No title, A new story

[tonym5]

Somebody shooting at Dirk and Al?! Great writing and hope there's more coming. I noticed you had a 1977 Volvo in the story.

[loren1]

A Volvo???? Next thing you know they will be in a Suburu

[tonym5]

Hope there's more to come, Heep!

[gamaytrout103]

I love the story. Keep it up!

[Mostly Heep]

Chapter 5



“What the..”Giordinos next words were drowned out by the thump of bullets as they peppered the log. There seemed to be a delay of a few seconds between the bullets hitting the log and the sound of the gunfire. Bits of driftwood sprayed in every direction. Pitt looked up to the road but nowhere could he see Melrose. Suddenly the shooting stopped and Dirk raised his head and stole a quick glance at the boat.
What he saw didn’t make him feel any better. The boat had made it’s way to the shoreline and he could see a dark skinned young man of about twenty holding a very powerful looking semi-automatic rifle in his hands.
He seemed to be scanning the beach as if looking for any further resistance.
“You behind the log, come out with your hands up and we won’t shoot you?”The voice was English with a heavy Eastern accent.
Giordino and Pitt exchanged glances.
“We’re stuck here. If we move we get shot and if we stay here we’re sitting ducks”.Pitt said
“What say we see what these fine people want then”Giordino replied.
Pitt raised his voice
“How do we know you won’t shoot us as soon as we show ourselves”
“You don’t” came the answer “But I’m a man of my word”
“Well hell that’s good enough for me”Al said sarcastically.
Both boys stood up at the same time and advanced around the log with their hands in the air. They walked slowly towards the beached craft never taking their eyes off the gun barrel which glinted blue in the sunlight.
“Where is the cop?” The dark skinned man asked.
Pitt brought his arm down long enough to point back up to the road.
“Up there somewhere”he said.”Checking on the pickup”
The man nodded and started to turn to his partner and say something when a movement on the road caught his attention. Giordino saw the shift of the mans eyes and pushed Pitt to one side and dove on top of his friend. Pitt grunted as Giordinos full weight landed on top of him. The gun spat just above their heads and the sound was deafening. It was answered by fire from the roadway which could only mean Melrose had noticed what was going on and come to investigate.
The boys could hear the sound of the bullets striking the cruiser and felt the whistle as the answering bullets flew above their heads and struck the fiberglass boat at their backs. They heard Melrose yelling but they couldn’t be sure if it was directed at them or the men in the boat.
Suddenly everything went quiet and that was more frightening than the whine of the bullets. Pitt raised his head and looked around. The boat had floated loose and was moving with the tide out to sea. No movement was noticeable in the cockpit.
“Boys stay down”Melrose yelled.
Pitt twisted his head till he could see the road, Melrose looked to be inside his cruiser using the radio. There was not a piece of glasses bigger than an ice cube left in any of the side windows and the windshield was starred in a hundred places. He glanced at the Volvo and his heart sank.
“Dad is going to kill me”
The car was riddled with bullet holes and the tires that he could see were flat and shredded. Unlike the police cruiser the windshield of the Volvo was now non existent. Shards of glass lay all around the poor car. Surprisingly the bullets had failed to hit the gas tank.
“Al you want to get off me now”Pitt tried pushing his friend away and was rewarded with a groan. Pitt brought his hand to his face and was shocked to see it covered in blood. His movements became frantic as he struggled to extricate himself from under his friends hundred and eighty pound dead weight. Finally with a huge lunge upwards he was free and quickly turned around to check on Giordino. The boat was the last thing on his mind as he checked over his friends body. He rolled Giordino onto his back and again his hand came away covered in blood. One of the bullets had struck Giordino in the left bicep and was bleeding profusely. Another had creased his forehead and made his face a crimson mask. Pitt tore off a section of his shirt and made a tourniquet around the bicep and the bleeding slowed.
By this time Melrose had made his way to them by darting behind every large log he could find.
“Dirk are you alright”he whispered
“Yeah, I am, but Al is in a bad way I think, he’s bleeding from a couple of places” the worry in his voice for his friend was unmistakable.
“Ok I’ve got an ambulance on it’s way. I’m going to try and get to the boat and see what we have. Stay with Al please”
Pitt nodded and tried to make his friend comfortable on the sandy beach. He tore off one of the arms of his shirt and soaked it in the water and balled up what was left to make a pillow. The salt water would sting the wound but with Al unconscious it wouldn’t matter. It kept the wound clean and that was the main thing.

