*****Chapter 7: Vengeful Chase*****

At last they all pulled up to the old church where Misty's friend said to 
meet her. Ash parked next to the black Ford GT40. Misty threw the door open 
and ran out. She bolted up the steps to the top where she saw a tall brown haired 
girl leaning up against a pillar.
	"Jade!" Misty yelled as she ran towards her. The two met and hugged 
each other.
	"Jade, it is so great to see you."
	"You too Misty."
	"How did you know where I was?"
	"You know I have my sources, Mist."
	"Yeah, I know you do. So what did you need to tell me?"
	"Misty, Matrix knows that you are out of prison. He's sending his men out 
to kill you. You have to hide."
	"No, I'm not going to hide from him. He ruined my life. He took me away 
right after a police squad gunned down my dad. He made me a terrorist, and now 
every government wants me arrested or dead. I'm going to get him back for that."
	"I hope you know what you're doing, Mist."
	"Don't worry I do. Besides, I had a great secondary teacher." Misty said as 
she hugged Jade. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you. You'll be safe with 
me." Misty said still hugging Jade
	"No, I have to go back to Ondlae. If I don't he'll know I told you everything 
and than...he'll kill me."
	"Jade, Matrix will not touch you. Whatever he does to you, I'll do the same 
to him. However he kills you, I'll kill him the same way. I promise Jade." 
	
	Misty and Jade continued to hug each other. When suddenly, an unknown 
force pushed Jade back from Misty. Her dead dropped back. Misty pulled away 
from Jade.

	"Jade, what's wrong?" asked Misty. She saw a stream of red drizzle down 
Jade's forehead and into her brown hair. "Jade!"  Misty yelled after seeing that 
her friend had been shot in the forehead. She started looking around for a person 
with a parked car or a gun. 
	"Misty!" 
	
	Misty turned around to Jesse, who was pointing at a Panoz Esperante. 
She saw a man, Matrix, with a large grin a across his face and with a sniper rifle 
in hand. He slid the gun in the trunk and walked around to the driver seat. As he 
got in his car he waved to Misty with his left hand.
	"That bastard!" Misty yelled as she laid Jade down on the steps. She 
reached into Jade's inner coat and pulled out two Walther P99s. She turned 
around and ran down the steps to the Ford GT.
	"Misty, where are you going?" asked Melody.
	"I'm going to end this now. I'm going to kill that son of a bitch."
	She ran down to the Ford, "GT, start up." she said to the car
	Immediately, the exotic car turned on. The left door opened up for Misty. 
She closed the door and slammed down the clutch and forcing it into first. Within 
an instant, the car was down the street speeding up to the Esperante.
	The five agents looked after her.
	"Screw this, I'm not going to let some jackass kill Misty." Ash said walking 
to his car.
	The other four did the same. Again, Melody was the first one off. 
	
	Jesse reached over to her dash and pushed a button with a phone icon on 
it. A ringing sound came from the speakers in the Ferrari. A woman answered.
	"How may I help you?" asked a faint voice
	"This is agent Spalding. There was a murder at the South Church. A 
witness to the Matrix case was shot. Bring her to the agency. And tell Mr. 
Carrington that we are in pursuit of Matrix. Misty Waterman is now driving the 
woman's car, a black Ford GT40." Jesse pushed the button on the dash to end 
the conversation.

	A mile up the road, Misty was speed through the traffic trying to get to 
Matrix.  The blue Panoz turned up a ramp to an open highway. Misty did the 
same. She had assumed that the others would know where she went since 
Melody was now quickly gaining. She followed up the ramp to an open highway. 
She quickly turned into the far right lane, which had no cars in it up to a mile. She 
immediately accelerated to catch up. She shifted into fourth gear. 
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	Melody had phoned to the others that the pursuit had entered the 
highway. They all followed behind Melody and Ash.
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	Misty reached over and flipped an added switch on the dash. Two vertical 
platforms came from behind the steering wheel. Both of them on each side. The 
two locked simultaneously with a click. The platforms' buttons light up with a blue 
light from behind. The lights lit rows of text under each button.
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	A helicopter passed swiftly over the five exotics. Two men, one on each 
side, of the chopper turned towards the cars and aimed there guns. The men 
shot at the cars with their MP5s. The bullets ricocheted off of the cars armored 
exterior. At that Melody pushed a button behind her steering wheel. The leather 
part of her armrest against the door was pushed up, revealing a small weapons 
panel. Red light ignited from underneath the panel.
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	Jesse also pushed a button behind the steering wheel. At that moment, 
the radio and temperature controls dropped down to reveal a weapon control 
panel on the backside of the radio.
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	Ash reached behind his steering wheel to push a button. The Lamborghini 
block directly above the radio was pushed out. The block turned around and was 
then turned towards Ash, revealing many buttons.
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Tracey, like the others, pushed a button behind his steering wheel. The 
radio slid out and flipped over to reveal a weapons panel. A green light ignited 
from underneath to show the text under each button.
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James reached behind his steering wheel and pushed a button to unlock 
the weapons control panel. The radio of the exotic car was pushed out. The radio 
was then pushed up about three inches. It was then turned so that it faced 
James. 
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	The men in the helicopter fired again. The bullets ricocheted off of all of 
the cars. One of the men went back into the helicopter and brought out a rocket 
launcher.
	"Oh hell no!" Melody quickly pushed a button on her weapons panel. Her 
front license plate folded out. A missile slowly retracted from inside. The missile 
pointed up to the helicopter and then launched.
	
