Chapter Twenty-one

*Audrey's pov*

If doughnut doesn't show up soon, I'm gonna loose it with these Blondies.

"You see Audrey, that's why Evie can't eat these fruits despite not having any allergies, also, she can't-" Mrs Watson went on and on...

do I look like Eve's caretaker here? it's not like you're dead so spare me some, jeez.

"Audrey did you get that? you must have zoned out a bit, are you missing your big sister?"Mrs Watson asked. "Naturally ma'am, she is my only sister"I replied. The older Watsons looked at me with a weird fond look, while Eve looked at me like I had candy for a face. can someone get me out of here?

"Good evening"

We all turned to the source of the sound, Chris served us some cocktail and sides, he dropped a note on my laps discreetly, then left without glancing my way. "weird, I didn't order anything" Eve said, staring at the cocktail intently. "must be on the house" I clarified.

I knew it was just to come see me, I took a sip of my cocktail and discreetly unfolded the note.

"CODE BLUE

MEN'S ROOM"

Panic made my blood run cold.

doughnut!

"Audrey!? are you okay? what's wrong?" Eve asked repeatedly. I lifted my palm to stop her, "I need to use the restroom, later Blondies"I said and walked off to where I think the restroom is.

I opened the door and came face to face with Malik, his jacket was made of more holes than cloth. that however didn't help my cold blood. "you look like you're gonna piss yourself, chill, your sister's fine. a code blue means something went wrong not that we lost someone. Plus we thought you needed a break from the useless chatter. Just breathe"he said as if the shock I just had was supposed to be funny.

I took a deep breathe and released all that sudden stress in one long heavy sigh.

I heard Malik chuckle in front as he guided me through a door I hadn't noticed in the men's restroom, a door leading to another, once I passed the threshold, I saw bodies of men in suits scattered across the hallway leading to a particular door. I carefully stepped over them while Malik just kept moving like he couldn't see them, stepping on fingers, faces and spines.... good thing Doughnut and I are on his side, then again, even if we weren't, one of Doughnut's one shot classics would put him to eternal rest.

He walked in to the room and I followed in after. Everyone was here, Maureen, Kimberly, Jillian, Willow and Chris.

"Hey!"

"Hey Audrey!" the all greeted with relaxed smiles. For people Issuing a CODE BLUE, these people don't seem even slightly stressed out.

"You're pretty strong kiddo, Chris and I were betting on when you were gonna snap at the Watsons, you had that just-kill-me expression going on for two hours, even I couldn't bare to keep watching you suffer like that" Jill said with a crazy smile.

"that's why you issued a CODE BLUE?" I asked. Maureen stretched her hand out to me and I walked over to her and grabbed her hand. She pulled me over to face her laptop. a dozen screens where showing angles of different places, she clicked on one of them and it showed Donna pacing back and forth on the edge of a bridge, which bridge was hard to tell, it was way too dark but I could still hear the sound of rushing water in the background.

"What is Donna doing?" I asked. I watched her use her fingers and gun to mess up her hair.

" Thinking of an alternative, the code blue happened 10 minutes ago..Yeah, we should fill you in on the Operation so far" Kim said.

And they did,

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"wait, he shot at her?, wasn't it supposed to shoot backwards? he missed right?...right?!"I asked eagerly.

"obviously man, how else would she be pacing back and forth on the webcam" Chris said. "That makes sense, well what happened next?" I asked them.

*** a few minutes earlier ***

*Patrick's POV*

I missed!!!

how? did he deflect it? can he even do that?.

Banks turned to my direction and shot at me... at least that might have been the intention. directed at me, the gun fired backwards and hit something in the distance.

"Shit" I heard faintly as Banks took off running. A convenient screw up really.

I chased him.

Banks dashed to the left and grabbed a motor bike. I'm sure this wasn't part of their plans since there wasn't a bike there for me too... but there was one a bit further up, good thing I've got long legs. I sprinted to the bike and resumed my chase.

I fired several bullets at him and his bike but nothing seemed to hit!. It barely seemed like he was swerving yet.... I fired more shots at him. the noise of bikes filled the air and I kept firing,

then suddenly,

my bike started to wobble under speed, glanced back and saw I had a flat tire.

shit! shit!! shit!!!

I glared back at Banks and caught sight of the gun aimed ahead in the darkness...

directly backing me.

*Donna's POV*

I fired.

like I intended, I left my mark, but, what I didn't intend was to have his lifeless body get thrown off the out of control bike, over in the bridge, in to the rushing waterway below. I rode a safe distance away from the bike before it went up in flames.

I screwed up.

A dam somewhere broke, so the rushing water may be a direct result of that. for that reason, Rusoe's dead body can't be presented at the restaurant today. I sure as hell ain't looking for a dead body is this darkness.

What do I do now?!

Think Banks, think!!.

I paced back and forth on the bridge, racking my brain for ideas, anything, something, an alternative. Even his head alone would suffice, but I just lost the whole freaking body, damnit!

I kicked my bike in frustration.

what now Banks, what now?!...

I ran my hands through my hair frantically, I looked around for some kind of muse... "time's running out, think damnit"I whisper-yelled to myself.

I looked around, taking in everything the moon light and distant streetlights illuminated for me... billboards, signboards, graffiti, traffic, ugh! ... graffiti!

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*Audrey's pov*

Maureen's phone started buzzing and "unknown number" flashed across the screen, I could see from Maureen's laptop that Doughnut was on the phone too.

"Hey what's up" Maureen answered.

" Get Jill and Chris, I want them leaving a message for the Henchmen, something they can't miss" Donna's voice rang through the phone.

"I guess you don't mean kill someone then"Jill said disappointedly, "Come on Jill, let's go get those spray cans, 10minutes left"Chris said as he walked out of the room, Jill followed after grumbling.

"Doughnut, are you okay? he didn't shoot you did he?"I asked out of curiosity, I mean she's Banks right, might as well be metal resistant.

"Sweet pea? aren't you supposed to be with the Watson's?"she deflected... or not. "that's not what I asked you Missy, did you get shot or not?"I asked again. "My sweet pea is being such a meanie, why not tell me how the night's been for you?" now I'm sure she's deflecting. "I got a CODE BLUE message and heard my sister got shot at, now will you just answer the damn question?!".

"Jeez what's got your panties in a twist"

"Madonna Serenity Price!".

"I'm not hurt sir, my entire suit is bullet proof, curtsey of our one and only. I'm fine, I swear, I'm heading back to pick you up so go back to dining room before a certain blonde decides to go look in the men's room"she answered.

I really won't put it past Eve.

"Fine, just make sure you appear in one piece, the same way I see you from the screen, not an arm or leg missing, you gat me Banks?"I warned. "Yes sir!, love you sweet pea".

"I know"I said strode out the secret room door, smirking and feeling more at ease for some reason.

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The moment I opened the door of the men's restroom, I met a pair of familiar curious blue eyes and blonde hair staring directly at me. Her cheeks and ears turned pink in a flash.

"I know what it looks like, but I promise I didn't go in! I was just worried about, you've been in there over 15minutes and well I wanted to see you"she said and covered her face in her palms.

it's not like I'm scolding her.

"As long as you didn't go in it's fine... something upset my stomach that's all. come on, let's go Blondie" I said and walked out to the hall, I stretch a hand to my back, which she grabbed on to, tightly. I looked at her and noticed the Blondie was suddenly beaming, her pink spots got pinker, she even smiled at me, like I'm supposed to know why she's suddenly so happy.

Well if she's happy then it means less work for me.

Not to mention, she looks really cute when she's happy.