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Zane clicked the stereo off just as a song by Soap&Skin began to croon through the speakers.
No one said a word. I think this was the first time any of us had heard a broadcast like this one. Not only that, being listed as the two strongest gangs on live radio while riding with one another was sort-of awkward.
The alliance thing had something wiggling in my brain; before I could delve into it, Trix spoke, breaking the silence.
“Who are the A.R.C’s?”
“I was wondering the same thing,” Cam replied. “Actually, I never heard of any of those except the Stags.”
“Maybe—.”
Something loud pinged off my window, causing an echo in the gloomy sky.
Annie immediately hit the brakes, sending Nyx sliding between the seats.
“Oh, shit,” Ace awed, staring at the growing crack on my window. “Don’t stop the truck!” he yelled when he fully realized what had happened.
“Annie, drive!” Nyx shouted when she had yet to move.
The XL lurched forward, engine revving as it slowly gained speed. I stared at my window wondering what the hell had caused the indent, and who.
Another ping, this time hitting metal.
“What is that, yo?” Trix asked, searching the windows.
I couldn’t tell either. It wasn’t bullets. It was…
The driver’s side window shattered. There was a loud pop followed by a low yelp of pain, and a spray of blood.
“Annie?” I called out to her, grabbing the handle on the ceiling as the truck swerved, still accelerating.
“Shit,” Zane grumbled, grabbing for the steering wheel.
Our bodies were jostled sharply left, and then right as the XL zigzagged back and forth in both lanes.
“Hold on!” Zane called back as we went off-road. The XL’s front end angled straight towards a telephone pole. Zane jerked the wheel again, missing a full on impact but still unable to stop a portion from being clipped.
There was a loud thwack as the plastic fender broke apart, headlight shattering with it.
In the midst of this, Ace had crawled from the back of the truck to the front.
“Keep holding the wheel!” he said to Zane, crawling over top of where Annie sat.
He braced a hand on the dashboard and hit the brake.
The XL came to an abrupt, sliding halt, the momentum throwing our bodies forward. My heart galloped in my chest, mind honing in on the fact that Annie was hurt.
“Damnit,” Nyx cursed, losing her hold on the side of the seats.
Maliki stretched his seatbelt to the max to grab her waist before she could go sailing to the front of the truck. Zane let go of the steering wheel, shifting the truck into park, and then he was moving.
Ace reared back, hitting the button on Annie’s seatbelt to release it as he did.
“Get her on the floor,” Zane commanded.
Cam moved from his seat and together, he and Ace lifted Annie from the driver’s seat. Zane took her place.
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