"This is a robbery! Everyone down!"
Hearing the rather desperate voice as the door banged open, I decided that fate hated me. I dragged myself off the chair I was seated on, and collapsed to the floor, noticing that Two Bit was too absorbed in his misery to move. I reached out a hand to shake him, but the robber waved his gun at me when I moved, so I retreated, silently praying for Two Bit to realise what was happening and move.
"I'm not joking! I'm not afraid to use this gun! You better move right now, or I'm gonna shoot! I'm not kidding!"
Two Bit just sat there as the robber trained his gun on him.
"That's it! I really mean it!"
Two Bit still didn't move.
A shot rang out, and Two Bit jerked upright, before slumping down and off the chair, blood pouring out through his back and the his chest where the bullet had exited his body.
I lay on the floor in shock yet again- was he dead? Was he alive? If Two Bit was still alive then I needed to get him to a hospital as soon as possible!
"Hey!" I called out to the robber.
"Shut up and stay still!" was the polite response.
"Hey! I have to get my friend to a hospital or he'll die!"
"I said, shut up!" the robber shouted, aiming the gun at me menacingly.
"You'll get done for murder if he dies! You've got to let me phone an ambulance!"
A second shot rang out, and I stared uncomprehendingly at the blood trickling out of my arm where he'd shot me. Pretty soon my vision began to dim as I lost more blood. I tried to staunch the bleeding with my coat, but I was too near unconsciousness to manage it very well. As I began to pass out I heard sirens growing nearer, then further away as my hearing grew fuzzy and I sprawled further across the floor.