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The other two men had fallen on their stomachs...The other two men had fallen on their stomachs and he could see no wounds "Finish them off," Croft shouted down to him "Finish them off Red felt a pulse of angerIf it'd been anyone else but me, the bastard would have done it himself, he thoughtHe stood over one of the motionless bodies, and brought the sights of his tommy gun to bear on the back of the soldier's headHe took a little breath, and then fired a burstHe felt nothing except the rising quivering motion of the gun in his handsAfter he had fired, he noticed that it was the soldier who had been sitting with his rifle across his thighsThere was an instant in which he hovered on the lip of an intense anxiety, but he repressed it and strode over to the last soldier As he looked down upon him, Red felt a wash of many transient subtle emotionsIf he had been denim louis vuitton handbag asked, he might have said, "I didn't feel a goddam thing," but the back of his neck was numb, and his heart was beating rapidlyHe had an intense distaste for what he was about to do, and yet as he stared at the body and pointed his sights at the man's neck, he was feeling a pleasurable anticipationHe tightened his finger on the trigger, taking up the slack, tensing himself for the moment when he would fire and the slugs would make round little holes in a cluster, and the corpse would twitch and shake under the force of the bulletsHe pictured all those sensations, pulled the triggerHe started to work the bolt when the body underneath him suddenly rolled overIt took Red almost a second to realize that the Jap was aliveThe two men stared at each other with blank twitching faces, and then the Jap sprang to his feetThere was a replica rolex fraction of a second in which Red could have knocked him down with the stock of his gun, but the frustration he had felt when the gun jammed, added to the shock he experienced when he realized the soldier was alive, combined to paralyze him completelyHe watched the soldier stand up, move a step toward him, and then Red's muscles worked suddenly, and he hurled his gun at the JapIt missed, and the two soldiers continued to stare at each other, not three yards apart Red could never forget the Jap's faceIt was gaunt and the skin was drawn tightly over the eyes and cheeks and nostrils so that he had a hungry searching lookHe had never seen a man's face so intensely; his gaze concentrated until he could detect every imperfection in the man's skinHe saw blackheads on the Jap's forehead, and a tiny postule on the side of his cartier women's watches nose, and drops of sweat in the deep hollows under his eyesPerhaps they stared at each other for half a second, and then the Jap unsheathed his bayonet, and Red turned and ranHe saw the other man lunging toward him, and Red thought inanely, Horror movieWith a great effort he shrieked over his shoulder, "Get him, GET HIM, CROFT!" Then Red tripped, and lay motionless on the ground, half stunnedHe was trying to ready himself for the flash of pain the knife would cause as it pierced his back, and he held his breathHe heard his heart beat once, and then once moreHis alertness was returning, and he poised his bodyHis heart beat again, and again, and againAbruptly, he realized that nothing was going to happen Croft's clear cold voice grated in his ear"Goddam, Red, how long you gonna lay on the ground?" Red rolled over and chanel tote handbags sat upHe repressed a groan with difficulty, but the effort made him shudder "What do you think of your boy friend?" Croft asked softly The Jap was standing several yards away with his hands in the airHe had dropped the bayonet, and it lay at his feetCroft walked over and kicked it away Red looked at the Japanese soldier, and for an instant their eyes metBoth men looked away, as if they had each been caught in something shamefulRed realized suddenly how weak he felt Yet even now he could not admit any weakness to Croft"What took you guys so goddam long?" he asked "Got down as fast as we could," Croft said Gallagher spoke up abruptlyHis face was white and his mouth trembled"I was gonna shoot the mother-fugger but you were in the way Croft laughed quietly, and then said, "Ah guess we frightened him more than you, chanel classic handbag Red6:56 AM - Monday, February 15, 2010
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