A step away from death.

"You can call me Hao Ge." The dude not even giving them a glance said.

"You Fu*king stole a car!" Bryan replied. He was now seated at the back seat with Mae as the car drove away. "What's wrong?" Bryan asked the dude fearfully, "Don't think you can kidnap us!" Mae chipped in too daring to scream for help.

"Little prince, please relax. Here take this, call your Granny." Hao Ge passed them his own cellular phone which Bryan gently refused as he took out his own.

Mae held onto her love as he made the call.

"Nanny?" Bryan spoke into the phone trying to maintain a tranquil voice. He listened to his grandma in disbelief as she answered the phone.

"Hey! Bryan. Where are you!" She asked loudly over the traffic noise at her end.

"We are on the highway heading Thika, someone gave us a lift." Bryan replied.

"Don't accept rides from anyone! Like strangers! Who is with you, tell me quickly." Old miss Gindi demanded. Despite her old age, her fitness was still. "Quick! Overtake that car!" Miss Old Gindi nagged her driver.

"Which car?!" Bryan answered from the other end.

"Not you! I was talking to someone else, whose with you.!" His Granny insisted to know.

"I'm with Mae."

"Who is driving you out of the city!" Granny asked with an irritated voice.

"Hmm I don't know him..." Bryan tried to answer as he looked at Mae who shouted into the phone.

"It's an Alien looking dude with pinkish hair."

"Does he have a silver wrist watch on his left arm?" Granny asked in a low tone.

"Hmmm yea..."Bryan replied after taking a glimpse at the driver.

"Give him the phone."

"Hey? This phone is for you." Bryan handed over the phone as the dude smiled.

"I'm not like Jane, you should have believed me." He corrected the duo behind him as he talked into the phone.

"Hello? ... Yes I got him... Ok...I'm on my way...no ...just wait for me." He ended the call throwing the phone back to Bryan who caught it in the air.

"Now you both relax."

Bryan qualmed on the seat as he drew Mae into his arms. "It's going to be ok." He whispered as Mae shed a tear.

"What's wrong?" Bryan asked as Mae took out her phone for him to read the message from Berick.

"What?" He asked again as he read silently before exclaiming again. "What!" He felt sorry for her after reading the message.

"Babe, it's going to be ok." Bryan soothed his love as he put her phone in his pocket.

"I'm scared." Mae cried as she drenched his T-shirt in tears.

At this moment the car speeding along the highway got bumped from behind causing them to hit the front seat as Hao Ge stepped on the gas accelerating. "They caught us..hang on!" He shouted just as he took a sudden left turn and swirged them over the seats.

Two black millionaire drives followed hot in pursuit. "Hold on!" Hao Ge shouted as he overtook the vehicles infront of him madly. They thought they had made it but realized it was just the start as the persuaders too copied his move like in a game of NFS. "Fuck!" The dude cursed as he ordered Bryan to alert his grandma.

"Give me my phone!" Mae who was shocked out of her state ordered as she dialed Berick's personal number. Ever since Berick saved her, she had always thought highly of him. He was her protector, her saviour. She had grew a fondness for him unawarely.

"They want to kill us!" Mae screamed into the phone. She knew Berick could track her phone after the incident at Josika, "save me please." She cried as the phone ran out of minutes.

'Did you have to tell him to save you alone?' Bryan noted that she cried out for her own sake.

"No time for calls! Hold on tight!" Hao Ge shouted at the two majesties as he saw a reflection of a gun aiming at them from the side mirror.

This was going out of hand. Just who in hell were these people working for? Why did they want Bryan dead now, they never bothered with him before!

The traffic got slim as they sped faster towards Thika. Bryan crouched over Mae as the windows shattered from the explosions. They both trembled in fear as they knew they were a step away from death. No rescue had been provided yet. The minutes like hours nows ticked slowly delaying the urgency of help. In this state, their mind just thought of a way to shake the the pursuers off but there was no way to elude. "Just hold on!" Hao Ge consoled them as he told them to look ahead.

A whirlybird flew over the road just as they thought they won't make it. The persuaders giving up as they realized the cops were drawing in.

