12 Steps by Iain Rob Wright

Author:Iain Rob Wright [Wright, Iain Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-28T16:00:00+00:00

The windscreen shattered, raining glass down on them.

“Maybe not,” said Adam. “Looks like our sniper has come back to play.”

“Then we’re stuck in this car,” said Tasha. “At his mercy.”

“Maybe not. We’re safe inside the car, right?”

“Not exactly.”

“I have an idea. Just… stay low.”

And try not to die.

Tasha squashed down as much as she could, but when Adam opened the car door, she asked what the hell he was doing.

“Moving us somewhere safer.” He leant over the driver’s seat and released the handbrake, then heaved against the steering wheel while sliding his legs out of the car and pushing with his legs against the tarmac. At first it seemed like the car wouldn’t budge, but slowly it began to roll. Once it was moving, keeping it going was easy.

Get your motor runnin’…

Head out on the highway…

Lookin’ for a sniper, and a ghost that’s ruining my day.

I’m losing my mind.

Adam flinched as a shot hit the car. He pushed harder, his legs already stiff and battered. Tasha remained completely silent in the back, probably wondering why they were suddenly moving.

Adam dared a quick glance over the dashboard and adjusted the steering to direct the car towards the community centre. Another shot cracked from the direction of the woods, but he was fully committed now, kept on going, and saw the building come into view through the broken windscreen.

This is actually working. It’s a mobile shield.

The car bucked and came to a sudden halt. They had hit something, and Adam wondered if he had pushed them right into the building, but they were still several metres away from the community centre.

They had struck the low circular wall that housed the elm tree outside the community centre. It meant they were positioned right outside the front entrance. Ten feet short of safety.

Another shot hit the car and the open driver’s side door rattled. Adam wondered how close the bullet had been from passing through the steel and hitting him.

“What the hell just happened?” Tasha rose up slightly from the footwell. “Are you okay, Adam?”

“We’re right outside the front doors of the community centre.”

“You think we can make it back inside?”

“If we’re quick, maybe. Hard to hit a moving target, right?”

Doesn’t mean it’s impossible though.

Tasha crawled over the centre console and halfway into the front of the car. She looked up at Adam. “How should we do this?”

“Climb down into the passenger footwell and open the door.”

Tasha pulled herself forward with her hands, keeping her head below the dashboard. Awkwardly, she managed to dump herself into the front passenger footwell. She reached up and opened the door, shoving it open. “Okay, now what?”

Adam moved behind the open driver’s door. “I’m going to have to race around the car, but you’ve got a straight shot to the doors. After three, run as fast as you can. I’ll be right behind you. Understand?”

“Yeah. I’ll be waiting for you at the doors.”

“Okay, after three. One… Two…”

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