CHAPTER 24

The three wheeled and stared at the cops.

They then, slowly, walked towards them, completely unafraid.

“I said FREEZE!”

The leader kept walking, and the cop fired. The noise was deafening.

But, amazingly, the leader didn’t even stop. He smiled even wider, simply reached out his hand, and caught the bullet in midair. I was shocked to see that he stopped it in mid-air, in his palm. He then held up his hand, slowly made a fist and crushed it. He opened his hand, and the dust slowly poured out onto the floor.

The cops, too, stared back in shock, mouths open.

The leader grinned even wider, reached out and grabbed the cop’s shotgun. He yanked it from him, wound up and struck the cop across the face. The cop went flying backwards, knocking over several of his men.

I had seen enough.

Without hesitating, I turned, opened the window and climbed through. I jumped onto the fire escape and raced down the rickety, rusted steps.

I ran for all I was worth, twisting and turning. The old fire e