Hot metal flying from corner to corner only to be a messenger for death, it was a miracle I survived. It was intense, the lead, the blood, the bodies flying across the room. A brief second where their eyes meet with mine, only to end up barrels pointed at each other instead. The fight itself felt like it was instantaneous.
Around ten robbers were waiting for the police and instead, I was the one who had shown up. Moving into the bank, I entered into a firefight. These men, the ones who had caused so much death and destruction. An entrance point that led to the interior of a bank. The explosion, the one that had me in a panic earlier, had created a hole in the wall. It wasn’t the dead bodies of the men that had tried to kill me which caught my eye, but the rubble behind them that I found intriguing. Standing up, I noticed something interesting. I took the opportunity to do the same trick that I pulled earlier, leaping from behind the wall I was able to do both shooters in. A shot rang out as I came around the corner. I took the second exit that led downstairs, still pondering all the while. There were two exits where the men had been, I tried the first with no success. Nothing could possibly get weirder, could it? The station was a demolition site, thugs had taken over the area, and I was still no closer to my objective. Before moving on, I took a minute to think over things. Clearly oblivious to my being there, I fired at them, nabbing both targets with one buckshot. A couple of individuals were standing around and arguing who was going to hit the detonator next. I finally reached the top… a bit confused at the sight in front of me. What the hell was that?! It sounded as if someone just tried to blow up the entire train station! I ran as fast as possible, flying up the stairs. Hopping onto the platform, I made my way through the entrance point and into a hal. Sneaking along the tracks, I was fortunate enough to get the jump on the small-timers, despite them using the crates as cover. Lupino, the whole reason I got into this mess, and the reason I need to find Alex soon. The topic of their discussion was none other than Jack Lupino. No such luck I’m afraid, after following the tracks a ways down, I could hear two gentlemen on the approaching platform. Not knowing what to expect, I hopped onto them and followed the tunnel, hoping to see Alex on the other side. Making my way through them, I found train tracks at the bottom of the stairs. What else could this day throw at me? I moved quickly to the exit and found a stairwell that was littered with even more thugs. Heading over to another crate, I plugged the other individual after waiting for him to take another shot. Thank goodness I had the presence of mind to get up and move. One of the many crates laid about the hallway shattered into several pieces as a shotgun blast sounded off out of nowhere. The only thing now was figuring out where his partner had run off to. Then, assuming that the time was right, I leapt out from behind and managed to gun down one of the thugs. Thinking quickly, I positioned myself against a wall and waited till the voices grew louder. I didn’t have too much time to think back, however, as I was snapped out of my train of thought by a pair voices at the other end of the hallway. Funny thing is, the twists sort of reminded me of how my life had been going thus far. Making my way through the door, I ended up in a hallway with a couple of twists and turns. I peeked around the corner to see that what the two gentlemen were guarding had been a rusty door, not exactly the most prestigious of jobs but who was I to criticize. One way or another, I was going to have to deal with it… Articles // 6th Jun 2017 - 5 years ago // By Ethan Butterfield The Payne Diaries - Max Payne 1- Part 2