Rasputin's Prodigy by Michael Weinberger

Author:Michael Weinberger [Weinberger, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780983768357
Publisher: Purple Mountain Publishing
Published: 2016-03-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

The two men let go of each other and stepped back smiling just as Chris came bolting around a corner, still a block away and at a full run. He had apparently ditched his weapons in favor of speed, and as soon as he saw us he began screaming and waving his arms in what I interpreted to be a “get inside” motion, but he was too far away for us to be able to hear what he was saying.

Sensing the obvious danger I lifted my Glock, with its two remaining rounds, as Alexei picked up Igor's shotgun from where the man had dropped it.

“Get inside Igor,” Alexei commanded to the shop owner.

“Not a chance in hell,” the small man responded then called out, “Sasha!”

Sasha appeared from behind the door, brandishing two very new Glock Model 20, Gen 4 15-shot 10mm semi-automatic handguns, and handed one to Igor, along with a few extra magazines.

Chris made it to the halfway point between us and the corner he had just rounded as Alexei and I began walking toward him. Seeing our intention Chris waved his hands even more vigorously and started screaming, “Get inside! Get inside!”

It was then that at least a dozen men came running around the same corner as Chris. All of them were apparently from Dimitri's security force, and were wearing various pistols and revolvers in their shoulder holsters, although they hadn't drawn their weapons. Perhaps their intent had been to take Chris alive? But there was no doubt that, as soon as they saw us armed and already putting up a defensive front, they would stop and draw on us.

Chris kept running, and to his credit, managed to maintain his distance without slowing. I stepped in front of the others, “Get ready,” I said and behind me heard the distinct clatter of slides being ratcheted and cartridges being chambered as our the weapons were made ready and brought into firing position.

I was aiming down the sights of my Glock, past Chris but directly at the security man running closest to him when someone else came around the corner behind all the security men.

The sheer size of the man running after the initial gang chasing Chris made my eyes widen with shock. I turned to look behind me and saw that the others had registered him as well. Shock and fear covered their all of faces, all except Alexei whose eyes grew more intense at the figure in the distance.

I called out, “Get inside!” and turned to push the others through the doorway. Sasha didn't hesitate, but Igor and Alexei were mesmerized by the sight of the giant. I shoved Igor through the door and grabbed Alexei by the shoulder and began dragging him inside when another figure landed, and I mean landed as if he had dropped out of the sky, between Chris and the men chasing him. This figure was wearing familiar black leather, had skin as white as Italian marble and a long mane of pure white hair that fell to the middle of his back.

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