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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 96 Strategized
"Jax if this is a team sent by my ex, they will kill you. There's no doubt about it. I can handle this."
Jax looked at Scarlett and shook his head. He didn't know of a woman who would protect him in such a situation. The woman would expect him to protect her. Scarlett was a very different sort of woman.
"You can barely walk."
"They will kill you. This isn't your fight. Get out now!"
Jax turned her around and began shoving her towards the staircase.
"We have the fire power to kill them first. This is how we are going to do it. We are going up to the third floor. That spiral staircase will force them to go up in single file. We'll shoot them as they come up."
"I don't want your help. Go."
"Let's fight them and not each other. Come on," Jax said. He went up the staircase and helped her up. It was slow going with her injury. She had trouble lifting her feet up for each stair, but she ignored the pain and went as fast as her body was able.
Jax looked at the layout and figured out the best position to fire on the men as they came up the stairs. The men would have no choice, but to retreat or die. If they didn't need to take Scarlett alive, they could have set the place one fire. Needing her alive, limited their strategy.
His heart was beating fast. There was something about danger that made him feel alive. Danger was intoxicating and part of him loved it.
"You go there," Jax pointed. "We don't want to hit each other with crossfire."
"OK."
Scarlett was pale and nervous.
"Have you ever killed anyone?"
"No. I can do it though. It's self-defense."
Jax positioned himself to provide cover as he shot the team coming up the stairs.
"One last thing," Scarlett called softly to him. "If this goes bad and I can't kill myself because my gun jams, I run out of ammo or something like that, don't let them take me. Shoot me."
"Scarlett, it isn't going to come to that."
"Promise."
"I promise."
Jax was ready.