"Thanks Buddha." Hao Ge sighed as he continued to race the battered vehicle away.

*****

Ten minutes ago.

In an alley cutting through the residential apartments.

"Jane! I'm not going to hesitate this time." Berick warned the detective who had froze trying to run away. "Give me back my mistress!" He held his gun at her, promising her death.

"I swear they are safe! Just trust me." Jane tried to explain more but Berick cut her short, "I'm done listening to your nausic trust me!"

He sighed again as he was yet to know where they had left to, and more so with who. "This the last time, don't force me!"

"Trust me, I gave her over to Miss Old Gindi." Jane said turning round.

"Now what is wrong with you? You keep adding trust me in all your sentences! Dont tell me this your new catchphrase!" Berick couldn't hold on any more as his fingers trembled pulling the trigger.

"Stop it now!" Joe Ken saved her again as he pushed Berick to the side, disarming him as the bullet rang out wheezing out of the silencer piercing an underwear hung on a line of one of the apartment squarely through it's centre.

"If you kill her, I will have to turn you in." Joe ken said panting. "Don't dare do what you thinking!" He added this as he warned Jane who had just thought of making an escape. The line that had been cut in two dropped down into the alley at this moment as the underwear, big as an elephants landed infront of Jane. They all stared at the oversized star decorated v-shaped underwear.

"Hey! That's my underwear!" A obese lady with a pair of head phones peeped out of the window as she yelled taking off the head phones. "Give it back to me!"

The trio stared at each other as they realized Jane was the subject.

"I've got you today! Thanks buddies for stopping her. She always steal my wears!" The obese thanked Joe and Berick as she assaulted Jane.

"Now give it back to me, just throw it over I will forgive you this last time." The lady yelled as the neighborhood got interested with the drama. The underwear flat on the ground, with a visible tear running through the front, looked ugly.

"Let's just leave." Joe Ken said looking around. The lady stared at them angrly as no one took her serious. At this moment Berick's phone rang.

"THEY WANT TO KILL ME! SAVE ME!" Mae's voice shot out of the device almost damaging his ear drum.

"F*ck! Let's move!" Berick immediately turned to leave as he tried connecting his GPS tracker to allocate Mae's phone. "Whom are you following!" He raged at Jane who simply begged. "Let me help this time, trust me for once."

"Ah!"

"Is ok, but if you just think of anything nasty be sure I'm the one who will blow your brains out, I'm good at that." Joe Ken warned her in a low freaky tone easing Berick's temper abit.

"You three! Where are you leaving to! I swear you will pay for my laundry!" The obese shouted at their backs as they left. "Thieves!" She yelled helplessly as passerbys chuckled. "Good for nothings." She cursed as she choose from among the people a young fat boy on the streets. "Young boy! Bring that clothe up here!"

Berick ran madly with the two behind him. They had parked their motors away from the alley ealier. He jumped on his Bike as he made out for the highway. Joe Ken and his junior got into the police car she had used earlier to drop Mae and Bryan over to Hao Ge as they too sped after Berick.

"Call 911 !!" Berick shouted back into the transmitter connected to Joe's as Jane made the call alerting the police for immediate action.

Behind them a creepy car followed steadly avoiding their sight. "Hey, they are headed your way!" The man driving the car spoke calmy to his alliance. "They have called for back up too." He warned the receiver on the other end who simply ordered him.

"Keep an eye on that woman of yours, I doubt her." A husky voice shook through, "Kill her if she betrays our mission!"

The man almost stepped on the brakes after hearing that. "Ok." He answered one sidedly as he continued the trail.

*****

Back on the highway.

Hao cursed the car that was running out of fuel. He leveled the gears into neutral as he prepared his company for the riskiest part in life.

"Get ready to jump out!" He yelled as they approached a green pasture land. He steered the vehicle straight into the land ignoring the no tresspassing banner.

"I will count to three. Jump of the car on three.!" He yelled as the copter came circling above.

"1,2, three! Jump!" Hao shouted as he jumped off bryan too with Mae all three rolling in the grass as the vehicle hit a tree exploding into flames.

"They are dead." The pilot confirmed to his superior as it surveyed the area before abandoning the site.