Chapter 67: Sniper On The Run

**BACK AT THE BUNKER...**

JJ and his men had finally found the bunker. He covertly instructed them to surround it to make sure no one came out of it undetected. He moved closer to the entrance and held the knob of the door and pulled it open. A pin suddenly fell at his feet and he immediately realized what it was.

"Grenade! Get back!" He shouted out to his men, and they all ran away from the bunker as fast as they could.

The grenade went off, and the explosion blasted JJ and his men across the forest. They all landed heavily on the ground but were all still alive.

They all picked themselves up and held up their guns in alertness.

"They know we're here," One of the goons said to JJ, but was quickly killed by a precise shot to the head.

His head exploded into pieces after the bullet hit and JJ yelled at his men to find cover.

"There's a sniper out there. Take cover," he yelled.

All the goons scrambled to find cover and more bullets were shot their way, but because they were moving, all the bullets missed.

"Stay still, God damnit!" Sharon cursed from the top of the tree where she was positioned.

She kept firing but wasn't able to hit any of the men who were all now crouched down or hiding behind a tree, away from her line of fire.

"I really need more shooting lessons," she said to herself.

She was watching patiently for one of the goons to make an error in judgment.

JJ signalled to one of his men to try and get closer so he could force the shooter out of his position. The goon nodded affirmatively and ran out of his spot, trying to reach another tree, but before he could reach, he was also shot down by Sharon's sniper.

JJ was so infuriated and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"You coward! Come out from where you're hiding and face me like a man."

"I'm no man," Sharon said to herself and took another shot.

JJ was becoming impatient about hiding in a corner so he tried to find the angle from which the shooting was coming. He slowly stuck his head up to see and quickly went back down when another shot was fired at him.

"The top of the fourth tree from the right. That's where the shooter is," JJ whispered to the remaining three of his men, "I need two of you to give us some cover while we try to get closer, understand?"

They nodded in affirmation and both came out of their hiding spots and began shooting at the tree in rapid fire. The bullets came flying towards Sharon's position and she took cover herself. JJ noticed that the sniper wasn't shooting so he and his other man ran out and headed closer to the tree.

The shooters weren't letting up and Sharon knew it was part of their plan to catch her. They weren't shooting to kill but as cover, so the others could get closer. She needed to move and so she did. Sharon left the sniper rifle on the tree and jumped. She began running through the forest and JJ and his men were hot on her heels.

"He's on the run! Catch him," JJ instructed, and they kept chasing after her.

She was a few paces ahead of them, but they were quickly closing the distance. One of JJ's men was ahead of the rest of them and was a lot closer to Sharon. She turned around while running to catch a glimpse of her pursuers, which made her trip on some roots and stumble down the slope. She rolled down and crashed hard on the ground and lay motionless.

The first goon reached her before the others and slowed down when he got close to her. He realized that she was a woman and couldn't believe his eyes. He thought she was unconscious because she wasn't moving and let down his guard.

"Guys! I found our shooter," he yelled out to the others who had almost reached him, "...She's a freaking woman."

And when he turned back around, there was a gun right in his face with Sharon holding it.

"Yes, I am," she said and pulled the trigger.

His blood splattered all over her after she pulled the trigger and, for a second, Sharon felt like she was about to pass out. This was her first close-up kill and it didn't feel good. She would have had a panic attack right there if she hadn't been on the run from the rest of Addicus' men.

JJ and his remaining men finally caught up to her, and she shot at them uncontrollably out of desperation not to be caught by them because she knew that was probably what Addicus ordered; her capture and not her death.

JJ aimed at her legs and shot her in the lap, which made her shriek in pain and drop her gun.

"Arghhh," Sharon cried out.

JJ and his men slowly stalked her. She crawled desperately trying to get to her gun until she finally reached it. She picked it up, rolled over on the ground and pointed the gun at JJ.

His men pointed their guns at Sharon and JJ raised a finger in an attempt to calm everyone down.

"Now, now! Let's all just calm down and not do anything hasty, okay? It's over, Sharon. I'd like to ask where your protector is but from the looks of things, I'd say he abandoned you. Probably decided that you weren't worth the trouble," JJ mocked her.

"Shut up, JJ. This is the end of the line for you. You'll finally pay for what you did to my friends," Sharon said defiantly.

"And your parents, don't forget. I was also the one who killed them and burned them in their home," he told her in an attempt to provoke her.

"Shut up or I'll..."

"Or you'll what? Shoot me? You may have learned how to shoot a gun, but you still have a lot to learn. That piece you're holding carries only twelve bullets and, by my calculations, you have just one left and if you shoot me, you might kill me, but my men will still deliver you to Addicus and what he'll do to you will be a fate worse than death itself," JJ informed her, and she wasn't sure what to do next.

"So, what will it be, Sharon? We could avoid any more bloodshed, or you could try your luck and see what happens. Your choice."

Sharon weighed her options in her head. JJ was most likely telling the truth about how many bullets she had left. Should she just kill him for all the pain he had caused her and face her fate with Addicus **OR** should she do what she had already tried to do and... take her own life?

Being caught by Addicus would be a fate worse than death. She knew this, so it would probably be better for her to just die and not give him the chance to destroy her mind and body.

"I have another option," Sharon said to JJ and placed the gun by the side of her head.

"Noooo!!" JJ shouted and Sharon pulled the trigger.