THE HEIST SCENE 8 : THE AMBUSH

         We took cover,trying to gradually approach the entrance of the bank, i was able to get beside derrick and i asked what exactly did you see, he looked over to where i was crouched behind a pillar, he smiled sheepishly and said, i saw someone in the widow at the far end of the building, and person seemed wounded as his face was covered in blood , i looked towards the window he was referring to, there was no movement,  i had known derrick for some years now and he was not one to take us on a wild goose chase.Roland motioned to Ben to approach the entrance, we all braced up for the worst, and then hell broke lose, we had been so engrossed with checking out the bank premises we had failed to assign a look out to secure our rear, it was a fatal error.

         We didn't know where it came from exactly all we knew was that we had been ambushed, the sound of the machine gun fire was deafening,  we all hit the floor trying to escape the onslaught, i could see bullets flying in every direction shattered glass all around us, the attack seemed to last forever , i crawled up behind a pillar trying to pick a target to return fire,after a few minutes it was all quiet again, i guess they were reloading  we just had seconds to compose ourselves, i looked over to where Ben had been crouching and saw his lifeless body sprawled on the floor, i called out, twice but there wasn't a response, my heart sank, this night was turning to a nightmare, i looked over to where Roland was and could see him crawling for better cover, there was a trail of blood all along his crawl path, he seemed to have been hit severally and was losing so much blood, he needed medical attention and fast,it was up to me and derrick,  i could see he wasn't hit just shaken up, it wasn't every day you experience a blood bath gun battle and losing two  of your patrol buddies in seconds.

     I signaled derrick to call for back up from his walkie talkie,as we couldn't risk getting to the squad car which was ridden with bullet , i threw away my pump action shot gun and reached for the rifle Ben had been carrying i needed something with a lot of kick and stopping power it was a customized M60 rifle,
 i also picked up some of the ammunition clip from his combat patch, derrick signaled that back up and medical was on their way, i nodded and began to scout for my target, pushed the safety off on the rifle and aimed just then i saw q head pop out from behind a parked car, derrick saw the same thing,  as though in unison we let it go, the recoil of the M60 was rattling it churned out bullets in hundreds,  i aimed at the car, in seconds the car was filled with holes my fingers didn't leave the trigger,  and the bullets kept hitting the car, saw someone trying to crawl away and i repelled the attempt, this guys were as good as dead, just then the sound of sirens approaching filled the air, yes i thought,  back up was close, i knew these guys could hear it too and would try yo make a run for it, that i was waiting for, derrick kept firing,  he had got a score to settle, Ben was his close friend and these animals were going to pay for shredding him with bullets