The Bourne Daughter

Chapter 7

I stand slowly from my kneeling position with my hands up above my head. I turn and face the guard that suspected me earlier.

"You seriously want to shoot a young girl?" I ask.

"Are you working for Bourne?" He asks and I shake my head.

"No, he has no idea who I am." I answer.

"Then why are you watching them?" He asks.

"I have information for Robert Woods, something far more important than Jason Bourne." I lie smoothly. I hear Jordan asking me what the hell I'm doing and when the guard looks over slightly, I snap his gun out of his hand and hit him over the head with it, knocking him out cold. "That's what I was doing." I say to Jordan.

"I have to say, I'm impressed." He compliments.

"Didn't anyone ever teach you to never underestimate a woman?" I ask him.

"They did actually, but they told me to underestimate teenagers." He answers honestly.

"Well whoever they are they're wise, but a right dick too." I say back and he laughs.

I jog down the steps and out the door I came in from. I head over the street and watch the front of the store, waiting for Woods, Dad and all the security to come flying out, once they find one of their guys out cold. As if on cue, they all come pilling out, one carrying the guy I knocked out and shoving him into a car that came flying out of nowhere.

"I'm sneaking into that car Jordan." I say.

"You've got to be kidding me." He exclaims.

"It's the only way I'll know where they're going, you have to trust me." I say and I hear him mutter and fine. So I slip into the boot of the car as it's driving off.

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The car stops moving after maybe 25 minutes and when I look our the tiny window I have access to I see we're in a building. This is probably some sort of warehouse, but where the hell did they find one this big in Rome? I slip out and hide behind some boxes that are close by and see them tie my dad down to a chair next to my mum. Everyone leaves them and goes into another room.

"What happened?" My mum asks my dad.

"Someone knocked one of the security guys out, we were being tailed." Dad explains.

"What's going to happen to Tessa if we die Jason?" Mum asks and I'm shocked they even mentioned me.

"She's a bright girl, she'll be fine on her own." Dad comforts her.

"We were never there for her Jason. For all we know, she probably thinks we're dead right now." Mum says.

"I guess we'll find out if we live through this." He responds and the door opens and Woods comes out again.

"I have a meeting with the Italian Government. Henry here will keep you company, along with David and Josh. If you even move, they have permission to kill you." Woods says and gets back in the car and drives away. Just as I start to contemplate what to do, I hear Jordan start speaking.

"I've tracked you to a warehouse just outside Rome. I can see you with the camera right now. If you take out those 3 guards I can get there in time to get all 3 of you out. I'm 15 minutes away, I'll give you a signal on when to take them out." Jordan says.

I wait for Jordan to give me the signal and just watch as the guards pace around the room, circling my parents like Hawks. I've never seen them look so, defeated? I must have been crouched here for a good 7-8 minutes before I hear Jordan say...

"Now!"

I get up and shoot one right in the head, and take down another one who comes at me from the side. I snap his neck and use his body as a human shield when the last guy starts shooting at me. I toss him to the side and start fighting the last one. I punch him in the face, and kick his legs out from under him, making him land on his knees. When he lands I bring my foot up and crash it into the side of his face, sending it straight into a glass window leaned against some crates. I look over at my mum and dad who are shocked.

"Hi guys, great to see you too." I say to them.

"Tessa?" My mum asks in disbelief.

"The one and only." I say smiling. "OK, I've got someone a few minutes away, so we better get going." I announce and go over and untie them. My mum immediately hugs me and I tense up. I love her and all but I'm not a hugger. "Hate to break up the reunion, but I don't feel like dying." I say and on cue Jordan pulls up.

"GET IN!" He yells and we all run and climb in, driving away. I get my breath back and look over at Jordan whose laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" I ask him.

"Your crazy!" He exclaims.

"Remember what I said, never underestimate a woman." I say with a smug look on my face.

"I think you meant, never underestimate you." He replies and I shrug whilst nodding at the same time. My dad then starts talking.

"Tessa it was you in Russia and you at Trevi Fountain, you were the one who knocked the guard out at Piccolo Arancio." He pieces together.

"We've been tailing you for the past few days." Jordan calls back to my dad. "You have to give her the credit though, if she hadn't jumped in the back of the car when you left the cafe, you'd probably be dead by morning." Jordan continues.

We head back to the hotel and pack our stuff. We're heading back to America, but this time we're going to New York City.

"Get ready everyone we have a long journey ahead of us." Jordan says walking through the airport.

"When don't we have a long journey ahead of us." I imply and he nods his head in agreement.