Kill The Rich

23rd Chapter: Checkmate

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Erica's eyes slowly begins to open, her eyes opening slow because of the sunlight seeping through the opened blinds, brightening up the room. She sees the white tiles on the walls with the black corners, her head slowly turning towards the TV ahead of her, seeing a random movie on.

She slowly turns her head sideways to the left while looking down, blinking a few times more to see her hands bandaged up, her seeing a needle in her arm, her following the trail of the thin tube up to see a morphine bag hanging on the pole stand, her slowly going to look back at the chair that is besides the bed.

She looks towards the door when it opens, Holly coming inside as she yawns softly, her holding a Starbucks cup in her hand, her just being in some baggy sweats and a tank top, her blonde hair being in a high ponytail.

Holly's eyes widen when she sees Erica looking at her. "Hey!" She smiles, her softly closing the door and going over to Erica, setting down the coffee while going to sit at the chair besides the bed. "You're finally awake."

Erica turns her head to the right to look at her. "How long have I been out for?"

"A little over a day." Holly replies.

Erica clears her throat a little bit. "Water."

"Yes." Holly goes to grab the bottle of water, her opening it and putting it to Erica's chapped lips, Erica going to down half of it before pulling her lips away, Holly going to set the water bottle down. "I'm glad it's just me and you here because I have to talk to you."

"Lucas?" Erica questions.

"Yeah about that." Holly says. "Some proof came out that he's X eye and he's now a wanted fugitive...again."

Erica slowly goes to close her eyes. "Where is he?"

"I don't know this isn't like before." Holly shakes her head. "Literally everyone is against him, they don't want to help him. A new detective is here apparently he has been after X-Eye for quite some time and he is fucking nosy I hate him. He questioned everyone but they are just saying how he needs to be found and punished, they aren't trying to help him."

"And you?" Erica questions.

"I'm trying to find the assholes that actually put me through shit, that hurt you." Holly says. "And Susan and Max."

"Max?" Erica questions.

"Yeah she...she's in coma, she's on life support right now."

"Why?"

"She was shot twice."

Erica releases a breath while her eyes go to close, her slowly going to open them. "Holly...I need you to find him."

"How?" Holly questions. "He knows how to hide. Even though perimeters around the city have been set...basically everywhere he is still nowhere to be found."

"Lucas hides in plain sight." Erica says. "The places that are the least expected but understandable to why he does hide there. He won't hide in the mansion, it's to obvious, but he's not going to go far."

"So you think he's still here in the city?"

Erica slowly nods. "I need you to....go to the mansion, and get something for me."

"It's swarming with cops all around." Holly says. "Like everywhere around there it's like patrols."

"It's gated, it's only so far they can patrol." Erica says. "At the back, there's a entrance way inside of the basement using a trapped door. You have to get to my car first to get the keys."