Will remained calm, he was fully aware of everything happening around him, all his instincts whistled and fluttered inside him but he felt perfectly in control. The adrenaline that he felt tasted like nostalgia for the times he spent on the FBI, and he couldn't help but to feel that he enjoyed the rush of danger.
He took Emily by the hand and he could feel her tremble. He held her more tightly so she could feel some comfort and security.
"What are we doing?" she asked with such anxiety in her voice it seemed she would break into tears.
"We do what he asks and everything will be alright." He said in a low voice to prevent to man from hearing them.
When they got to the counter the man pointed the gun to the storekeeper who was still reading his magazine completely absorbed. When he saw the gun barrel pointed to his head he almost fainted.
"You, I want to see your hand, no calling the police and no sudden movements. Now I want you to put all the money inside this bag." The man talked with such calm it could freeze bone. "And you two, if you move I guarantee I will not hesitate to put a bullet in each." Will knew he was saying the truth and Emily feared it so much she almost fell on the floor only to imagine such scenario.
The burglar then turned his attention to the storekeeper that tried his best to rush to put everything in the bag. Will examined the man, it was an incredibly simple and common crime, and yet he had not bothered to hide his face. Will could assume the man would not do anything too dangerous just for a few hundreds, but he could also feel that if something happened he wouldn't hesitate to do whatever he needed to get out safe with his money, even if for that he had to use his gun that was clearly loaded.
After pondering he decided it would be wise not to intervene, it would cause more harm to everyone and beside he could never predict the outcome of such act. Meanwhile Emily grabbed his hand so tight it was starting to hurt him. He looked at her and saw her face colorless and her eyes wide open in shock.
"Take a deep breath, we will stay here until it's over, if we do nothing he will leave with no big display." He said in her hear trying to calm her down.
"How can you know?" She asked clearly incredulous and dismayed.
"Trust me." He stilled her snuggling closer to her so that she could feel safer.
"Silence." Said the man staring them with his icy eyes.
Suddenly, taking the burglars distraction, the storekeeper jumps bluntly to grab a long baseball bat he had hidden behind the counter.
Everyone was surprised. Emily gasped in horror, Will screamed to the man not to do it, and the burglar seemed to be the least bothered of the three. Deftly he dodged the bat's movement that was falling on him and prepared to shoot the imprudent man.
Will could barely believe his eyes and couldn't believe his instincts were stirring so much that he would have to act on it. He dropped Emily's hand and jumped to grab the burglar's arm that wielded the weapon. They both fell against the counter violently, the man was stronger than Will but Will was faster and had more technique, they struggled one against the other between bumps an bangs until they both fell on the floor, then Will inferred a hard blow against the burglars wrist forcing him to drop the weapon that rolled through the ground, immediately Will felt the man's fist smash against his face in a violent punch, he could hear Emily's scream despite the loud buzz that filled his skull.
Then the burglar jumped and tried to reach the gun again but it was already in the hands of the storekeeper who had escaped from behind the counter in the middle of all the commotion. The burglar seemed to hesitate when he saw himself confronted by his own weapon, still disbelieving that the storekeeper would fire on him he threw himself at his feet. But the storekeeper was unwise anyway and did not hesitate, he shot the man who grabbed his feet, three bullets left the gun and ended up on the burglar's skull blasting it with an explosion of blood and brains.
Will tried to get up at cost, his face dripping blood and his whole body aching. The dead man covered in blood lied on the floor, the storekeeper still held the gun in his hands and trembled violently looking astonished at the corps, and Emily was pale and motionless next to the tragic scene.