Detroit's Neon lights

Chapter Eight: Planned Diversion

EAST DETROIT

January 23rd

1:30am

Leon: "So Dalton... what the hell is next? WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS"

Dalton: "Calm down Leon... I got a plan"

Leon: "That being?..."

Dalton threw the truck's keys to Xander and forwarded him to get in.

Dalton: "We're gonna go back to the scene of the crime"

Leon: "And the police?"

Dalton: "Probably blocked off the area... but we can find a way inside"

Xander fired up the truck and the other two hopped in and put their guns in the back seats, Xander sped out of the overgrown driveway and down the street to the main roads of Detroit city.

WEST DETROIT

Old Abandoned Mining Factory

1:33am

Bryce and Danny stormed through the office door of the abandoned factory, Matt and Alex had been sitting there playing cards and talking. Danny took off his jacket and showed the diamond.

Danny: "I GOT IT"

Alex: "No way... Ho- Why didn't you give it back?!"

Bryce: "Long story short, I shot someone in the leg, Danny took it, We almost died in a car crash and then boom... we're here"

Matt and Alex were dead silent, they didn't know what to say. Alex put his cards down and stood up and walked over to Bryce who was standing in the doorway right next to Danny.

Alex: "... What... Excuse m- how?"

Danny: "We met some people if you will at your apartment Matt... didn't seem too friendly so we ran, crashed a sedan and now we have no car... So now we're hiding in a place so decrepit I'd rather be living in New Jersey... and we have a fucking diamond we can't even sell!"

Danny Nearly threw the diamond on the floor but stopped himself at the last moment and handed it over to Bryce.

Matt: "So you're basically saying that we can't get rid of it... no matter what"

Danny: "Not saying that... we can, Just that we won't stop being chased down until we're dead... that's all"

Alex: "Boy that sounds mighty depressing"

Danny sat down and put his left hand on his head and sighed, Bryce leaned against the wall and looked at Alex in disgust.

Bryce: "We're in this situation because of you Alex... If you'd just planned it better we wouldn't be here... Maybe, better yet? JUST ROB SOMEONE ELSE"

Alex took the Diamond from Bryce's hand and put it in his own pocket. He then started to walk out of the office and into the main factory.

Bryce: "Where are you going?"

Alex: "We're gonna go find out who the Cornell's are... and we're gonna either kill them and keep this diamond... or we're gonna die giving it back"

Matt got up off the floor of the office, He walked past Danny and over to Bryce, he put his hand on the shoulder and walked out of the doorframe.

Matt: "Hate to agree... but the only thing we have left is fighting to keep ourselves alive Bryce, The diamond is just a complementary reward for if we win the battle"

Bryce looked down, then to Danny.

Bryce: "Then let's fight..."

NORTH DETROIT

Main streets of Detroit City

2:10am

Xander drove through Detroit back to the scene of the sedan crash, Police tape had covered all four entrances of the intersection, there were police cars and an ambulance at the scene. Xander parked the truck off to the side of the street and turned off the engine, the three sat there in silence and looked around at the scene.

Xander: "Time for that big plan you had been planning Dalton"

Dalton: "Yeah... shit, Alright just um... get out of the truck and approach them"

Xander: "Ah yes... because running up to police knowing you committed the crime is a good idea"

Leon: "I don't know Xander... Dalton may be able to do something useful for once"

Dalton: "Hardy har har, shut the fuck up and follow me"

Dalton opened the truck door and stepped out, put on aviators and casually walked over to an officer standing by in the road. Xander and Leon looked at eachother and shook their heads as they followed Dalton's plan.

Officer: "Sir, No civilians on the premises, this is an active crime scene"

Dalton took down his glasses and rested his arm on the officer's cruiser and looked him dead in the eye.

Dalton: "No offense... Officer sinkler, But maybe you haven't heard?"

Sinkler: "Heard what? Nothing came in on the radio"

Dalton Looked at Xander and Leon, then poked fun at the fact Sinkler didn't know them.

Dalton: "Special agent Dalton Miller, My Brother Xander, and our Cadet Leon... We've been tasked with finding out who it was that escaped the crash"

Leon snickered a bit for being called a cadet and immediately put on a straight face

Sinkler: "Sir... with all due respect, we can't let anyone in. Even if you say you are... who you are..."

Dalton: "How many of you are on the premises?"

Sinkler: "Our Unit called out 12 officers sir"

Dalton looked at Xander and Leon with a firm face and turned back to Sinkler, pulling out his M4

Dalton: "11"

Dalton shot Sinkler in the face with his M4, leaving his cruiser covered in blood. Dalton, Xander and Leon casually walked onto the premises of the crash as other cops looked in horror. A small gunfight proceeded into a full blown massacre, Any officer that fired at the three would be blown to pieces, even pedestrians that didn't know any better. None but the three survived.

January 23rd

4:14am

Dalton: "Xander we don't have long! What have you got so far!?"

Xander: "The car's a mess! But there's a small ripped newspaper- it had scribbles and handwritten text on the back!"

Leon ran back to the truck and started it up, Dalton pulled Xander out of the crash site and ran back to the truck hopped in the flatbed.

Leon: "Where to?

Xander looked at the torn map in the dark as Dalton shined his gun flashlight on it.

Xander/ Dalton: " Skin n' Sting packing plant, West Detroit!"

Leon: "The fucking run down one?..."

Dalton: "Just drive!"