"Spider No !" She yelled.
It was no use. Spider had been having a love affair with an AK47, ever since they'd begun the journey. He carried it everywhere, it had pride of place on the van floor next to him. He opened the van door and fired a short burst at the truck being used to block the road. The 7.62 rounds from the AK47 ripped through the old truck like a can opener. Spider didn't hit anyone, it's unlikely he meant to. Several of the oil drum lids flew off the truck and one of its rear tyres burst, making a sound like a grenade going off.
"No ! We mean no harm." Shouted Andrei.
He held his hands up to the man holding the revolver and Ruby watched in horror as the man fired twice. One bullet missed Andrei, but the second hit him on the hip and he fell to the ground. Olga had her door open and was hiding behind it and aiming her pistol at the bandit who'd just shot Andrei.
