Trapped away from the light

Part 5

"Great. Creeps trying to kill us. Well what else is new?" She said, looking at the black tv screen.

In case you're wondering why she not freaking out is because she had been hanging out way to much around me, so this is nothing really new. God, I remember the first time I got into a fight with a person on the street, God she screams so loud I think all the dogs in the city heard her. I think I also went deaf that night too.

"So what are you going to do? They did not follow you did they?"

"Nope, as far as I know they are still trying to find me." I take a sip of water and sit back down on the sofa. I take out my phone and look at all the photos that I took,.

"I think I know why they are after me, I stuck my nose where it didn't belong. I found an old abandoned subway station not far from outside the city. I also found a different tunnel behind an old bending machine, my guess is that it was used for smuggling stuff under the city to like bars and stuff. I'm not completely sure since my visit was short. Whatever alarm I trip walking in there. Send those guys running." I look up at her. She had an unreadable expression. "I also tock some pictures, I don't know what the hell they mean but there where adds in the station of old movies and local businesses. None had a date."

I gave my phone to Chloe and she looked at it for a couple minutes.

"So, they are trying to kill you for finding old crap, who would give a damn?" She said, tossing my phone back to me.

"Maybe they still use the tunnels and don't want anyone else to find them." I take another sip of water and put it down on the table.

Those tunnels could have been there for decades. Chicago had a notorious history of violence. So they could have been there for more than transportation, they could have been there for hiding purposes.

"Still does not make sense," she said, shaking her head. "If they still use the tunnels so they can smuggle things in secret, why would they know that someone is using the passage. I mean the point is to be secret."

"Mane, they collect tax for Protection or something. There cut." I say, as I scroll through the pictures again. What are the numbers for? An address?

I doubt it would be a phone number, the area code is not even in Chicago or any other city around here.

"Hmm." Chloe said taking a seat "well I don't know about you but I don't want to be seen in public with you."

"Thanks" I replied

"So what are we going to do now?" She asks looking over my shoulder at the pictures.

"You're not going to like my answer." I say "we are going to have to find them before they find us."

"Ha, no" Chloe said, staring off in the TV screen.

"What?" I said, is she crazy? "No, you got into this mess, you can get yourself out." she said, smiling. I roll my eyes and look at the picture once more.

"What if they find out your my roommate?" I say. I start to realize my mistake. There's my phone, they could be tracking my phone. Damn it. I get up from the couch and walk over to the window and open it.

"What are you doing?" Chloe asked.

I look at her "um. Looking out the window" as I point my finger out the window. I focus my attention outside, there's nothing out there. No cars, no people, no nothing. I take my phone out of my pocket and turn it off.

"So what are you doing now?" Chloe makes her way over to me looking over my shoulder, I say nothing and put my phone back in my pocket and shut the window. I turn back to her and point to roof next door. a camera pointed right at our apartment.

"They are spying on us!" Chloe said pissed. "Shit!" Chloe went back to the center of the living room passing in a circle "what are we going to do?" Chloe asked.

"We?" I said smiling. I don't care that we are being hunted, I find this amusing.

"Yes "We" because you started this messes. So, what are we going to do?" she said

"Pack your bags, close the blinds and gather all the non- perishable foods. We are going to pay a friend a visit. "I say, heading to my room.

"Who would that be?" Chloe asked

"A friend that owes me a "Favor". She can keep us in a dorm in the "Echo university's ", the academy a couple cites over, not very far by car, 40 min tops..."

"And where would we get a car?" Chloe asked before I could finish my sentence. I start packing.

"I'm just saying by car," I say over my shoulder. "I did not say we have one. By train it could be..." I paused and think. Technically we still have to walk, and the trains stop between stops. "I don't know," I continue packing and Chloe starts.

...

It took longer than 40 minutes, it took us till the sun was starting to set. When we get to the campus, student where buzzing everywhere, moving fast to where they got to be.  This is on the outskirt of the campus so everyone was heading to the school.

Chloe carries her bag like it's full of rock. "Why the heck did you need to bring," I bring up fingers and count off what she had in her bag. "An old notebook full of useless mathematics and reading crap, 3 'collectible' rocks. And... what else? And 6 little teddy bears." I say. "Can I ask why?"

Chloe smiles and takes out a teddy bear and throws it at me. I catch it. "That," Chloe says pointing at the bear in my hand. "Is a new toy I just got. It looks innocent and all right?" she tacks out a small remote from her pocket. "Is sends out electrical discharges, so..." she presses the button but I drop the bear before it could zap me.

  "Aww," Chloe said, smiling. "It's no fun when no one get hurt from 'snuggles'." She put the remote back in her pocket and picks up the bear and walks past me.