Jesse's burner phone rang late one night.
Her heart leapt into her throat as saw the caller ID. Jesse's hand hovered over the accept call button for a moment.
Then she answered.
"Hello?" she asked, trying to keep her voice neutral.
"Jesse," Ethan gasped, his voice raspy. And just like that, Jesse's composure melted.
"Ethan! Is- this is you, right?" she gasped. "I- I'm sure he's listening, but- but-"
"Jesse, I need you to get as far away from here as possible," Ethan pleaded. "You... I almost killed you."
"No," Jesse said quickly. "Absolutely not. I'm not leaving you behind and you didn't almost kill me," she argued, already reaching for her jacket. Something about the call told her that the time had come. Her taser was in the jacket pocket and the flashdrive waiting in a little jar by the door.
"You- you-" Ethan stammered. "I- Jesse, I..." Ethan knew he couldn't talk sense into Jesse- she was too stubborn.
"You need to trust me," Jesse was saying. "I know you probably think I'm insane, but I have a plan, okay? It's going to be-"
A dark chuckle bubbled out of the phone, freezing Jesse's blood.
"Just hold out," she promised. "I'm coming for you." There was a moment of quiet, with just the phone buzzing.
"Haha, Jesse..." Ethan whispered, his voice a static hiss through the phone. "...ssign the posterss."
Blank burst out laughing- a shuddering cackle that made Jesse's ears burn. She hung up the phone at once, kicking her front door open and barreling out of the apartment. She ran all the way to her car, but Blank's menacing laugh stuck in her mind all the way, like a background track on repeat. She flew to her car in a blind panic, only stopping to think as the engine growled alive.
She panted, leaning over the steering wheel as if she'd been paralyzed, and forced herself to stop and think. The call was bait. She knew it. It was Blank's way of getting her attention, of drawing her back into harm's way. It was almost definitely a trap, some meticulously planned circumstance designed to draw her in and eliminate her. But she couldn't abandon Ethan. She had Blank's flashdrive now.
Jesse gritted her teeth, putting her car into gear with a clunk and revving out of the parking lot like a bat out of hell.
God save the fool who challenged a girl with a plan and a taser gun.
AN:
(Couldn't help throwing in an Out of Time... reference. XD oof)
Ahhhhh and thank you guys so much for 1k reads! I can't believe this! :D Sorry for taking so long to update- I'll have a few new chapters up soon!
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