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“I’m okay,” Glenda said, but she was scared.
Yarissa shook her head to acknowledge that she was okay, but she was scared too. Then they watched through the rear window as a man exited the crew cab of the Silverado and opened fire with AKs. Dozier got out, slid a disk under the Tahoe. All three men got back in the Chevy and sped off just before the vehicle exploded.
Yarissa leaned close to Glenda. “You regret coming yet?”
Glenda nodded her head and held on tightly, as Damon sped down the road.
“We’re gonna end up shooting our way out of this,” Wanda said.
“I know,” Rain said.
“Not if I can help it. I’ll get us outta here,” Clinton said and was getting ready to make a move to escape.
Wanda knelt on her seat and opened one of the cases in the back. “What about Glenda and Yarissa? Can either of them shoot?” She handed Rain a Heckler and Koch MP7A1.
“I know Yarissa can’t,” Rain replied, as she checked the weapon.
“I doubt if Glenda can either,” Wanda said as she continued passing out weapons and ammo, before getting one for herself and loading it.
Refusing to leave Glenda and Yarissa, Rain ordered, “Stay with them, Clinton.”
“Understood.”
The cargo van pulled up alongside the vehicle with Glenda and Yarissa. Not really sure which vehicle Rain was in and not really caring, Jake rammed them.
Damon saw them coming. “Hold on!” he yelled as the van slammed into them.
The panel door slid open and two men, armed with AK 47s opened fire. Since the vehicles had reinforced steel and bullet resistant windows, Damon continued driving. But neither of those features did a bit of good when the shooters began firing at the tires. Everyone inside held on as the vehicle ran off the road and then flipped over twice before landing upright on its wheels.
“Did you see that shit?” Fish shouted.
Clinton drove faster and arrived on the scene just as Jake and his two shooters approached and then opened up on the vehicle. When Clinton brought the vehicle to a halt, he and Fish jumped out and began firing at Jake and his men.
“Hand me the M4,” Rain said to Wanda and she did so quickly as the two Silverado’s arrived.
She handed her the M4 carbine, which is a shorter and lighter variation of the M16A2 assault rifle, and then Wanda got out, rushed to the back of the vehicle and opened fire on Porter, Dozier and their men.
Rain mounted the M203 grenade launcher on her weapon before sliding to the other side of the Tahoe as gently as she could. She put weight on her leg and got out. She limped to the back of the vehicle where Wanda was holding the six shooters at bay as best she could.
When Porter and Dozier saw Rain take aim with the M4, they dove for the ground just as Rain launched a grenade at them. The explosion that followed took out the Silverado’s and four of the men, leaving Porter and Dozier to take cover.
With Clinton and Fish firing at Jake and his men, it gave Alwan a chance to shake it off. “You two all right?” he asked.
“I’m fine, a little shaken up, but I’m fine,” Glenda said and looked at Yarissa. She was slumped against the door. Glenda began shaking her. “Yarissa!” she shouted and shook her until she began to come out of it.
“What happened?” a dazed Yarissa asked.
“You two stay here and keep your heads down.” Alwan said as he got out the vehicle and got in the firefight.
Glenda leaned forward and checked Damon’s pulse.
“He’s dead,” she said and reached for his gun. Even though she was scared, Glenda knew that she had to be ready to protect them if it became necessary.
“You know how to use that?” Yarissa asked, still dizzy and holding her head.
“You can’t hang around this bunch and not know how to shoot,” she said and handed the gun to Yarissa. Then she knelt on her seat, opened the case and got an MP7A1.
“You’re not planning on going out there, are you?”