((AN: Hey there, you, behind this screen. Do you have eyes? You do? Well then I hope you noticed something different. That's right. I got a new cover and a new epic title. Though most credits go to FiamaHernandez who gave me both the cover picture and the title. The girl can be amazing. Whats that? This is my first author's note? Huh..well would you look at that. This calls for a party. So grab some cake and some chocolate and enjoy the next chapter.))
Chapter 6: Exploring
November 11, 2009
It's been about four months since me and Fiama moved into my aunts house. By this time, Uncle Harry had returned. Ever since Fiama met Misa-Misa, she didn't seem to care how long we were going to stay. I've pretty much given up on finding my lead but my gut always had that feeling.
I was in my room reading one of my old game informer magazines while listening to some music on my headphones. Fiama was on her laptop. "Hey, you kids want anything to eat?", asked Uncle Harry, poking his head in our room. "No", me and Fiama both mumbled lazily. "But you've been in here for two hours. Aren't you bored?", he asked. "No", me and Fiama repeated. Uncle Harry sighed and said under his breath, "OK. Your're making me do this" He disconnected the internet and Fiama jumped up. "No! No! NO!", she yelled. She caught sight of Uncle Harry.
I, of course, was to busy to notice. Until I felt my headphone come off. I gasped and he took away my magazine. "Now go outside and play", said Uncle Harry. Knowing he'll take measures even further if we didn't, I grabbed Fiama and we went outside.
A couple of minutes later, I was playing video games while sitting on the grass. Fiama was behind me rooting me on. "Use the mushroom!", she yelled. I did. "And Mario crosses first!", I shout. Suddenly the DS was out of my hands. I looked up to see my uncle's face. i frowned. "OK fine. We'll explore", I said. Uncle Harry walked back in to the house with my DS in his hand.
I got up. "Come on", I said to Fiama and she stood up. "Where are we going?", she asked curiously. I didn't say anything but just brought my motorcycle out of the garage. Fiama took one look at it and shook her head. "Nope", she said, "No way in hell. I'm not getting on that thing with you." I smirked. "Would you rather stay here with my aunt and uncle doing absolutely nothing with my uncle telling you to at least move around?" She sighed and took one of my extra helmets.
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"Oh my gosh, you're driving like a mad man!" I just laughed. "There's no one else on the road", I yelled over the roar of my motorcycle,"And plus, the faster the better" She held on for dear life. "Why did your aunt have to take my car!", she cried.
We rode for some time. I focused on trying to not actually kill us was Fiama sat behind me, praying. I slowed down and said, "You can finally stop whimpering." She opened her eyes, saw that we stopped, jumped off, and pretty much almost kissed the ground. "Never. Again" I laughed and took off my helmet. "Good luck getting home then", I said as she stood up and also took off her helmet. "Where are we?", she asked looking around. "Dunno", I replied, "the edge of the woods or something i guess." I took my bike and started rolling it towards the trees. "Hey!", Fiama shouted "What do you think your doing?" I turned to look at her. "I'm doing what I told uncle Harry i was going to do", I replied, "I'm exploring."
Knowing that there was nothing better to do, she sighed and followed me into the woods. When I found a tree that stood out from the others, I leaned my motorcycle on its kickstand and locked the bike. As i was doing this Fiama asked, "Why didn't you just park it when we got off?" "Wouldn't you get suspicious if you saw a motorcycle parked in the middle of nowhere?", I asked "Or, you know, try to steal it." She just shrugged and kept on walking.
After a couple of minutes of wandering and pointing to weird looking bugs, we heard an ear crashing boom. Me and Fiama, looked at each other, our hands still covering our ears. "What was that?", Fiama whispered. "I have no idea", I whispered back. "It could be an explosion or something", she said worried, "Should we call for help" Before I could answer, we heard something else. "Gunshots?" I gasped wide eyed. There was another blast, a lot bigger than the last. I was knocked down to the ground by Fiama and felt fiery air wash over me and Fiama. I quickly sat up a peered over a couple of bushes and Fiama followed
The trees stopped a couple feet away and a now burning warehouse stood not too far away in the opening. I put my arm over my eyes to help with the fire's glare. Squinting, I looked around. It didn't take long for something to catch my attention. At the back of the building, there was a person fleeing the scene. The person was holding his or her face and was dressed in black. A mask was thrown in to the fire and a helmet was placed over blond hair.
"Did you see that!?!" both me and Fiama spun around and asked at the same time. Fiama nodded. "You don't think that guy was dead....do you?" I frowned. "I don't think so," I said, "I mean he looked like he was running for dear life" She gave me a confused look. "What were you looking at?" "Blondy running away," I said, "..What were you looking at" "I was looking at the cops. They were carrying a body!" I turned back to look at the scene and heard a motorcycle's roar.
"Come on!" I exclaimed and grabbed Fiama's arm. "W-What are you doing?" she asked still running. "We're following that guy," I said. I spotted the tree and then the motorcycle. I threw her the extra helmet and put on mine. "No we're not! Your Crazy!!" she yelled throwing back the helmet, "That guy's a murderer and you want to follow him!?!" I gave her a hard look and put the thing on her for her. "I'll explain later. We're running out of time," I said sitting on the bike. I pulled her toward the bike and started the engine.
Instinct made her hold on and we shot forward. "Be careful of the trees!" Fiama yelled from behind. "I know. I know," I muttered. It didn't take long for us to get to the burning warehouse. Found him, I thought to myself. Avoiding the fire, I chased after his bike
I kept my distance but made sure that I kept him in sight.
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"How long are you going to keep this up?", Fiama asked. It was going to be dark soon and Blondy still hasn't stopped. I didn't answer and kept my eyes on the bike in front. We were on a highway and both of us were definitely breaking the speed limit.
He switched lanes and slowed down. I did the same and followed him to an exit. I accidentally got to close and he looked in his mirror. He was wearing a helmet but I could tell that our eyes locked. We stared at each other for about a minute but it felt like eternity. I wasn't able to look away. He finally did. All of a sudden, he sped through a red light. I had to stop because a group of kids froze in the middle of the road, knowing that they missed death by inches
I gritted my teeth. "Damn it," I hissed under my breath.
