chapter four

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All things considered, it was a good thing she put on her seatbelt.

The tiny car Steve nabbbed zipped through traffic, barely avoiding colliding with a tourist bus. Maria's eyes nearly popped out of her head, but Steve calmly kept his hands on the wheel and steered the car into a narrow one way street.

Even at the late hour, pedestrians were everywhere, and Steve pressed on the horn to get them out of the way.

Most people got the hint, but the ones who didn't Steve managed to keep from running over.

"We need to get out of the city," Maria said as they shot back out onto a main road. Traffic was stalled and Maria cursed, as the SUV following them flew at them, not slowing down.

Steve hissed and floored it, sending the little car onto the sidewalk.

"Oh, god," she uttered, but Steve once again managed not to run anybody over.

"Look out!" She yelled when another car pulled out in front of them.

Grunting, Steve yanked the wheel, hard, and the little car rose onto two of its tires. Maria grabbed the Oh Shit handle, and prayed.

The car popped back down onto all four tires again and she heaved a sigh of relief. They weren't dead yet, that was good, that was great.

Until the car behind them rammed into them, hard enough to crack and break the back windshield.

"Shit," Steve uttered, and she just couldn't help herself.

"Language, Cap."

"I am never going to live that down, am I?"

"Nope," she said cheerfully, and turned around in her seat.

"Maria, what are you doing, you should get your seatbelt back on."

"Keep your eyes on the road, I got this."

The tiny backseat was barely big enough for Maria to fit in, but she managed. Lifting her gun, she aimed it at the car behind them and fired.

Her shot hit their front window, creating a little hole in it and hitting the driver in the shoulder. Smiling, Maria shifted as the car chasing them swerved, aiming for the tires.

The second shot she fired hit the front driver's side wheel as the car careened, and then crashed into a limo.

"Ha," Maria muttered. "Take that."

"Did you get them?" Steve called back.

"Yeah, we should be good for a while. Head out of the city, Cap, there's a safe house in the Cotswolds we can hide out at---shit!"

Two more black SUVs pulled out behind them, and three police cars were right behind them. They zoomed up behind the little vehicle, quickly overtaking them.

"Fucking LONDON," Maria snarled, trying to shoot them, as one of the SUVs tried cutting Steve off.

He twisted the wheel, yanking up the emergency brake, and somehow the little car slid sideways and into a narrow side street that the SUVs had no hope of following.

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