No Tears | NR

Chapter 10

Budapest, Hungary

The three women sprinted out onto a walkway, turned right, and ran along the paseo until they reached about half a dozen motorbikes that were parked in a row next to a building.

The redhead and the blonde sprinted towards one of the bikes which was black and had a brown seat. They got on after a short moment of confusion when the blonde couldn't find her keys. Natasha had snatched from her earlier which earned her a short Russian insult from the blonde.

Just as Natasha got on, there was a loud crash around the corner and a car flew across the street. A car tank came around the corner right when Yelena was getting on the bike behind Natasha.

The redhead's eyes snapped to the right where she saw the large vehicle crash into the building next to them. Then she turned her head back towards Yara and told her to get on quickly.

"There is no space!"

"Get on!", Natasha insisted.

"Go!", Yara yelled instead, taking a step backward to give them some space.

"I am not leaving without you!"

The blonde gave Natasha a weird look which Yara couldn't read. She decided to ignore it for now and quickly squeezed on the bike, shoving the other two women forward harshly. She wrapped her arms tightly around the blonde's upper body and hoped she wouldn't fall off.

As soon as Natasha was sure that Yara was more or less on the bike, she sped up quickly while cutting a corner to the left around the other bikes. Yara just managed to hold on to the woman in front of her. They raced through the narrow passage with the tank right behind them. Natasha took another sharp turn to avoid colliding with a few cars that were blocking their way. The force of the turn nearly yanked Yara off the bike again. They sped through a maze of streets stopping in a courtyard that only had one way in for a moment which the blonde used as another opportunity to criticize Natasha. Finally, they made it out of the courtyard onto a busy street.

When Yara looked back, she couldn't spot the tank, but instead, they were being pursued by a woman on another bike. Natasha barely managed to cross a set of tracks before a tram sped past them on those same tracks. A few seconds later they crashed into a short wall. All three of them got thrown off the bike and fell onto the street beneath.

Natasha and the blonde were up right away again, threatening a man to let them take his car. Yara followed them a little slower. Her head was hurting. It had snapped back and hit the ground during her landing after the fall.

She jumped in the back of the blue BMW and ignored the other two women's bickering, turning around and looking for pursuers. She ducked down as a bullet pierced the vehicle's roof. Natasha backed the car up, colliding with another car. Then she stepped on the gas and they finally accelerated forward, avoiding other cars on the street.

Yara spotted the woman on the motorbike again. She was behind them as they raced past other vehicles. The blonde had spotted her too. Just as she turned around in her seat, their pursuer lifted a gun and started shooting at them. The bullets shattered the back window. Yara ducked down and saw the women in the front do the same.

"OK, you got a plan, or shall I just stay duck-and-cover?", the blonde woman wanted to know with annoyance in her voice.

"My plan was to drive us away", the redhead replied.

"That's a shit plan."

Yara found herself agreeing with the woman she didn't know but didn't say anything. She kept on watching their attacker while the car made a 180-degree-turn. The blonde opened her door, which hit a post, was yanked out of its hinges, and crashed into their attacker's bike. The latter fell off her bike and rolled over, ending up lying on the ground.