Sorry for the long period of time. I have been working longer shifts, which doesn't give me much time to write. Plus the holidays. Thank you so much for the reviews everyone, I'm glad my story is at least readable. Well here's chapter two, it starts off where the last one left off. I'll try to update faster. Enjoy.
"Shit Hondo! Street and Sanchez…" Castaldi says with fear. Hondo grabs his radio, " Street! Sanchez! Get out of the gym now! You're walking into a trap!" Hondo orders into his radio. After hearing his command Jim looks over and Chris, reading her eyes, he knew she heard the call as well. From above the two we can see men slowly climbing into position, also one man hiding in the bleachers, and the last man hiding in the equipment room. The men from above, on both sides of Street and Sanchez, begin to take aim. As if on cue, all four men stand up and open fire.
The once silent gym surroundings are shattered with an explosion of gunfire. The men obviously had training in tactics and weaponry. The two men above the stranded S.W.A.T. members unloaded as much ammo as they could, allowing their partners on the floor time to reload before the two officers ccould respond. When the two men on the ground were ready they would provide cover fire so their partners above could reload. "Shit! Sanchez we need cover! I'll give you cover fire, go to the end of the bleachers!" Street yells as he takes aim at the men above. While he is firing at the men, bullets soar inches from his body. The wooden floors burst into wood chips as the bullets impact.
Sanchez doesn't argue with his commands and backs up to the end of the bleachers. She continues to fire at the targets. After she gets to the end of the bleachers she lays down and reloads her MP5. Once her gun is loaded she gives Jim suppression fire so he can join her and reload. Chris aims at the two men who are on the floor while the two men above reload their guns.
Upon hearing Chris's suppression fire, Street runs back to Chris. Unfortunately, the man who had taken cover in the bleachers takes advantage of Streets retreat and focus's all his fire on Street. When the man squeezes the trigger of his AK-47, time seems to slow down for Jim. Knowing full well the danger he is in, Jim increases his pace to max speed while bullets fly inches above his shoulder and legs. Right before Jim reaches Chris, one bullet finally hits it's mark. The bullet grazes his right leg in full speed, tearing the side of his uniform and sending a sharp pain throughout his body. The hit makes Jim slow to a walk allowing the man in the bleachers to take aim.
Once Jim is in the cross-hairs of his AK-47 the man squeezes the trigger. The hammer of the gun hit's the bullet, making the casing fire. As the bullet travels down the barrel of the gun the camera takes the role of the bullet. It travels through the air smoothly at the angle of Jim's head. Using his Navy Seal's training, Jim senses the danger and begins to lower his head, but unfortunately he is not fast enough. The bullet hits Jims helmet with an incredible force. His helmet is thrown through the air and Jim's body crumples.
"Jim!!!!!! No!!!!", Chris exclaims. "Oh god, no, no, no," Chris thinks to herself. Feeling an incredible amount of rage as she sees the man she cares for fall in battle, Chris aims and fires at the man who killed Jim. The assailants chest explodes with blood as ten rounds hit his body. The force causes his body to fall down the bleachers. Chris, under heavy fire, grabs Jim's body and pulls him to the other side of the bleachers. With tears pouring from her eyes Chris grabs Jim's body. "Jim! Jim! Don't leave me! I need you…." Chris whispers.
Chris reaches over to her radio on her right shoulder and begins to call in to the rest of the team. "7-david to 70-david, Street's down! We need back up…..". Unfortunately Sanchez is cut off by a bullet hitting the top of her right shoulder, tearing off her radio and sending pain throughout her body. "The scene changes to Alex Montel and Captain Fuller at a S.W.A.T. bus. "7-david come in. 7-daivid please respond!" "That does it! Sgt. Cortez, take any of these fuckers you see down now!" Sgt. Cortez nods at his sharp shooter who aims at one of the men on the upper level in a window. "Come on you bastard, give me a clear shot! Stop moving!" the sharp shooter mumbles.
