The Pursuit

Work in progress

Police officer Dan Bovinga slept on a Toyota Camry seat, dreaming;



"The hackers are meeting here, they're planning on stealing money from the New York central bank, I will be using an EMP to disable their-"



A man grabbed a dog from a shopping cart and threw it at Bovinga, he jumped up and caught the dog, falling over.

Several people went down the escalator and starting shooting at Bovinga.



"It's Genghis Khan!"



Genghis Khan was shoved off the escalator



"And Julius Caesar!"



An eagle flew in and carried away Caesar.



"Oh the humanity!", shouted a customer.



The shopping mall blew up.



Another officer shook Bovinga in the car.



"Oh my god! I just had the worst nightmare! People were dying left and right, and I couldn't do anything about it!"



"Relax", replied the police chief.



"They killed the President!"



"You were dreaming."



"I think it's some kind of warning."



The car parked near the police station.



As the officers exited the car one by one, Bovinga's shoelace was caught under the pedal. The other officers entered the station while Bovinga yanked his foot out, the shoe was sent upwards, flipped and landed on the gas pedal as Bovinga walked out of the car.



Bovinga walked into the station with only one shoe on, unaware as the car drove out of the parking lot and onto the road.



He sat down and played minesweeper for half an hour.



A 911 operator walked up to the officers "We have reports there's a drunk driver on the loose! He's hitting anything in his way! Won't stop! People say they can't see anyone in the car!"



"What type of car was it?", replied Bovinga.



"It was a red Toyota Camry" said the operator, but she thought "Why do you only have one shoe on?"



"I'm on the case!", he shouted running out of the station.

He looked at the parking lot and saw his car was missing.



“He’s using my car!”, he thought. He started typing notes on his phone: "Important Case info: It's 2:30, I've only eaten a sandwich. I just came from the station; someone has stolen my shoe and my car. I had a dream about a shopping mall exploding. I saw a funny dog it looked like Elmer Fudd. I'm going to go piss."



After returning from the police station washroom, he walked to a Subway and took a sandwich.



The shoe car continued its rampage, its gas depleting until it was empty. Finally, it crashed into a Chevron. The window to the driver’s seat was shattered and the front nearly destroyed. The owner of the gas station walked out. He grabbed a credit card from the car and swiped it across the card reader. "How much gas do you need?" He checked the fuel gauge and filled the car with gas, turned the steering wheel and sent it onto the highway. Dan Bovinga checked his balance and saw the gas charge, "Bank hackers! Just like my dream!", he thought. He promptly added it to his Case Notes and emailed them to the police station. Officer Jordan felt a buzz in his pocket and took out his phone, he stared at the email.

"This is bullshit".

He walked up to the chief, "Sir, I received the "case info" from Bovinga in an email but it's completely unrelated to the investigation. I don’t know why he would send us this". "I think it's some kind of code, you should try to decrypt it with another officer"