The first section of the wall held nothing except racks of clothes, leaving Casey to start to get anxious. She made sure to check the wall adjoining where she had just looked before moving on as well. While she looked, she started to mess with her hair, floofing it up a little and flipping it over into a style more suited to make her look like a teen girl just shopping. It didn't feel right after she messed with it, but it would help her blend in if she couldn't find a second way to go out.
She could hear the cops shout something muffled through the front doors, leading her to walk quicker along the back wall. Clothes. Clothes. And surprisingly, even more clothes. It wasn't until she reached the farthest corner of the wall that she spotted a door, clearly marked with an 'employees only' sign. Bingo.
Kade spotted the girl from earlier slipping into a door labelled "Employees Only." He could go in there… but what then? He would have to face her arrogance, and he really didn't want to. Plus, it would look suspicious if the security cameras were watched. He couldn't go there.
He moved to the door leading to outside, glancing back at that girl one last time. His instincts warned him not to leave her, but he didn't listen. He would be fine. She would just get in trouble, right?
Casey slipped through the door, entering a back room that had a final door leading to the outside. Best case scenario, there was no police outside the door and she got away free… In the worst case, they accused her of doing whatever the guy from inside did and he got away free instead. She stayed in the room for a second, adjusting her new outfit one last time before stepping outside into an alleyway. Right in between two not so friendly looking cops.
"Perfect," She huffed, drawing their attention within seconds. Well, getting out of this one was going to be very interesting.
"Hands on your head and step away from the door," The taller and stronger looking cop said, a scowl on his face. He didn't draw his weapon, just kept a hand rested gently on it as she did what he said begrudgingly.
After a long struggle with himself, Kade finally relented and followed the girl from earlier. He followed from a distance, keeping hidden in the racks of clothes. He ducked out of sight as two cops ran past, searching, and cursed quietly as, a moment later, she exited the employees only door.
"Why did you do that?" He grumbled, as the cops caught up to her. Time to be the hero. Great.
He stepped from his hiding place and smiled winningly at the two cops. "Hello, gentlemen," he said cheerfully. "How are you two doing? Lovely day today, isn't it? Perfect and sunny and warm."
(What do we want their backgrounds to be?)
(What do you mean? I'll get my answer up soon, just was curious as to what you mean first)
(I dunno, I was just thinking that if we want them to interact more, we should probably figure out what they have in common in their backgrounds. That's just me, though!)
(That's true, I think besides that they're both running from the law, they should have more in common)
The taller cop's attention snapped to him as soon as he stepped out of the door, a glare on his face, "Who are you?" The younger looking cop did the same, though also didn't take his eyes off of Casey for long. At least one of them seemed worried about her getting away.
Casey glanced over her shoulder, hiding a scowl. Great, it was mystery prick. A tiny spark of hope kindled in her that he could help her get away from these cops, one that she was quick to stuff out. He had already shown that he wasn't interested in giving or receiving help.
(They should. But what?)
"You don't recognize me? Shame." Kade shook his head in mock sadness. "Come on. I mean, I know I'm not as famous as some of the others out there, but seriously, everyone should recognize me!" He tilted his head, acting dumb. "Or are you two not fans? That must be it." He held out his hand to them, acting completely calm. "Morgan Freeman. Nice to meet you. What are your names?"
Not only did he look nothing like Morgan Freeman, or sound like him, but Kade also didn't even act the same way. Hopefully, though, these two cops were dumb enough not to recognize his lie.
(Hmmm the death of someone they love maybe? I'm not really sure lol, my mind is blank)
For a minute, the taller cop looked suspicious, but then just nodded, shrugging as he shook his hand, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Freeman. I don't really pay much attention to celebrities so I didn't recognize you. I'm Sergeant Bronds and this is my partner, Officer Mation." The younger cop looked like he was going to protest or say something, but stopped before any words came out, following in the other cop's movements and shaking his hand.
It wasn't a surprise that Casey saw right through this lie, snorting in amusement but expertly covering it with a cough. She turned so she was looking at him, a flicker of something similar to being impressed in her eyes. How mystery guy was pulling this off, she wasn't sure, but it was quite impressive. Especially since he didn't even choose someone that actually looked similar to him.
(Same here XD)
Kade smiled winningly at the two of them. "Officer Maton and Sergeant Bronds, nice to meet you." He smiled warmly, although he couldn't hide the tiny flash of amusement that went through him. "What brings you here, to a clothing store?" He had no idea what he was doing. Wasting time? Being an idiot? He didn't know.
"We're trying to catch the person that stole a motorcycle, they ran into the store and haven't come out yet." Officer Matton explained, jabbing a finger towards Casey, "We think she's the one that stole the motorcycle since she was slipping out that door like she had done something wrong, unless you know that there's someone else hiding in there that could clear her name."
Casey shot a glare at mystery guy, silently asking him to lie to the cops so she would be let free. Whether or not he would do it was a completely different story, but she hoped he would do it.
Kade laughed. "Really? Well, I was just talking to a few of the officers who saw it, a few minutes ago. They said it was a colored guy." He motioned to the strange girl. "She is neither colored, nor a guy. I think you might be getting it wrong." He paused, pretending to think. "Although, I have seen signs like this. Usually, when panic attacks happen, they will do anything to make it stop. Those kinds of people are never in their right minds." He shook his head sadly. "It's a shame."
"That is true, I suppose she can't be the one who stole it then." The Sergeant turned to Casey for a minute, nodding apologetically, "Sorry for the mix-up ma'am, I hope you have a good day. You're free to go."
She relaxed visibly and nodded back politely, not acting at all like the person she had just been inside the store, "It's totally alright, I hope you catch the guy." Casey even flashed a fake smile as she glanced up at the mystery guy and somehow made a convincing response to him, "Thank you for clearing my name, I hope all of you have good days." With that she turned and left, walking down the alley away from the way the cops were. Who knew how long it would take for them to figure out the blatant lie that the mystery guy had told. She wanted to be far away when they realized that, seeing as she would be a suspect once again.
Kade waved to the officers. He couldn't believe that had worked. "Thank you, gentlemen. I hope you find who you're looking for," he said, smiling. "It was nice to meet you." He turned and started to walk toward the entrance of the store, and although he had no idea what he would do if he was called out, he had gotten a surge of confidence from his success, and so he was sure that he could figure… well, something out.
The officers nodded, smiling at him as he walked away. "Have a good day sir," The officer said, turning back to his partner as she turned back to the job at hand, watching the doorway for anyone else to come out.
Casey didn't waste a second as she got out of the alley at the back of the store, letting out a relieved sigh before starting to jog out towards a road. She needed to get out of this town, as soon as she could. Even if she didn't like stealing things like cars and motorcycles, this seemed like the time to do it, as the cop's attention would be on that store. First, though, she had to grab her bag where it was stashed at one of the parks in town. She couldn't leave it behind, no way. Her eyes flicked around as she started walking along the road, searching for any motorcycles or unlocked cars for easy targets.
