Running For Answers (Book 2 Of Running Series)

Chapter 16 - Dangerous Consequences

"Keane I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" Noah cried. I don't fully remember what happened after that. I mean, I was lucid and awake, I didn't fall unconscious, but I wasn't fully with it.

"Keane, you with us now?" Tayte asked,

"Yeah, I'm with you" I smiled "I'm still here" Noah jumped on me, I laughed through the pain, "Noah I'm fine honest, don't cry" I said, as I could feel a wet sensation trickling down my neck, "This isn't your fault"

So it turned out I was pretty lucky, I don't call that luck, I call that being superman! Joking. Few minor scrapes and cuts, that were going to turn into bruises. I had cracked the boot, maybe cracked was being kind, it was pretty bashed up. I shouldn't be wearing it, but since I'd left my crutches I'd just have to make do,

"Did you see the van?" I asked, as Angelo was bandaging my foot, ankle and leg for more support,

"We were too busy worrying about you to see who was driving the bloody van" Tayte said,

"Don't worry about me guys, you know I'm solid" I said smiling, they didn't smile back,

"It was an agent wasn't it" Arii said, this was the first thing that she'd actually said, since I'd been with it anyway.

"Yes Arii, it was an agent, he had the bloody cheek to smile at me as he ploughed towards me"

"Maybe we should fly out of South Africa tonight" Angelo said, "Once we've received the clue or message from Talina"

"I think it'd for the best" Tayte agreed,

Looks like it's been decided!

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"Where the hell are we going to get a replacement boot from?" Noah asked,

"Nowhere, because I don't need one" I said,

"I have a few connections in Brazil. I could possibly get us something there" Angelo said,

"Sound good" Tayte said. We were slowly making our way back to the bus stop that would take us to Johannesburg. So right now you know we were in Soweto, it was crazy poor, and some houses were only small shacks!

So, I had no idea what was running through my mind.

I don't know what made me run into a burning house!

We all saw the smoke

We all saw the flames

But only I heard the baby cry and only I saw the hysterical mother.

I just reacted in that split second, fight or flight and I was only going to fight.

Did I think about anything else at that moment? No.

I headed into the house, ignoring the,

"KEANE WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?"

And

"KEANE DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE"

And then

"DO YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF?"

The truth was, I didn't know what I wanted at the particular moment in time. The smoke blinded my vision and tore straight to my lungs, causing me to begin to cough furiously. The cry came again and I headed towards it, the flames and the heat were erupting all around. When I noticed the small little baby girl crying I knew that I'd done the right thing. I scooped her up, cradling her against me, making sure she was covered up and ran out of the house just as an explosion and a crash went off behind me,

"KEANE" Noah's voice,

"She's okay...she's okay" I said to the mother who'd I'd just given her baby too, she was crying and she hugged me, babbling on in a flurry of Afrikaans's I could tell that she was grateful.

"Keane" I collapsed into Noah's arms, my lungs screamed BREATHE and I began to cough vigorously. "You're such a dick you know that. What the hell were you thinking? Why would you do that?"

"I'm sorry" I said coughing, Tayte handed me a bottle of water, I took it but he didn't let go,

"This is serious Keane, you need help. Can't you see what you're doing to the ones who love you" He said and then let go. Right now, all I knew was that morphine was what I needed and I was beginning to think that maybe I was addicted to it. I downed the water as Angelo came over with someone who must had been a paramedic. I was taking oxygen when I was roughly pulled up,

"Hey, hey...what the hell?" I snapped, still coughing,

"You started the fire" the younger police officer said, getting glares from his older colleague,

"I did no such fucking thing...I ran in and rescued a baby" I snapped, still trying to catch my breath,

His older colleague then said,

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?"

"You've been spotted running from the building" the younger colleague then said with a thick South African accent. I think he was stupid or something, as his colleague hit him on the upside of the head,

"Yeah, because I fucking had a baby in my arms, who I just rescued" I said, coughing and then rubbing my head,

"Who told you this?" Tayte said, "Because I can tell you that, the house was well up in flames before we got here and if my brother didn't run in like a maniac and rescue that baby, then she'd be dead"

"You have to come with us"

"Are you not listening to any fucking thing we are telling you?" I snapped,

"You can tell us your statement in the police station"

"This is ridiculous, this is bloody ridiculous" I said, clenching my shaking hands, my arms were then pulled behind my back and handcuffs slapped on them, "Oh come on, is this how you treat people visiting your country who save babies from burning buildings" I shouted, then had a coughing fit, before they could answer however, Noah punched one, now whose the idiot and I knew exactly why he did it to, so I wouldn't be on my own.

Well we were totally busted.

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Oh Dang, thought that would be a good place to end!

So...

Unedited!

Next chapter: Not to sure :(

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