The ride on the ambulance went great, even if they didn't have much fuel, it was still enough to reach the gas station.
On the way they saw Nick and the girls trying to hike a ride, since they had run out of fuel or the car broke down, one or the other.
The problem begun as they headed towards the city, there was a police road block. Tian didn't even resist, he gave up and everyone was taken into police custodity.
It was faster that way and there was no reason to resist the police anymore.
They were however threated really roughly and even hit a few times without a reason, this police brutality, came with a reason, they had killed a cop and it was evident that they were to be deported, thus they'd roughen them up a bit before the deportation.
Before they knew it they were all in jail, they didn't even care about their decreased number of people. They never cared to begin with, what they cared about was that they succeeded in capturing them and there would be no more chaos.
Before they knew it, Tian and the others were in a holding cell. The timer however still continued to go down, it was an hour before the objective was completed and they were fed and satisfied for once.
Tian was the most calm of the lot, all he had to say was that if he wanted to, he could escape anytime he liked with his magic.
"So what do we do now?"
David asked somewhat concerned with their situation.
"We wait for the next objective, hopefully it will be something easy to do"
Tian explained, but it did nothing to raise the morale of the group.
"I still believe that killing them wasn't the best choice"
George stated, questioning his leadership once more.
"What do you know? you've only been to one mission and the mission was completed by that loser Chris"
Tian stated, their shortcoming, their clear lack of experience.
"I believe that in our situation experience is god"
David stated, having experienced first hand his own lack of it, he might be a tactical mind, but his own understanding of the situation was flawed, he cost the lives of two people because of it and felt bad about it, even if he didn't say so.
"That doesn't solve our situation, we're in jail right now and Nick won't be solving the next objective for us"
Jonas spoke, his opinion was still the same, that he would make a better leader, Tian was good at rough solutions, but they could have used a more soft approach to their objectives.
The clock kept ticking as the final minutes of their objectives were now fleeting.
=objective 5 escape police capture for 7 days=
Tian for once was panicked and he begun to cast his spell, he knew they had little time to escape, if they didn't, it was game over for them.
With a flash of light there was now an explosion and a hole in the wall.
"Quick! we don't have time to wait, if you're not fast, the game will decide that you were captured"
Tian explained as he was already running away from them dragging Xiao towards freedom while the rest were still stunned by the explosion.
George and the others took their sweet time to recollect themselves and followed his lead, even as he was fleeing.
"The plan is simple, we have to find a safe place to rest and plan ahead"
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Jonas took the lead to the escape and everyone followed him without any questions.
Their escape drew immediate attention from the police whom were patroling the area, before long they were surrounded by the police in an abandoned building and Tian and Xiao were nowhere to be found.
"What now, it was your idea that we come in here!"
Samson shouted in outrage, seeing no way of escape.
"We have no time, everyone look for some exit, like a back door or fire escape!"
Jason shouted at him and the others, they didn't have much time, but to his good fortune the fire escape was there, it was a rather scetchy ladder going down to an abandoned alleyway.
The police fearing they might have explosives with them didn't charge immediately, they waited until dawn, little did they know that everyone had escaped from the fire escape, it was dangerous, but it was their only chance.
Everyone was thankful for Jonas' quick thinking, because they escaped the place before it was even dawn, they now had a head start.
What they didn't know however was that the police knew about the fire exits, it simply didn't block them fast enough, but they did have a trail to follow.
"Here boy, find whom this jacket belongs to"
They begun to employ their most deadly weapon, the K9 unit, they would find the runaways by all means possible, by using Tian's jacket to find them. Little did they know that their search would only get longer because of it, leading them to nowhere, since Tian wasn't with them.
While the group was fleeing, Tian and Xiao had an easy time finding an escape vehicle and heading to the suburbs.
There they were confronted by a bunch of thugs, it was some sort of stereotypical gang gathering.
"You get out of the car!"
One thug said while pointing the gun at them.
Tian calmly came out of the car while Xiao was hiding in the back.
"Do you know who owns this street?"
"I know"
Tian said calmly while approaching him, the gun pointing right at his head.
He ducked and twisted taking the gun away from the thug 5 bangs later all of them were dead they were destroyed by Tian, their weapons, 2 pistols and a crowbar, confiscated by Tian, together with their lives.
All five people died with their eyes wide open, from his amazing kung fu, just joking, all he did was disarm one of them and execute the others with his gun, without even flinching.
Tian was totaly in control of the situation, the problem was that they didn't have a safe place to stay, but with a gun in hand, they did have better chances of success.
The others decided to break up into smaller groups and regroup at the harbor. It took hours for everyone to regroup, every one with their own little story to tell, but nothing worth writing. Them however sneaking on a freighter ship is another story.
Jonas came up with an ingenious plan. They would hide inside of a container and that way be taken on board of a ship, from there they will travel to another state or city, thus escaping the police.
David however decided to stay behind and seal the container they hid inside. Disregarding the so called "Danger" Jonas said they would be in if they stayed.
Alone David was free to hide from the police and didn't have to care about the large bulky and slow group.
Little did they know that the container they hid inside wasn't going overseas, it was taken at dawn by a track and going out of the city, towards an industrial park.
The driver didn't even check the cargo, where 7 people were sound asleep, among the fabric. They were going to a pillow factory, but most importantly they had escaped the police, for now.
Nick and the two ladies didn't wait long until they stole a new car and with the assault rifle in hand there was nothing the person could have done to say no. They took everything, even the person's ID papers and money, leaving him however alive as they headed into the distance and passed the police road block with that person's ID.
Chris was roaming the wilderness, alone and hungry. He only had himself to blame, if he had taken the car he would at least have arrived at some motel or form of civilization, now he was fucked.
Before long he begun heading back to the mansion, with slow steps, but the cars had all vanished, only the horse remained. He however had no idea how to ride a horse.
The mansion was still on fire, but parts of it had already collapsed, it was a sad sight to see, he might not have much memories of the place, but it used to be a fine house, a bit dusty but overall repairable.
A police car arrived and a police officer came out looking at him was that police lady he had a run in at the police station.
-I knew you would make it here
-What's the meaning, I came too late
-So what?
-I couldn't save him
-What about the others?
-They left
-Aren't you in the same group?
-I don't know anymore
Thus he got arrested again, this time however he had no will to complete the newest objective, escape police capture, let the others do it if they like.