Risky: A Chrono Love Story

|Chapter 11|

Please read the Author's Note if you haven't.

"Everybody put your hands up and don't move an inch!"

I wanted to get a down and scream, but I followed their orders and raised my hands up. I watched everyone else's reaction but I realized something. Midari spun a gun barrel! She has a gun! But does she have any bullets? Oh, crap crap crap...

There were about 8 burglars in total. 5 had guns. 3 had... bags? All of them wore full black cloaks and identical masks that covered the whole face. Wait– they looked like the same robbers that took my parents lives! Holy shit! I gotta avenge them or something! Ugh, they're on a crime spree and I hate how they're getting away with it so easily.

"Everyone will drop their wallets in the bags coming around. This is a gambling place so we know that you all brought one!" one of the lunatics instructed. Three masked people came around with looting bags and the nervous gamblers gave up their wallets. One woman ran to the back, where the large table was stored, and tried to call the police. To put it shortly, three gun shots were fired and the woman's body dropped to the ground. Lots of screams were heard and a lot of people got down on their knees.

Damn it. I didn't bring my wallet, but I brought about 20,000 yen with me. I hope that the robbers don't think that I'm fooling them. Eventually, one criminal came around where me and the girls were and confiscated our wallets, included my cash. I kept like 99.9% of my stock in my debt cards, so it wasn't a huge deal. Wait, why didn't they confiscate Midari's gun? I glanced her way and noticed she kicked it under the table Kirari and her were playing at. Smart, smart.

There's a silent alarm in the back row but no one can get to that right now. Ugh, what do we do!?

After a good 3 minutes of wallet robbing, the burglars pulled out large guns like AK-47s and started shooting randomly without warning on the far right side of Gamblerama. Maybe about 40 people dropped to the floor and I could tell we were going to be next. "Don't make a noise! Don't call anyone! Don't do anything! Anybody who tries to call the police next dies with their pals! Everybody get on their knees right this instant!" one robber commanded. Oh, right. The lady who tried to call the popo came from that side.

I got down and everybody else followed their orders, including my friends. I crouched down and covered my head with my arms out of fear. I could tears prickle at my eyes and start to come down my cheek. I wiped them away with my sleeve and look over at my friends.

Runa looked like she had better days, definitely. She was a balling mess and she wouldn't even look up at me. Kirari seemed like she was trying to stay calm with deep breaths and meditating on the spot. Midari...

Oh, shit. Midari was getting a pack of pistol bullets and quietly inserting them into her revolver chamber. Is she crazy!? Once she filled all 6 bullet slots, she aimed her gun at one of the robbers. Did she loose her mind!?

Her gun was sneakily on the floor but aimed ever so slightly upwards so it would hit one robber. Three shots were fired and blood came splattering out of the shot burglar. There were 8 robbers in total, now cutting down to 7. That burglar had a gun, too. People screamed, probably thinking they were going to kill more of the innocent.

After a moment of realization, the robber dropped down to the floor, dead. One other burglar quickly picked up the gun before somebody could get their hands on it. "W-What? Who?" one robber yelled, a little stunned. Since this one guy was doing all the talking, I guess he's the leader of it all. I'm going to call him Leader. "Who has a gun? How?" Leader aimed his gun at several people in the innocent audience. His gun even pointed at me for a second, but was then re-directed towards another innocent man.

"If the shooter doesn't reveal who he is in 5 seconds, I'll shoot more! 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!" Leader counted down. Midari tched and slid her gun back under the draped table.

She didn't reveal herself, so several robbers shot towards the area around the slit machines. Gamblerama had about 200 people in it right now, and it has been cut down to about 160 so far. It was a big place and it'd be hard to keep track of everybody, including Midari. Screams filled the eerie room and blood fell everywhere. A droplet even landed on Runa's hoodie. I could hear several few bodies drop unconscious. Forever. Maybe 7-10. If we're not careful, we may be next.

Midari slid her gun back and re-aimed to another burglar who had a gun. They all had masks on, so it was difficult to figure out which one is Leader. Shit, this is so tricky. If we were only able to figure out which one was the leader, maybe this can all end. Midari shot twice.

One shot hit the burglar's mask and hit through. Blood came pooling out of the mask. However, he did not fall down yet. The other shot missed. Midari scowled and shot her last bullet and it shot through his mask. He let out a terrified scream and dropped to the floor. The gun he was holding slid under a draped table right in front of me.

"Where did the gun go?" Leader asked. I reach under the table, looking for the gun quickly. They didn't notice, so I hurried it up. Once my fingertips came in touch with the gun, I slowly and quietly slid it towards me for close grabs. Now there were only 6 burglars standing and only 4 of them had guns.

"Ugh, never mind. Shoot more. Now. Shoot over there," Leader ordered as he pointed towards my region of the large-ass building. The nervous robbers shot towards my direction and I squealed, getting down even more. I quickly crawled under the draped table where the gun was for shelter, guilty for my friends.

I heard Runa, Kirari, and Midari scream. Under the draping, blood pooled. Could it be Kirari's? Runa's? Midari's?

All of them!?

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