Part 11

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As we ran quietly along the backside of the building, I ran to the doorway first. Barry followed me and then we entered.
We walked into a storage office and I was leading. Up ahead was a metal workshop, but I quickly ducked into a back room, and cased it. No one was there so we continued. We walked up on a room with glass windows. Barry turned his flashlight on and said quietly,

"They've been torturing people in here." I nodded my head and we walked off. As we did, a man came around a corner with a grocery bag. We all went wide eyed before Barry shot. The man dropped dead, but a single can of soup rolled over to us.

We stood in front of a door, music coming through. We counted down and opened the door. We ran in and four guys sat in the room. We shot. They all slumped down and we stood there awkwardly. A second later we heard shouting and running upstairs. We reloaded quickly and found some stairs that led up.

We came down a hallway, Barry leading this time. All of the sudden someone shot from a hallway to the right. Barry shot back and the men ducked. As we walked closer to them, more men came, and we shot more. They all slumped down and we came up on a door. Before entering we reloaded and Barry nodded at me. I didn't even know what he did next, I jumped out and shot like crazy. I got a quick glimpse of him, and he was staring at me, shocked. I didn't care though, I just fired.

Sounds of shots being fired ricocheted in the building. I hid behind some storage boxes and reloaded. I felt bullets whizz past me and sear the plastic covering, they were so hot. I jumped out and fired at the last couple of guys. Finally I finished them off, and the last of their yelling stopping. I realized it had been so loud in there, my ears were ringing. I heard a bang of metal and something heavy fall, so I ran over to the sound. There I saw Barry, lying on the ground, and a man with a hammer standing proudly above him.

So I shot him.

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