Enemies At First

One In The Same pt. 1

Ashley was cornered by the man with the tattoo. He had put some space in between her and the only escape she has, the window. "So your not Italian, Huh?" the man said finally breaking the tense silence. "Nothing can get pass you, can it," Ash replied with sarcasm. "oh, feisty are we. Well hate to break it to ya honey, but i'm not leaving without that cross" He said while stepping closer. She slipped the cross back into her pantyhose and stood in a fighting position. "Come and get it then." Ashley said while bracing herself for what's to come. "Look, I don't want to hurt you so just hand it over." He said. "Don't worry, you won't hurt me." She said while throwing a kick at his side. It hit him and he stood there stunned. She ran towards the window to try and escape. She felt two strong arms grab her waist and toss her to the side. Having great balance, she landed and then threw a punch at his face. He quickly blocked it and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her close to his face so they were only centimeters away. "Just give me the cross, lady." He said with a serious tone. "Never." She retorted. And with that she slammed her head against his and pushed him to the side. Ash turned and ran back towards the ballroom. The man quickly followed behind. Shit! This guy doesn't give up. I'll have to find another way out. She then remembered that she too, like the man chasing her, has an ear piece. She grabbed it out of her bra and put it in her ear. "James! Can you hear me?" She shouted. "I'm here, what's going on in there? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine, but trapped. I need a way out, now.
"Okay, where are you?" He said frantically.
"I'm in the ballroom with some dude chasing me so hurry your ass up!"
"Alright,alright."

There was a long pause after that. She made her way to the ballroom only to see a bunch of men frantically run around.
"James, I need that exit!"
He said something back, but Ash didn't hear it. Suddenly a ripple of gun fire went off.

A sharp pain spiked through Ashley's leg causing her to fall over. "Ow, shit! Not now!" She exclaimed. There was more gunfire shot towards her, thankfully these guys were bad shots. She started to crawl towards cover but the pain in her leg was making her dizzy. Suddenly the man chasing her grabbed her arm and helped her up. He threw her arm over his shoulder and put his hand on her waist for support. He walked her over to a flipped over table for cover. She sat down and gave him a confused look. "What? I wasn't just gonna let you die." He said while shoot at some of the men. "Thanks, I guess..." She muttered and then looked at her leg. Thankfully the bullet only grazed the back of her calf. She grabbed the end of her dress and ripped some fabric off of it. I wasn't gonna wear it again so, oh well. She thought while tying the thin fabric around the wound. I need a gun. She thought before looking around. There was guy shooting at us only a few feet away. "Cover me." Said Ash as she got up and ran towards the man. He was focused on someone else so now was the time to pounce. "Hey, what are you doing?!" The tattoo man shouted while shooting the men. She grabbed the guard and shoved his face into the wall, instantly knocking him out. She Then grabbed the gun and took cover where the guard was standing. Ash looked at the shocked man and winked at him before shooting a guy holding a shot gun.

After the shoot out in the ballroom. Ash finally had her chance to run. There was window that had been shot so that was her best chance of escaping. Ignoring the simmering pain in her calf, She bolted for the window. But of course, the tattoo man was a step ahead of her and he stepped in front of her. "Again, I'm not-"
"Leaving without the cross, ya I get it."
Ash finished his sentence. Suddenly there was a huge explosion. "We can finish this fight later, for now we need to get to safety!" She shouted. "Truce?" She then added. "For now." He replied.