Melrose swam out to the boat quickly and approached it from the stern. As he reached out to grab a hand hold he heard a movement and quickly dove out of sight. Coming up under the bow he listened to the hushed conversation from the cockpit. There seemed to be a lot of cursing in a foreign language.
“How do you start this machine” a voice hissed, the only reply being a moan.
“You will start this infernal machine now or I will throw you to the sharks”The voice was getting louder and Melrose surmised a little more desperate. “The American police are onshore at this moment. I will not be caught and thrown into one of their jails. Now start the damned boat” Whomever it was did not want to get caught.
Suddenly the engine roared to life and Melrose was caught in it’s path. His first reaction was to jump on the bow but he would have been cut down in seconds. His only other alternative was to dive quickly and hope the propellers would miss him. Taking a deep breath he plunged back into the depths. The sound of the propellers beating the water was even louder underwater and he prayed they would miss him. He felt rather than saw the boat pass him by close enough that he could have reached out and touched it. The wash from the propellers tumbled him end over end for fifteen feet before he could regain his balance. By the time he had righted himself and surfaced the boat was too far away to catch.
“Where the hell is the police boat” he sputtered to no-one in particular as he looked after the escaping boat.
The sound of approaching sirens made him turn his attention back to the beach. He stroked easily to shore and was just wading out of the shallows as the ambulance screeched to a halt followed by two more police cars.
The ambulance attendants raced onto the beach and slid to a stop next to Giordino and Pitt. Melrose stopped long enough to make sure Al was going to be alright before heading up to the road. He didn’t notice Pitt’s gaze following him.
“Officer?”
Melrose turned back and looked at Dirk.
“What the hell is going on here?” Pitt asked with rising anger in his voice
Melrose held up his hands in defense.
“I wish I knew son. But I’m going to find out.”He held up his hands in resignation.”I need to talk to these other officers first and get the ball rolling. I’m also going to need to take you downtown and have you make an official statement. But that can wait until tomorrow if you want”
Pitt shook his head.
“No I’ll go now and get it over with. It’s also fresher in my mind. I want to go with Al to the hospital first though and make sure he’s going to be alright”
“Of course. You can go in the ambulance. I’ll make the arrangements right now for you”
Pitt nodded his thanks and turned back to his friend.

One of the attendants noticed the look on his face and gave him a smile and a thumbs up.
“He’s going to be alright. He’s a tough little fella. The bullet just creased his forehead and the other one went right through the bicep coming out the other side clean. We’ve just had to staunch the blood flow. We’ll take him to Hoag hospital and probably keep him overnight for observation”
“The officer said I could ride along to the hospital with you. Is that going to be a problem?”
The attendant shook his head.”Nope, not at all. Plenty of room in the back” he laughed.
The attendants made sure Al was strapped on the stretcher before carrying him to the ambulance. Dirk followed a short distance behind. He veered off and headed for the cruiser when he saw Melrose waving to him.
“I’ve called a tow truck to get the Volvo back to your dads”he said without pre-amble “Are you still wanting to go to the hospital?”
Dirk nodded
“I’m going to tag along with the ambulance guys”
Melrose nodded and turned back to the other officers

[gamaytrout103]

Wow!!!!!!!! Poor Al!!!!!!!!! Fantastic work

This post has been edited by gamaytrout103 on May 6 2006, 09:57 PM

[Dear_Heart05]

GAA!!! Now you gotta keep writing, cause now im REALLY ticked off!
They hurt Al! ....MUST......SUFFER...PAY!!!

[Mostly Heep]

