Boxing the Bad Boy

Chapter 12

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?" Nero yells from behind me.

"I suggest you shut the fuck up and calm down before you get us both killed," I hiss over my shoulder as my legs pick up their pace.

I pull my phone out of my pocket and dial Jessica.

"Jess, are they following you?"

"Not that I can tell, but I'm going to circle the block. Meet us at the gas station near the tattoo parlor," her winded voice comes through the phone.

"Ok, I'll see you there. Try not to get caught," I say and hang up the phone.

"Follow me." I call to Nero and take a left down the street. Nero's footfalls land next to mine and I look over to see him running next to me. His face is pulled into a mask of stone as he runs.

We run for seven more blocks before we finally make it to the gas station. I walk into the air conditioned store and lean against a wall to catch my breath.

"You wanna tell me what's going on now?"

I look up at Nero as he seethes above me, breathing heavily.

"If i told you, I'd have to kill you." I say with a straight face. Nero searches my face as if it was going to give him answers. He clenches his jaw as he sees that in fact I'm not joking.

"Are you ever going to tell me?" He asks and I raise my right eyebrow.

"Well, with what you just witnessed tonight, I'm going to have to. But I can tell you here because you are going to freak out and again, I don't want to have to kill you." I say in a low voice and he grits his teeth and nods his head. While we wait for Jessica and Jason to get here, I grab a few of the essentials. Money from the ATM, drinks, 4 toothbrushes and toothpaste, food, a hair brush, matches (Don't ask), and bandages (Just in case).

I pile all the stuff on the counter and the clerk looks up at me with raised eyebrows. I just scowl at him and he looks down, ringing up my items. He hands me the bag after I pay and I walk back over to Nero.

"Why are you getting all that stuff?" Nero asks in confusion.

"Because we aren't going home for a little bit. In fact, we're going to take a little vacation." I say and he give me an incredulous look. Jessica walks in with Jason trailing behind her, a look of horror on his face.

"Did you find them?" I asks Jess and she nods grimly.

"We need to leave, police cars will be circling the area soon," She says and I nod my head. We walk out the door and into the night again. Nero and Jason trail behind Jessica and I, whispering to each other. I look over at Jessica and she jerks her head to the parking lot of a bar. I look over and nod at her.

We head towards the parking lot and stop in front of a red Hummer. I grin at Jessica and she winks.

"So, boys, ever ridden in a Hummer?" I asks and they give me a wide eyed look as they eye the car behind me.

"You can't be fucking serious." Nero says and I only shrug.

"Jess, do your magic." I call to her and she gets to work on the car.

She snorts, "The idiot left the car unlocked," Jess says and I laugh.

In 5 minutes tops Jessica has the car working and I jump in the drivers seat while she gets in the passenger seat. Nero and Jason get in the back after a minute of hesitation.

"So, we get chased by guys with guns, Jessica kills guys with guns, and then hot wires a car." Jason says, hysteria lacing his voice.

"Hey now, don't look at us like that. We didn't know this was going to happen tonight." I say as Both Nero and Jason gives us horrified looks. I snicker at their looks and Jessica giggles too. Soon we are full on laughing as I step on the gas pedal.

When our laughter dies down, Nero talks "You guys are fucked up, you know that," I sober up at his words and throw him a glare.

"Don't go making assumptions when you don't know the full story, " I growl. Jessica tenses beside me and I look at her. She looks in the rear view mirror and I look too. I see a cop car behind us and curse. It's blue lights turn on and I look at Jess.

"Everyone put on your fucking seat belts now," the clicking sounds of buckles fill the air immediately after I say this. I floor the gas pedal and take off down the road. The cop car speeds up behind us and I quickly take a U turn. I drive down the road for a few seconds and then take a sharp right turn. After that, I take winding turns left and right as I try to lose the cop. Eventually the cop gets too far behind us and I pull over quickly.

"Everyone out the car now. We have a few minutes before the cops find the car so we need to run fast." I say and they all nod. We jump out, leaving the car on and begin running the same way.

Jessica pipes up "Ok there is a bus station 2 blocks from here. If we hurry, we can make it to the next bus." I nod and we take off in that direction. When we make it to the bus stop, the bus shows up and we hop on.

"Where are we going?" Jason asks and Jessica looks at him with regret.

"The air port. We have to go New York," she says with disgust and I look at her with sorrow.

"So so close," I say to her and she nods.

"I guess they were right, you really CAN'T escape the mafia." she whispers beside me and we both look at the boys.

"To bad we have to take hostages."