"You can't catch devils with angels"

Chapter 1: Escaping Rockport

It was just another day at Rockport for most of the street racers in the city. They race, cops showed up, and then the next thing most people were paying attention to is water tank collapsing, gas station exploding, construction sites fell down, bus stations got destroyed, and the most important thing, cop cars got wrecked. But the day was far from any other day for the new blacklist number 2. People knew him as "Zhao". No, he's not from Japan. The racers in Rockport knew that he never reveal his real name. Hell, he never even talk during his time in Rockport, until that very day when he was about to challenge Razor, the number 1 racer on the Blacklist. Only a few people knew the reason why he wanted to risk everything and climbed up to the top of the Blacklist. There's Rog, a professional street racer which never got involved with the cops, and then there's Mia, a mysterious hot chick that helped Zhao to get to the top of the Blacklist. Last but not least, Jeff Parker, a not so famous street racer who joined him after he claimed the number 15 spot on the Blacklist from Sonnie. Jeff was also known as 'Hunter'. Only God and him knew why the hell did he chose the alias 'Hunter' in the first place.

Jeff took no interest when Zhao challenged Razor that day. He already knew the outcome, Zhao got his ride back and humiliate Razor, just like he did with all of the past Blacklist member. He took a strong interest with Jewels, Blacklist number 8. He still remembered when she was arrogantly smiling to Zhao, taunting him that he will never beat her, and then humiliated (Not in that way, of course) in front of her crew, and was forced to hand over her ride to him. He shook his head slightly, getting rid of his thought about her. He continued to eat his burger until a loud roar from the distance was heard by almost every people present in that area. It was neither from Zhao's Dodge Viper or Razor's BMW, but it was more like a sound from a muscle car's engine.

A stock red Mustang GT drove into the area, and parked beside his Mazda. 'Who the hell would bring a stock muscle car into this big race?' He thought to himself as he continued to eat his burger. Minutes later, the sound of engines roaring and tires screeching were heard by every racer in the area. Everyone walked closer to the finish line as a blue Dodge Viper crossed the finish line, seconds ahead from the BMW. The driver of the Mustang stepped out from the stock Mustang to saw the outcome too, except for Jeff, which left his jaw dropped for a moment, looking at the driver of the Mustang. It was Jewels, but with different outfits from the last time he saw her. She was wearing a white tank top with a matching blue jeans and black boots. Her hair was tied into a low ponytail and she was still wearing her trademark sunglasses. In other word, she's hot, and that left him drooling with his wild imagination.

"You'll never get a hold on the number one spot." He was snapped back to reality as Razor's voice was heard talking to Zhao. "Not with me on your tail." Then, he showed the BMW keys right in front of Zhao's eyes. If Jeff were him, he would beat the crap out of Razor and took the key, but the Viper's driver just stayed quiet, as usual. "And if you want these… You're gonna have to take 'em." Just when Razor finished that word, Mia quickly came between them and snatch the BMW keys from Razor. Jeff unbuckled his seatbelt and readied his combat knife, just in case if things got worse.

"It's over, Razor…" Mia said, her eyes glaring at Razor. He walked up to her and got into her face. Zhao, on the other hand, stayed quiet and glared at them both silently. 'How the hell did he manage to stay silent in a situation like this?' Jeff thought to himself.

"It ain't over, until I said it's over." Razor reached for the keys, but with a swift move Mia grabbed his arms and pinned him to the ground. Bull, Ronnie and the rest of Razor's crew took a step forward to Mia, but she opened her long coat, revealing a handgun on her side. Jeff watched everything from his car, dumbfounded. It took him 10 seconds to realize that she is an undercover cop. The sound of sirens and helicopters were heard in the distance. Everyone was running into their cars, trying to get away, but the cops were faster. Mia threw the keys to Zhao and glared at them both. "GO!"

