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a Woman named Kitty,
the conclusion
It took me a couple of minutes to exit into the Airport road. then headed east so I could reach downtown Toronto. Halfway to downtown, the traffic at first was sparse..I stepped on the gas and went beyond the speed limit, Hoping, just HOPING a police cruiser would follow us and I would stop. Better them than this raving maniac who is getting closer now, bent on chewing my behind. But no police cruiser came to save me. Where is the police when you need them?
"We will take the Spadina exit," I said.."This will bring us to Chinatown..It will be easy to lose him there.."
But when we reached the Spadina exit, I saw that it was closed for renovation.."Shit!" I exclaimed "No police, no exit, I wonder what's gonna be next????"
I kept on on driving until the next exit ..It will take us to Front street..near the SportsDome..All of a sudden, we found that the traffic became so heavy because of a current baseball event. All the sports fans were now leaving the arena.Our car stopped in the middle of the traffic..We looked at the rear window..We could not see the other guy's car. We hoped he did not abandon it, then would walk towards us..
Yes, he did! He was now walking towards us on foot! Walking in-between those cars waiting for the traffic to move..
All of a sudden the traffic started again..Ha-ha! I laughed, ..And he was left behind. Last time I saw him he was pinned on the fence separating the eastward and westward lanes in front of moving cars.....We went down the Front street exit..careening slowly.
Then we reached Front street..And my car stopped..I checked the dials..It was out of gas!
I screamed an expletive..."So sorry Kitty, " I apologized." Was so much in a hurry that I forgot to fill up.Thought I had enough..."
We left our car.. ran a bit, then we ducked at the side of a big building. We wanted to know if the guy was still following us..
He was .. We saw him..scanning the area and the people coming out of the stadium.. The street lights illuminated his features well.."Thats him all right," said Kitty...He was still far from us, but the distance was getting smaller...
There was a long empty alley behind us..We quietly passed through it..not knowingwhat was on the other side...
The area was an open space surrounded by a high fence strung with a barbed wire on top...
Not far from us was the base of the CN tower..One of the highest man made structures in the world.Normally that alley was always closed. Tonight it was opened and we walked into something like a trap!
There is more sense going back to that alley..He MIGHT take it too and we will meet in the middle!
We turned around..We ran to the base of the CN Tower,,
"That is the only place to hide", I said.."but it was already locked", said Kitty..
We reached the lobby. All locked up and the stupid security guard was nowhere to be found..!
"See those metal rungs on its base going up?", I said.."We have to climb it..The rungs would go up to the first level of the Tower..and I know there is a ledge in there, a crawl space..One for each side"..
There are three sides of this tower, and we had to climb the other side opposite the alleyway..So that in case, he reached this area ( and by Murphy's law he might ) through the same alley way we took, and start combing the area, then he would not see us...
So we went around the base, until we saw another set of metal rungs....Then we started our ardous climb..
Kitty started climbing first..I was just a few rungs below her..It was quite easy..the rungs are comfortable to the grip and to the foot... The Toronto ground view kept on becoming smaller..and smaller as we went up."Do not look down, " I said..Kitty kept climbing like an ant. I did not know she also had nerves of steel...Soon we were already very high ..The night view of Toronto was so beautiful. I wished we were inside the tower enjoying the view and not here outside, hanging like bats with no wings....
"How are you?.." I asked Kitty..
"I am okay," she said gasping.." She was already near the crawlspace..It would be enough for both of us to stay until morning..
Then, I happened to look down. I saw a solitary figure in the base, looking about..My heart seemed to stop beating.
Then he looked up. He saw us..My heart resumed beating fast like an Indian war drum..
"Hurry, hurry to the ledge, I implored Kitty..I will meet him .."
No!" she cried..But she continued her climb until she reached that crawl space and then she slid her body inside it..It was a good seat to watch a battle for the finish. Her life would also be hanging in the balance.
I have to meet met the guy. There might be a chance..I will meet him a little bit further down,,and as soon as his hands are next to my foot, I will stamp on it, Maybe his head too. Hopefully, he would fall down to his death,,
I removed my necktie from my shirt, then I also fished out a 2nd neck tie from my coat pocket..I wrapped them together to form one stout "rope", and wrapped one end tight around my wrist,..The other end I tied to one metal rung..The two ties were strong enough to hold me..temporarily if there will be a man-to-man fight...
