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boar_expert) wrote2006-10-14 06:52 pm
boar_expert) wrote2006-10-14 06:52 pm
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[RP] The road that leads to you...
Kate hated that the rest stop reminded her of the damn cafe back in Kansas...had the same gingham tablecloths, and the waitress had the same damn hairdo, only this one was a redhead. It was more of the same...reminders she couldn't shake, wasn't sure she wanted to, but scared her so badly she couldn't help but run from them.
But tomorrow it would end...tomorrow, she'd be in Barstow, and from there, she'd be in LA within two days...and from there to LAX, and LAX to Sydney. The plan was pretty simple...get out of the country. Do what she could to pull some cash together in Oz, then head for Europe. If nothing else, her trail should go cold enough to give her enough of a breather to buy a new identity overseas...change her hair to blonde for good this time.
She wondered if *he* liked blondes.
Shaking off the thought, she signaled the waitress for a refill on her too-strong coffee and a second helping of her tasteless hashed browns while on a shelf above the dining counter, the morning news played in the background.
"...looking forward to cooler temperatures this weekend, that's for sure. In other news, suspected teen killer Lincoln "LJ" Burrows, Jr., has been released from a local detention facility after the disappearance of evidence critical to his conviction. Burrows, son of Lincoln Burrows, Sr., one of the now infamous Fox River Eight, was being held for the double homicide of Lisa and Adrian Rix, his mother and stepfather, as well as the attempted murder of local Illinos businessman Owen Kravecki..."
The rest of the report was lost on Kate for the most part with the exception of a few facts, including that his release had been the day before.
The day before...shit. Linc was probably already here, looking for him, and if they ran into each other...
//Jesus, Kate, what the hell are you thinking?// she snapped inwardly, rubbing a hand over her features as she took a hasty swallow of coffee, welcoming the burn of the too-hot liquid, the bite of too large a sip stinging her tongue and her eyes. //You don't have a clue if he's here or not...you don't have a clue about anything.// What the hell made her think he'd be here just because his kid was?
Because he'd given a one-night stand his car. Because he'd *let* her run. Because he'd looked a little harder and a little deeper than anyone else ever had and didn't mind the darkness he saw.
Jesus Christ, it had been a week and a half at *least* since she'd slept with him. And he hadn't been the only one she'd ever taken to bed...just the only one that had ever gotten under her skin. Lincoln Burrows was in her head, under her skin...even in her dreams at night, dreams that were so intense she usually woke up twisted in the cheap sheets of whatever motel room she was staying in, skin still flushed and tingling after she had them.
She missed him...and Kate didn't miss anyone. Not anymore.
The only thing she was sure of was that if Linc's kid was out of jail, he'd be here...for whatever reason. After the way he'd treated her, she knew he couldn't detatch himself from anything easily, and his own kid?...
She had to get out of here.
Finishing her coffee fast enough to make her cough, Kate dropped a twenty on the counter for her meal and rose from her stool, shouldering her bag and shoving a hand inside to touch her plane ticket...the one that would get her to Sydney. She could be in California by tomorrow if she traveled hard...
Shoving her sunglasses on her face, Kate shoved the door of the rest stop's diner open, stalking out into the light...
...and freezing as she saw them climb out of the car across the street.
Broad and tall, lean and furtive...yeah, it was them.
And as she stood there, frozen in shock and something else as her body automatically reacted just to *seeing* Lincoln in person again, the only thing she could really give any serious thought to, in her dumbstruck haze, was that he seemed to have a predisposition towards *not* buttoning his shirt all the way up...
But tomorrow it would end...tomorrow, she'd be in Barstow, and from there, she'd be in LA within two days...and from there to LAX, and LAX to Sydney. The plan was pretty simple...get out of the country. Do what she could to pull some cash together in Oz, then head for Europe. If nothing else, her trail should go cold enough to give her enough of a breather to buy a new identity overseas...change her hair to blonde for good this time.
She wondered if *he* liked blondes.
Shaking off the thought, she signaled the waitress for a refill on her too-strong coffee and a second helping of her tasteless hashed browns while on a shelf above the dining counter, the morning news played in the background.
"...looking forward to cooler temperatures this weekend, that's for sure. In other news, suspected teen killer Lincoln "LJ" Burrows, Jr., has been released from a local detention facility after the disappearance of evidence critical to his conviction. Burrows, son of Lincoln Burrows, Sr., one of the now infamous Fox River Eight, was being held for the double homicide of Lisa and Adrian Rix, his mother and stepfather, as well as the attempted murder of local Illinos businessman Owen Kravecki..."
