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“OK. You got me. I’m gonna put my gun on the ground. Nice and slow, then I’m gonna kick it away. It’s the only one I got.” I lied and stretched slowly, placing my gun on the floor. I kicked it towards him and metal scraped across the concrete surface of the parking lot.
“You better not be lying, pig,” he said in a flat voice, edging closer to me.
“I ain’t lying. You can search me if you want.” I shrugged, casually.
“Police budget, you know! It was the jacket or the spare gun!” I laughed loudly, and his eyebrows raised. His gun lowered a fraction as he approached, taken aback by my casual demeanor.
I spotted my chance. The image in front of me seemed to freeze in my mind. I lowered my hands to just above my hips, palms facing outwards. His gaze followed my hands, eyes narrowing.
We stood there, facing off against each other. My legs were spread wide, knees bent slightly.
Now.
My hand flashed like lightning into my pocket, pulling the gun from the inside left of my trench coat. I clicked the safety off as my hand drew it out in a well-rehearsed move.
My gun was aimed at him before he had time to react. I unloaded the full clip at his chest in a matter of seconds, walking forward as I shot fifteen bullets into his torso. He flinched with every shot, falling back as he died. He managed to get two shots off at me as he fell. One went harmlessly wide. The other grazed my chest. I grunted as I felt a rib crack.
I slipped the clip out and slammed a new one into the gun as he hit the concrete. Blood poured from fifteen wounds in his chest. He was dead before he hit the floor.
Conall was in the doorway in front of me, his eyes wide with amazement at the scene he’d just witnessed. I aimed my gun at him, eyes glaring.
“Conall! Drop the gun. It’s over. All your men are dead or arrested. Come on, now.” I edged forward.
“Jack. It ain't over until I say it's over! You hear! I got an offer for you. Let's talk, me and you. Make a deal.”
I laughed at him and his pitiful, pleading expression. I looked into his eyes. I saw nothing but an evil man, cornered and begging.
“I’ve got an offer for you, Conall. Drop the gun. Get on the floor. Or, I’ll shoot you. See what I did to your friend here? That could be you too, if you want. Your choice. Ain’t no third option.” I stopped edging forward, clearing my mind as I waited for his response.
“There’s always a third option, Jack! You ain’t taking me down! You don’t get away with screwing with the O’Rourkes!” His arm raised slowly, and I waited with baited breath for him to move.
Then something bizarre happened. A full beer can came flying from the corner of the room, hitting him in the side of the head with a loud, tinny thud. He looked to his right.
“You fu…”
I took my moment and shot him in the right shoulder twice, and the left shoulder once. He staggered back, gun dropping to the floor.
Eden ran into my eyesight and picked Conall’s gun up, eyes blazing as she stared down the sights of the pistol at him.
Good girl. Please don’t shoot him, though. We’ve got him. We can take him down. Make him live out the rest of his miserable life behind bars. I didn’t want to give him the easy way out. I’d see him pay for what he’d done. Justice would be served.
I walked in
to the room, my gun still trained on Conall as he sat on the bed, gasping in pain, swearing at me softly through gritted teeth.
“Go on then, finish it! Kill me, you fucks! Damn cowards!” He raged at us, mouth foaming as he spat obscenities.
“No, Conall. You ain’t getting off that easy. I’ll see you pay for what you’ve done. Scumbag.” I risked a glance over to Eden. Her hands were shaking with anger. I could tell she wanted to shoot him.
I stepped over and placed a hand onto hers. I gently pushed the gun down.
“It’s over, Eden. We shoot him now, we’re just as bad as he is. Let’s put him behind bars.” She looked up into my eyes, anger lifting as she stared at me. She smiled softly, eyes wide with adoration.
Then she turned to face Conall and suddenly cracked him in the temple with butt of his own pistol, smiling grimly at the sound it made. Conall collapsed, unconscious.
“Damn, I’ve been wanting to do that for a while. That felt good.” She let a breath out slowly.
I smiled at her then went to tie Conall up. I read him his rights with satisfaction, even though he was out cold. Just meant I’d have the pleasure of reading them to him again when he came round.
