Part 17 — Problems

"Hey! Xin, what are you doing?!"

"I'm not going to let you cause a problem at another college! One is enough!"

"Me? You started it as well!"

"Yeah, but I wasn't going to start this one!"

"Why didn't you even stop me sooner?"

"You were focusing on me the entire time! How was I supposed to tackle you?"

Ed, confused from the yelling, walked over to the sound. Looking at Zap and Xin on the floor, he smirked, seeing Zap's face. "Look at this," he said. "I haven't seen you in a long time. How've you been, good 'ol pal?" he said, sarcastically.

"Argh! Xin, get off of me!"

"No!"

"Ooh, what's this?" Ed grabbed the gun at Xin's side, which surprised her. "Doesn't this hurt a lot? Hey, Zap, you'd know a lot about being hurt, wouldn't you?"

"That's it!" Zap grabbed the gun attached to the front of his jeans (which were touching the floor) and shot at Xin, trying not to hit her. Xin, startled, rolled off of Zap. She reached for her knife, thinking of how to defend against two people with guns.

Ed readied Xin's pistol at her. "If I can get rid of you, I can take my time with this guy." Ed looked at Zap. "Ready?"

Zap was confused. "Huh?" Xin was looking at him in shock.

"Gotcha!" With both of them distracted, Ed shot at Xin. Xin barely deflected the bullet with her knife.

"Don't even try it, bitch!" Zap threw his pistol towards Xin and rushed Ed, who was still twice his size. With his experience as an agent, he was able to kick Ed in the stomach and dodge his first shot at him. Xin grabbed Zap's gun but did not shoot. I'm not causing any problems. Whatever happens is all because of Zap. She watched as he repeatedly attacked Ed and followed by dodging to another side. She was sure that Zap was fine until Ed grabbed one of his punches. With him in place, Ed readied his gun and began to fire.

Out of the 10 shots, 5 landed: his arms, his shoulders, and his stomach. Ed dropped Zap, who fell without resistance.

Shit, Xin said, slowly beginning to panic. I'm not going to start anything. I'm going to get Zap and me out of this mess, without starting anything. She gripped the pistol in her hand.