A Click Away by Wes Allen

Author:Wes Allen [Allen, Wes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

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The first of the goons rammed his shoulder into the door, and with one shot, it sprang open. I took the scalpel-like instrument and thrust it into his right eye. He stumbled backward, giving me enough time to grab his weapon. I removed the blade from his eye and slit his throat, end to end. No need to waste bullets.

I knew it was only seconds before the other guards made their way into the room. I looked over to Gonzalez and said, “I’m sorry, but I have to make this believable. If they think you’re in on it, then you’re as good as dead.”

He understood what that meant and braced himself. I shot him in the right shoulder, and he fell back to the ground. I hoped to deliver nothing more than a flesh wound.

I swiveled my head back toward the door just as three guards trampled into the room. They were fish in a barrel. Three quick shots and they were down on the ground, as dead as the huevos rancheros I’d eaten hours earlier.

I turned back toward Gonzalez and waved at him repeatedly, but he didn’t budge. I did it again, but he failed to respond.

“Come on! You’ve got to go right now!”

He stood with his hand over his shoulder, a stream of blood came running out. He looked me in the eyes and waved me on. “Go on with without me. I’m not going to make it.” He looked down at the quickly expanding red stain on his shirt and yelled, “Goooo!”

I ran across to the other side of the room where Gonzalez was doubled over against the wall. I ripped my shirt off and applied pressure to his wound. He looked up at my upper torso and shook his head. “Those are some serious scars on your chest. Looks like you’ve been through your share of fights.”

I shrugged. “Battle scars. Industry hazard, I guess.”

Ignoring Gonzalez’s request to leave him behind, I managed to place his huge frame over my back. I’d heard of those cases where a mother lifted the back end of a car to save her child, and I guess that was what happened when I threw Gonzalez over my shoulders.

As I trudged up the stairs with the giant draped over my back, I stumbled a few times but finally made it to the top. I was surprised not to find anyone impeding my progress. His weight eventually became too much, and I had to place him down on the floor. I looked out the window and saw the truck I’d borrowed from Hernandez still sitting out in the driveway where I left it.

It was clear Gonzalez couldn’t stand to lose much more blood. I tried applying physical pressure to the wound, but he fought me. “Hey, do you want to die here?” I asked him.

He started to lose consciousness. His voice was weak, and it was difficult to understand. “Go. I don’t… don’t know… why you’re… try… trying to… save me.”

I got down on the ground next to him and looked him in the eye.

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