Aiming and Firing

He aimed with speed and precision

 

The all-knowing eye of the gun peered into his soul

 

The dark circle of the muzzle commanded his attention

 

The gun's gaping eye bored into him

 

The barrel of his gun was a hungry cyclops

 

He sighted on screaming lips

 

He clenched his left eye shut and peered through the scope

 

The scope picked out the details of the target

 

His gun tracked the target, sighting in on the kill

 

Finger tensing on the trigger, he made the range at twenty yards

 

His crosshairs never left the target

 

His weapon never wavered

 

He watched her through the sniper scope

 

He drew a bead on his target

 

He took careful aim, knowing every shot had to count

 

She was caught in his sights

 

He sighted along the barrel, picking his shot

 

A red laser eye of death blinked open on his chest

 

He stared down in horror as his chest lit up with little red lasers

 

Through his scope, the hidden sniper saw everything she did

 

He had the target in his sights

 

He eased the safety off and braced himself to get a better shot

 

He thumbed the safety off and steadied his aim

 

The bastard leveled the muzzle of his gun against the child's head

 

He squeezed two quick shots through shattered glass

 

He snapped off another round just to make sure

 

His answering fire was high and wide

 

He launched another flesh-mangling round

 

He took them both in rapid fire

 

He squeezed off a careful shot and ducked back

 

One flick of the trigger finished it

 

She caressed the trigger

 

Her finger found the trigger and tensed

 

Four times his trigger finger tightened, blasting lead

 

He snarled as he pulled the trigger

 

His finger curled around the trigger

 

His finger grew tight on the trigger, tense for killing

 

He popped off a quick shot before ducking behind cover

 

He dodged and weaved, shooting blind

 

He closed the gap between them with one pull of the trigger

 

He rattled off three shots in rapid order

 

Five slugs sizzled the air

 

He flung the car door open and came out firing

 

His trigger finger stroked familiar metal

 

Screaming death shot from the metal eye like tears of lead