There were
sirens in the night, police lights in the distance. I heard the
swish of a cape and the sound of bats. Oh yes, I thought, this'll do
nicely.
Finch
stepped up behind me. She started to speak, but I cut her short.
“Shh!
Listen, it's nearby.”
She stopped
to listen, confusion growing on her face. I want her to pay
attention to our surroundings, to get drawn into the story we've run
into.
Confusion
turned to panic as she remembered. We've just robbed a bank, there
were gunshots, two officers down. Some kind of... uh... call it a
creature, assaulted us as we made our getaway. We escaped but it
tracked us here. Now we were trapped in this warehouse, the creature
nearby.
“Find
somewhere to hide,” I told her. “I'll lead it away. Meet me at
the hotel in two hours.”
She nodded
dumbly, eyes casting around for a suitable hidey-hole.
I raced to
the warehouse door and pushed through.
