When We Returned

When we returned the door was ajar.  I turned and tapped Jason's forearm.  He raised an eyebrow at me and the corner of his mouth quirked up and he pulled his gun. Crazy bastard.  I pulled mine from my hip and pressed myself to the right of the door way.  Jason mirrored me on the left.  I gave him a nod and he returned a wink.  I mentally counted to five and we moved together.  He hit the door with his boot and rolled in first high.  I heard the first shot and felt it pass by my side.  It hit the door frame and sent a barrage of splintered wood into the side of my face.  I dropped low and scuttled behind a large green sofa.  I could see Jason ahead of me behind a wing chair that was jumping as the bullets hit. His quirk was a full grown smile.  He caught my eye and shot me another wink and then he was on the move, scuttling forward.

"Crazy ass bastard," I muttered as I peered from behind the sofa to lay down some cover fire.  I swear Jason is watched over by several angels because he managed to crab crawl his way through the front room.  He left behind him two bodies that were twitching but that wasn't going to last long.  I took the momentary reprieve to wipe the blood off my face.  Probably smeared my mascara too.  Damn stuff was suppose to be water proof.   I checked the bodies as I crossed the room.  I was right.  The twitching was done.  Jason had reloaded by the time I reached his side.  His coat had a hole in the arm but there wasn't any blood I could see.  He glanced at me with eyes alight.  I could see his racing pulse in the base of his throat.

"Jefe, we know you are here.  Throw down you guns and I promise you, we can talk this through. man to man," Jason yelled into the next room.

Clearly, Jefe was not interested in this offer.  His reply was a blast from what sounded like a shot gun into the door frame.

"Damn it," I hissed and flinched as more splinters rained down on me.  The dust had barely settled when Jason rolled off the wall and into the next room.  I fervently hoped his angels weren't too busy protecting his ass that they couldn't to keep one eye on me and rounded the corner after him.