“I know what you're trying to do, and I appreciate it. But I’m fine,” Rain insisted.
Carter shook his head and got in her face. “No, Rain. You’re not fine. You got shot two days ago. You need to trust me to get this handled for you so you can get better.”
“This is where I’m supposed to be, standing right here,” she pointed at the ground. “And I do trust you, Carter. That’s why you’re standing here with me,” she said as Jackie and Baby Chris went through the gate.
Rain was about to say something about where would Mike Black and Bobby Ray be at a time like this, when the shooting started.
Both Jackie and Baby Chris took out their guns and ran toward the closest truck, firing shots as they ran until they got to cover.
“Think that was meant for us?” Baby Chris asked while he reloaded his weapon.
“That was a joke, right?” Jackie said as she reloaded. “I mean, seriously.”
Rain looked at Carter. “Get in.”
She got in the driver seat. Carter got in, taking that as an indication that she at least planned to stay in the Tahoe. She started the vehicle and drove it through the gate to where Jackie and Baby Chris were pinned down.
Once they were back in the Tahoe, Jackie passed out MP7A1s, as Rain drove toward the building with bullets careening off the hood and the windshield.
“How long will the glass hold?” Carter wanted to know.
“Long enough for us to get there. But I’d stay low anyway,” she said as she cut the wheel hard to the left in front of the building.
“Let’s go,” Jackie said, then got out, went to the hood, and opened fire. Baby Chris got out behind her and went to the back of the Tahoe and he began firing.
Rain got out of the Tahoe; Carter followed behind her. She looked at him and extended her hand toward the building. “You wanna handle it, handle it. I’ll be right here.”
Carter shook his head and laughed a little. “Bullshit!” he said, and went toward the building as Rain opened fire to cover him. Once Carter reached the building, she took cover and reloaded her weapon.
With his back against the wall, Carter signaled for Jackie. When she got there, Carter grabbed the handle and Jackie nodded. When he opened the door, Jackie stuck her gun out and fired blindly before she stepped inside. Baby Chris rushed in the garage behind her and took cover behind a truck, but the shooting had stopped.
Carter came inside and stood next to Jackie. He looked around the garage. It seemed like the shooters were gone, but he knew better than that. “They want to draw us in. Make us come in there after them,” Carter said.
“Spread us out so they can pick us off one by one in between these trucks,” Jackie said. “No, thank you.”
“So we stay together,” Carter said.
In an attempt to force their hand, two men opened fire from the top of the trucks, driving them to seek cover as they fired back. And then just as quickly as it started, the shooting stopped again.
“As long as they have the high ground on those trucks, we’re fucked. But if one of us could make it up there to that catwalk,” Baby Chris said and pointed toward it. “We’d have the advantage.”
Jackie looked at Carter. “Go,” she ordered and then she and Carter opened fire to cover him.
The two men on top of the trucks continued firing at Carter and Jackie. They returned fire and started backing their way to deeper cover. They continued to fire away and didn’t notice that Baby Chris had made it to the catwalk.
When Baby Chris began firing shots from two MP7A1s, it gave Carter and Jackie a chance to make it to the door that led to the offices. The men on top of the trucks turned and fired at Baby Chris, but with him having the high ground, it didn’t take long for them to jump down from the trucks and run.
Baby Chris ran down the catwalk firing to prevent them from reaching the door and getting away. As he was reaching the end o
f the catwalk, Baby Chris took careful aim and fired. He hit one of the men with a shot in his back, and then Baby Chris stopped and fired at the last man.
“Fuck!” Baby Chris yelled when he missed, and the man reached the door.
But before the door closed, he heard a shot and then watched as a body came flying back through the door.
Rain appeared in the doorway, with a pump shotgun in her hand and an MP7A1 hanging from each shoulder. She waited and watched as Baby Chris came down from the catwalk and then came to meet her at the door.
“Where’s Carter and Jackie?” Rain asked.