Till The End Of The Line

Days Gone Bye - Part 1

Zayne's POV-

Goddamn moron of a father, him and his dumbass friends dragged me into this goddamn mess. Drugged out bastards is all they are, we were currently going on highway 18 being chased by the Linden County police. Dad decided to shoot at them and injured one of 'em. I told 'em the way they wanted to go was closed off, we went down about every small road till I said to go on the 18, and they listened for some reason. I mean I wasn't lying, the old French road is closed off that's why we're on the 18 though that's completely stupid. I'm surprised the sheriff and sheriff's deputy's ain't here yet. Pretty much as soon as I said that the car went nuts, damn police must've put spikes along the road. I tried holding onto anything I could the car flipped and kept flipping, those moron were getting all banged up, dad's head split open, the other two morons were going around like rag dolls. The car finally stopped and something impaled me, not too serious just in my side a bit. Dad was a bit out of it, I couldn't move myself being upside down ain't helping.

No POV-

The first fugitive comes out armed with a SIG-Sauer P228. An Officer yells "Gun gun gun!" Rick yells to them "Put it down! Put the gun down!" The first fugitive shoots first at his pursuers then at Rick. Even though several dozen shots are fired none stop the suspect from turning his sights on Rick. One of his bullets hits Rick's chest on the lower right. The impact sends him to the ground with a yell. The deputies continue to shoot and the first fugitive goes down with several wounds. A second fugitive comes out and starts shooting with a shotgun and all cops fire back. Rick rolls on the ground gasping for breath and seeking cover as Shane dodges ricochets and direct hits to their patrol car. Finally a deputy hits the second gunman in the chest and he falls. Shane scared yells for him. Rick wheezing out his sentence "I'm all right!" As he reassures Shane he reloads. Breathing raggedly Rick struggles to his feet. Shane goes to him saying "I saw you get tagged, man. That scared the hell out of me." Rick "Me, too. That son of a bitch shot me.  Can you believe that?" Shane "What? It catch you in your vest?" Rick "Yeah..." Rick looks down to see the damage the bullet did to his uniform and vest. Meanwhile, an unknown third man crawls out of the car and through the grass. Rick says to Shane "you do not tell Lori that happened– ever." The third man raises a pistol and aims. Rick "You understand?" Rick turns and points at Shane to emphasize his words. The unexpected fugitive shoots at what would have been the center of Rick's chest. Instead he hits Rick just under and behind his armpit where the vest doesn't cover. Rick yells out in pain.Shane's shotgun neutralizes the third man. Officer Kendall yells "Police, move in!" Shane cries out "Rick! No No no no no no no. Shh shh shh shh. No no no no no no no no. Shane "He's hit! Leon! You get that ambulance down here! You tell them there's an officer down! You do it now!  Okay, shh shh shh shh.  I'm here. Hey, you look at me. You stay with me. You hear me? Shh shh shh. Okay. I'm right here, Rick. Stay with me. You hear me? Shh shh. That's it. Do you hear me? Shh shh shh. Okay.  I'm right here with you. Stay with me." Distant sirens could be heard.Shane "Shh shh. That's it. I'm right here." While Shane is comforting his best friend Leon goes on the radio "Dispatch, we have an officer down. Request paramedics please respond. Highway 18 four miles west of I-85. Repeat, officer down. Request immediate response." While they were worried about Rick's condition another voice calls out. "HELP! Please..!"

Zayne's POV-

I heard all the gunshots, dad fell shortly after his friend went down too, the man next to me only now woke back up. He went out shooting, someone yelled I guess he got someone shortly after he went down too. I heard people coming by and decided to yell out. "HELP! Please..!" A couple officers appeared and they didn't look happy. I started speaking to 'em "I... I got impaled when we flipped... I swear I had nothing to do with this..." Another officer showed up, he was most deffently a sheriff's deputy. He started talking though I couldn't make out much, I started to feel really faint from the blood loss. I tried speaking but nothing came out, then darkness.