Page 31 of Inside of You, Vol. One
Instead of more men coming in, you can hear many racing away.
“Oh no you don’t!” Kazimir jumps up with the rocket launcher and leaps onto the bed. “We end this tonight!”
He sprints in that direction and turns the corner.
Your heart hammers in your chest. You can feel your blood surging through your veins.
And all you can think of is him possibly getting harmed.
You’re not a part of his Russian Brotherhood. You have no gangster blood in your body. You’re not even trained to shoot at this level.
But, you have completely fallen in love with this man, and you want to help.
Rising fast, you grip your gun hard, grab another, and race after him.
When you hit the hallway, he’s three feet ahead of you.
Even further ahead, tons of men are rushing away.
You spot the Scorpion within the group of fleeing men.
Fast, Kazimir stops in the center of the hallway, points the rocket launcher at them, and fires another rocket.
It zips off.
The Scorpion drops to the floor. Some of his men follow. The ones that didn’t explode. Smoke thickens inside the small space. The hallway fills with the smell of burning flesh.
You rush up to Kazimir.
He turns your way and smiles. “Novoluniye, you came to play with me.”
Before you can answer, you spot the Scorpion from your peripheral vision. He’s raising his gun in the air.
Without another thought, you turn his way in a blur and fire both guns.
The bullets fly toward the Scorpion, piercing his chest. The hand holding the gun, drops to his side. The weapon falls from his fingers and rolls onto the ground.
You keep shooting.
The Scorpion’s mouth opens, but he doesn’t cry out or scream. Blood spills from his lips.
You still fire.
A bullet nicks his forehead and runs a line of blood along the edge of his face.
“You got him before me.” A dark chuckle leaves Kazimir. “Good job,Novoluniye.”
Horror covers the few survivors before you. They try to rush away.
“No. No.” Kazimir points the rocket launcher their way and fires.
The rocket throws one guy up against the wall and blows the rest to bits. The man that hit the wall, crashes down to the floor. Shaking, he tries to crawl away, but you’re done with this entire situation.
You raise one gun and shoot.
The bullet pierces the back of his neck.
Kazimir groans in desire and lays the rocket launcher down. “Novoluniye, you surprise me.”
