The Mad Queen
Memento Mori. Unus Anus
"It's now where you thought you'd end up, is it?" Chloe asked "I was PSNI until a few months ago. Thought the most dangerous things around here were bigotry and bombs." She gently shook her head, and briefly glanced back at Alfie. He tapped the back of her seat to show he was still there.
"Good lad. We're almost there." She whispered.
The car had to come to a stop at the red light, and a cyclist on a sport's bike who looked more like he was dressed for the Tour De France than a morning ride; spandex and all pulled up. He glanced at Chloe, seeing her uniform and nodded.
While her eyes were trained on him, she looked into the back seat. Alfie was still invisible. She nodded back, but watched as his hand moved for something behind his back. Chloe's heartrate increased, reaching for her sidearm.
She relaxed, seeing that the man was instead pulling out a sport's bottle that he took a swig from. With Chloe's eyes moving back to the road, she noticed another cyclist pull up, another spandex covered athlete. His bike pulled up in front of the car.
"Purifica peccatum." She heard, spinning her head to face the first cyclist. He was reaching for something else this time, and Chloe only had a split second to react as he drew a pistol.
"Down!" She yelled, grabbing Rachel and ducking. The bullet struck the window on Chloe's side, shattering it instantly and sticking into the headrest of Rachel's seat.
Shannon Trevor