25
Shadow Team
What a klutz I was.
The pair of us fired.
The pair of us missed.
Well, Philippe hit the man in the arm, but only a flesh wound. As soon as I let out that high-pitched girly achoo, JPAC had reacted. And we’d lost the element of surprise. JPAC man clicked empty, but dived on Philippe and wrestled him to the floor.
The woman didn’t have time to change clips, but she wasn’t about to stand still like those shooting-range targets. I panicked and missed again. She spin-kicked the gun out of my hand with one foot, bringing the other foot round to catch me hard in the chest. I flew back over the sofa, but rebounded to my feet.
Philippe and JPAC man were still wrestling in a frantic, grunting stalemate. JPAC lady moved to pick up my pistol, but I rugby-tackled her before she co
