Opportunity of a Lifetime!

The Bounty Hunter

We continued to run, dodging the bullets that were being shot at us. We finally arrived at another door. Mr heroic pushed it open and lifted me through. We entered the darkness that was the outside world. Sounds of nature surrounded us; the cooing of a bird, the shaking of the branches of trees swaying back and forth in the wind, the sounds of traffic. Even though we were down a deserted road humanity was just a couple of corners away.

He put me down and took my had again, escorting me to our vehicle parked just outside. The windows were smashed through. They were following us; Sharon and the other man. He was still firing bullets at us.

"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?" I exclaimed panicky as we hurried into the vehicle.

"He's a bounty hunter!" Mr mysterious exclaimed.

"What- why is he out to get us? Don't bounty hunters chase criminals, people that are supposed to be in jail right now....."

"Well, lets just say I'm the criminal....." He finished.

What? Mr hero was a criminal? This had to be a joke.

"This isn't the time for jokes!" I exclaimed, looking at him with a slightly confused expression.

He looked down, almost as if he was ashamed of himself.

"Look, Jess its not something in proud of but-"

"Oh my god!" I opened the car door and was about to runaway when I felt an arm grip onto me.

"Jess, trust me. Can you do that?"

That was when a shot fired through one of the back windows.

I knew my chances with him were better than my chances with Sharon and the 'Bounty Hunter' so I nodded. "I- I-"

"Come on then!" He exclaimed, reversing out of the car park of the abandoned warehouse.

As we began driving down the streets I saw a slim figure walking down the sidewalk. She looked familiar. I halted.

"Stop, stop!" I exclaimed. The car braked. "It's Melanie!" I pointed towards the young woman wandering the streets in the rain. She wasn't walking, she was jogging.

I unrolled the window. "Mel, get in!" She saw me and gasped, holding a hand to her heart before looking slightly relieved.

She opened the back door narrowing her eyebrows at the smashed window and hopped in.

Mr mysterious started up the engine and began to drive away.

"Mel, are you okay?" I asked. She shuddered in her clothes. They were soaked. Wet through.

"I think so..." She said "where are we headed?"

I looked at mr mysterious and so did Melanie. He kept his eyes focused on the road and didn't say another word.

"Christ, are you going to say anything?" I asked.

"What do you want to know?" He asked angrily.

"What the heck did you do? Why are you a 'criminal'?" I did quote marks. His hands clenched themselves tighter around the steering wheel.

"It's not really important Jess. What's important is your wellbeing...."

"Oh, give it a break!" I exclaimed. Melanie looked supremely shocked by my random outburst. "Don't pretend like you care. Seriously, just tell me. I'm not a defenceless little girl. I can handle the truth."

"Can you?" He asked giving me a serious look.

Melanie sighed. "Just tell her whatever she wants to know. I'm fed up of all of this secrecy. And after that tell me what the heck is going on. I've just been kidnapped by my 'Boss'. I want to know what's going on. I'm not going to let this go!"

We both faced mr mysterious. Sure enough a black van was following us. I could hear the screech of the tires behind us and turned to face the menacing vehicle.

He turned to Melanie. "Okay, here's the truth."

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