Sunny looked at Chelsea "What?". Sunny tried to frame a proper question in her mind.
"Why is cheating a big deal for you?".
Chelsea looked back confused "What do you mean?" "I mean, you freaked out on me when we were playing chess" Sunny reminded "You looked like you wanted to kill me". With a lick of her lips Chelsea whistled a quick tune "It just...happened, nothing more than a freak moment" "Uh huh, emphasis on the freak part" Sunny spat out the window "Look it just happened, okay? What do you want me to do, flog myself and promise myself never to do that again?". She sighed "Besides, it's complicated" "Complicated how?" "I rather not say".
"Jesus" Sunny sighed "Would you have tried to kill me if I did cheat?" she gives a hard look; Chelsea bites her lip; she tries not to bent out of shape. "I-I don't know, maybe" she answered "Do you think you could take me on?" Sunny challenged, Chelsea scoffs then smiles "Probably" she answers "Okay, well, I want you to know that I'm not easy pickings" she warned "Oh, feisty" Chelsea cooed "Remember I was in the military back home, I think I'm more capable of holding my own ground". Sunny looked back right at her with that deadly look of her's "Uh huh and I want you to know that I'm not some ghetto rat selling crack on a corner or tagging up turf and throwing up signs, I'm pretty sure I can give you give you a run for your money" she warned "Is that right?" Chelsea turned towards her "Yeah". She puts the control aside and with her left arm tries to wrestle Sunny's hand, who manages to counters her by twisting her arm upward.
"Oh, you want to play it like that huh?" Chelsea has the fire in her eyes.
"Just try me" Sunny sternly looked back at her.
Sunny makes a fist and sends it toward her would be opponent. Chelsea catches her fist with her hand "Looks like it's a tie" she smiled "Oh, you'd be surprised on what I can do" Sunny grinned "Like this". She unwraps her hands from Chelsea's arm; turning her index and middle fingers inward; forming pincers of sorts. The pincers clamp onto the pressure point on the side of her neck "Ow!". Chelsea manages to look at Sunny "Two can play at that game", with her free hand she snatches the hair on the right side of her head and starts to pull "Oh! Stop that!" Sunny cried "You first!" Chelsea manages to choke on her words "Ginger haired twat" "Cunny faced lezzy". Sunny kept on applying pressure and Chelsea kept on pulling her hair. Sunny undid her fist and grappled Chelsea's hand. Both women grunt as neither wanted to give in. "C-Car! Lime car!" Chelsea alerts, Sunny saw the Baller "Shit!" she starts the Fugitive.
She steadily follows the Baller "When we're close to that bridge, turn that switch on" "Yeah, I know alright" Chelsea looked at the Baller. They were closely behind. Sunny's heart raced. In a moment or so, two people who they didn't know were about to be blown to smithereans. Two people who sold PCP were about to be killed to keep their mouths shut and to make sure they didn't spill their secrets to the state. This was in Sunny's mind a job and nothing else but something about it was pulling at her heart strings. They were siblings; brothers. Just as Sunny and Linda are sisters. Sunny would never imagine ever doing something bad to Linda, it wouldn't be in her nature to bring harm to her. The whole part of this thing felt wrong and she knew it. "Alright I need you to keep this thing steady" Chelsea tells her "I'm doing that, alright".
As they follow, the feeling in Sunny's stomach worsened as they neared. "Okay" Chelsea slowly turned on the switch "Keep her steady" she licked her lips almost like a lion stalking it's prey. The lime Baller sped up "Fuck" Chelsea cursed "Speed up" she ordered. Sunny slowly sped up, trying not to scare the target. "Fifteen meters, come on a little bit more" Chelsea says "Move it, move it-come on move it!" "Shut the fuck up!" Sunny shouts. The bridge on the W-H is near. "Hey, let me ask you something" Chelsea turned to Sunny "What?" "How much explosives did that cop use exactly?" she wondered "How should I know, I'm not an expert on explosives; does that even matter?" Sunny asked "It does, judging by the size of this control, which means I'm guessing he must have used a shit amount" Chelsea guessed "How much exactly are we talking about?" "Uh, I'm going to take a wild shot...probably around six bricks".
