#185. One Way
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, 02-06-2011 at 03:38 AM (686 Views)
02/05/11
"You're leaving? How the hell are you planning to get out of the city?"
"By bus."
"That route's run by the gangs. Do you know what they could do to you?"
"I'd kill them if they tried."
"You'd try to kill them, you mean."
"Well, yes."
An image forms in my mind. The bus I'm on, forced to the side of the road. The leader grabs me by the arm, hauls me to my feet. Keeping center of balance low, I take a quick step past him. Use his grip against him, grab, throw, dislocate his shoulder. Follow through to the next man, punch to the solar plexus. Disarm the knife, strike to the throat.
Unrealistic? Depends on reaction time of second man. Don't underestimate.
"Fine," she says, with the look of a person with too many stubborn people in her life. "I'm coming with you."
One Way. Scare Factor: 2.