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Creative Writing: The Ripper

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Bullets began firing in quick bursts against the steel, as they fell down inside the stuffy vehicle. He could hear enraged cries from outside. From the floor beside each other they witnessed dents and holes appearing in the weighty doors, allowing miniscule streaks of light to pass above their bodies, as they braced themselves on the bare flooring. Evidently the vehicle was not bulletproof. Left, right and centre. Beside him, to his right, James spotted that the rays that passed on that side were being blocked.... then coming back. He knew who it was that was making their way, ever so slowly, on the other side of the steel and he knew that the soldiers would find out soon enough too! As anticipated, there came the sounds of gasps and the firing came to an abrupt halt. The chopper was nearing too, they could tell, but the pair would be blind to those in the sky. Some of the soldiers began to scream, others …show more content…

Did he dare defy the startled adult, who desired nothing more than to be driven away, without a care in the world for James's father, or does he use his own free will and newly attained courage to make their presence known? The man beside him had run out of patience, that much was overwhelmingly and worryingly clear. That was why he had screamed at him not touch him, when they were journeying up through the redwoods. He was surely sick to the back teeth of the panting, woeful child and his demanding and downright rundown, creep of a father! In an instant, he went from being on his back to sitting up in the darkness. The hand attempted to pull him back down, by the face too, but he defied its aggressive insistences. Grabbing at the inner handles, he pushed open the rear doors. He was greeted by a widening shot of daylight, similar to that of the stage-actor's view of the spotlights hanging from the back of the venue, the moment the velvet curtains parted ways. The sun was in the middle of the sky, but

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