I prepared for the worse, but then I did not know what was coming next..
Then I saw him take out a something that looked like a gun. It was a gun!
"God" I prayed..For the first time, I felt that our luck started to unravel...
He fired one shot..The bullet, that looked like a small glowing coal, swerved down after a few meters..It was one of those guns, with a very short range.Not good for shooting vertically..It is a custom made pistol especially made for assasins...It is mainly used for close range shooting, ,..The special bullet implodes inside the victims body, smashing all the internal organs..It is 100% guaranteed to give rigor mortis to a living human.
He fired another shot..The bullet hovered closer to me..His range, if not his am, was getting better. I wish I had a rock to crown this bastard's head, I said...I saw him crawling closer...in the faint moonlight his face was getting clearer. Then he fired a third shot. And this time, it hit my leg..
Ah, the pain was undescribable.!!. I was already in effective range..He climbed faster and I know he wanted to save the remaining bullets for a closer shot..to guarantee my death...
Blood started to drip from my leg like a small fountain..The pain started to throb like crazy....There was pain, , despair, ebbing strength..formula for an impending defeat.. Suddenly I lost hope of seeing another day..As he got nearer, I began to get dizzy and my vision became blurry.."I think I am dying," I said to myself..Then I heard a roar in my ears..Don't they say you will hear a roar when death starts to pull your soul out of your body?..I closed my eyes,and I said "God, take my soul!" There was again another gunfire, and blackness covered everything around me.I lost consiousness...
I woke up in a hospital.The lights made me think first I was in heaven..But then I saw a nurse. And a burly looking man whom I found out was a detective of the Toronto Police Department, Aiden O Hara..
He told me what went on after I lost my consciousness..There was a scuffle at the airport and one security person was killed by this guy and he was able to escape from the premises. A small gun was strapped to his skin with a special tape that escaped the metal detector. So he was able to make his way out and then he saw us at the airport lot.
The Police started their manhunt. They acquired a Police Helicopter, but didnt know where to look..Until they heard the gunfire at the CN Tower..Luckily they were nearby when the gunman started shooting at us. It was the roar of the helicopter which I heard..And the last gunfire was a police sniper's that saved my life..
"We found you unconscious there, hanging for your life.." said Detective O'Hara..It seemed your "rope" saved your life after all. Those two guys at the airport have a long list of charges to their name.You lost a lot of blood. Luckily, the bullet just passed through your leg,,Otherwise, the doctors would have amputated your leg...When you feel better, I would like you to tell us more details for our report.."
"Yes, yes.." I said weakly.."Then I felt a onslaught of drowsiness.."Where is Kitty?..Where is Kitty?"Again, I lost conciousness..
Two days later, I woke up, this time feeling much better. There was a sealed envelope on my table.I recognized the handwritng as Kitty's..Her cel phone was there beside the letter..It was charged, ready to use..
The letter said:
"Mark..By the time you read this letter, I will be already home..I suddenly felt a longing to see my two kids again. I miss them.I want to see them again...."
At this point, her handwriting became so uneven..
" I decided to go back..I got a text from Henry.He told me I won't be able to see them anymore..if I do not come back.I am sorry Mark..I had to. Thank you for everything you did for me..Am very grateful for that..You saved my life..I love you even more..but I really have to leave..Forgive me for leaving you alone..I still love you, more than ever..
Kitty
ps.If ever I have some news or if I may need your help again..I will call you. I asked the nurse there to leave my phone near your bed..They were kind enough to do it..Nobody knows its number except me..Will call you, OK?"
My mind went blank for a minute..Then I resumed thinking and so I won't feel depressed I tried focusing my mind on her..on things that happened and on things that could possibly happen..
It was two days later that I was awakened up from a nap with the cel phone's peculiar ring..I seized the phone fast..
"Kitty??? Is this you??" I said with an eager voice.
"Mark?..No this is not Kitty. This is her younger sister..Kitty's dead, but she left me a message for me to tell you..."
END OF A WOMAN NAMED KITTY
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