Bourne A Diamond (First Draft)

Chapter Seven

PoV: Megan

I watched as Kaylee climbed over the wall. Come on, come on! We don't have time! I urged her on silently. I could hear the cops coming closer, much faster than I would have liked. Why'd it have to turn into a storming firefight? Of only we'd been able to resolve our problem without any police, this would have been so much easier! I continued to complain in my head. I heard Kaylee drop on to the other side, and I began to back up ready to do a running leap.

Don't mess this up, I imagined Tata saying, The stakes are too high for any slip-ups.

"Yes sir," I mumbled, crouching down for my sprint.

"Hey, who's that?" A male voice called, startling me into action.

I sprinted full speed at the wall, barely hearing the man calling after me. At the last moment, I jumped, grabbing the top of the wooden wall and hauling myself up and over. I landed in a roll instinctively, then came up, looking around quickly, checking for any other dangers.

"Clear," I murmured, then turned to look for Kaylee.

She had hidden somewhat successfully in some bushes, and was staring at me wide-eyed.

I crouched down facing her, "Hey, are you doing all right?"

"That depends on what you mean by all right. I'm physically fine, but I'm not sure about my mental state at the moment," she responded, speaking faster and with a slightly higher pitch than normal.

I nodded understandingly, "That's fair. Can you run?"

She frowned slightly, "Isn't the normal question "can you walk"?"

I smiled, "Yeah, it is stereotypically, but I don't need you to walk, I need you to run, or preferably, sprint all the way to the car."

"Um, why? I feel like I've been asking that a lot, and you've been as vague as humanly possible," she said, glaring.

I sighed, "I know, but I can't stop being vague yet. Come on, we need to go," I begged her.

"Fine, but if you don't want me to wind up in a mental institution, I will need some excellent answers," she said firmly.

"Of course," I said, but for the first time, I felt guilty lying to her. I swallowed, trying to focus.

"So... what's the plan?" Kaylee asked tentatively.

I closed my eyes, picturing the map of the area in my head, "We'll go straight, staying in the trees as much as possible. Then we'll need to turn towards the parking lot," I stood up, "Come on, follow my lead," I began to jog across the street, yet constantly turning my head back and forth slightly, trying to keep track of everything around me as much as possible. Kaylee stayed behind me slightly, remaining the same distance away the whole time.

You can't take her with you. I thought, though the thought was in Tata's voice, You need to get her out of the way, and get back to safety.

Fine, I thought back bitterly, But one trouble at a time.

We jogged at a steady pace along the dirt path until we got to a Y intersection. I paused, looking around to get my bearings.

Kaylee came up beside me, slightly out of breath, "If we are heading to the car, we should take the left fork. It'll take us past the rose hill, and then we can turn right, and follow the road to the car."

"No, we should give the rose hill a wide berth, after the scene I caused there," I breathed out slowly, calming my nerves. Wait, why would I need to relax? I hadn't needed to do that five months ago, I shook my head, clearing my thoughts, "We'll take the right fork, cut across the Formal Garden, and once we hit the road, we'll turn left, and follow that road to the car. The Formal Garden isn't as covered, so we need to act as normal as possible when we are passing through there," I said, forcing myself to focus.