In, out. In, out. Focusing on my breaths, my finger met the cool, hard trigger. In my vision, a aqua-marine circle flickered into sight, expanding, contracting, then exploding outward once again. I counted in my head, to ascertain the timing. There. There. It coincided with my heartbeat, at its smallest between "ga-dumps."
Nudging the weighty black barrel that stretched out in front of me, the lens in front of my face blurred as the view shifted, and my.eye throbbed faintly as it rapidly un- and re- focused on my target. Two sillouettes, walking side by side. A quick eye calculation told me they were 7 meters apart, offset, from my current vantage, by 30-45 degrees.
A quick glance up at the corner of my vision brought the numbers there into focus, confirming the windspeed and direction. Everything's set.
Having not moved my eye from the scope, it was a simple matter to return my quarry to my field of vision within the convex glass, and took a deep breath. Easy. This was easy.
One heartbeat. Two. Three. I counted off in my head, getting the rhythm, and synced in my mind. I could count my heartbeats as they happened, preemptively. More importantly, I could count the spaces between them; precicely when the Bullet Circle would be its smallest. Five. Six-go!
Fwooom! The gun responded to my trigger finger, and a massive bullet sailed forth. A small, ever expanding ball formed around the muzzle break, spurred on by the compressed air as it danced its joy of release.
The true fruit of its labor, however, was still in the air, spinning rapidly as it drilled through the air. Over half an inch wide. It was the 14.5mm rounds this gun could fire, that were so devastating. In truth, if one were to use this in reality, at this close a range, it'd incur the ire of international law.
My well trained hand was already sliding the bolt back into place as the thought crossed my mind, the heartbeat still in my mind.
Ga-thump--
Fwooom!
It was a moment after the second shot left the weapon that my eyes registered the splash of red polygons from my first target's body. His partner turned, eyes widening-