The rest of the report was lost on Kate for the most part with the exception of a few facts, including that his release had been the day before.
The day before...shit. Linc was probably already here, looking for him, and if they ran into each other...
//Jesus, Kate, what the hell are you thinking?// she snapped inwardly, rubbing a hand over her features as she took a hasty swallow of coffee, welcoming the burn of the too-hot liquid, the bite of too large a sip stinging her tongue and her eyes. //You don't have a clue if he's here or not...you don't have a clue about anything.// What the hell made her think he'd be here just because his kid was?
Because he'd given a one-night stand his car. Because he'd *let* her run. Because he'd looked a little harder and a little deeper than anyone else ever had and didn't mind the darkness he saw.
Jesus Christ, it had been a week and a half at *least* since she'd slept with him. And he hadn't been the only one she'd ever taken to bed...just the only one that had ever gotten under her skin. Lincoln Burrows was in her head, under her skin...even in her dreams at night, dreams that were so intense she usually woke up twisted in the cheap sheets of whatever motel room she was staying in, skin still flushed and tingling after she had them.
She missed him...and Kate didn't miss anyone. Not anymore.
The only thing she was sure of was that if Linc's kid was out of jail, he'd be here...for whatever reason. After the way he'd treated her, she knew he couldn't detatch himself from anything easily, and his own kid?...
She had to get out of here.
Finishing her coffee fast enough to make her cough, Kate dropped a twenty on the counter for her meal and rose from her stool, shouldering her bag and shoving a hand inside to touch her plane ticket...the one that would get her to Sydney. She could be in California by tomorrow if she traveled hard...
Shoving her sunglasses on her face, Kate shoved the door of the rest stop's diner open, stalking out into the light...
...and freezing as she saw them climb out of the car across the street.
Broad and tall, lean and furtive...yeah, it was them.
And as she stood there, frozen in shock and something else as her body automatically reacted just to *seeing* Lincoln in person again, the only thing she could really give any serious thought to, in her dumbstruck haze, was that he seemed to have a predisposition towards *not* buttoning his shirt all the way up...
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He inhaled a bit at the mention of his son. It was the one thing he knew most of all out of all of this, was that LJ deserved better than what he was being given. He deserved a real chance, at a life that he never had. Lincoln shifted Kate in his grip smiling back at her not ready to let go of her just yet.
"Yeah... I have to, I mean he's my son. He got tangled up in this... and he deserves to be free of all of it. He can be safe with us... or at least we can put him somewhere safe. Meet up with him further along. Something... anything will be better then him just out there. I know they'll be waiting for me to get him, so we've got to sort something out before we even get tehre." Lincoln turned his head pressing his mouth to the inside of Kate's forearm, the coolness of her skin pressed to his lips as he kissed the softness of her. It wasn't even something he noticed he was doing, it just felt right. "We'll get to him... before they do."
Lincoln saw Michael heading back to them sipping at a bottle of water with another in his jacket pocket, and a third in his hand. Dom just smirked at his brother, because as always he seemed one step ahead of him.
"So I take it you knew already?"
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"He point-blank told me I had to stay." Kate corrected bluntly, grinning as Lincoln kissed her forearm.
"We have to figure out what to do about LJ." Michael replied, ignoring Kate's wisecrack with a grin. "We can't go after him outright, the authorities will expect it."
Kate was quiet for a moment, nibbling on her lower lip as she turned her head towards Michael, resting her temple against Lincoln's forehead. "They won't expect me."
Michael blinked, quirking an eyebrow.
"The police, the Feds...they don't KNOW I'm with you guys. They've been chasing us separately for the last week and a half." Kate repeated. "I mean...if you guys can find him, I can get to him."
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"She's right Michael... we just need to get him away from wherever they think he's going to go. He's getting released this afternoon, and they'll try to set him up with something. He's not stupid... he's not going to trust anyone."
Which also meant he might not know to trust Kate either, but there were easy ways around that, and they could sort out the details on the rest of the way, "So... it's a start at least right? I mean Kate could slip in... even with her current status, in Arizona they're gonna be looking for us... not her."
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"You know I'm right." Kate insisted, lifting her head away from Lincoln's and unwrapping her legs from around his waist as he let her slide to her feet. Continuing to hide her face, without really minding, she laid her head against Lincoln's chest after a cursory glance around to make sure they weren't being watched. "If you can track him down, I can go after him myself...you just have to give me some way of letting him know that I'm with you guys or he'll think I'm a Fed or something."
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He kissed the top of her head gently and then turned to the side with Kate still pressed to him. Glancing to Michael with a bit of a deviousness in his smile, "You know you're driving right?"