"Six bricks? Are you fucking for real?".
"I don't know, maybe".
The bridge approaches.
"Okay now, keep it steady" Chelsea nervously breathed "You know everything about explosives, what if the explosion or the debris doesn't do us in?" Sunny worried "Then it's more likely the shock wave of the blast will kill us" "Oh that's just perfect". Her heart beat starts to go faster, it all seemed surreal. The Baller touches down on the white top, they closely and carefully follow "Alright, almost there" Chelsea's breath became tense "This is a bad idea" Sunny mumbled under breath. Chelsea's finger snaked towards the button. It was the moment of truth. Her finger pushes the button.
The signal goes to the C-4 underneath the car.
Boooooom!
The orange and red explosion tears through the car. The shock wave forces the Fugitive to stop. The blast knocks down the cars on the opposite side, one catches fire. Sunny presses herself down taking cover, Chelsea presses herself down on her.
After a minute both women got out from their cover and looked up at the carnage. "Oh shit" Chelsea says "Yeah I know" Sunny breathed a sigh of relief "Not that, I mean that" Chelsea points her finger to the windshield. There, as Sunny's eyes looked at, was a small chunk of steel from the former vehicle embedded into the center of the windshield "Jesus fucking crap" Sunny looked at the piece, which was still smoking. "Come on, let's get the fuck out of here" Chelsea exhaled "Yeah, I got to call Wolf" Sunny manages to drive the Fugitive. Slowly they approached the burning wreck. The rear of the vehicle was almost obliterated, just twisted and burning metal. The wheels of the Fugitive clatter against the broken metal, scraping against the shards splashed all over the concrete. Only once did they look at the drivers. A burnt and mangled arm hung out of the wreckage, almost as a reminder of what happened moments before.
Half way down the tunnel, Sunny rapidly breathes in then out "What's wrong?" Chelsea asked "Nothing, nothing's wrong" Sunny answered shakily. She dials the number "Hello?" Wolf answered.
"It's done, let me talk to my sister" Sunny demands "Now that wasn't part of the assignment, so no" Wolf refutes "You goddamn son of a-!" "I assure you, your sister is fine and holding up for the time being" he reassured "Until the next assignment". She grunts in anger. Chelsea looked at her and noticed that Sunny had some sweat covering her forehead "Hey, you alright?" "I-I'm fine" she says trying to focus "Maybe you should pull over" Chelsea suggested.
Half way from their crime scene, they pull over. Sunny quickly opened the door, retched and puked. "Sunny? You alright?" Chelsea heard the vomiting, she rubbed her back. Sunny gets back up and closes the door "What's wrong?" Chelsea looked at her "Tell me that we did the right thing?" she suddenly questioned with a look of weariness "We did the right thing; why? Is something bothering you?" Chelsea could see the unease on her face "They were brothers...siblings...like me and Linda" Sunny felt unnerved "Look...what's done is done, we can't go back and undo it" Chelsea gently squeezed her hand "Right-right-right" she tells herself.
"There's a bright side, you're a step closer to getting back your sister; maybe at least for the time being".
"Yeah, hope is all I can have right now" Sunny calmed down "Let's get out of here".
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Sunny walked to the sofa and tried her best to relax but that hit really bothered her. Two brothers, in her mind she committed a terrible act. She had done worse things but those were moments that she knew were justified. Never once, in her criminal ways, did she ever question something like that. This was different though. Everything about the whole thing was wrong; from beginning to end. All of it was wrong. It amazed her that something like that would bother her so much. It was the fact that they were brothers that got to her. She herself a sister. Sunny just felt so loathsome doing that.
