I got up as fast as I could, and ran down with Lauren behind me.
"Not another step!" he shouted and held up something. It got us both to stop, and we got a better look at this guy. A snow leopard with body armor, and he held what looked like a detonator. "I've rigged these train cars to blow, and anything funny and I'll blow this whole thing off the rails!"I glared and slowly drew my gun, "Hey!" he shouted, "Toss it!"
"Why?" Lauren said after a pause later, "You're smart enough to not blow this train up while you're on it." I saw his ears flicker as she said that, if only I could take a break from the serious act I had on to smile. "You don't wanna blow this train up do you?" Lauren continued, "You wanna keep this silent."
"The place is already an armed prison, thanks that bombed hotel and that blown up cop." he said, "I set this up because I know you don't like killing." My mind was more wrapped around the first part, how did he know about a bomb killing the cop in the alley.
I decided to go out on a whim, "You ripped me off with that hotel delivery." I said, and waited for his answer.
He didn't answer for a moment, be backed a bit and looked at me, "Why would I spend actual money on you?" Bingo. A good guess since we didn't run into any other kind of assassin using bombs. "Wanna know why I tried to kill you too?"
"I don't need your answer, just tell me why she's wanted dead."
He just looked at me, "If someone wants her dead, I take the money and do it." He raised a hand, "More money in war than peace anyway. Now I want you both listening. You are going to throw yourselves off this train, and hit the concrete, or I'll blow up this train before you can get off it." he looked to Lauren, "Think you can even if you survive, there's no running from all the blood on your hands.." It was quite for a bit, I saw her white face, somehow, become paler. Her ears were going back, "The choice is yours." he said. I looked at him, and that smug look in his eyes. Then I looked past him. Trying to see where the explosions were, he couldn't have had much time to put a lot of bombs out. He also had to hide from me, so it couldn't have been in between the cars.. I looked to the sides of the train cars. "Five..." He said, as I looked along the sides, looking carefully, "Four..." It started to stand out, just under the windows. "Three..."
"Fine," I said, "We'll jump."
"No no," he said, "You jump, then she does. The last think I need is you cushioning her fall."
Fine by me, we were close to the end.
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Part 20
Title: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/26775536
Part 19: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28600662/
Part 21: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28759416/
Watch, art and story © me
Lauren Rivers ©
LaurenRivers
"Not another step!" he shouted and held up something. It got us both to stop, and we got a better look at this guy. A snow leopard with body armor, and he held what looked like a detonator. "I've rigged these train cars to blow, and anything funny and I'll blow this whole thing off the rails!"I glared and slowly drew my gun, "Hey!" he shouted, "Toss it!"
"Why?" Lauren said after a pause later, "You're smart enough to not blow this train up while you're on it." I saw his ears flicker as she said that, if only I could take a break from the serious act I had on to smile. "You don't wanna blow this train up do you?" Lauren continued, "You wanna keep this silent."
"The place is already an armed prison, thanks that bombed hotel and that blown up cop." he said, "I set this up because I know you don't like killing." My mind was more wrapped around the first part, how did he know about a bomb killing the cop in the alley.
I decided to go out on a whim, "You ripped me off with that hotel delivery." I said, and waited for his answer.
He didn't answer for a moment, be backed a bit and looked at me, "Why would I spend actual money on you?" Bingo. A good guess since we didn't run into any other kind of assassin using bombs. "Wanna know why I tried to kill you too?"
"I don't need your answer, just tell me why she's wanted dead."
He just looked at me, "If someone wants her dead, I take the money and do it." He raised a hand, "More money in war than peace anyway. Now I want you both listening. You are going to throw yourselves off this train, and hit the concrete, or I'll blow up this train before you can get off it." he looked to Lauren, "Think you can even if you survive, there's no running from all the blood on your hands.." It was quite for a bit, I saw her white face, somehow, become paler. Her ears were going back, "The choice is yours." he said. I looked at him, and that smug look in his eyes. Then I looked past him. Trying to see where the explosions were, he couldn't have had much time to put a lot of bombs out. He also had to hide from me, so it couldn't have been in between the cars.. I looked to the sides of the train cars. "Five..." He said, as I looked along the sides, looking carefully, "Four..." It started to stand out, just under the windows. "Three..."
"Fine," I said, "We'll jump."
"No no," he said, "You jump, then she does. The last think I need is you cushioning her fall."
Fine by me, we were close to the end.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Part 20
Title: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/26775536
Part 19: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28600662/
Part 21: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28759416/
Watch, art and story © me
Lauren Rivers ©
LaurenRivers
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