Screams of terror and fear erupted from the inside of the bank as citizens burst out of the front entrance only to be mercilessly gunned down from behind by a hail of bullets. They all dropped to the floor dead, like lambs to the slaughter and Yui was absolutely horrified. She froze in her tracks, just staring a the dead bodies with her jaw wide open in pure shock. Sure, she had seen it in movies where people get killed, but never did she expect to see it in a real life situation.

"If you all don't want to end up like those poor sons of bitches, I suggest you stay right where you are on the fucking floor! We didn't want to kill anybody, but you left us no choice! Now shut up or you'll be joining them!" A loud voice commanded, coming from the bank, silencing the cries that reacted to the brutal killing of innocent lives.

Yui was silent, contemplating her next plan of action. This was serious. People's lives were at stake here, making the situation much more dangerous than it already was. Trying the front door was just asking to join the corpses on the pavement, not to mention triggering the murder of more civilians as well.

There's got to be another way in around the back...

Moving through a small alleyway along the side of the building, she was about to round a corner, but stopped at the end, backing up against the wall. Peeking out, she saw that the lot was clear. Continuing on, she eventually found a back door, but it was locked.

Shoot, I was hoping it wasn't.

Stepping away from the door, she looked up at the building. There had to be another way to get inside...

Ah! Up there!

She took notice of an open window on the second floor building of the bank. Conveniently, there was a pipeline that ran along down the wall nearby it. Holstering her pistol, she climbed the metal tube. Police sirens could be heard in the distance, but that didn't stop her now. There were people counting on her to save them and she wouln't let them down!

Reaching the opened frame hole, she crawled right through. She found herself in what looked to be a meeting room. There was a door on her left at the far end. No doubt this floor would be overlooking the first which meant she was in for an intense firefight. As soon as she got close to the door, she saw the knob begin to turn. Paralyzed out of fear, she acted on instincts, hiding behind the door as it opened.

Slowly reaching for her pistol in her holster, the two men walked into the room.

"Ah, that window's open." One of them said.

"Well, go shut it."

The other sighed, lowering his gun, holding it in one hand. Strolling casually over to the window, he was about to close it, but took notice of something.

"Hey, this thing is placed right near a pipeline. If someone was smart enough, they could climb it and get inside the bank without being seen. That would be pretty sneaky if a cop did it, don't you think?"

No reply came.

"You listening to me, man? Or are you just ignoring what I'm saying?"

A few minutes passed and the guy grunted in agitation.

"Okay, asshole, what the hell is your-"

When he turned around, he saw his partner being used as a human shield by a female officer with a gun pointed straight at him.

Bang!

The bullet pierced right through his skull as the man flew back like a rag doll, soaring right out the window.

"Sorry. I can't allow you to live either."

Another shot went off and Yui backed away from the body as it dropped to the floor with a thud. She really just wanted to throw up on the floor right now. Never had she thought in her career as an officer would she have to kill somebody. Yet she just did at this very moment without a single hesitation in her mind until after the deed was done. It was like she was no different from these criminals...

"Who the hell fired!"

"I don't know!"

"Well, go check it out dumbass! Bring a few guys with you!"

Hearing the shouting, Yui shook her head, regaining her resolve.

No...Those bastards had the choice of letting those civilians run away instead of killing them. I'm nothing like these crooks.

She took possession of the dead man's submachine gun, which also had an attached silencer fitted to the barrel, and his ammo pouches since he no longer needed it. Glancing outside, there was nobody in sight. Going right down the corridor, footstep were approaching from the stairwell nearby. She moved into the hallway on her right which was surprisingly dim, though it would work to her advantage. Hiding behind a dispenser, she waited patiently, checking her gun to make sure it was ready.

Five targets... She counted the number of armed robbers that passed by her, unaware of her presence. Five bodies...

Once they all passed by her position, Yui jumped out. Despite their efforts to turn and blast the hell out of her, Yui had the quicker trigger. She took them out with no effort thanks to her amazing accuracy as 'Sharpshooter Yui', but the adrenaline rush helped too.

Going down the flight of stairs, she quickly ducked underneath a table that had been pushed over to be used as cover. Poking her head out from the flipped over furtniture, she saw a man at the front entrance geared with a light machine gun and plenty of ammo strapped on him to last him a good couple of hours. A regular person wouldn't be able to handle that much weight unless trained by the military, but this guy was really muscular, so he could obviously handle the mass.

"This is the police! We have the bank surrounded! Come out with your hands up!"

"Not a fucking chance, coppers! In case you haven't noticed, we have hostages and lots of them! You try anything, I'll kill the ones we have here and the ones we put in the vault below! You won't be able to save them! Their deaths will be on your head!"

It looks like he was the loud mouth that had been shouting before.

"This doesn't have to end in bloodshed! Put down your gun and we can talk this out!"

"Too late for that, motherfucker!"

Looking around, she noticed that the man was alone. As much as she wanted to put a bullet through his head, that would only result in the death of the people down in the vault once his goons figured out something was wrong.

I've got to save the ones downstairs first. They're priority one right now.

Glancing at the men and women who kept their heads down on the floor, she saw a little girl, no older than ten years old, look up and their eyes met. The child widened her eyes with tears running down her cheeks. Yui placed a single finger over her own mouth, telling the girl non-verbally to stay quiet, yet gave her a small smile of assurance that everything would be okay. The girl slowly nodded her head. She was a smart one.

It was not that hard to move around the main lobby due to many objects toppled over which allowed Yui to move from place to place quickly and easily. The sounds of her footsteps fell on deaf ears due to the siren blaring of police and ambulances parked outside.

This is probably live all over the news. The biggest story this town has had in years.

Finding an elevator, she pressed a button and walked inside when the doors slid open. She reloaded her weapon as the ride went down.

I just hope I live to see the end of it...

Check out the "exciting" conclusion next chapter for Yui Narumi, traffic cop extraordinaire! Because I'm too lazy to finish it right now. Later!