"Hey Sunny?" Chelsea called her name "What?" "Stand up for me" she tells her "Why?" "Just stand up".
Sunny, with a sigh stood up "Okay, I'm standing, what do you want?". Chelsea looked at her "I want you to wrestle me" she tells her "Huh?".
"We, you and me, are going to wrestle" "W-Wrestle? Are you crazy? I'm not going to wrestle you" Sunny shoots down "Aw, what's the matter? Lost your balls?" Chelsea egged with a purpose "Don't push me" Sunny warns "Oh I'm so scared" Chelsea mocks "Whatcha gonna do pussy cat?". Sunny scowls at her opponent "Alright, you want to wrestle, we'll wrestle".
"The rules are no punches, just grapple" "Fine by me".
Sunny took a hold of Chelsea's hand and put her in a headlock. Chelsea breaks out from the hold "Is that the best you got? Feels like I'm wrestling a bear cub" she taunts, Sunny grapples both of her arms and the two tussle again "That's more like it" Chelsea grunted as her and Sunny wrestled. Sunny breaks from the grapple, gets behind her and takes her down to the carpet "So how do you like me now? Huh?" she flaunted her take down "Pretty good, now it's my turn". With her strength Chelsea lifted herself up. Chelsea breaks out of the hold and with her arm flips Sunny over and onto the carpet. Sunny gets back up with a determined look on her face "What? Can't handle losing? Hmm?" Chelsea readied herself. She charges, Sunny puts her in an arm hold and tosses her onto the sofa "Well, see that you got some fight in you after all" Chelsea gets back up. A fist catches her in the face "Oh! Ow!" she cried out in pain "What the hell is wrong with you?!". Sunny snaps out of her trance "Oh crap! Chelsea, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hit you! It was an accident!" she hastily apologized "Why would you hit me?! I hate you Sunny!" she turned away and cried "I'm sorry-I'm sorry!" Sunny grabbed her shoulder. Chelsea suddenly flips her back onto the carpet. Sunny looked up at the ceiling perplexed at just happened "Ha! I can't believe you fell for that!" Chelsea laughed "That punch you gave me was soft! My dad could hit better than that!" she continues to laugh. As she's about to walk to the kitchen, Sunny side swipes Chelsea foot "Whoa!". She falls on her back.
Sunny rolls on top of her and locks her wrists with her hands. She huffed and puffed, giving a cocky smile to her opponent "Game, set, match. I win" she announces. Chelsea fumed "Why you-!" with her strength, Chelsea turns her over and now is on top of Sunny "Whoa! Chelsea calm down!" she panicked, Chelsea's right hand broke free. Her hand collides with Sunny's cheek. A hard slap echoes through the trailer. Chelsea breathed and looked at Sunny. It set in at she had done. "Oh crap! Sunny, oh my god! I'm sorry! I don't know what happened!" she regretfully tried to apologized "Get off..." Sunny looked back her with her tears in her eyes "Sorry-sorry-sorry!" Chelsea kept on apologizing "Get off...get off" Sunny again repeated. Chelsea rolled off and lay next to her.
"What was the point in all of this exactly?" Sunny kept on staring at the ceiling, Chelsea looked at the side of her face "Just wanted to make your head was on straight, making sure your eyes are on the prize" she tells her "They are on the prize...I just want her back..." Sunny wipes her eyes "You can't hesitate to squeeze that trigger just because you think it's wrong". Sunny turned her head and body to Chelsea "Trust me," she stared menacingly "I've done things that I never lost an ounce of sleep over".
Chelsea stared into her eyes "No more freezing up, okay?" "Yeah...".
Sunny looked Chelsea.
They both smiled at each other.
Chelsea playfully hissed. Sunny chuckled and hissed back. They looked into each others eyes, almost with a sense of understanding each other. Their hands slowly clasp each other. They're more or less inseparable from each other now. Soldier and general now for fighting for a common goal.
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