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Chapter 78
Ray scanned the rooftops and the ground beneath him, searching for easy targets. He saw the third sniper fire a shot at his partner. Aiming at the man’s head, he released a bullet, hoping that he wasn’t too late. His enemy’s brain exploded outward on impact. A massive gory crater encompassed more than half of his head as it thumped to the floor along with blood, brain tissue, and skull fragments. Ray’s satisfaction was short-lived. As soon as he killed the criminal, another bullet was shot at his same partner, from a different location. He searched the enemy rooftop, ignoring his impulse to see if the man still drew breath.
As some assassins reached cover, they returned fire at Michael and his partners. Since their position was compromised, Brian signalled across the street to Sarah and Aaron. They laid down a hailstorm of bullets. He gestured to Bill and Michael, and they all sprinted to the protective building.
Now that the opponents of Michael and the other killers were in better positions, they coordinated their assault. A field of hot metal avalanched Bill and his partners on either side of the building. The two groups scrambled for better cover. One retreated to the structure of one of their snipers while the other sprang toward the tall one closest to them. Matt and the killer with him were forced to jump back into a doorway right after they stepped out of it.
Feeling a bullet hit his right shoulder, the marksman on the roof above Matt dropped his rifle. An aggressive wave of pain shocked him into letting go of it as he cringed. He quickly regained his composure, ignoring the agony that cut like a sharpened knife. Seeing the huge bloody stain saturating his shirt, he clutched his gun, moving his eyes down to the scope. He heard another sniper round as he examined the enemy rooftop, seeing the man who shot him slump to the floor. Ray must have saved his life. He kept searching to make sure that he hadn’t missed any targets. A hazy shadow was at the edge of his vision, too far away to see clearly. He focused his scope. Realizing that it was another shooter, a muzzle flash lit up the surroundings. He only had time to form half of a thought before a final bullet burrowed into his forehead, ending his life.
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Matt heard the penetrating cacophony of two sniper rounds as he ran out from cover, forced to return to it moments later. He hoped that the shots came from his partners, but he knew that this was unrealistic. Reaching the solace of solid walls, he yearned for the marksmen fighting for him to kill his attackers on the ground. He knew that it would be incredibly difficult to deal with the enemy snipers.
Sarah and Aaron leaned out to lay down covering fire while Bill, Michael, and Brian crossed the street. They sprinted through the open doorway. Aaron and Sarah leapt back behind the brick and concrete when a horde of blistering hot metal assaulted it. Their partners joined them in trading fire with their enemies.
Frequently coming dangerously close to death, the men across the street from Michael jumped into a frenzy. They sprayed their attackers with bullets as they rushed, only a few steps behind Matt. Right before reaching the safe haven, a man in the middle of the fleeing assassins was struck by a bullet with a crippling thump. It lodged above his ankle and made him stumble into the criminal in front of him, pushing him into the doorway. The man in the back of the group had to leap over them. The wounded killer tried to drag himself inside the doorway. His partners grabbed his arms and tried to pull him in, but then a sniper round sailed down from the sky.