Fern shrieked, she had one chance at doing this if she missed or didn't tackle hard enough both girls would be dead, she had rushed across the street and did a running tackle as they both landed on the curb.
"I… saved… your… life…" Fern announced but they were both winded as Fern's tackle crushed the wind out of Sue Ellen and the landing crushed the wind out of Fern.
She was coughing, "Thanks you are a great friend…"
They were both breathing heavily and soon passed out right after the Viper sped past them. It was like they had some sort of divine protection. They were out cold for a few minutes when Max had arrived with tears in his eyes, "They are dead?"
Both girls were coughing heavilly to try and get some air into their lungs.
"We are ok…" Sue Ellen replied as she was a bit dazed.
Sue Ellen and Fern had gotten up and went to the Sugar Bowl.
Max just looked at them walk away, "Wait for me!"
Buck was being now chased by the highway patrol and some state troopers, has he had driven the 450 horsepower Dodge Viper through the streets of Elwood City, this particular car was on one side of town, but to get to the highway leading to Rockwood, it was on the other side of town, he was surpassing speeds of 120 MPH on city streets, the cops were trying to catch up to him, as more cops continued the chase, state and highway patrol was starting to get more involved now as roadblocks were set up.
Buck didn't care, he wasn't scared, this was a thrill for him; Muffy was covering her eyes, she was afraid that Buck was going to crash, stealing a hot car, having the whole Elwood City police force on him, he was expecting the worse as he was nearing one of those transport trucks that usually had cars loaded onto it, it was empty, he decided to drive fully speed and he had jumped it, 30 feet in the air and he landed about 60 feet away from a roadblock as the car flew over nearly knocking some officers off their feet.
This was car number 60; he had less than two hours to get to Rockwood, as they wanted the final car at 5 PM. Mr. Crosswire was following a different route to Rockwood, he knew if anyone could handle a car like that it would be Buck.
Buck needed to be careful not to damage the merchandise because if he did, they wouldn't accept the car, and the mission would end in complete and utter failure. He had partially hoped that the FBI wasn't going to get involved because he knew that those cars were fast, and could possibly match the speed of the Dodge Viper.
Freeman and Ryder were in separate police cars putting the petal to the metal, "I want this SOB arrested!" he yelled in a walky-talky.
Ryder responded, "We will catch him, and we will beat him to the fullest extent of the law."
"Yea, he finds stealing hot cars an art, and then he will learn the fine art of police brutality," Ryder yelled in the walkie-talkie
Buck continued driving, he was nearing a roadblock, two police cars were following him; one to the left of him and the other to the right, he had slammed on the breaks and the two police cars drove passed and smashed into the roadblock, opening up a new path.
He drove through the now destroyed roadblock and turned down 1st street, now was the main problem… cars, he had to weave through mid-afternoon traffic to get to the street he needed to go if he wanted to get to Rockwood; to make things worse, the highway patrol was on him now, "Weekend cops…"
The cars were slightly faster, but still couldn't keep up. This car was built for speed and performance; he hoped there was enough gas in it because it was nearing a ¼ tank.
Buck couldn't find another ramp or anything, he had turned down an alley to cut to a different street, it had avoided one road block as he was nearing the street he needed.
He had managed to make it onto Main Street, two lanes of traffic as he was nearing the edge of town towards the lonely country highway, he managed to get to an intersection blocked by police cars, but he took the Viper off-road and went around it. Buck was nearing the county line.
"Elwood City Police Department, he is out of your jurisdiction he crossed the county line, please stop pursuing the perpetrator; repeat E.C.P.D. do not pursue."
Freeman was pissed, 60 cars stolen in less than 21 days, didn't look good, he and the other officers had parked their cars close to the county line as the highway patrol and state troopers continued the chase. On the lonely stretch of highway. Of course he nor the other members of his police force continued.
"PURSUE, PURSUE, PURSUE!" Freeman yelled.
Some Thrag weren't watching where they were going and Freeman had stopped at they were jaywalking, "YOU GUYS ARE UNDER ARREST!" he had his pistol drawn as he got out but caused a chain reaction accident where police cars were crashing, (BLEEP!) He jumped into a car that was still in drivable condition.
"She isn't here, but I wonder what his problem was? We are calling off the search for the Dark Mage, and those three other kids" A Thrag announced as they boarded a nearby ship for a planet light-years away
Buck was driving as fast as he could, into the seedy looking village in his point of view that looked inbred. He had turned as fast as he can and done a perfect 360 to throw off the officers, and turned down another street, this time a one way street.