Jewels crawled out from her wrecked Mustang GT after she and around 20 Police Cruisers crashed into a construction site, which caused the site to crumbled and wrecking hers and the police cars. She took a quick glance to the road in front of her. The road was clear, but sirens were heard everywhere. She slowly stood up and walked limply on the sidewalk, keeping her head down all the time, hopefully the cops won't recognize her. But hell, she was wrong. A civic cruiser spotted her and yelled at her to stop.

"Shit!" She swore, and using a bit of her last strength, she ran away from the cop. She was already exhausted from the high speed chase throughout Rockport, which ended tragically in a construction site. This was the most fucked up day on her life. Sure, she was never afraid from the cops, but it's only when she's behind the wheel. Especially with her beloved Mustang, she was unstoppable until that bastard took it away from her. Now, she was afraid. No backup. No crews and friends to help her out from this mess. She slowed down, feeling the energy was drained away from her. Then, as she thought about her having to rot in jail, she heard a crash. A loud one.

She looked backward, and couldn't believe what she was seeing. A Green Mazda RX7 sideswiped the civic cruiser, sending it crashing through a store, wrecking it. The car pulled up beside Jewels and the door opened, revealing a blonde man with spiky hair, he was wearing a blue t-shirt and a matching black jeans. He looked at her for a moment before a group of police's Corvettes heading toward the Mazda. "Get in!"

Jewels quickly got in the Mazda and closed the door, as the man quickly sped away from the Corvettes, but the cops keep following the car. He dodged the incoming traffics and was forced to go against the traffic when the road up ahead was blocked by Police's Heavy SUV. He shifted gears and the car went faster, but the cops were showing up like there were no tomorrow. Jewels looked at the young man, and then looked at the road up ahead again. Soon, the Mazda entered Rosewood borough, where most of the street racers have been busted. Jeff knew that he had to improvise, but the intensity of the pursuit kept him mind away from thinking any fresh plan to escape the cops. About 20 Police Corvettes and a helicopter joined the pursuit on his Mazda, and he knew that his Mazda won't last long against the pressure from the cops.

"Take a left on the next intersection, then keep moving on the right side of the road." Jewels said, her hands were gripped tightly on the handle. She may have outrunned the cops multiple times and became a number 8 on the Blacklist, but she never felt the fear by sitting in a car as a passenger and let the other person do the driving. He did what he was told, he drifted along the intersection and barely avoiding traffics in the process, and then he kept driving on the right side of the road. Seconds later, he saw a small construction site and knew exactly what she meant. He hit the NOS and the car sped forward, knocking off the weak metal pillars and disabled around half of the Corvettes, giving him enough time to turn left on the next intersection and head toward the forest.

"Whoa, whoa! Are you crazy!?" The blonde woman yelled as the car swerved through the forest, avoiding the wood and disabled more unlucky cops who ran into the woods. The car then reached a straight dirt road which had a sharp turn to the right, where 4 Heavy SUVs were waiting for the Mazda. Jeff had no choice, he had to run through the woods again to reach the main road. The Mazda barely made it from the SUV as they tried to ran them over, however most of them were crashing into the trees. The car's great handling really had a benefit in this kind of situation, when most of cars would lose control and crashed into the trees.

The car made it back to the street with no cops on their tail. Jeff sighed in relieve and relaxed a little bit. Jewels, on the other hand, stared at Jeff like she wanted to kill him right inside the car. "You're… Hunter, right? One of that bastard's friend?" Jewels finally spoke up.

"He's no bastard." Jeff answered without even glancing at her, because he already knew what kind of look Jewels was giving to him.

However, before she could answer, a Corvette spotted the Mazda and the chase continued. The helicopter soon joined in too, along with what is looked like to be a whole damn battalion of the Rockport Police Department. He then took a left toward the freeway, where more roadblocks have been set up by the RPD to stop the Mazda from escaping. His Mazda had reached it's limit and he knew it, however his passenger seems not to care about that in the moment. After evading another roadblock and head into the tunnel, Jeff used his SMS to call Mia.

