States' RPs

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Cecelia did as she had been told


The officer looked confused "What's in the trunk, fellas?" She asked, frowning slightly


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Texas nodded "Yeah sure"

 

[No More Pretending]

"Nothing. Just a few tire irons..."


"Help!" She screamed.


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He smiled softly.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

"Mhm, and tire irons talk now so they? Get out of the car and open it up."


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Texas smiled back awkwardly

 

[No More Pretending]

"They're dangerous criminals!" Carter said, handing her his license that identified him as a bounty hunter.


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"As soon as this is over, I'll take you back... I swear."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

She looked at the badges and nodded "Who have you got then?" She asked him, running the names through a handheld device to make sure they were in the system. They were.


Cecelia had started panicking again "Oh my god! She's not going to let us out! He was touching me all over! He wasn't listening to me I can't do this again!"


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Texas nodded "Okay...thanks" he said

 

[No More Pretending]

She jammed the knife under the latch. "Just run, Cece. Don't look back," she whispered. "I'll run too." In all actuality, she knew she wouldn't make it very far with her injury. She was relatively sure that bullet had shattered her femur. "Run until you hit the ship depot, and get on the first ship to Ganymede. Make it look like you're going to Mars, but go to Ganymede. Okay?"


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He nodded.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Cecelia shook her head "no no no no no" she whispered over and over again. She couldn't do anything by herself, she couldn't leave Abigail behind


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"Now where do I go?" He asked

 

[No More Pretending]

"I'll be with you, dear. Right behind. Go now... Or I'll never speak to you again, you hear me?"


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He led him back to the room.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Cecelia shook her head frantically, crying again "No!" She whined "I can't!" She cried. Though when the trunk popped open and Abigail told her to go again she found herself on her feet and sprinting down the street. She could hear them yelling after her but she kept running, and was gone into the crowd easily.


She frantically went over what she had been told and got to the port. There things didn't go as planned. She was confronted by s nice enough guy who seemed worried about why she was crying and upset. Turns out he was a former co worker of Derik, and he was not happy she had killed him. So he decided to kid nap her.


Jasper was pissed that they had lost Cecelia but they'd get her again. At least they still had Abigail. He was walking around the office now, waiting for their payment after they had turned her in


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Texas went with him, a little nervous still. Not so much because he feared beig told on, but because he was worried about the fact he found himself very fond of Berlin

 

[No More Pretending]

She sat in her cell, glaring at Jasper. "I hope you get mugged for that money, asshole!" She hissed as they dragged her to an interrogation room, one cop rolling his sleeves up and taking off his rings for the interrogation.


Carter was pacing. He felt bad about all this...


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He opened the door. Berlin was lying in her bed, curled up and having fallen asleep.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Jasper rolled his eyes and looked back at Carter "What's a matter with ya?" He asked "She's a thief..she had ta get caught" he looked up at the taller man. As he waited for an answer he felt his phone buzz in his pocket and he looked at it, frowning "The hell?" The message was from an unknown number and strange in general. It just said 'looking for something? Tell her if she wants her back then she better do something soon'


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Texas chuckled "Aww, how cute" he said

 

[No More Pretending]

Carter looked at the phone. "But they aren't half as bad as the ones we've caught before... The others are borderline serial killers... What do you think that message means...?"


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He chuckled. "Try anything and you are more dead than ze amerikan Dream."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Jasper shook his head and shrugged "I dunno" he frowned, looking again as another message came through. This one was a video, it was only a few seconds but it had the other girl, Cecelia all tied up and on the floor. She was sobbing and hysterical and her clothing was shredded up in clear implication who ever this was that had her had assaulted her. "Son of a bitch..." He narrowed his eyes


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"How are you! That's still very much alive thanks, an I'm a gentleman! I would never do nothin' like that with out her permission"

 

[No More Pretending]

Carter grabbed the phone and called. "What do you want?"


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"Just a varning."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

A distorted voice answered him "Money, oh and you two are sorta cops. Yeah I want my record cleaned too." Muffled sobbing could be heard in the back ground, followed by a Yelp of pain as the speaker kicked Cecelia in the side "Otherwise she's going to die"


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Texas rolled his eyes "Well message revived I guess"

 

[No More Pretending]

"Fine," he said. "Meet us in a private place for a trade off."


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He left the room.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

"Good, and you had better not be trying to cheat me" he hung up


Jasper looked at Carter in confusion "The hell's Goin' on?"


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Texas sat down across the room

 

[No More Pretending]

"Let's just get the money and get in the car."


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Berlin woke up a while later.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

"Alright?" Jasper walked off and got the payment before following Carter back to the car


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Texas was reading a book, squinting at it as he only understood some of what was written

 

[No More Pretending]

Carter sped off to the destination. "Give me my cut," he said. "Just drive around the block while I take care of business, okay?"


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"It's a book about your Cowboys, sir," Berlin told him quietly, beckoning him over. "The hero is a man named 'Two-beers' Jack Sweetwater... He tames cities in the Wild West with his gun, wit, and smoldering good looks..." She blushed a bit. "He always finds the girl he was trying to save and they ride off into the sunset to see if they can find work in another town." To tell the truth, she was absolutely infatuated with the freedom of the Wild West. The romance- the idea that someone could sweep her off her feet and save her from peril was simply beautiful.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Jasper still had no idea what was going in "Okay but seriously what the hell are ya doin?"


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Texas chuckled lightly. "I wish it was still that way" he replied "I mean...cars an stuff 's nice and all but... Ain't nothin' gonna beat a horse or a cart. And just the feelin back then, it was amazin"

 

[No More Pretending]

"I'm getting Cecilia back."


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"Do you have horses, Texas?" She asked quietly.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

"Yeah okay, but what the hell is goin on!? Who has her?"


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Texas looked down at the floor at the question "Ain't got 'em no more..." He murmured, blinking away the start of tears

 

[No More Pretending]

"Someone that's dangerous and meaner than a rattlesnake."


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"I'm sorry," she said quietly, wiping away his tears.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Texas was going to say something else when his phone rang and he answered again. He wasn't met with a voice at all, just loud and very alarming screaming that must belong to Cecelia "Carter drive faster" he said worriedly. "The ship ports" he said after there was. Break in the screaming for the voice to remind him where to go to get Cecelia


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Texas shook his head a little "Nah, 's okay" he said, trying hard not to get upset. He had worked hard to push away any memory of that day. But now it was all in the front of his mind again