noise.
The weird thing is I remember it now as if it happened in slow motion. But it all happened so damn fast. Too fast to sit down and think things through in a clear and logical manner. It happened and we reacted.
Before we could help the Sergeant there was a thump on the door. Kenji still had his full weight against it. But it wouldn’t take long for whoever or whatever was on the other side to bust in.
"Rebecca!" he yelled. "I need you to unclip two grenades from him." he said referring to the wounded soldier.
"What? Are you crazy?"
"Just do it!"
I knelt down over the solider and unclipped two grenades from his vest. "Now what?"
"Pull the pins and throw them into the next room."
I did what he said, like I was robot on auto pilot and he was punching in commands. I'd never thrown a grenade. I didn't know you had to pull a pin. But there I was doing exactly what he said.
I threw the grenades into the room where the crazy lady and the Sergeant were. Kenji told me to hit the deck and take cover. Then he opened the door and planted a thrust kick, smack bang in the middle of the chest of whoever was trying to break in through the door and opened fire with his rifle. He then slammed the door shut and dived, covering me and Officer Dennis.
"Everyone get down!" Kenji yelled.
We all flattened ourselves against the floor.
Kenji grabbed Kim and threw her to the ground as well. Above all the chaos I could hear him counting down the seconds of the grenade fuse.
At five seconds I curled up into a ball and made myself as small as possible. I thought if I squeezed myself into a tight enough ball I would be able to teleport out of there.
Three seconds.
I didn't teleport.
Two seconds.
Jack was curled up next to me, covering his head. Maria was underneath Jack curled up into an even smaller ball.
No seconds
Two simultaneous explosions rocked the police station. The noise sent me momentarily deaf. My world turned to dust and debris and a high pitched ringing.
Chapter 10
The first thing I did was check to see if I had all my limbs still attached. The dust was still settling and my ears were still ringing but I was intact.
I could just make out Kim shouting at Kenji, waving her arms around.
Kenji ignored her. He was on his feet as soon as the grenades had blown. He peered over, into the next room and raised his rifle back up to his shoulder. He pulled the trigger three times. Each gunshot sounded muffled but was still loud enough to make me jump.
"Clear!" Kenji shouted.
"Clear? You just killed Pearce!" Kim shouted in disbelief.
"He was already dead," Kenji replied.
"Is everyone OK?" Jack asked. "Maria, are you all right?"
I slowly uncurled myself. I was slightly deaf but I was fine. Jack and Maria were huddled in the corner. Maria’s amazing tan seemed to have disappeared. She was pale and covered in dust.
Kim brushed herself off. "What the hell do you think you’re doing?" she asked Kenji.
Kenji again ignored the question. He slid the ammo magazine out of his rifle and threw it on the ground. "We need to leave." He said as he leant down and felt the neck of the wounded soldier for a pulse. He then felt his wrist and leant over his mouth and listened for breathing. But there was nothing. No sign of life.
He then searched the pockets of the fallen soldier for ammo and other supplies. It was unsettling, like he was picking him clean like a vulture but I guess it wasn’t meant to be disrespectful, just about survival. Kenji found a hand gun and an ammo clip for the rifle. "We need to leave right now," he said again as he reloaded.
Officer Denis was still lying on the ground. It wasn’t until
The weird thing is I remember it now as if it happened in slow motion. But it all happened so damn fast. Too fast to sit down and think things through in a clear and logical manner. It happened and we reacted.
Before we could help the Sergeant there was a thump on the door. Kenji still had his full weight against it. But it wouldn’t take long for whoever or whatever was on the other side to bust in.
"Rebecca!" he yelled. "I need you to unclip two grenades from him." he said referring to the wounded soldier.
"What? Are you crazy?"
"Just do it!"
I knelt down over the solider and unclipped two grenades from his vest. "Now what?"
"Pull the pins and throw them into the next room."
I did what he said, like I was robot on auto pilot and he was punching in commands. I'd never thrown a grenade. I didn't know you had to pull a pin. But there I was doing exactly what he said.
I threw the grenades into the room where the crazy lady and the Sergeant were. Kenji told me to hit the deck and take cover. Then he opened the door and planted a thrust kick, smack bang in the middle of the chest of whoever was trying to break in through the door and opened fire with his rifle. He then slammed the door shut and dived, covering me and Officer Dennis.
"Everyone get down!" Kenji yelled.
We all flattened ourselves against the floor.
Kenji grabbed Kim and threw her to the ground as well. Above all the chaos I could hear him counting down the seconds of the grenade fuse.
At five seconds I curled up into a ball and made myself as small as possible. I thought if I squeezed myself into a tight enough ball I would be able to teleport out of there.
Three seconds.
I didn't teleport.
Two seconds.
Jack was curled up next to me, covering his head. Maria was underneath Jack curled up into an even smaller ball.
No seconds
Two simultaneous explosions rocked the police station. The noise sent me momentarily deaf. My world turned to dust and debris and a high pitched ringing.
Chapter 10
The first thing I did was check to see if I had all my limbs still attached. The dust was still settling and my ears were still ringing but I was intact.
I could just make out Kim shouting at Kenji, waving her arms around.
Kenji ignored her. He was on his feet as soon as the grenades had blown. He peered over, into the next room and raised his rifle back up to his shoulder. He pulled the trigger three times. Each gunshot sounded muffled but was still loud enough to make me jump.
"Clear!" Kenji shouted.
"Clear? You just killed Pearce!" Kim shouted in disbelief.
"He was already dead," Kenji replied.
"Is everyone OK?" Jack asked. "Maria, are you all right?"
I slowly uncurled myself. I was slightly deaf but I was fine. Jack and Maria were huddled in the corner. Maria’s amazing tan seemed to have disappeared. She was pale and covered in dust.
Kim brushed herself off. "What the hell do you think you’re doing?" she asked Kenji.
Kenji again ignored the question. He slid the ammo magazine out of his rifle and threw it on the ground. "We need to leave." He said as he leant down and felt the neck of the wounded soldier for a pulse. He then felt his wrist and leant over his mouth and listened for breathing. But there was nothing. No sign of life.
He then searched the pockets of the fallen soldier for ammo and other supplies. It was unsettling, like he was picking him clean like a vulture but I guess it wasn’t meant to be disrespectful, just about survival. Kenji found a hand gun and an ammo clip for the rifle. "We need to leave right now," he said again as he reloaded.
Officer Denis was still lying on the ground. It wasn’t until
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