"*BANNNG"
"FBI!! FREEZE!!"
I almost pulled the trigger accidentally. I calmed myself down and looked around. Infront of our eyes was an empty floor of a building. Then I looked at Max and scolded.
"Fuck! Max. Why did you do that?!"
Max looked at me was a little bit of guilty face and replied,
"Sorry Man. But I always wanted to do that you know. Well that's off from my bucket list."
I looked at Max with a dumbfounded look. "To accomplish your bucket list, you almost gave me a heart attack. You Dumbfuck!!" I thought silently in my mind while trying to control my anger.
We were just starting to search the area when we heard some gunshots just below the floor we were on. Both me and Max panicked but soon a look of determination returned to our faces. I looked at Max and said,
" let's go down to see what's going on."
"Okay dude I'm right behind you to cover your back."
"....."
If he hadn't said that with a serious face I would have thought that he was trying to make me go down and test the water for him.
I started walking as silent as I could to the stairs that lead to the lower floor while Max was walking just behind me aiming his gun from my right side to the front. at the end of the stair I quickly took cover behind the wall. But Max took cover on the other side of the wall. Don't know why he did that. I assume that he thought that having us on different position might make the enemy difficult to shoot at us at the same time.
I slightly took a peek and saw two gunmen showering bullets behind a pillar recklessly. Don't know what they were shooting at but from the way they were shooting recklessly, I quickly assumed that they were not friendly. If I just walk towards them and say,"Hi fellas.", They might make a beehive out of my body by showering bullets.
I looked at Max while pointing my finger at my gun and again showing two fingers at him.
Max looked confused when he saw my hand gesture and replied in a small voice,
"Why are you showing a victory pose while pointing at the gun?"
"...."
"I was trying to tell you that there are two gunmen."
"Ohhhhhhh.....Why don't you say so?"
"I tried to tell you with my hand gesture!"
I accidentally raise my voice. "Shit!!!" I thought in my mind. The sound of gunfiring still continued but this time it was a little bit different. I could heard the source of sound coming near to me. "They're coming!" I thought while I started to tightly grip my rifle while waiting for them to come. Then suddenly I heard one of the gunmen shouting,
"Flashbang!!!"
"*BANNNG"
Then a piercing sound suddenly came. My ears started to hurt so bad that I nearly thought my eardrum was gonna burst. I looked at Max and Boy..... Does his face reassemble like a person possessed by a ghost.
Soon sound of gunshots appeared again but this time it was of a pistol.
"*BANG"
"*BANG"
"*BANG"
It came and went so quickly that I didn't had the time to peek to see who had fired that shot. Soon there was silence in the whole floor. After a few second I heard a voice of a girl.
"I know you two are hiding behind those walls. Come out slowly or I will throw a grenade at you."
I shuddered at the thought of a grenade exploding near my body. What? I have a grenade too? Huh! With my terrible aiming and no knowledge of it. It would be a miracle if it didn't explode on my own body. But at least I had to do something to make the girl think we're on equal ground.
"But we also have a grenade and can throw at you too."
Max looked at with a panicked me and said with a hushed voice,
"Are you seriously considering throwing a grenade at her? do you even know how to throw?"
"Hell no!!! I know nothing about grenade and don't even start about aiming."
I replied with the same hushed voice.
"Then why?
"Might as well spout some bullshit. It doesn't cost a cent to say some bullshit. doesn't it? Maybe this bullshit might miraculously save yours and mine lives."
Max looked at me with and understanding gaze when suddenly the girl replied,
"Then let's see who throw it faster."
"Wait!,wait!,wait!"
"Wait!!!"
Both Max and me jumped from our cover and looked at the girl wearing god knows what kind of combat gear with a pistol her in right hand while a grenade in her left hand lifting up to her mouth nearly biting the pin of the grenade.
My back was cold with sweat and I quickly glance at Max whose situation was also same as mine.
"This girl's gone batshit crazy!!! she is talking as well as taking action of what she is talking about at the same time. if we were even 3 second late, Then we might have to celebrate our death anniversary this day next year."
I thought while shuddering when Max suddenly said,
"Calm your tits down girl!"
I looked at him feeling baffled with what he had just said.
"Really Max!!... Really!! there is a girl infront of us who nearly killed us with a grenade a few second ago and the first thing you do is to fucking agitate her!!! If we weren't friends for a long time, I myself would have put a fucking bullet inside FUCKING BRAIN!!!"
I looked at him and said angrily in a hushed voice and finally raising my voice at the end.
while I was scolding Max, The girl suddenly pressed on a device which looked like an earpiece inside her ear and said,
"This is Red Fox."
"More like a psycho orangutan."
I thought silently while looking at her. I imagined that if I say that loud to her, she might shove the grenade up in my ass.
"I caught two unknown people in military get-up but I don't think they are soldiers.Their objective is unknown. Awaiting for further instruction."
"Excuse me but when have we been ever caught?"
Max said but the girl just ignore his sentence.
"This is HQ. we have checked the records of unknown people. they're clean. you're next mission is to bring them to the vanity tunnel. Support is on the way. hold your ground for 30min at all cost.
"This is Red Fox. mission received."
Then the girl ended the call and looked at us and said,
"Follow me If you want to live."
After that she quickly started to walk down the stairs. We both looked at each other thinking about what to do next.
"let's follow her. We don't know anything about this place. Maybe we could find some information from her.
"Don't you think what she just said was some clique dialogue shown in most movie. I bet there will be a battle soon after we exit this building."
"That's just your thought Max."
"Well let's hope so."
Then we hurriedly followed her from behind to exit the building.