"What, so Misaki got shot in the shoulder and we need to get her care immediately and I took a bullet to the head and we dove into a garbage can instead? What is this?" joked Aeyra, rolling her eyes. "Am I not as important? Just kidding," she defended herself as everyone stared at her. "We should. But explain how we get to the hospital without him trying to kill us again?"
"Weren't you the one who figured out how to give us the location?" asked Legend, sounding a little more than slightly worried. As stated several times before, being chased by a psycho killer who wants to kill you but actually hasn't done it yet and instead kidnaps people more than three times in one day does things to you. One of those things will be worry. And if you're unlucky, paranoia or insanity. "Can't you think of something?"
"One word. Headache. Actually let's make it major headache. The doctors told me I actually wasn't supposed to move around at all for a week or more, and I'm not really following his instructions accurately. But if I did, I supposed I would have died a horrible, fiery death like we almost just did. It's happening so much today I'm starting to get over it." She yawned, looking more tired than ever. "Why oh why do I still up until one in the morning reading fanfictions? I haven't had like- any sleep in the past few days! Let's get another hotel. He thinks we're dead right now so why not?"
"Isn't that what he thought last time?" asked Misaki skeptically, looking suspicious. "We went to a motel then too and he still found us. Maybe we should just suck it up and go to the police."
"If we are, we'll need cover up. I'm going to really regret this later, but Chelsea, hand me back my cell phone."
"What are you going to do?" she inquired dubiously, watching Aeyra's eyes glint with fear and hope, an unlikely duo.
"Just watch," she replied brusquely, waiting for someone on the other end to pick up. "Ananya? It's me. Don't scream at me right now, I'm currently in a bad situation. I need you, Catherine, Christine, and maybe the boys to go to the police for me. No I did not shoplift! What do you take me for? I'll explain later. I'll be heading to the police station as well. Meet me at a street five blocks south from the headquarters. I'll explain everything there."
"You're dragging your friends into this?" yelled Lia, completely shocked. "Isn't it bad enough for us to be caught in this mess?"
"I'll be making sure they don't run into danger," answered Aeyra placidly, eyes empty. "We know from experience it's not safe for us. But it is for them. I'll tell them who to look out for. Haven't you noticed Mark and all of his lackeys are teenagers? Well, while it'd be easy for them to take us away- we're covered in soot and they could be pretending to take us to the hospital, there's nothing wrong with some kids demanding to see the police. Kids they don't know. And they aren't the only people there. So this plan is safe for all of us."
"What about the bugs?" realized Chelsea fearfully, eyes darting everywhere. "Won't he have heard us?"
"That's not a problem, I pried them all off and let them die in the explosion. Along with the trackers and other things. Once I found them on me I realized they were on the same place for all of us. Now we can't let this try fail!"