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Tina’s action rendered Dianne’s indecisionoff a pair of shots that both just barelyprojectiles and the soggy thunk as they embedded in the wood of the barn behind him sent him into a panic, and he turned tail and ran for the woods A third shot fro hi his spine

Theto the ground in the process He willed hie of his dead companion still fresh in his mind Dianne and Tina both ran around to the back porch and looked at each other “Stay here,” Dianne said, “and keep watch with Mark I’o take care of him”

“Make it snappy before he gets away” Tina’s expression was grih her scope at the body of the first man

Dianne nodded and ran down the hill toward the barns, slowing down once she reached the buildings so that she could check alongside the forward She didn’t bother to look at the corpse lying on the ground, knowing that Tina and Mark atching her from afar and would have alerted her if the man was somehow still alive Her eyes ide as she searched around the buildings and edge of the woods at the back side of the property, looking for any sign of the man in the blue jacket

After several ns she found of the second ht red blood scattered across a pile of leaves behind the farthest barn at the edge of the woods The dry underbrush out into the woods appeared as though soh Dianne stood still for a few , she located no trace of theoff into the woods to try and find the man when she heard a quiet voice over her radio

“Dianne? I’ up behind you” The crunch of leaves came a few seconds later as Dianne sloalked behind the barn, her head on a swivel as she kept a close eye on her surroundings “There you are What are you doing back here?”

Dianne, still crouched near the drops of blood, pointed to theet away”

“Think we should go after him?”

Dianne shook her head slowly “As one anywhere Besides, if there were two of the to be pissed that we just killed one of their friends” Dianne glanced up at Tina “Any reason why you opened fire without talking to me first?”

Tina s

norted, “Didn’t realize I needed your permission, but if you really want to know, come back over here” She led Dianne back to the man with the black jacket and rolled the body over “Kind of hard to see noith his face having a new hole in it and everything, but I recognized hi there; one of the gang”

Dianne’s prior indecision, soered even after she and Tina had shot the men, completely evaporated A chill ran down her back and she squared her shoulders as she stood up and looked at the barn “Good riddance to hiround before rigor sets in”

“What about the other one?” Tina replied “If he lives, he’s going to tell the others about us”

“Yes,” Dianne nodded, “he will And we’ll be ready for them”

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