Target

Here's the next part of a Six Sentence Serial Story written in collaboration with Clark from The Wakefield Doctrine. 

Previously:
Part 1 Entrée
Part 2 Heart
Part 3 Melee
Part 4 Pass
Part 5 Tattoo
Part 6 Nail

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And now, ‘… of Heroes and the Misunderstood’ continues…

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‘We’re not going anywhere with you,’ Rue DeNite quickly said, as she dropped down to her knees pulling a cushion from the sofa, ‘I’ll just get what we came for,’ she unzipped the cushion cover and pulled out a beige-coloured folder, ‘and we’ll make our own getaway in our own transport… you two can sort out whatever’s going on here between yourselves.’

The window above the sofa cracked with a sound that resembled streak lightning, Rue dropped the folder, spilling the contents out onto the floor, at the same time the strange woman in the group got to her feet and instantly fell back over Rocco, who was yet to stand.

Moonbeam managed to stop the woman falling back to the floor, as Rocco noticed blood trickling down her left arm; ‘blood…’ he shouted, pointing out the obvious, ‘she’s been shot!’

‘It only grazed me,’ the woman responded, rubbing her arm, ‘but it hurts like hell… I can’t believe they’ve shot me!’

Moonbeam noticed a letterhead on one of the sheets of paper Rue was quickly trying to gather together, with a logo not that different to the tattoo he and the injured woman had; he nearly said something as Rue cut him off with ‘I think you’ll find that ace sharpshooter was aiming for me.’

The window splintered into thousands of tiny glass shards as another bullet smashed through it and plunged into the wall opposite, Rue grabbed Rocco’s hand, with her bag and the folder in her other hand, saying, as she pulled him towards the door, ‘and we’re gone,’ just before stopping suddenly outside the door.

Posted for Six Sentence Stories. This week, Denise has selected ace as the prompt word.