The Hard Line

When he rose to his feet, he peered through the dim light, and he saw the outline of a body lying there, crumpled, unmoving. He kept hold of his weapon in his right hand and flipped quickly onto his back, flinging aluminum and glass as he did so, but just as he began to look for the man above him, the dark figure landed on him. Court fired a double tap, two rounds into the spinning man’s torso, and then, not knowing if his enemy was wearing body armor, he targeted the man’s head, but Deep Space’s body collapsed so fast, Court missed high with his third round. Neither of the other two vehicles suffered any damage at all, but the DDO’s limo was completely destroyed, finally coming to rest in a ball of fire on the Potomac Yard Trail.