Scootin' for a Broozin'/story

## Scootin’ for a Broozin’

They’ve finally got me. They’ve finally found out who stole the Tunisian Diamond after years of running and hiding. Hiding in my distant-from-town house,  the cops are already outside, ready to come in and take me to prison for stealing such a precious artifact.

“Come out with your hands up!” One officer shouted.

Usually, I would just follow along and do what the law tells me to do; But not today. I need to get out of here. My life isn’t being confiscated today, or ever again. I rushed to my garage to grab my overclocked motor scooter and prepared to leave my home.

“We’re COMING IN!” I heard an officer shout as they knocked down my door.

Many officers came in with weaponry in hand. I took a quick look, felt my spine tingle, and without thinking I revved up my scooter and sped into my backyard. I heard some of the police yelling for me to stop and some even tried to shoot me - luckily I wasn’t hit.

I crashed into my wooden fence, knocked it down, and headed for the nearest exit, on the road heading straight for the highway. I swerved through the many cars that were in my way as they honked at me. I thought I was going to get away with this unscathed - however, the cops didn’t slack - they were speeding behind me and started to catch up as their police sirens blared.

“For heaven’s sake…” I said under my breath.

“Stop in the name of the law!” An officer exclaimed with a megaphone in hand.

I did the exact opposite. The cars started pulling over to make way for the police as I drove at full speed, at the risk of hitting another car or falling off the highway.

The police didn’t back down and started trying to pop my tires out by shooting them, while some tried to speed ahead of me to stop me. I was trembling in fear, but I couldn’t stop now. The only thing I could do was go faster.

A police car slowly started to near my side, and by the looks of it they seemed to try and push me off the highway.

“We got you know, Henry! Surrender now or face the consequences!” I heard an officer yell.

I couldn’t go back to prison. I’ve already experienced too much of it and couldn’t go back. After some panicked thinking, I turned to drive off the highway, preparing for impact.

“What the heck?” I heard a cop yell. All the police cars came to a stop and watched me as I fell off the edge. Nearing the ground, I was expecting the worst.

\*crash\*

As I hit the ground, I felt as if my bones were broken. My knees were scraped, my scooter’s pole was bent in half, and the motor was broken off; It was basically a push-scooter at this point. I slowly got up as I saw the police starting to scale down the cliffside, still far from my position. I limped behind a big rock to ponder about the current situation. My feet were killing me from the fall, so I had to take off my shoes to give them some air.

*So long, my shoes.* I thought to myself.

“We’re coming to get ya!” I heard an officer say out of a megaphone. “Don’t even THINK about running away now.”

Examining my surroundings, I saw a nearby water current leading away from the police. While it was quite the distance from my position, but it seemed like the only reliable way to get out of this situation. I shuffled from my hiding spot towards the river in an attempt to escape.

“Hey! There he is!” I heard an officer call out. “All units, open fire!”

As I heard the sudden order, I picked up my pace towards the river as I heard gunshots. Nearing the current, I dived head-first into the water. Right as I dived in though, I felt my foot get pierced through by a bullet. I started to feel unconsious from the shot as I let the current take me down the river. As I flew down the river, I noticed an upcoming waterfall not too far ahead.

*I survived that fall from the highway right??* I thought to myself daringly. *This waterfall shouldn’t be the death of me….*

Nearly about to pass out, I fell down the waterfall.

*Wake up.*

*Wake up!*

 *We got to get a move on, hurry up!*

I slowly opened my eyes to the sound of my thoughts. My head laid on a rock on a sandy area. My entire body ached, especially my legs and feet.

*Wow.* I thought to myself*. How am I still alive? How long have I been unconscious?*

After pushing myself off the ground and having a hard time standing up, I noticed smoke up ahead in a forest, and decided to make my way towards it, hoping that someone could possibly help me out - I was near dead, it felt like. At least I was away from the police; there’s no way they’re chasing after me after that large fall.

As I got closer to the smoke, I started to trip and feel more lethargic then usual. There was no way I was making it to the smoke to seek potential help. I laid on my back and just waited as I accepted my potential fate.

*Well, I guess this is the end of me. I guess I deserved it for being such a dirty criminal, heh. Goodbye.*

*Huh. Where am I now? In Heaven?*

*No. In fact, the complete opposite.*

*I’m in hell? \*sighs\* I guess that was expected for being a thief my entire adult life.*

*Well, enjoy your stay.. .*

*Wait, who am I even talking to?*

*Where am I?*

*Am I even dead?*

*I somehow started to get a view of some of the ‘surroundings’ around me, down here in what’s presumably ‘hell’. Red skies, a - city? What? I thought hell would be less civilized than this…  If it even was hell. Was this just my imagination? I didn’t think I was this imaginative.*

*Wherever I am….*

*It’s time to get out of here.*