When the scene cuts back to the gym, we see Chris reloading her gun with Jim's body lying next to her. As the camera zooms in on Jim we see his eyes slowly open. "Man, I feel like I've been hit by a bullet. Oh wait that's right" Jim thinks to himself. With a pained expression on his face, Jim rolls onto his back and looks over at Chris while he tries to regain his bearings. Realizing where he was, Jim quickly grabs his Colt .45 out of his holster. While preparing for battle he realizes that Sanchez is unaware of his presence and looks as if she was crying. He also notices that she was unaware of the man in the equipment room window aiming at her. "Oh no you don't you Son of a bitch! She's a huge part of my life and I will not lose her." Jim says to himself. He aims quickly at the man and fires. The shot strikes the man in the face and drops him dead.
Hearing the shot next to her and seeing the man drop dead, Sanchez looks over at Street with hope. Instead of seeing tears of pain this time, Jim sees joy and relief in her eyes. He also sees something a little more, but his thought's are interrupted by her voice. "Jim are you alright?" Chris asks in concern and care after seeing blood running down his face. With a pained expression Jim replies "I'll live for now, but I don't know how many more times I can take a shot to the head." Flashing her his famous heart melting smile, he then turns back to the men.
One of the men above Chris and Jim reaches for a fragmentation grenade on his belt and pulls it off. He grips the grenade with his right hand and pulls the pin with his left. Looking down at the two S.W.A.T. officers he yells, " Prepare to die cops!" At the end of his statement the glass behind him explodes, followed by his chest. The man grabs his chest and falls forward.
When the man's body hit's the floor his hand looses it's grip on the grenade. The clip flies off the grenade, making a ping noise, and the explosive rolls out of his hand. After hitting the floor the grenade rolls under a scaffolding by the door Chris and Jim came in through. "Shit! Grenade!" Jim yells and jumps on top of Sanchez.
Outside the gym we see Hondo and Sanderson running along the walls. "We're almost to the door, these fuckers are going to pay!" Sanderson yells. When they are about twenty yards away from the door they are knocked down by a concussion. When they begin to get up they hear a loud crash and they see the doors shake. "What the hell was that Hondo, it sounded like an explosion?" Sanderson asks.
Hondo runs to the door and tries to open it. "There's something blocking the door, it won't budge. Shit! Hold on guys! We're coming!" Hondo yells as he turns to Sanderson. "We need to get a S.W.A.T. van! We're going to crash it through these doors!" Hondo orders. "Let's go then!" Sanderson replies.
As the scene goes back to the gym we see Street lying on top of Sanchez to protect her from the concussion. Jim leans his bloody face next to Sanchez's ear and asks if she is ok. When she replies that she is fine and thanks him, Jim gets up off of her. He loads his gun looks at Sanchez and says "This ends now Chris. This man is going down." before she can respond Jim gets up runs out into the middle of the gym and dives.
When he dives time slows down. In the air Jim fires up at the man as fast as he can. The man fires at Jim, but is hit several times in the chest. He begins to fall backwards while being hit by bullets, his gun swings about firing, and his back hits the window. When he hit's the window the glass shatters and he falls through. The man falls and hit's the ground with a sicken crunch, suggesting that he landed on his neck.
Slowly Jim lifts himself up the best he can, but is in too much pain to stand up. Instead he crawls back to Chris, who was sitting with her back on the bleachers and starring at him with a smile. When he reaches her he sits next to her. They were both exhausted from pain and adrenaline. Chris had several cuts on her face, a bloody right shoulder from the bullet that ripped off her radio, and a few grazes from bullets on her legs.
