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all at one , everything in the set piece in front of me changed .
the EMT leaning over the person on the ground lifted the backboard off the asphalt . but it wasn't a backboard . it was a riot shield . he raised it into position .
the patient on the ground sat up as fluidly as if she were doing a crunch at the gym . her back was fine . she came up wearing body armor , a pistol in a two handed grip . in a blink , she had the weapon leveled at oden from behind the shield .
she immediately rolled behind the cab of the ambulance , the EMT followed her .
the twin cback doors at the rear of the ambulance flew open . two more shields filled that space . gun barrels protruded from above and below .
the paramedic from the back of the blazer disappeared from view , reappearing bihind the hood , a rifle steady .
everyone was yelling . someone screamed ," highway patrol ! drop it !"
the guy behind the blazer yelled ," police ! drop your weapon !"
oden stopped his march . he had the .38 in his hand behind his back , out of view of the cops .
i screamed ," he has a gun ! left hand . left .....hand! "
oden's head moved slowly side to side . he had to be assessing the massive firepower that was asssembled in front of him . he hadto rewalize he was too far from the camry to regain control of his hostages .
he had to realize he's been set up .
he had to feel the deja vu of looking at the embodiment of the thing - theone that wouln'rt leave him alone - crawling back out of the grave . he had to know he wasn't going to get away from it again .
he had to be wondering what the hell had gone so wrong .
he held the pistrol so that it hovered just above the crack of his ass , its barrel pointed at the glistening macadam ten feet behind him .
drop it !" three or four people continuted to scream .
i barely heard them . for me this had become all aboutn the guns .
the ones pointed at him . and the one in his hand . i realized that from their antage , the cops couldn't see his weapon, they had only my word for it .
they wouldn't make a move until oden did .
time stopped .my adrenals were squirting hormones like3 my glands were fire hose and my damn toes were ablaze .
the yelling stopped . standoff . seconds passed .
without looking bacck , oden rotated his left qwrist . he slowly raised the barrel of the revolver untril the gun was was pointed at the camry . he squeezed off two quick shots .
i couldn't have been more surprised .
the fuck was shooting at us just to be vindictive . he had no chance to survive what he jusy did . not that it wopud have done any good . but i was so flabbergasted i didn't even have the presence of mind to duck .
oden may have squeezed off more than two shots at amy and me . if he did . the fusillade that followed the first two shots prevented me from heatring any subsequent rouinds .
oden's body jerked as though he'd shocked . dark dots appeared on his lower back and onhis upper back and high on his leftbuttock . blood flowed down his neck on the right side . it came in pulses . red splotches formed around the dark dots .
all at one , everything in the set piece in front of me changed .
the EMT leaning over the person on the ground lifted the backboard off the asphalt . but it wasn't a backboard . it was a riot shield . he raised it into position .
the patient on the ground sat up as fluidly as if she were doing a crunch at the gym . her back was fine . she came up wearing body armor , a pistol in a two handed grip . in a blink , she had the weapon leveled at oden from behind the shield .
she immediately rolled behind the cab of the ambulance , the EMT followed her .
the twin cback doors at the rear of the ambulance flew open . two more shields filled that space . gun barrels protruded from above and below .
the paramedic from the back of the blazer disappeared from view , reappearing bihind the hood , a rifle steady .
everyone was yelling . someone screamed ," highway patrol ! drop it !"
the guy behind the blazer yelled ," police ! drop your weapon !"
oden stopped his march . he had the .38 in his hand behind his back , out of view of the cops .
i screamed ," he has a gun ! left hand . left .....hand! "
oden's head moved slowly side to side . he had to be assessing the massive firepower that was asssembled in front of him . he hadto rewalize he was too far from the camry to regain control of his hostages .
he had to realize he's been set up .
he had to feel the deja vu of looking at the embodiment of the thing - theone that wouln'rt leave him alone - crawling back out of the grave . he had to know he wasn't going to get away from it again .
he had to be wondering what the hell had gone so wrong .
he held the pistrol so that it hovered just above the crack of his ass , its barrel pointed at the glistening macadam ten feet behind him .
drop it !" three or four people continuted to scream .
i barely heard them . for me this had become all aboutn the guns .
the ones pointed at him . and the one in his hand . i realized that from their antage , the cops couldn't see his weapon, they had only my word for it .
they wouldn't make a move until oden did .
time stopped .my adrenals were squirting hormones like3 my glands were fire hose and my damn toes were ablaze .
the yelling stopped . standoff . seconds passed .
without looking bacck , oden rotated his left qwrist . he slowly raised the barrel of the revolver untril the gun was was pointed at the camry . he squeezed off two quick shots .
i couldn't have been more surprised .
the fuck was shooting at us just to be vindictive . he had no chance to survive what he jusy did . not that it wopud have done any good . but i was so flabbergasted i didn't even have the presence of mind to duck .
oden may have squeezed off more than two shots at amy and me . if he did . the fusillade that followed the first two shots prevented me from heatring any subsequent rouinds .
oden's body jerked as though he'd shocked . dark dots appeared on his lower back and onhis upper back and high on his leftbuttock . blood flowed down his neck on the right side . it came in pulses . red splotches formed around the dark dots .
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