Martin
turned away from Kevin and Anita. His gaze was cast out on the deserted street
and the property beyond. Something black speeding down the road toward them
caught his eye. It came closer without losing speed. Martin realized it was a
black BMW, and the driver’s window was quickly rolling down from view. There
was something about that vehicle that sent Martin’s body into a panic. The
car's Headlights were not on. It was like the black BMW were an extension of
the night itself. Unseen, stealthy. It was being driven without headlights. And
that only meant that the driver didn't want to his victims to see the car
coming.
“Get down!” Martin shouted, jumping at Anita,
throwing them both to the Kerb just as a bullet shot out in their direction.
seconds after the shot sounded, Kevin screamed in pain. Martin rolled off of
Anita, only to see Kevin crumple to the floor. Before moving to check the state
of the man, he saw that the BMW stopped in the middle of the street, and the
car doors were opening its occupants hopping out.
While
Anita was picking herself up, distressed and confused, Martin moved to grab
Kevin by the arms so he could begin to drag him toward the shop. Once Anita
realized what he was doing, and that Kevin had been shot, she scrambled to
help. Hooded strangers were walking towards them dressed in black.
She
whipped the garage door open before rushing back to help Martin pull Kevin into
the shop. His weight was more than either of them could handle alone, and
together, they barely made it inside before a masked man approached; his
strides slow and measured as the door slammed shut in front of him. He seemed sure
he would get his mark without even needing to try. Anita used every locking
mechanism available, but what she heard next sent shivers up her spine.
Something
pressed against the door. “You can’t keep me out with simple locks,” a cold
voice sounded from the other side. Anita stepped away when there was a clank
against the metal frame. Then the horrendous sound of metal gnawing at metal
vibrated from the door, and she ran. They weren’t going to be safe for long.
She
moved through the shop, following the trail of blood that Kevin left in his
wake as he half-walked and half-dragged by Martin, also holding his briefcase in
one hand. She closed all of the doors behind her, and locked those that she
could as she went. While she was unsure how long it would take the man in black
to break through the door, she wasn’t about to make it easy for him.
“Martin!”
she shouted, having lost them in her attempt to slow down the man pursuing
them. The building was a lot larger than she expected. Moments after she called
to him, she heard his response and rushed in that direction.
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