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“Alice? We need to leave,” Natasha replied.
“The bar is being fired upon!”
“And their sacrifice will be for nothing if you’re caught,” Natasha responded. A loud boom shook the tunnel, and we both looked worried as small dust clouds fell.
“Natasha, I can’t leave them.”
“They are fighting to save you. Are you going to throw that away? Because I’ll tell you something, Alice, if I have to knock you out and carry you to the escape, I will,” Natasha spoke, and I turned in surprise. Natasha’s tone had changed, and she was no longer friendly. Instead, Natasha seemed all business.
“Who the fuck are you?”
“A friend, but one who’s gonna make sure you get out of here alive,” Natasha answered. “You know the plan, Alice. Once they end this fight, where are they heading? And if you’re not there safe, what’s the next target? The main compound of the church, and they have discovered it! Now let’s move before you start a war your friends have no hope of winning alone!”
Natasha’s words sunk into my head, and I replied with a dark look.
“You and I are going to talk when we’re safe,” I threatened, and Natasha shrugged.
Half blind, I began leading the way down the passageway, stubbornly ignoring the sounds of explosions and fighting happening above our heads. Forty minutes later, just as I thought this would never end, we burst into a cave. As Magic had promised, there was a bike with a helmet and leather jacket.
“Can you ride?”
“No, only as a passenger, can you?” Natasha asked me.
“Nope, but I’m taking a crash course. Get on behind me,” I ordered, and Natasha sent me a crazed look. “We either stay here, wait for someone to find us and hope it’s my guys, or we stick to the escape plan? I’m going with the plan.”
I threw a leg over the bike, and Natasha shook her head.
“Wait,” she stated and looked around. “Magic would have left weapons, too.” Spying a box in the corner, Natasha hurried over and opened it. She took out several handguns and packs of bullets, and a shotgun.
“Nice!” Natasha whistled.
“Huh?”
“This is a DP-12. Holds six shells and is simple to reload. We’re taking it,” Natasha said, searching in the crate. Natasha yanked out a rucksack, shoved the ammo and guns into it, and placed them on my back.
“Makes it easier to reload!” Natasha said. She attached a strap to the shotgun and slung it over her shoulder.
“Who the fuck are you?” I mimicked Natasha’s earlier words and kick started the bike. Natasha settled behind me, grabbed a hair tie from her wrist, and tied my hair before thumping the helmet on my head.
“Go!” Natasha yelled over the noise, and I slowly rolled out of the cave.
For the first five minutes, I didn’t go above twenty miles per hour as I recognised where we were. Magic used to bring me to picnics up here. Guess Magic ensured I knew how to escape. As I got used to the bike’s movement and how it handled, I sped up to thirty. As we crested a hill, I braked and stared in disbelief at where the bar stood far away. Even from this distance, we could see fires burning, and the wind carried distant sounds of bullets being shot.
“Oh my God, it looks like a war zone!” I gasped.
Although her words were muffled, Natasha’s voice floated to me, “Ain’t surprised knowing Magic.”
No, I wasn’t either. I pointed the motorbike towards the road that would lead to Hellfire and, keeping the lights off, we rode off. I knew to avoid the main roads, the church would have lookouts, so it was a fucking good job Magic had me driving all over the Black Hills. I stayed on the back roads until I saw the lights of Spearfish approach. Anxiously, my gut clenched, and I pulled over and switched the bike off.
“What’s wrong?” Natasha asked.
“It’s a trap. Can feel it. Somebody’s waiting,” I said, studying the road leading into the town.
“Can’t see anyone,” Natasha argued.
“They’re there,” I whispered, my eyes searching the darkness.
“Alice, I see nothing. Sure you’re not being paranoid?” Natasha suggested a few minutes later.