Chapter 6

The ride to the hospital was uneventful and while Dirk was waiting for the doctor to patch up his friend he called home and talked to his dad. The concern in the elder Pitt’s voice was unmistakable.
“Well thank God you’re both ok. I’ll call the Giordino’s and we can all come to the hospital and pick you up”.
“Thanks dad” Dirk hung up the phone and sat down heavily on a padded vinyl bench. He tried to go over the events of the day but finally exhaustion overtook him and his head slumped to his chest and his eyes closed. The duty nurse looked up from her desk with a smile and taking pity on the young man, covered him with a blanket.
It seemed to Dirk that he had only just closed his eyes before someone was roughly shaking his shoulder.”Dirk. Wake up” The urgency in the voice made him clear his head faster than usual and he opened his eyes to find himself looking into his Giordino’s worried eyes.
“What are you doing out here? You should be in bed” Pitt mumbled.
“Shhh...” Al whispered as he peaked around the corner and looked into the corridor.
Pitt had known Giordino too long now to know when his friend wasn’t joking and quietly got up to stand next to him.
He leaned forward and murmured into Al’s ear ”What’s up pal?”
Giordino motioned back into the room. ”I was lying in my bed when I heard voices” Dirk gave him a quick sidelong glance “Foreign voices. I couldn’t understand what they were saying but I heard my name. I heard them pulling back curtains so I waited until they were a couple of beds away and snuck out when they went behind the curtain. I guess our friends from the beach came back to finish the job”
Dirk nodded and looked at his friend with a bandage around his head and his arm in a sling. “Well neither one of us is in any shape for a fight so I say we get the heck out of here while we still can”
Giordino gave Pitt a horrified look “I can’t leave like this, my butt is hanging out for all to see and I’ve got this stupid IV in my arm”
Despite the very real danger Pitt had to laugh at his friends plight, Giordino just scowled at him. “Just wait. One day you’ll be like this and I have a long memory” he said waggling his finger.
They made their way up the hallway past the now deserted nurses station. Pitt brightened as they stopped at the counter. Looking around he spotted a small door, near the rows of patient folders, that read *clean clothes*
“Here” he said as he pulled out a pair of clean scrubs and threw them at Al. “Put this on and make like a doctor”
“Right. What about the IV?”
Dirk thought for a second.”Ok make like a patient. Hop on that gurney and I’ll play the doctor”.
“Just don’t prod me with anything sharp” Giordino joked.
Pitt wasn’t paying attention anymore. He was still behind the counter looking towards the front door. He turned to Al. “We just have to wait until our parents get here, I phoned them earlier and dad said they were on their way. I guess they had to wait for a taxi since the Volvo’s not in any condition to be driven”
“Well they’d better hurry. I wonder if the bad guys posted a lookout at the front door?”
Dirk shook his head. “I doubt they’re that smart. I don’t think they would’ve had time to do anything more than grab a gun or knife”
Giordino gave him a sour look. “Thanks for the reassurance. Just how are we supposed to get by them Einstein?”
“We don’t”.
“Huh! You just want to wait here for them to find us?”
“Listen Al we’re safer in the hospital than outside. At least in here we have places we can hide. If we go outside we’re screwed, It’s an open parking lot, they can pick us off from any floor or a doorway and we wouldn’t stand a chance. We just have to be patient”
“I am a patient if you haven’t noticed”
“Funny guy” Pitt said grimacing at his friends attempt at humor. That was Al though, always trying to make the best of a bad situation.
“It would be nice to know where they are at the moment. There has to be a way to draw them out....”.
“I have a feeling I know where they are” Giordino interrupted quietly.
Dirk looked at his friend and then followed his gaze.

Four dark skinned men had just stepped off the elevator at the end of the hall. Their voices echoed off the white painted walls ans they gestured at each other. There seemed to be some disagreement as to which corridor they should be searching. At that moment the elevator doors opened again and a doctor stepped into the middle of the argument. The shocked look on his face turned to terror as four guns flashed simultaneously. He dropped the clipboard he was carrying and slumped against the stainless steel elevator doors and almost in slow motion slid to the floor while staring through glassy eyes at the spreading red stain on his chest. The sound of four unsilenced guns going off at the same time was deafening in the confines of the hallway. Instinctively both Al and Dirk ducked behind the counter.

"Freeze....Police" Came a familiar voice from the emergency doorway.

The four men at the end of the hall ducked and rolled for cover as Melrose poked his head around the door frame.
"You boy's ok" He whispered

[Dear_Heart05]

Holy Cow! This is really gettin good Rob.

[gamaytrout103]

I agree. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for more.

[tonym5]

I'm happy to see this story continuing again. Do you have a title for it yet, Rob? By the way, you are doing a great job at writing your stories. I certainly need to work on my own writing skills, that's for sure. It's great to see someone else besides myself writing stories. And by the way, make sure that Al gets a piece of the action in bringing the bad guys to justice.

[Mostly Heep]

Thanks Tony...no title as yet....maybe someone else can think of one.

You have a very good imagination Tony you just need to spend more time on the details.I spend too much time on the details that's why it takes me so much longer to post anything.