Chapter 44 - 4: Shoot Again (1/2)

*Bang* * bratatat* bang*

Three soldiers came out of a small building nearby and shot James who threw himself behind a concrete fence, narrowly dodging a dozen bullets.

He waited a brief moment before the sound of gunfire ceased, then got up and aimed at the three soldiers, but at the same time two soldiers came out of a nearby building across the road, while aiming their weapons at James.

”Shit! The sound of gunfire and the smell of smoke (burning vehicle) made it impossible for me to detect them!”

*Bang*

He shot one of the three soldiers, who was reloading their weapons, killing him instantly before running at full speed towards the barrier that prevented the vehicles from leaving or entering the town.

The two soldiers began shooting at James while the other two who were reloading opened fire.

*Bang* * bratatat* bang* *Bang* * bratatat*

”Ouch!!”

Two balls hit James' shoulder, nearly knocking him off balance, he then pulled the pin on a smoke grenade and threw it behind him before hiding behind another fence.

”It hurts like hell!”

He pressed his right hand firmly on his bleeding shoulder while closing his eyes.

*Swooch* *Boom*

The smoke grenade exloped, releasing a thick veil of smoke, disrupting the vision of the soldiers who stopped firing, James, whose1 eyes were still closed, stood up again and aimed in one direction and fired.

*Bang*

*Bang*

One of the soldiers who fired earlier fell to the ground with a bullet to the chest and before his companion could react another shot rang out, killing him instantly as well.

Then James ran to a 1910 style military vehicle, resembling the 1908 Willie Overalnd model before Jeep production, James, pressing down on his shoulder injury, jumped into the vehicle but soon realized there was a problem.

”It's a cranked vehicle! Damn it! Why is my luck so rotten!”