Nobody Likes The Gray Area

Hostage

Cindy tries to drive as smoothly as possible. Stray bullets fly past the car from the car behind them. Some hit them straight in the back.

Riley grabs his piece from his pocket and pops up through the sunroof. He shoots back at the car of goons.

"How far are we, C?!" he asks Cindy. "You sure you know where you goin'?!"
"I know exactly where they at! Da warehouse is a couple blocks away!"

One of the bullets collides with Cindy's side rearview mirror, almost blowing it clean off.

"Shit!" she exclaims. "Riley, what da hell you doin' up there?! Get dem off our asses!"
"I tryin'!" he argues. "It's hard to get good aim when you drivin' like a crazy person!"

Cindy makes a hard turn at a street corner. Pedestrians scream and scramble out of the way.

"My bad!" she yells to them all.

"It's 3 blocks away now!" Cindy says to Riley.
"Aight!"

Finally, one of his bullets collides with the car and blows out its front left tire. The car stops moving and the goons yell in anger.

"Take dat, bitches!" Riley roars.

He gets back in the car. Cindy high-fives him.

"You saw me?!" he says. He holds the gun and pretends to shoot with it again. "I was like- BAH! BAH! BAH!"
"I was drivin', foo'!" Cindy laughs.

Finally, they arrive at the warehouse. Inside, the lobby is fancy and peaceful. There's sofas, chairs, TV's, and even a nice lady sitting at the front desk.

"Ay," Cindy says to her. "You seen two dudes walk through here wit a mixed girl?"
The woman wears a perfect grin and isn't even disturbed by this description. She's like a robot.
"They're in a gunfight in the basement," she says.

"Ah, shit!" Riley says.

They run to the elevator across the room and go to the basement level.

Bullets spray through the air. Ed and Rummy hide behind a set of storage crates on one side of the room, while Huey, Caesar, and Ruckus hide behind another. They pop out shoot at one other when the opportunity is given.

Jazmine is nowhere to be found.

They all pause and look at Cindy and Riley.

"Well, well, look who came to da party!" Ed says.

"I told you two to go home!" Huey yells.
"This is my responsibility!" Cindy declares.

"You!" Ruckus points at her. "You da cause of dis whole problem, you lil' white nigglet!"
"Whose side are you on, dude?" Caesar asks.

A bullet from Rummy zips past Riley.

Huey takes his automatic gun and sprays bullets at both Ed and Rummy, but both duck in time to avoid being shot. Huey runs to Cindy and Riley and takes them behind some more crates. Caesar and Ruckus hold their own back at the original set of crates.

Bullets continue to fly through the air.

"Are you two insane?!" Huey scolds then in between shots. "I can't stand either of you!"
"This ain't da time!" Cindy says. "I have just as much right to be here asyou!"
"You would've been safer at home!"