Page 88 of Double Shot
“K.”
I ducked around the corner again and let fly, jerking back at the first sign of muzzle flash beyond the haze of teargas.
“Spicy!” I heard one of them call out and another one or two laughed.
Shit. They weredefinitelytrained mercs if they were remarking on the teargas like that.
I stood up on the other side of my corner.
“You like that?” I called out.
“Poppet…”Roan’s voice held a note of warning.
“Shit, it’s a female,” one of the men said in the ringing silence.
“What the fuck?” I heard another one say.
I ducked out, and fired, falling into a crouch as I did it and I heard one of them beyond the smoke cry out.
“That was a hit,”Roan declared.
“No shit,” I muttered.
“One down, one wounded and thus semi-incapacitated, at least five still on their feet.”
“Thank you.”
“Perhaps the last explosive round?”he asked, and I grimaced.
“I don’t like that idea; the target and our asset are between me and them, the collateral damage might be more than we’re willing to pay out.”
“Too right, looks like they have you in check.”
“Yeah, well, I’m about to put them in check mate,” I grumbled.
“Going for the last explosive round after all?”Roan asked.
“Got a few flashbangs I haven’t even touched, first,” I said.
“Ah, a good compromise.”
I lit off in their asses with all three of those flashbangs in as rapid a succession as I could pull off, rounding the corner and opening up with some suppressive fire to advance myself up the hall.
I ducked back into an alcove meant for art, shoving a statue off its pedestal and out of my way as a few rounds whizzed by. Those rounds weren’t particularly aimed, which is why I was still intact – well, that and some damn luck.
“I don’t think I like you taking risks like that.”
“Makes you feel better, I didn’t like taking it either, but I’m pretty sure our black king would have approved.”
“Likely not,”Roan argued.“Less talk, Red Queen. Stay focused.”
“Next door is our lucky door, isn’t it?” I asked.
“Aye.”
“K. I manage to take any of those assholes out?”
“You have two still capable according to movement. Whether dead or unconscious on the rest, I cannot tell.”
