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‘Another word out of you andto end up in your mouth’

I tearbandage I look around at the walls of the alleyway There is a black water pipe I run to it My guess was right It is full of spider webs

I take my credit card out of my wallet and as fast as I can, collect the spider’s web behind the pipe inmy palm so that all the white strands end up on the card

Getting onhis wound Spider silk helps stop bleeding and speeds healing I learned this little geainst the wound, I tie the shirt-bandage firmly around his chest I tear the ends and tie it up

I feel his throat His pulse is weak but steady

I glance around His ht just o and unlock er door and put the seat down Running back to hi ht Then, usinghi I take a deep breath

He’s a big guy andfast

Grasping his right hand and holding it at 90 degrees to his body, I duck under it, and pop up in front of hi his wrist, I bend et him on to my shoulders

With hi as fast as I can to uy’s compatriots could turn up and I’h, to take on a bunch of guys wielding knives and guns

‘You won’t get aith this,’ the guy on the ground threatens There is a tinge of desperation to his voice The guy is shit scared of the reaction of whoever ordered the hit

As I lay theoff ht I close the door and ju out of the street I see the thugs drive into the road in a blacked out black Merc