Dangerous Deception

Ch. 7: The Passcode

        I could hear Scar and the men with him also shooting as I aimed at one of the snipers and fired, hitting him straight in the eye. Then I turned to the second one and aimed but missed as a felt a bullet whooze past me, so close to my left ear.

       "What the hell!" I shouted at Ava.

       "You're welcome," she said as she continued firing at them.

       I turned to the direction the bullet went and saw a gunman falling on the floor, then I understood. I aimed at the second sniper again, who also had his gun positioned at me.

        "Well lets dance," I said and fired. He also fired. My bullet hit him at the forehead and his bullet grazed my neck. I fell down out of impact.

        "Shit," I heard Ava cursed, then slide down to my direction, still shooting as she took three men at once.

        "That was impressive," I said once she was beside me.

        "Shut up," she said as she checked my neck wound.

        "Don't worry I'll live," I told her as I started getting up, but felt a sharp pain in my shoulder reminding me I had a bullet in there.

        "Stay still," she said as she opened my jacket, blood oozing out of the bullet hole in my shoulder. I watched her as she tore a piece of cloth from her jacket and applied pressure on the wound with it. She reminded me of Cassie. I hissed trying to pry her hands off me.

        "I'm fine," I gritted out.

        "I need to stop the bleeding or you'll pass out," She said.

        "I said I'm fine!" I shouted at her. She stopped and stared at me. What have I done.

        "Okay," she said, standing up and dropping the cloth on me, "suit yourself,"

        "A...," I called but stopped when I saw Scorpion watching us. I can't say her real name in front of him. That was when I noticed something off.

        "Where are the gunmen," I asked Scorpion who was standing beside Scar and the two other men. One was leaning against the other for support. I think he's been shot. But that wasn't what caught my attention. What did was the fact that they were all standing up and out in the open and nothing happened.

        "They're all dead," Scorpion said. I exhaled, but what about Don, "He fled," Scorpion answered before I even popped the question. I nodded and turned to Ava who wasn't even glancing at me. I sighed.

Great Kayla! you just had to screw everything up, don't you?

        "But you both saved my life even though I almost killed you. Tell me why," he said.

         "I don't know, we just felt like it. Besides you're not the first person who had us at gunpoint so...," Ava said and I admired her for some reason.

         Scorpion laughed, "Impressive I say, really impressive. And you both have amazing skills, not everyone could shoot like that," he said referring to me.

         "Told you I had a special set of skills," I said to him. He nodded.

         "Indeed. I'll tell you what, why don't you both come work for me. You've already seen what I do so, consider it as an offer for saving my life," He said. I became surprised. Well that was easy.

         "Thanks but we'll pass," Ava said nonchalantly. I looked at her with questioning eyes but she didn't even glance my way.

         "You sure? I pay handsomely," he said which surprisingly caught her attention, she was faking it of course. Then I understood what what she was trying to do. Play hard to get, so you don't become an easy suspect. Smart.