RETALI8ION: The Cobalt Code by Amber Neko Meador Page B

tearing at the throat and chest of the Enforcer.  “Forget him, Thomas,” Regina said as she bolted towards the vehicle.
    Thomas let go of the Enforcer, and jumped into the hog's truck bed.
    The sounds of the Enforcer squad coming up behind her gave Amina little time to pause.  She took a few steps forward, kicked the mechanical release to drop the elevator, and the small truck holding Regina and Thomas, down into the sewer below.
    Regina, who had just closed the door of the hog, grit her teeth in anticipation of the landing.  A few seconds of rapid elevator sickness later, and the platform landed hard.  Regina hit the accelerator and tore off through the sewer tunnel.  She heard the sound of Amina landing behind her the moment she had gotten the hog off the platform.
    “Thomas!?” Regina shouted.
    “Yep,” Thomas said as loud as he could.
    “Okay,” Regina replied.
    Regina turned her focus to the hog, and to the slick tunnel in front of her.  The pain in her arm was intense, but she couldn't afford to focus on that, a junction was quickly up in front of her.
    “Turn right,” Amina ordered.
    Regina did as she was told.
    As Amina came into the new tunnel behind the hog, she shot several high caliber rounds into the tunnel's ceiling, and continued running as the dirt and debris above and behind her started to fall.
    Regina looked back to see what was happening.  Quickly ascertaining the reason for the rounds being fired, she turned back around and started driving faster as the sound of falling dirt, and who knows what else, echoed behind her.
    “Let me in front,” Amina said as she closed the gap between them.
    “Hold on, Thomas,” Regina said as she drove the hog up and sideways along the curved tunnels to let Amina pass by.  She watched Amina sprint past in her the armored suit, and then she leveled the hog back out at the bottom on the tunnel.
    Amina took a quick look at the panels and readouts of her armored suit.  She could see that Grendal had already blown the whole warehouse shortly after they had dropped into the sewer, hopefully slowing down any pursuers they may have had.  “We should be in the clear.  We're about two kilometers away from the warehouse now.  They won't be able to follow us down this tunnel, so we should probably plan to ditch our rides in about six more kilometers when we're beneath the Azamur district.  From there, we'll head on foot to a safe house.  There are some clothes, paint, and hair pieces in the hog's storage compartment that we can use and change into.  Sorry, I know you dig that 1990's look, but we're gonna have to blend in to the crowd.”
    Regina laughed as she caught her breath.  “That's fine.”
    “Blend?” Thomas asked.
    “Come here, Thomas,” Regina said, patting the passenger seat next to her.
    Thomas worked his way under the roll bars and into the seat.
    Regina looked him over.  “Are you alright?”
    “Yes,” Thomas replied.
    Regina let out a sigh of relief.  "Good."
    “That was a nice takedown, Thomas.  The Enforcers are going to have to start giving anti-feline combat lessons now,” Amina said over the comms.
    “They sure are,” Regina agreed.
    Thomas displayed his toothy grin in response.
    Regina smiled.  "You're crazy, you know that?  Speaking of crazy, why didn't you listen to me when I told you to leave?" she asked, reaching over to pet Thomas.
    Thomas retracted his head from her reach, and then put one paw up on her arm and started pushing it back down.
    Confused by the reaction, Regina let her arm fall.  "What's wrong?"
    Thomas put his paw against Regina's arm, where the bullet had hit her, and then looked up at his friend.  "Accidents happen lot."

 
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