	The missile hit the chopper right on. A large explosion lighted the cloudy 
highway. The burning frame crashed in the third lane of the road. The five cars 
drove around the wreckage and continued on. Melody went ahead since she had 
the fastest car. She planned on catching up to Misty to help her if she needed. 

	Misty was passing another on/off ramp. Six black Porsche Cheyenne's 
entered the highway and drove behind Misty. Bullets began to be fired at the 
speeding Ford. Misty pushed one of the buttons on her weapons panel, her rear 
license plate folded down. In an instant a missile fire out the rear and blew up the 
Cheyenne after hitting it head on. The wrecked car was sent flying and came 
back down on one of the other Cheyennes.

	Ahead were two semi-trucks. They were spaced out by only one lane. Two 
Cheyennes drove up past Misty and Melody. The two SUVs stopped accelerating 
once they reached the sides of the trucks. Melody accelerated to catch the two. 
She drove between the semis since there was no room around. The semis 
quickly closed in on her. The Cheyennes turned to the sides so Melody could not 
drive underneath. The semis began slamming on the brakes, trying to get Melody 
to crash right into the end of the cab. Once the one braked, the other would lurch 
forward.
	
	Melody lightly tapped the brakes so Misty would see. Misty pushed 
another button on the panel. The front window turned an orange color. All of the 
outlines of the cars in front were red. "Front screen, zoom in on semi-trucks." A 
red box formed around the trucks and then zoomed in. On the screen she 
touched the center of the trucks with her middle finger and index finger. "Lock." 
She pulled her fingers away and a red circle stayed at the two points. She 
pushed the button on the panel again. Two lights in the front of the car folded out. 
(On a Ford GT40, there are two red rectangular, vertical, lights on both sides of 
the open mouthed grill.) Two large circular disks shot out and hit the two points. 
Under the button on the control panel was another button that read CHARGE. 
She pushed the button. The two ends of the semis were forced together. 
Underneath that button was another button that read RELEASE. Misty grabbed 
Jade's phone that was against the side of the dash. She picked it up and dialed 
for the operator. 
	
	"Operator?"
	"Yes, I need to talk to Melody...uh...Melody...Michaels, yes, Melody 
Michaels on her cell phone."
	"Please hold." Misty could here ringing. She hoped Melody would pick up.
	
	Melody glanced at her phone. She saw the Caller ID said 'Jade 
Gabrielson'. Melody grabbed the phone and answered, "Yes?"
	"Melody, I need you to do what I say. Slam on your breaks when I say it."
	"Alright, please help me Misty."
	"I will."
	
	Misty looked at the button to release the charge. A digital text on the 
button read '99%'. Than it read '100%'. She pushed the button.
	"Now!" The two ends of the semi-trucks split apart. The trailers shot over 
to the sides and started scraping against the medians. Melody slammed the 
brakes and down shifted. The trucks were quickly stopping. The trailers crushed 
the Cheyennes on the sides. Misty and Melody sped underneath the trailers and 
saw no Esperante. Misty slammed on her brakes and spun a 180. Melody slowly 
stopped and got out of her car. She walked up to the GT and looked in. She saw 
Misty inside crying. Melody opened the door and helped Misty out.

	The other four cars drove underneath the trailers and slowed down to 
where Misty and Melody were. They all went and met Misty. James and Tracey 
helped her to the side of the road where she could sit down. 
	
	"Are you okay, Mist?" Ash asked her as she cried
	"Am I okay? Am I okay!?" How the hell can I be okay? The best friend I 
ever had since I left you was just shot in the head. The man who ruined my life 
got away, and you are asking me if I'm okay!"
	"Misty, Ash didn't mean anything by it." said Jesse holding Misty back. 
Misty stopped fighting Jesse and looked over to the trailers. One of the men 
driving the Cheyennes was pointing a pistol at Misty.