Jim was in worse condition. Though the bullet didn't go through his helmet, it did cause a massive cut and concussion on the top of his head, he had a bad cut on his right leg from a bullet wound, and several cuts on his arms and back from explosion fragments. They both looked at each other and began to stare into the others eyes. Jim breaks their silence by saying " Hey there pretty lady, how you doing?" Chris looks at him and smiles. She hits him playfully on the arm and says " I can't believe after all this you still have the energy to hit on me." "What, all this, I've dealt with worse in the Seals and seen worse…….." Jim trails off and loses his smile at the mention of the Seals. Sanchez begins to wonder what he had experienced in the past that always makes him distant at the mention of his Seals experience, but she figured that today wasn't the best day to push it. Slowly they begin to lean up against each for support and comfort. "Wonder when back up will arrive?" Sanchez asks. Right after she asks Jim this question, the front door and debris blocking the door explode as a S.W.A.T. battering ram vehicle crashes through, followed by their team. Hondo jumps out of the driver seat of the vehicle and yells, "You two ok? Any suspects left? Jim shouldn't you be dead?" "Nah, it takes more then a bullet to the head to stop me and no all suspects have been killed. I think you missed the road by a lot there Hondo. You really are a bad driver," Jim responds. Hondo just roles his eyes. "Shit Street, you must have nine lives or something," Deke says seeing the damage. All Street can do is laugh.
"All I can say is that I'm thankful you are both alive, you both look like you could use a band aid, but alive. Although I did say to you guys that we needed to keep damage to a minimum and the death toll low," Hondo says sarcastically. " Hey Hondo we would have had minimal damage, but that vato with the grenade decided to make this a battlefield. I'm just glad that my partner and I are the best, otherwise we might have been in trouble", Chris responds while smiling at Jim, who responds with his own smile. "Alright, alright, let's get you guys some help," Hondo says. "I'm glad you guys are ok," Castaldi says. "Yeah you had us scared for a moment," Sanderson says.
As the team begins to walk out, paramedics and other officers enter. "You going to be ok Chris?" Jim asks looking her in the eyes to show her his concern. "You're asking me? I only have scratches, you're the one who should be dead right now," she responds with tears in her eyes. "Hey don't worry about me pretty lady, I've only got scratches too," he says laughingly. "Never ever scare me like that again Jim," Chris says as she clings to his body, tears beginning to fall. "Don't worry, I'll never leave you," Jim says. "I wish I could believe that in our line of work," Chris says still hugging him. "Me too," Jim whispers to himself. Slowly they are separated and placed on stretchers and taken off to the hospital. To be continued…………
"Shit Hondo! Street and Sanchez…" Castaldi says with fear. Hondo grabs his radio, " Street! Sanchez! Get out of the gym now! You're walking into a trap!" Hondo orders into his radio. After hearing his command Jim looks over and Chris, reading her eyes, he knew she heard the call as well. From above the two we can see men slowly climbing into position, also one man hiding in the bleachers, and the last man hiding in the equipment room. The men from above, on both sides of Street and Sanchez, begin to take aim. As if on cue, all four men stand up and open fire.
The once silent gym surroundings are shattered with an explosion of gunfire. The men obviously had training in tactics and weaponry. The two men above the stranded S.W.A.T. members unloaded as much ammo as they could, allowing their partners on the floor time to reload before the two officers ccould respond. When the two men on the ground were ready they would provide cover fire so their partners above could reload. "Shit! Sanchez we need cover! I'll give you cover fire, go to the end of the bleachers!" Street yells as he takes aim at the men above. While he is firing at the men, bullets soar inches from his body. The wooden floors burst into wood chips as the bullets impact.
Sanchez doesn't argue with his commands and backs up to the end of the bleachers. She continues to fire at the targets. After she gets to the end of the bleachers she lays down and reloads her MP5. Once her gun is loaded she gives Jim suppression fire so he can join her and reload. Chris aims at the two men who are on the floor while the two men above reload their guns.
Upon hearing Chris's suppression fire, Street runs back to Chris. Unfortunately, the man who had taken cover in the bleachers takes advantage of Streets retreat and focus's all his fire on Street. When the man squeezes the trigger of his AK-47, time seems to slow down for Jim. Knowing full well the danger he is in, Jim increases his pace to max speed while bullets fly inches above his shoulder and legs. Right before Jim reaches Chris, one bullet finally hits it's mark. The bullet grazes his right leg in full speed, tearing the side of his uniform and sending a sharp pain throughout his body. The hit makes Jim slow to a walk allowing the man in the bleachers to take aim.
