Choices

Chapter 13

The song is Wired (Kotori Remix) by Redeilia! Time for some action!

(Hopes POV)

     Craig keeps looking back at the rearview mirror. He takes a sharp turn at the next light before starting to quickly accelerate. Again he looks back through the rearview mirror. He begins dodging and weaving through cars as he takes another sharp turn. I grab onto the handle as I lean out the window and sure enough four black SUVs are following us and are getting close to us. Craig pulls me back into the car.

     "Sorry but I don't want to explain to Evan why you have a bullet in your head," He gets his phone out of his suit pants and holds it out in front of him, "call Vanoss. Hope, I need you to get us onto the highway, we can't risk going back to the hospital with them on our ass." Without warning, he leans over to my side and gets inside the glove box, pulling out a silver Micro SMG, before handing me his phone.

     I grab onto the steering wheel and weave through the cars, going towards the nearest high way ramp. He elbows his window, breaking it, and leans out the window starting to fire the Micro SMG. The ringing on the phone stops as Evan finally answers.

     "What's wrong, where the hell are you two?!" Evan answers. Craig does another burst of rounds.

     "Evan it's Hope. Craig and I went somewhere and were heading back to the hospital when these four black SUVs started following us. Craig handed me the phone and told me to drive. He's shooting at them!" I yell out as I drop the phone on his seat as I get off the entrance ramp and dodge even more cars on the highway. I pick the phone back up as Evan is now screaming asking where we're at.

     "INTERSTATE 1 I JUST GOT ON INTERSTATE 1! GOING AWAY FROM THE CITY!" I yell back to him.  Craig gets back in the car and yanks the phone from out of my hands and steers the car again.

     "I got one of them but the other three are still on our asses and I can already hear the cop sirens. We just past the casino. CAN YOU GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE FASTER PLEASE?!" He yells while hanging up the phone and throwing it at my side of the car. Sure enough, I hear cop sirens from in front of us and behind us.

     "WHO THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE?! CAN YOU AT LEAST TELL ME THAT?!" I yell at him. He looks out my window and slams me back into the seat as he hard brakes the car.

    "GET DOWN!" He yells. I duck my head to get out of the view from the window as he picks up the gun again and shoots out my window, glass pieces falling onto me. He hits the gas again and my head flew up, hitting the glove box above me. He stops shooting but presses his hand at the base of my neck.

     "Stay down! They can't know you're in here!" He yells as he jerks the car around the interstate. I turn my head to look at him, his hand still at the back of my neck. He turns his head to look back from where we came from.

     "I think that's Vanoss and Delirious coming god I sure hope so, there's more of them behind us." He looks back to the road then glancing down at me.

     "Wolf Syndicate is their name, also known as one of our rival gangs. You can sit up now, they were right next to us and I didn't want them shooting into the car." He lets go of the back of my neck as he grips onto the steering wheel. I pick up his cracked phone as Vanoss is calling once again, I hand him the phone. He puts it on speaker and holds it out so we can both hear.

     "There's more of them behind Del and I. You need to get Hope out of the car now we can't risk them seeing her," Evan says. I look over at Craig as he starts shaking his head no.

     "CAN ONE OF YOU ANSWER WHY THEY CAN'T SEE ME?! GIVE ME A GUN AND I CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM FOR YOU!" I yell, looking back and forth between Craig and the phone.

     "They don't like us as is and having one more person join our gang is going to be too much for them. They're going to want to take you and kill you. Not to mention our strong connection everyone has with you, they know about you and Brian. Look get into the far left lane and you're going to have to tuck and roll out of the car. I'm a few cars back from you guys and I'll be able to pick you up and get you away from the situation." Evan says, starting to sound more panicked.

     "ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY?! I'M GOING 115 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT NOW AND KINDA CAN'T SLOW DOWN RIGHT NOW!" Craig yells becoming pissed. I feel my heart speed up as I shake my head.

    "WHAT ELSE ARE WE GOING TO DO?! WE'RE AT A DISADVANTAGE HERE IN OUR CARS!" Evan yells. More gunshots go off from both the police and the rival gang members. Craig takes a deep breath as he starts to get into the left lane. He mutes his phone, sets it down, and looks at me.

     "Do you trust me?" He says. I start quickly shaking my head no, knowing what's about to happen very soon.

     "Hope, you have to trust me. We're not losing you if shit goes wrong, I would never forgive myself." He grabs onto my hand and gives it a tight squeeze. He looks back at the road as he gets in the far most lane. He lets go of my hand and picks up the phone again, unmuting it.

      "I swear to god Evan, if she gets killed in this, your rule is going to become my rule and I'll kill you instead." He threatens. I take a couple of deep breaths trying to prepare myself as I know I don't have a choice in this.

     "You think I want anything to happen to her?! I'm taking her away from here!" Evan yells. Craig looks at me.

     "I'm going to do another hard break up here to try to get the car slowed down as much as I can. When I start to accelerate again is when you'll jump out. It's going to hurt I'm going to admit, but we'd rather have you hurt than dead." He says to me. I nod my head and take another deep breath.

     "I trust you two okay? I better get my phone back after this and anything that I want." I say. A smile cracks onto Craig's face, as Evan chuckles for a second. 

     Craig unlocks the car doors and gives me a nod. He slams on the break and I force open the door. I unbuckle my seat belt and watch as the ground that we pass starts to slow down. I look back at Craig.

     "Bravo six... going dark," I say as jump back and away from the car. 

     I tucked myself into a tight ball as best as I could and hit the hard ground, before rolling a couple feet from where I landed. A car stops right next to and the passenger door opens. I get up as quickly as I could and look at Evan as he has a huge smile on his face and laughing. I jump into his car and close the door. My heart about ready to burst out of my chest as adrenaline courses through me. He cuts through the median and heads back to the city.

     "She's in the car, Del is going to catch up with you as well as Wildcat and Basically. How about you give them a personal note from me telling them to fuck off." He says as he ends the call. He looks over at me and chuckles again.

     "Before I take you anywhere are you ok? Does anything feel broken or hurts? You guys were still doing 50 when you did that." He tells me. I look at my knees and elbows as they are already starting to bleed. I shake my head no.

     "I'll wait for the adrenaline to go down and tell you then," I say as I start to laugh.