Sorry for not updating. I've been in what I call the 'writer's funk'. Oh, and if you want to know how to get ahold of me, go to www.neuroticnonsense. (Thanks for the 'tense' advice. I'm keeping it in the past.)
I heard the tart thwang of an arrow being released. I saw the body of Miho tumble through air and as she passed the window nearest me, our eyes locked together. Get these bastards, she seemed to tell me, then I knew she was lost to me. To Old Town.
"Want a smoke?" Those words poured out of his throat like aged whiskey. They were smooth but with just the right bit of edge to them, that jarred me out of my stupor.
"No. Thank you," My eyes were cold and brittle as they bored into him. "but I've got better things to do than hang around with you. I've Old Town to protect." As I brushed past him, he grabbed my arm and brought me closer to him. I inhaled the musky, masculine scent of his cologne. Thank god it wasn't some overly sweet odor. I think I would have puked all over that nice suit of his. Armani, I judged.
"Let me go." I said. "Or I'll blow your gonads off."
He just smiled down at me and a piece of metal was pressed at my waist. I knew it was a gun. A Beretta or a Glock, some part of me tried to guess. Probably a Beretta.
I started backing up away from him. My fingers had locked up and I willed them to relax enough so that I could have control over the trigger.
"You never do take the easy way out. Do you, Wendy?" Then he raised his gun and shot me in the shoulder as I returned the favor.
"The easy way out is for cowards." I watched with relish as my bullet penetrated his side. I stumbled backward and through a window. I screamed as I landed in my car and scrambled to put the key in the ignition while I trembled. I looked up to see that he wasn't staring down at me and I hurried to get the car running. I needed to get away, to get to someone that could help me. Mary. I had to get to Sister Mary.
I grimaced with pain as I sped off.