ON THE RUN

Chapter 25

"It doesn't have to be her.... it could just be... like... maybe they wanted to show like 'Bam Party! We know your name too. You're also fucked.'" Party rambled, trying to find an explanation for his name on the case. He didn't want to believe they had his daughter. I didn't want to believe it either.

"Maybe..." I sighed. I still hadn't filled Light in and the word daughter has not been said yet. We never told her about the video massages we got, so she was pretty much clueless to what was going on. I didn't want to explain it to her while Party was around though. The car stopped and we all got out. Jet, who had the best relationship with D, went to wake him up.

Suddenly someone pulled me aside.

"What the hell is going on? Who the fuck is Bandit?" Light whisper yelled at me.

"Listen..." I whispered back. "They have someone close to us. To get us to Battery City. We think it's Bandit... Party's... daughter." I sighed. Light's face fell and in that moment I heard Party cry out. I turned to look at them sure enough Bandit could be seen on the screen, sitting in a chair, Korse standing behind her. Party broke down on the floor.

"Ghoul!! Get him out of here." I went over. "Get him out! Get him out!!" I screamed. Ghoul dragged a fighting Party outside.

"Gerard, Gerard, Gerard... it wasn't hard to find out you are related to Micheal." Korse smiled.

"Uncle Mikey?" Bandit's high voice asked. My heart shattered.

"Yes, my darling." Korse smiled down at her. I could feel the lump in my throat and the tears in my eyes. She'd gotten so big. She had to be like... 10 years old. Korse looked back up at the camera. "And after we found your files... Gerard Arthur Way... it wasn't hard to find this little sweetie... we're sorry to tell you that your wife Lindsey... well unfortunately she died in an accident 3 years ago. Bandit went into an orphanage. Now she's with us." Korse laughed an evil laugh.

"Sir?" Bandit asked.

"Yes, darling?" Korse looked down at her.

"Who are you talking to?" she asked, her big, innocent eyes looking at the tall man. He went down to her height and took her hand.

"I'm trying to contact your father." he answered. He seemed so sweet. It was creepy. Bandit eyes lit up. "Now... would you go with this nice man? He will go and play with you." Korse said. Bandit nodded politely and went with the approaching Crow. The moment they were gone Korse stood back up and turned to face the camera, his face stone cold. "I want you all to turn yourself in. Everyone. Or my behavior towards little Bandit will change drastically.... chickly." And black.

I just stood for a second, a silent tear trickling down my cheek. Light carefully took my hand.

"Kobra... Lightning...? Are you willing to go and risk everything for a little girl and her father?" Jet asked us.

"What are you gonna do?" D asked.

"Get Bandit out of there..." I said. "D, help Ghoul with Party. Keep him calm. We'll get her out of there."

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We were at the edge of the city quicker than I thought we would be.

"Should we leave the car here and sneak inside or should we get in with a bang?" I asked.

"Well, pretty sure they know we're on our way anyway, so let's greet them with a bang." Jet smirked slightly, putting his helmet on. I put mine on as well, while Light let her mask cover half her face.

The usual tunnel. The usual barrier. It was just the usual.

"Three... two... one!" Jet counted down, leaned out of the window and started shooting the Crows and Dracs around. Light did the same, while I drove. They came back in for a bit while crashing through the barrier to minimize unnecessary injuries, but soon after leaned back out of the window.

"ARRRRGH" I heard a female voice scream out.

"Light?!" I yelled.

"I'm good! It's okay! Keep going!" she yelled back. I did. I had to trust her and if she said it was okay and that we should carry on I would do exactly that. The giant BL/ind building was already in sight. Light and Jet got back inside the car and we already came to a stop.

"Let's go!" I yelled and we stormed the building and were immediately greated by a bunch of S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W chaperones. Thay started the fire and we were clearly outnumbered, but we somehow managed to kill the first wave of Crows.

"Lightning, you go search for Bandit. We'll hold them back!" Jet commaned.

"NO!!" I screamed. "I'm not leaving her alone in here."

"Kobra, get your fucking shit together and do your job! I'll be fine!" she yelled, already storming up the hallway.

"Fuck!" I breathed as the next wave of Crows came around. We fought for a good while before the next came. We couldn't stand against them.

"We have to get out! Go help Light! Get Bandit and come back! GO!" Jet screamed. I immediately ran the way Light did earlier. I went up a few stairs looking for any sign of her. I saw a blood stain on the wall and knew she had to be on this floor.

"Stay back, Bandit!" I heard Light's voice down the hall. I ran faster than ever and burst through the door. Bandit was in the corner, shaking, crying. "Stay back!" Light screamed again. She was fighting Korse. His gun, as well as her's were at the other end of the room. Just as my vision focused on Bandit I heard a loud thud and my head spun towards the fighting Korse and Light. Light was pinning him down, grunting in agony and pain. She had her right arm snaked around his neck and jammed his right arm between her left arm and upper body which was resting on his chest, her legs sprawled out on the floor next to them, stabilizing her.

"Shoot him! Shoot him! I can't hold him much longer!" Light screamed at me. Korse was fighting, punching her in the face with his free arm and flinging his feet, trying to flip them around. I put my gun up and

BOOM!

Korse's head jerked back and his body went limb. Light collapsed and panted. Bandit started screaming and crying even more. I went over to her and got on my knee.

"It's okay Bandit! It's okay!" I tried to calm her but she fought me. I took off my helmet and she stopped immediately.

"Uncle Mikey..." she breathed and wrapped her arms around my neck, crying into my shoulder.

"Yes, sweetie. We'll take you to Daddy." I picked her up with her arms still wrapped around my neck.

"Daddy-y-y" she cried. I rubbed her back, tears in my eyes.

"Light? Are you okay?" I asked. She slowly stood up and looked at me. She had a cut above her eye and the blood was running down her face. I saw her ray wound on her hip.

"I'll be fine." she croaked. "Let's get out of here." She was right. We had to leave as fast as possible. We ran downstairs, ghosting any Crow or Drac in sight. Jet was still in the entrance lobby, dusting Crows.

"Korse is dead! Let's go!" I yelled and we ran for our lives. The comment on Korse's death baffled the Crows, giving us a slight headstart.

Before we knew it we were out of Battery City and back in the Zones. Jet was driving this time and I still had a crying Bandit in my arms.

"Shh..." I tried to hush her. "It's all okay, Bandit. We'll make sure you're safe. Daddy will make sure nobody hurts you." I whispered. Her crying died down slowly until she was completely silent. I looked to my side and saw Light struggling a bit.

"You okay?" I whispered.

"Don't worry." she smiled a bit. "I've had worse."

A/N: I'm back. I was kinda stuck with this chapter, but I think I'm good now.

Stay gorgeous!

Love you guys! -Anna