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I collapsed on the ground, my head hitting the pavement with a thud. I watched from a sideways angle as the men dragged her toward the car kicking and screaming. I shifted until my gun was in front of me, aimed at my target. I wasn’t entirely sure I could make the shot without hitting her. My brain was a little scrambled from the accident.
I closed one eye, trying to focus better on the target. It wasn’t the correct way to shoot, but desperate times called for desperate measures when you were seeing double. “Please don’t shoot her,” I whispered, pulling the trigger.
The man to her right fell, screaming out in pain. I fired again finishing him off. Skylar twisted in the other man’s arms, slamming her foot into his leg, giving her just enough time to fight back. She punched the man’s throat and when he doubled over, her elbow hit the back of his neck in a devastating blow. She bent over heaving as she waited to see what would happen. When he didn’t get up, she turned and ran back to me, ignoring my orders.
“Are you okay?” she shouted, kneeling at my side.
“I told you to run.”
“You can yell at me after I save your life,” she said, rolling me to my back. “Holy shit, there’s a lot of blood.”
“Are you gonna puke?” I grinned.
“I’m a nurse and EMT. I think I can handle this.” She tore a piece of her shirt, then used it as a tourniquet around my thigh. “I can’t remove this now. I need to get you someplace safe first.”
“That’s my line,” I grinned.
“Nice shooting, by the way. I appreciate you saving my life.”
“Yeah, well, you should be grateful you’re alive. I was aiming for the guy on your left.”
She stopped moving and looked at me questioningly.
I shrugged. “It was a chance I had to take.”
She pulled me upright and got to her feet, pulling me up by my armpits. “Can you walk?”
I huffed in irritation at the question. “Seriously? I got this.”
“You look like you’re about to topple over.”
“Nah, my vision is a little wacky. If I just stay between the V of the two roads, I’ll be fine.”
“There’s only one road,” she pointed out.
“Don’t point out the obvious. Grab the bags out of the SUV. We might need them in case we run into anyone else.”
“If that happens, we’re screwed. I’m not sure my fancy moves will work a second time.”
She turned and crawled into the backseat, flinging out the two bags.
“Don’t worry, Fox will make sure you can defend yourself.”
She grabbed both bags and heaved them over her shoulder with more strength than I imagined she had. “I’m not sure I want to know Fox, or anyone else for that matter.”
“What’s wrong? You don’t like us?”
“Don’t take this the wrong way, but I was looking for a little less excitement in my life.”
“Yeah, you might not have wanted to get involved with Jack then.”
She propped me up with her shoulder, then started to walk. “I had a feeling you were going to say that.”
Tires screeched as a car came squealing around the corner toward us.
“Sky, get the gun!”
She dropped the bag, unzipping it quickly and grabbing a gun. I aimed for the car as it pulled to a stop, but I knew I wasn’t going to be a good shot. The door opened and I groaned as Dash stepped out.