"Yo, Mia! It's Hunter! Listen, I need a way out from Rockport, things get crazier on my side!" Jeff yelled to the SMS as he avoided another deadly crash with the Heavy SUVs.

"Zhao have already used the old bridge to escape, and now the spot was heavily guarded by the cops." Mia answered, which made Jeff cursed out in anger. "I heard that there's an old tunnel at the north side of the city." Jewels spoke up for the first time to Mia. There was another pause on the SMS, along with another roadblock that Jeff had to avoid. He slammed through the roadblock, sending the Corvettes flying down the streets.

"Yeah, there's an old tunnel that was used by one of the first street racer to get to Rockport. The location is not that far, but you'll have to improvise." Mia said, a GPS coordinate was sent on his SMS.

"Improvise? What do you—OH SHIT!" Jeff had to turned left at the intersection to avoid 2 Supercharged SUV's ramming into his cars. He was back at Rosewood again, drifting along a corner which successfully disabled 3 Corvettes in a row. The Mazda ran through another construction site, disabling around 6 Corvettes in the process. He then proceed to north, avoiding cops in the process. He really had to end this pursuit soon, or else the Mazda's engine will blew up and then, game over. Busted. And hell, he won't let that happen.

"There's the tunnel!" Jewels pointed out to an entrance closed with woods, with the sign said "ROADS CLOSED". Jeff knew that he's going to break this dumb law, or else he and Jewels would end up in jail. With almost a whole battalion of Rockport Police Department were following him, he used the NOS on his Mazda to break through the wooden barrier and entered the small old tunnel. Only some of the Corvettes made it through, the others, they weren't so lucky. There were wooden pillars along the tunnel, which Jeff was forced to knock them down, with also a consequence; the tunnel started to collapse.

The pursuit turned into a race, where the Mazda RX7 sped down along the collapsing tunnel, with 4 Corvettes followed close behind him. The last 2 Corvettes were not luck though, as the rocks from the tunnel buried them and their cars. The other 2 Corvettes crashed into each other when the tunnel became a 2 lane way for the 3 cars. As the tunnel collapse behind the Mazda, the tuner car was able to made it out, alive. With a few damage on the car of course. The car slowed down into the speed limit and was speeding along the dirt road. Jeff took a quick glance to Jewels. "You alright there?"

"Y-yeah, I'm fine." She answered, still shaken up after the high speed chase on the tunnel, which could cost their life. She took a deep breath before letting go of the handle.

"Can't believe a number 8 on the Blacklist was scared as shit back there." Jeff said with a chuckle as he shifted gears, moving on a slightly higher speed on the dirt road. Jewels glared at Jeff angrily.

"You drive like a fucking maniac." She hissed, not looking at him. She had to admit it, he was driving like crazy. Even herself wouldn't want to drive like that, which is one of the reason why she's a number 8 on the Blacklist and not higher. The SMS rang and Jeff answered the call.

"Hunter, you still alive?" Mia asked through the call. Jeff smirked at the question while Jewels was not even glancing at him. "Yep, we're still in one piece. My ride need a repair though. And maybe a nice place to sleep would help." There was a pause before Mia answered him.

"Alright, once you left the dirt road, turn right, keep going until you reached a gas station. Go around it until you saw a garage with a yellow Lancer EVO in front of it. You know what to do next. Just keep a low profile, RPD will likely looking out for you… and her."

"Thanks for your help, Mia. What about Rog? Did he escape?" Jeff asked when a blip showed up in his GPS, moving on the highway not far from his current position.

"I have some work to do. Later." Mia terminated the call as Jeff picked up more speed on his car, dirt kicking out from the rear tires. Jewels shifted on her seat and closed her eyes, fell asleep not long after that.

A/N: This is my first NfS fanfic, and yeah, it takes place at the end of the career mode of Most Wanted 2005. Please leave a review, I really appreciate it. See ya in the next chapter!