White Rabbit

Chapter Nine

"Yeah... he's dead. I'm not surprised to be honest..."
"Well get rid of the damn body. And I need to you to do me a favor as well. Keep watch on Taylor. Cause I need to know if she screws up."
"Roger that... I'll keep you updated."
"Good, and I'll let ya rob the bank tonight. Sound good?"
"Heh, sounds fun... see ya later boss..."
Jess hangs up her phone and stares down at the Russian guy's body.
"This will be a while..."

Garrison was driving while Taylor was in the passenger seat.
"So, do we make a turn here?..."
"Yeah, turn right and we should be there." They turn and pull into a small alleyway that lead to a small parking garage. There were no cars in sight. They park and get out.
"So... this is it?"
"I don't think so..."
They could hear laughter and talking on one of the upper floors.
"Come on."
They go up the stairs and check the second floor. There were a group of guys around a a garbage can fire with bottles of beer and alcohol. Taylor walks over in a normal manner while Garrison stays by the staircase door.
"Good afternoon gentleman."
They all turn to her and a few look like they were about to pull a gun out.
One of the guys speaks up.
"Who are you lady?"
"Just someone who needs answers. You wouldn't happen to know a group called the 'Hunters' would you?"
A couple of the guys pulls out their guns and point them at Taylor. They looked quite nervous.
The guy that was talked before steps out of the gang and gets close to Taylor.
"We don't fuck with the 'Hunters'... and if you are one of them... leave..."
"Looks like we have something in common. The 'Hunters' are one of my enemies and I would love it if you give some information about them, so I could put an end to them. How does that sound?"
He was quiet for a minute but he gave a signal to the other guys to put their weapons away.
"The 'Hunters' are pieces of shit. They stole from me and killed most of my crew."
"What did they want from you?"
"They asked us to join. Something about the White Rabbit, the vigilante. We didn't want to get into any business with the Rabbit, so they tried to kill us all. Most of us escaped as you can see. Now we are just on the run, hoping they don't find us."
"Hm... do you know where they are hiding out?"
"Nope."
"Do you know who some of the hunters are? Did you see a chick with red hair and a tear tattoo?"
"Yeah, that bitch is fucking crazy. She is the one who's been killing us. She was like the second in command or some shit."
"Do you know who the leader is?"
"I do, but I forgot his name... what was it?"
He ponders for a second.
"Matt?... Mathew?... wait it was-"
A bullet goes right through his head and his lifeless body falls to the ground.
Everyone ducks down and they all had their guns out. Some of the guys try to run, another one gets shot. Taylor runs towards Garrison and drags him out of the second floor, and down to the the first. They run to the car and they get the hell out of there.
"The hell was that?!"
"The Hunters! They knew we were their, we lead them to that other gang! And now we just lost probably our only lead! Fuck!"

They arrive at a gas station to take a breather and calm down. Garrison was getting some coffee for then both, he comes back out and get into his car.
"Got you a coffee..."
Taylor didn't respond, she just had her head down. He placed the coffee in the cup holder and he took a sip of his own.
"I was so close... I was so close to finding them. The only lead I have now is Jess."
Garrison lays his hand on her shoulder.
"We will find them."

"Are they all dead?"
"Hehe... yep. Thanks to Taylor."
"Do you think she got any information?"
"Eh, probably not. These guys were a bunch of idiots anyways."
"We can't take this lightly, I want you to go visit that detective tonight. I want the baby, and no one dead, got it?"
"Got it."
She hangs up and put her phone in her pocket. She takes apart her sniper rifle and puts into a case. She pick it up and walks out of the building.