John nodded at Calderone.“We got a tank at the gates.Better grab a weapon, Mr.Vincinti.”He motioned to the pile on the floor.
Willow marched over and stared down at the pile.“They are all so big...”She paused and raised a small rifle then put it to her shoulder and tested the sights.“Ok, this will do.”
Calderone was now staring at his wife.
“There’s more ammo in the box, Willow,” Anna pointed at it.
Willow went over and looked through it.“Oh!I got it.”She stood and went over to the table with her small box in hand.
Leon and Calderone were blinking in disbelief.
“Get armed, honey!”Evelyn called out to a stupefied Leon.
Leon huffed but set his cell phone on the flower table and pulled his two favorite guns from his vest.
John turned from the window.“They just ran through the gates and men are pouring out of—”
Bullets started to rain up against the house.
“It’s okay,” John called out.“The windows are bulletproof.”
Meena stepped over, grabbed Leon’s phone up, and stared at the screen.She ran over to John, grabbing his arm.“Everyone fall back!”She tugged at John’s arm as she yelled.Exasperated, she raised the phone to his eyes.
John stared at it.“Fire in the hole!”he shouted as he now pulled Meena away.“Head to the living room!”
The men all rushed toward the main room, away from the front.
Leon and everyone else ran into the main room to duck behind the couches.
“It’s a rocket launcher!”Tony shouted from somewhere in the room.
The front of the house exploded as glass, metal, wood and debris flew everywhere.The sound was deafening.Dust and smoke drifted out as the explosion reached the main room, spitting debris everywhere.
Covering their heads, the entire group knelt on the floor while hiding behind furniture.The ceiling buckled and scraps of sheetrock rained down on them.
Screams could be heard as some of the security men were hit with glass and wood.
Evelyn rose up, concerned at the yells of pain.
Leon tugged her down.“You stay down!”he ordered.Rising up slowly, he shouted, “John?”
“Yeah, here.Meena is good too.”
“Calderone?”Leon called.
“Yes!We are good,” his son called back.
“Anna?”Evelyn shouted.
“I’m okay!”she called back.
“Ok, men.Get ready to defend,” John yelled.“Take your shots!”
The sound of booted feet clattered along the wrecked entryway as this unknown enemy rushed their attack in full force now.
The Vincintis and their women all waited as they took positions.
Men in fatigues rushed in.There looked to be 7 of them or maybe ten.
