The Last Sparks

Chapter One “Abbie, am sorry but we have to brake up”. After 15 minutes of silence those wore the first words that came out of joe's mouth. Perplexed and disturbed was the look she gave him as she spoke in a soft voice after clearing her throat. “joe, what is this why are you saying this, is this some kind of a sick joke?” said Abbie. He holds her hand and looked deep in her eyes and said, “i wish I can explain everything but, I just think am done, you are a terrific lady, you gave me so much happiness but I don't deserve you. I Am sorry. Goodbye”. Without a proper explanation joe let go of her hand and left Abbie speechless with tears dropping from her eyes. As she sat there at the park in that beautiful sun set looking at the trees she gets lost in the ambience. wondering where it all went wrong. She was raised by a single parent, her father Davis a former detective. He never seized to be amazed at how fast she use to solve a Rubik's cube. She was a book warm who loved to touch her silver neckless whenever she was reading. He assumed the behavior came about because of her mother's picture on it. She liked staying up late at night, a habit she got from waiting for her father to come home from work. She would go hiking to relax her mind if arigami didn't work or spend some time on her hair and make up. Her dream was to be a lawyer, but things took a different route after her father was killed in a gun fight by the drug lord Son the Moonload. Now she craved to become a detective. She wanted to find the man who was behind her father's death. Joe broke up with her a week after she was promoted. He had a textured Fringe cut. His brown hair matched the color of his eyes. He spoke with a calm tone, he loved casual ware mainly plain T-shirts and showing off his dragon tattoo on his left arm. He liked to keep to himself through out the 4 years of their affair. she found it had to figure him out, she thought that's just the kind of a person he was. He had only one close friend Tim who who had a quirk to vamoose out of conversations. Monday, late noon a month after the break up. She finds a note on her desk it had a message and direction of where to find joe. Thinking it's some sought of reconciliation she knocks off. It was an abandoned pork meat factory, with decayed equipments and machinery. she had an impression something was off, pulled out her phone from her leather jacket and calls joe. It went to voicemail. She peeped through the rusty gate fastened with a chain and lock. She heaved herself over it, pulls out her gun and tried to call for back up but the area had no network. Calmly she looks around the premise, found Joe tied to a chair and gagged with a duck tape. She removed the tape. "Hey Abbie, it's been a while how have you been." He said with a smile on his face. She looked at him with shoke and said in a whisper, "better than you are. Oh my god what's going on what did you get yourself into this time You broke up with me first and some weeks later you drug me Into this!" "It's not a big deal I can explain but time is of the essence he might be coming back or is still around, so please untie me before he does." He said panicky. "Who is coming and what have you got yourself into Joe." She said. "I promise you we shall talk later, please hurry untie me." He said. She went ahead and released him and he told her to follow him for he knew a safe place they can go to. They went south of the city to a suburban area which was notorious for crimes. There was an old smelly two room apartment that looked like a regular for him, it was scattered and dusty. He looked out of the windows then sat on one of the oddly fashioned sofa and looked at Abbie.... "Am sorry for everything that I have put you through." He said. "Oh okay! look who is capable of exuding emotions, I can't believe this is happening to me. I need to know what's going on." She said. Folding her arms across her chest with a confronting stance. "Look first of all I didn't mean for all this and I know am far from the perfect man you thought, I understand." He said. She looks down at him in disbelief. " You should stop stalling and get to the point." She pointed out. Than he said, " something happened that made me break up with you and it had something to do with your father's death and what happened tonight." "You are crazy Joe, how could you sink so low, is this the best you can come up with, a stupid excuse that involves my dad you remove him out of this!" She said. "Wait, wait , wait. I know it sounds bizarre but let me finish it shall all make sense. that last case your father was chasing?" "He broke into Son's place and stole crucial data on a flash drive, when he was shot he hid it on him while wounded he staggered near the woods where he gave it to me before he died". He said with a sad tone in his voice. "You can't be serious, so all along you kept this from me? You knew and saw what I was going through and yet you chose to hide it!" She said. Tears were dropping from her eyes she was trying to put herself together. He stood up tried to comfort her with a hug, she shoved him