They were weaving through traffic as police car after police car suffered head on collisions.
Buck was in the clear except what was separating him now was two police cars, as fast as the Viper, a bridge that was full of cars due to an accident and a makeshift ramp. Buck put the petal to the metal and he had aimed for the ramp, he jumped over every car as Muffy screamed in horror, and landed a few feet past the ambulances, he was a 1/3 mile there; he knew he was going to make it, the police cars couldn't get past the traffic jam on the bridge.
He made it to the warehouse, Mr. Crosswire was waiting outside, and Buck dropped off the car, with a briefcase of $1 Million dollars, he stepped out of the car, took a breather, after a 45 minute chase through Elwood City, he was thankful it was over.
Davenport took a puff of his cigar; he snatched the briefcase from his hands, "Car number 60."
He untied Francine, and had shot Buck in the chest, "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Muffy screamed in horror.
Buck collapsed, Francine and Muffy dragged him over to the Crosswire Limousine car, and he helped Buck in, Buck wasn't dead, just in critical condition.
"We need to get to a hospital, he doesn't have much time!" Muffy screamed.
They had driven to a nearby hospital; the police had given up the chase and couldn't find them.
They managed to make it back to Elwood City, Buck was in a more weakened state now, as he was admitted, a nurse turned to them, "He is going to be fine."
As the days had passed, Buck's condition was upgraded from critical to stable condition, Muffy walked in, "I am sorry for what happened."
"This was probably one of the most invigorating adventures I had; we didn't want some hick killing your friend."
"What happened to Davenport?" Mr. Crosswire asked.
"He got away, the Benneditto's got away as well," Reno answered, "Mrs. Armstrong is going to kill me!"
"Buy her a new Ferrari," Mr. Crosswire stated as he put him up to the idea of it.
Later that day Buck was discharged from the hospital, Mr. Crosswire had driven to a Ferrari dealership in Crown City, to buy one thing for Mrs. Armstrong, A red Ferrari 575M Maranello. It was one hot car; Reno had driven it back to the driveway, of the Armstrong residence.
When she heard a car pull into the driveway she was shocked, "Reno, who's car is that?"
"Yours."
Mrs. Armstrong was shocked, "Mine?"
"I saw how upset you were when those car thieves stole your car, so I decided to get a new one for you."
Mrs. Armstrong hugged Reno tightly, "Thank you!"
Mr. Freeman was back at the police station, still not happy, the mayor an aardvark man wearing a suit walked in, "Mr. Freeman, the city council and I have decided to fire you, so clear your desk, Mr. Ryder will be the new police chief but he is under suspension because of the certain unpleasantness."
"But sir-"
"I in my many years of experience have never seen so many smashed up police cars in my life, I know I need to recruit a lot of new officers because of what happened, Ryder is close to being fired as well, you both headed up the case and you both can't catch a car?"
"I know…" Ryder stated, "You know I am almost fired, but I will…" he paused and turned to Freeman, "How about you reinstate him, I become police chief and he becomes my deputy?"
"That sounds more fitting, but be sure something like this never happens again, or both your asses will be fired."
Max, Fern, the Brain, and Sue Ellen were over at Arthur's house; both the boys were watching Fern and Sue Ellen play… or dance in DDR.
"Back to normal…" Max commented.
Buck was at the Sugar Bowl with Muffy, "Harry got the pictures of everything developed, they both looked at the jump across the bridge with the Dodge Viper, the car was several feet above the other cars; "Harry took this when we were both in mid-air, it was awesome doing a jump that we could have probably got killed."
Muffy sighed, "It was scary…"
"Are you going to miss me because I am leaving?"
"…Yes."
"You can visit me any time…"
Muffy hugged him, "…I will."
He had walked out of the Sugar Bowl and walked towards the pickup truck, when the doctor had seen him, "You stated you were moving to Tennesee? Don't I need to check up on you, before you plan any major moves!"
Buck sighed, it was his time to go.
The next day at school, it was as normal as normal could be.
Fern was sitting there chatting with Sue Ellen as her mother smiled at both girls, Max gave Mrs. Armstrong a fresh Granny Smith Apple, "It may be cheaper if you buy me an apple tree, in the summer time we can planet one, just you and me."
Max had blushed.
Arthur and Muffy were talking about well life… Buster he talked about many odd things with Binky as he went along with him. Despite Arthur's parents recently getting divorced.
The Brain and George just sat together talking about the girls.
It was finally a normal day indeed… provided that nothing abnormal happened.
The End.