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The ride to shore went smoothly with almost no conversation past amongst the passengers. James Cross watched the man whom had saved his life very carefully, making sure he was as okay as he could be. This man needed medical attention. He might have a concusion and that would need to be confirmed by a doctor.

James pulled out his cell phone, opened it up, and started pressing buttons. Water spouted out from all sides of the phone. How could he be so stupid! Cell phones weren't water proof! When James had swam for his life away from the exploding room, so had his phone, the only difference is that the phone had died afterwards. He cursed to himself big time and then looked at Oual.

"Chief... I am going to call the ambulance from the security radio. By the time we get to shore... the ambulance should be there! Okay?" James questioned the Chief, but the Chief didn't say anything back, so James took that as a "yes." The ambulance would be there in no time.

As the boat got closer and closer to shore, Cross saw that the ambulance had already made it to the correct destination. Then Cross looked at Oual's face and saw a stern look plastered on that a mother or father would give to their children. James let this look sink in and then understood.

Without Oual even saying what he was thinking, James Cross knew he didn't think James was very good at what he was supposed to do. This made James angry. Oual had no idea what Cross had been through and the thing was he could never ever find out or else his life was in danger! Cross knew Oual wanted him to go to the hospital too, like procedure, but Cross was fine. Why make an extra tip and waste money for a pointless medical trip? Not to mention... James Cross thought the man lying down at the floor needed more attention than he did. This man was in trouble somehow. James had seen the letter the man had. It did not seem like a friendly "Hi. How are ya?" letter. In the back of James's mind, he knew he was correct and before this boat docked, he decided to tell Oual just that.

"Chief... with all due respect sir... I can tell right now that you think some of my descisions were rash and too off the handle. But you have to understand sir... you have no idea what I was put through and A PROPER COP waits to hear all of the evidence before he makes his assumptions. So anything you think you know... you should just drop out of your mind because you have no idea what went on before you came to 'save the day.'"

As Cross had finished his speech, the boat docked and an ambulance team rushed out to the boat, took the semi-unconcious man (and his suit case), and then they carefully put the man in the ambulance and drove away. James Cross watched the ambulance slowly fade away into the distance, while awaiting a reply from Oual.

James Cross went red in the face. Oual, a man he viewed as almost a god, seemed to be a little bit flawed. James had never told the Chief he was going to hide what happened in the explosion. There he went again with the assumptions. James had full intentions of telling Oual what had happened, the only thing is... what had happened?

James looked down at the ground and then smiled. He was never one for lying, but this time he needed to. Not only to protect himself, but to protect Oual from that mad man Mister Wyong. James knew exactly how he would get himself out of this perdictament.

"You are right sir. I should not be talking to you this way. Excuse me for my behavior. It is just ever since you met me you thought you KNEW the entire story... when in actuality... you really don't sir. So yeah... I will tell you right here right now what happened. I was doing MY duty in the mueseum when all of a sudden... FOR NO REASON... three armed men started shooting at me! I chased them because it was MY duty and I was the only DAMNED COP there! That sir... is not my fault... but it is my duty to follow these men to make sure nobody got hurt. When I left to Mueseum to pursue them, I was doing MY duty. If I hadn't, they could have been left to cause more trouble."

James left out the part where he had been injured. Explaining how he had no bruises on him would be a problem he would never be able to get out of. James continued, "I admit, the armed men ran into the school and there was time when I could have called for back up. But what if those men went in there a killed someone? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE AND YOU KNOW IT! The fact is that I went in there and nothing did happen but a stupid lock down! The only person that got injured was you and both of us missed that the secretary behind the desk... was really one of the culprits! What happened after that you might ask? I will tell you! I followed the three men all the way out here! Yeah... that's right... out HERE! And they went into the water and I followed. They paddled all the way out right near that man's boat and then they turned to me and laughed. The next thing I know they hurl an explosive in the air and BAM! I was already so tired and that explosion almost knocked me out cold! I did the right thing... whether you want to admit it or not! The point is... you wanted this to turn out differently... IT ISN'T ANYONE'S FAULT BUT YOUR OWN! IF I AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO MONITOR A MUESEUM... WHAT MADE YOU THINK I COULD FOLLOW THESE MEN?!?!?! That is your fault sir and nobody's but your own and until you realize that, you are going to have a problem. If you don't want this to happen again... I suggest you hire more personal than one miesley sophmore next time to watch a stupid mueseum! GOOD DAY!"

As James Cross turned and walked away, he commended himself on coming up with such a believable story that worked. Oual would not be able to question one thing of what Cross said. All James knew was that it would be okay if he never had to face such a one sided a** like Oual ever again.

James Cross looked at Oual with pursed lips. s**t! thought Cross. He didn't know much about explosives, so he didn't really know how to answer the Chief of Police. He searched in his mind for any bomb facts he had picked up from his almost two years of training. James looked at Oual and said with the best courage he had. "I DON'T KNOW OKAY? Jesus Christmas Chief! I was panicking in the middle of an ocean. I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT WEIGHT AND HEIGHT OF THE DAMNED THING! Now I am going back sir. Back to where I came from so you can never deal with someone as stupid as me again! That sound good to you?"

With that James cast his hand up and a cab came out of nowhere right to him. Delmor was famous for its dutiful cabs. That's for sure. "Good day sir." James said as he closed the door and told the cabbie to head towards the Police Academy.