Once Jim is in the cross-hairs of his AK-47 the man squeezes the trigger. The hammer of the gun hit's the bullet, making the casing fire. As the bullet travels down the barrel of the gun the camera takes the role of the bullet. It travels through the air smoothly at the angle of Jim's head. Using his Navy Seal's training, Jim senses the danger and begins to lower his head, but unfortunately he is not fast enough. The bullet hits Jims helmet with an incredible force. His helmet is thrown through the air and Jim's body crumples.
"Jim!!!!!! No!!!!", Chris exclaims. "Oh god, no, no, no," Chris thinks to herself. Feeling an incredible amount of rage as she sees the man she cares for fall in battle, Chris aims and fires at the man who killed Jim. The assailants chest explodes with blood as ten rounds hit his body. The force causes his body to fall down the bleachers. Chris, under heavy fire, grabs Jim's body and pulls him to the other side of the bleachers. With tears pouring from her eyes Chris grabs Jim's body. "Jim! Jim! Don't leave me! I need you…." Chris whispers.
Chris reaches over to her radio on her right shoulder and begins to call in to the rest of the team. "7-david to 70-david, Street's down! We need back up…..". Unfortunately Sanchez is cut off by a bullet hitting the top of her right shoulder, tearing off her radio and sending pain throughout her body. "The scene changes to Alex Montel and Captain Fuller at a S.W.A.T. bus. "7-david come in. 7-daivid please respond!" "That does it! Sgt. Cortez, take any of these fuckers you see down now!" Sgt. Cortez nods at his sharp shooter who aims at one of the men on the upper level in a window. "Come on you bastard, give me a clear shot! Stop moving!" the sharp shooter mumbles.
When the scene cuts back to the gym, we see Chris reloading her gun with Jim's body lying next to her. As the camera zooms in on Jim we see his eyes slowly open. "Man, I feel like I've been hit by a bullet. Oh wait that's right" Jim thinks to himself. With a pained expression on his face, Jim rolls onto his back and looks over at Chris while he tries to regain his bearings. Realizing where he was, Jim quickly grabs his Colt .45 out of his holster. While preparing for battle he realizes that Sanchez is unaware of his presence and looks as if she was crying. He also notices that she was unaware of the man in the equipment room window aiming at her. "Oh no you don't you Son of a bitch! She's a huge part of my life and I will not lose her." Jim says to himself. He aims quickly at the man and fires. The shot strikes the man in the face and drops him dead.
Hearing the shot next to her and seeing the man drop dead, Sanchez looks over at Street with hope. Instead of seeing tears of pain this time, Jim sees joy and relief in her eyes. He also sees something a little more, but his thought's are interrupted by her voice. "Jim are you alright?" Chris asks in concern and care after seeing blood running down his face. With a pained expression Jim replies "I'll live for now, but I don't know how many more times I can take a shot to the head." Flashing her his famous heart melting smile, he then turns back to the men.
One of the men above Chris and Jim reaches for a fragmentation grenade on his belt and pulls it off. He grips the grenade with his right hand and pulls the pin with his left. Looking down at the two S.W.A.T. officers he yells, " Prepare to die cops!" At the end of his statement the glass behind him explodes, followed by his chest. The man grabs his chest and falls forward.
When the man's body hit's the floor his hand looses it's grip on the grenade. The clip flies off the grenade, making a ping noise, and the explosive rolls out of his hand. After hitting the floor the grenade rolls under a scaffolding by the door Chris and Jim came in through. "Shit! Grenade!" Jim yells and jumps on top of Sanchez.
Outside the gym we see Hondo and Sanderson running along the walls. "We're almost to the door, these fuckers are going to pay!" Sanderson yells. When they are about twenty yards away from the door they are knocked down by a concussion. When they begin to get up they hear a loud crash and they see the doors shake. "What the hell was that Hondo, it sounded like an explosion?" Sanderson asks.
