KADE "Is this something kind of joke, Michelle?" I said. She smirked, but her grip in the gun betrayed the look of confidence she had on her face. Her hand shook a little and I guessed that she wasn't planning to shoot me down, or even point a gun right in my face. "With all that has happened you still think it is?" she asked. My hands were up in surrender. Again, I looked around the place. The people that were in there were like shadows of themselves. Completely oblivious to what was going on around them. And even if I shouted for help, I doubted anyone would hear me. I just might up making Michelle burst out in laughter. "You don't want to so this, Michelle," I told her, trying to start up a reasonable conversation. One that would result in her putting down that gun. "You don't

