With the snipers gone, Steel knew he was going to have to move. The containers would provide cover and plenty of shadows. The top cover had been taken care of, so now it was a matter of minimising the numbers. Steel slung his rifle and took the sniper’s 9mm Glock 17 and a couple of spare magazines he had found in the man’s jacket pocket. Steel slid out the magazine from the pistol grip, pushed down on the top bullet with his thumb. It was stiff with little give, a good spring, little chance of feed jams. The clear magazine showed the clip had the full fifteen shots. Steel replaced the clip then slid back the top slide on the pistol enough to see the glint of the top round in the chamber — fifteen in the mag – one in the pipe.
Steel made his way down using the outcrops of the building, suc