Hondo runs to the door and tries to open it. "There's something blocking the door, it won't budge. Shit! Hold on guys! We're coming!" Hondo yells as he turns to Sanderson. "We need to get a S.W.A.T. van! We're going to crash it through these doors!" Hondo orders. "Let's go then!" Sanderson replies.
As the scene goes back to the gym we see Street lying on top of Sanchez to protect her from the concussion. Jim leans his bloody face next to Sanchez's ear and asks if she is ok. When she replies that she is fine and thanks him, Jim gets up off of her. He loads his gun looks at Sanchez and says "This ends now Chris. This man is going down." before she can respond Jim gets up runs out into the middle of the gym and dives.
When he dives time slows down. In the air Jim fires up at the man as fast as he can. The man fires at Jim, but is hit several times in the chest. He begins to fall backwards while being hit by bullets, his gun swings about firing, and his back hits the window. When he hit's the window the glass shatters and he falls through. The man falls and hit's the ground with a sicken crunch, suggesting that he landed on his neck.
Slowly Jim lifts himself up the best he can, but is in too much pain to stand up. Instead he crawls back to Chris, who was sitting with her back on the bleachers and starring at him with a smile. When he reaches her he sits next to her. They were both exhausted from pain and adrenaline. Chris had several cuts on her face, a bloody right shoulder from the bullet that ripped off her radio, and a few grazes from bullets on her legs.
Jim was in worse condition. Though the bullet didn't go through his helmet, it did cause a massive cut and concussion on the top of his head, he had a bad cut on his right leg from a bullet wound, and several cuts on his arms and back from explosion fragments. They both looked at each other and began to stare into the others eyes. Jim breaks their silence by saying " Hey there pretty lady, how you doing?" Chris looks at him and smiles. She hits him playfully on the arm and says " I can't believe after all this you still have the energy to hit on me." "What, all this, I've dealt with worse in the Seals and seen worse…….." Jim trails off and loses his smile at the mention of the Seals. Sanchez begins to wonder what he had experienced in the past that always makes him distant at the mention of his Seals experience, but she figured that today wasn't the best day to push it. Slowly they begin to lean up against each for support and comfort. "Wonder when back up will arrive?" Sanchez asks. Right after she asks Jim this question, the front door and debris blocking the door explode as a S.W.A.T. battering ram vehicle crashes through, followed by their team. Hondo jumps out of the driver seat of the vehicle and yells, "You two ok? Any suspects left? Jim shouldn't you be dead?" "Nah, it takes more then a bullet to the head to stop me and no all suspects have been killed. I think you missed the road by a lot there Hondo. You really are a bad driver," Jim responds. Hondo just roles his eyes. "Shit Street, you must have nine lives or something," Deke says seeing the damage. All Street can do is laugh.
"All I can say is that I'm thankful you are both alive, you both look like you could use a band aid, but alive. Although I did say to you guys that we needed to keep damage to a minimum and the death toll low," Hondo says sarcastically. " Hey Hondo we would have had minimal damage, but that vato with the grenade decided to make this a battlefield. I'm just glad that my partner and I are the best, otherwise we might have been in trouble", Chris responds while smiling at Jim, who responds with his own smile. "Alright, alright, let's get you guys some help," Hondo says. "I'm glad you guys are ok," Castaldi says. "Yeah you had us scared for a moment," Sanderson says.
As the team begins to walk out, paramedics and other officers enter. "You going to be ok Chris?" Jim asks looking her in the eyes to show her his concern. "You're asking me? I only have scratches, you're the one who should be dead right now," she responds with tears in her eyes. "Hey don't worry about me pretty lady, I've only got scratches too," he says laughingly. "Never ever scare me like that again Jim," Chris says as she clings to his body, tears beginning to fall. "Don't worry, I'll never leave you," Jim says. "I wish I could believe that in our line of work," Chris says still hugging him. "Me too," Jim whispers to himself. Slowly they are separated and placed on stretchers and taken off to the hospital. To be continued…………