away. "Don't ......touch.... Me! You are a jerk am so ashamed of myself, I can't believe I fall for you!" She cry's out. "Abbie. I know there is nothing I can do to mend the pain that have caused you but believe me everything I did was for you, was for us. I did it to protect you!" He explains. "No, no, Joe. I think you did it for yourself to save your ass, you!" She said. He stops her from talking. "Wait!!" He said. Can you hear that, he looks over the windows. There is some people conversing on a far distance and a fading siren. Dogs stopped bucking All the sudden the silence became deafening. Then a big bang followed with the failing of the door. Abbie removes her gun at lightning speed. There came in Pratt with a limping gait. "Well, well, well. Dear Joe, How could you leave without a goodbye?" Pratt said. "Son, is that you?" Said Abbie. "No it isn't him!" Said Joe has he takes cover behind her. "Allow me to intro myself, my name is Pratt and am second to Son, oh! and forgive me am not by myself I brought a few friends with me." He said in an intimidating tone. Then 4 gun men come through the door behind him ready to shoot, Joe looks around for anything resembling a weapon only to ended up picking an old big book with a hard cover. "Really!" Said Abbie sarcastically. "Thank God it's not a banana!" He said. "Let me jump in!" Said Pratt. "It's clear you are out numbered and pressed in a corner, now if I was you I would rush to the part where you ask me what I want or we surrender! Have heard about you Abbie the Doughter of that unfortunate detective! what was his name again? mmm Danny, Trent, oh it was Devis! Like father like Doughter chasing a case which you shouldn't be, is it how they say it or something like that?" At this point she is looking around for a way out, but in their situation they are knee deep in trouble. She drops her Gun near her feet and told Joe to cooperate too, then they both lifted there hands up. "What do you want." Said Abbie. "Great question and great choice too. Hmmm I want you..! Joe...! not so much. After we done here he will be what we call collateral damage." He said with a menacing smile. He gave an order to 2 of his men to tie them up, the first man ties Joe and pushed him in the corner. The second man reached over to tells her to turn around, he kept his gun pointed at her. She turns towards Joe and tells him with her eyes to take cover. As she slightly points with her head towards the ugly sofa, He dives there. She then swiftly pulls a cop manoeuvre before the the second gun man knew he was down and out. In that split second she already scooped her gun and shot the first gun man. By the time Pratt's remaining gun men started shooting back she had took cover, then she said in a loud voice telling Joe to jump through the window. He looks at her and said. "Hell no! I left you ones am not going to do it again." Somehow he freed himself and told Abbie to cover him as he tried to rush to the kitchen he gets shot in his right leg. At that time he was already in there. "Joe! Are you okay?" She shouted. "Am alright though have been shot in my leg. I don't know if we are going to get out here alive but before things gets worse I want to tell you that I love you and I always have. I wish I had enough time to explain myself. I wish I did things different, all of this is my fault I looped you into this!" Cried out joe. "I don't think this is the right time for an emotional break down, we can shoot our way out. If you love me like you say you do be strong for me okay?" She shouted. "Okay! but just in case I wanted you to know, you father found out about my connection to Son. He promised to let me go free if I told him where he was and if I ended our relationship. We both wanted you safe so I agreed. Am sorry that you found out this way!" Cried out Joe. Hearing this shocked her and lowered her defenses, she stopped shooting started processing what Joe had said. On top of all this she was running law on bullets. She had no idea what Son wanted from her and Joe was telling her the truth in bits. She realized she had more questions than answers and the only way she had to get the full picture was to meet with Son the Moonload. Pratt told his gun men to stop shooting, He goes to tell her she should surrender in turn he will spare Joe's life. " Look Abbie, you in way over your head here, by now you running low and I don't need to be a gun expert to know that. And I can also tell that Joe needs to be alive to properly regret what he did to you, don't you think so?" Said Pratt. Joe looks at her with regret and told her not to trust him and that nothing good comes out of his mouth. By then she already had the answer to Pratt's proposal and Joe saw it in her eyes. "I know that look, you don't want to do this!" Said Joe. "I think it's time I hear the truth from someone else because I still think you are lying to me." Said Abbie. "I am not, believe me I am not!," Said Joe with an angry tone. "am still going with him, okay Pratt am coming with you take me to the Moonload." She said. she surrendered to Pratt and left with him. leaving joe in disbelief.