	Misty pushed out of Jesse's grip and started walking towards the man. 
She stopped about one hundred feet away.
	
	"What is it? Do you want a gun fight?"
	"You bet bitch!" said the man still pointing his gun at her.
	"Fine" she pulled out Jade's twin Walther P99s and started shooting and 
continued shooting until there was nothing left in either of the clips. She looked at 
the two guns with their slides locked open. She released both clips and closed 
the slides. "You're mine now." she said as she twirled the pistols around her 
fingers. "You'll be used on Matrix." she twirled them and holstered them in her 
deep pockets of her black leather pants. 
	
	"So what do we do now?" asked James with his Berretta in hand.
	"We? What we? I'm the only one who is going to go after Matrix. None of 
this concerns you in anyway. I'm going to find him alone and kill him alone."
	"We aren't going to let you go fight the most dangerous terrorist in the 
world by yourself." Ash said taking his pistol out which was a Super P8 (Lara 
Croft's pistol in Tomb Raider)
	"Wow, someone's offering their services." said Melody giggling
	"I'm just trying to help..."
	"I don't need your help. You guys are concerned that I am going against 
the most dangerous terrorist in the world; well try to remember that the number 
one most dangerous terrorist in the world trained me. You guys really have no 
idea how good I am."
	"Well Misty, from how I remember you, you were a klutz. I can't imagine 
you doing any kung fu or any kind of martial arts." said Ash
	"Really?" Misty walked up to Ash. She punched him in the face, then 
reached into his holster and grabbed his pistol. She elbowed him in the face and 
than stopped by turning her back to him. "If I wanted to, I could kill you right 
now."
	"What?" Ash looked down and saw that Misty was pointing the pistol 
directly at his crotch. "Oh, no!" Ash quickly pushed her forward as hard as he 
could.
	Misty only fell forward but caught herself with a front flip and than faced 
him again with a kart-wheel/back flip. She fired the pistol. The bullet skimmed 
right under his crotch, leaving a cut away by only one half inch.
	"Still think I'm no good. Besides, you haven't done anything. It has been 
me and Melody doing everything. The only thing you did was follow me to see 
Jade. I can't believe you're a spy."
	"Well I can't believe you're a terrorist who still has her life, especially when 
you're this much of a bitch."
	"Oh, you wanna go, Ketchum. Bring it on right here and now. I'll kick your 
ass so bad you'll want to live in a closed up prison for the rest of your life, like I 
was supposed to."
	"Okay, Mist, you wanna fight? Fine! I'll punch your head clean off your 
shoulders!"
	"I'll take you out in one kick!"
	"Oh really, let's see it right now..." before Ash could finish, Misty gave him 
a Sweet Chin Music. Ash's head slammed back like a bad whiplash and fell to 
the ground, completely unconscious.
	"How did you like that music?" Misty asked sarcastically as Tracey, Jesse, 
and James ran to Ash. Melody walked right over Ash and to Misty. "Melody! Why 
aren't you running to Ash?"
	"Because Misty, I know what you're going through. I've seen my best 
friend killed to."
	"Well I saw my best friend and my dad get gunned down for no reason. 
Matrix ruined my life; he took me when I was only fifteen. The only life I had was 
with Ash in Kanto and Johto. My life after wasn't even for me. It was all for Matrix. 
I did everything he told me. Melody, I'm going to kill him. I promised Jade I would 
do to Matrix whatever he did to her. He put a bullet in her head, and I'm going to 
put a bullet in his head. He trained me to be a terrorist, to fight for him, well I'm 
going to fight against him .I'm going to challenge him to one of the most brutal 
face offs ever; I'm going to win, whether with blood or not. Because Matrix and 
I…we have bad blood. He wants me to go after him. That's why he killed Jade. 
Well I'm going to take it to him. You saw what I just did to Ash, well when I do it to 
Matrix, it'll kill him and if for some reason it doesn't, then I'll put a bullet in his 
head." said Misty beginning to cry with rage
	"Misty, Matrix did nothing to who you are. You are still Misty Waterman. 
You are who you choose to be. I know that the real you would not give Ash 
Sweet Chin Music. You are only this way because you think this is who you have 
to be to kill Matrix." said Melody hugging Misty
	"It is who I have to be. Nothing else matters to me except how I will kill 
him. I don't care if I die, because of him…I live to die.