Rand charged down the alley way, clutching the folder in his arms tightly to his chest. Sweat poured down his face and he was taking sharp breaths. He quickly glanced behind him to see if they were still following. Not slowing down Rand kept running, not noticing a cat that crawled out of a nearby box and walked directly in front of him. He tripped over the cat and tumbled, the folder sliding away.

 

The men chasing him saw Rand fall to the ground hard and slowed their run to a walk. They casually walked up to Rand and, as he went to get up, was met with a cold object at the base of his skull, causing him to freeze.

 

"It seems that you fell sir." One of the men with a thick accent said. "You might not want to get up in case you really hurt yourself. Now tell us where the folder is and we'll pretend this never happened."

 

Rand shuddered as he felt a cold cylindrical object press harder into his neck. He coughed and said nothing only letting a groan of pain escape his mouth as he felt a foot come down on his back.

 

"Tell us now!" The other man barked in the same thick accent, while the man holding the cold cylindrical object moved it from the back of his neck to Rands temple.

 

"I don't know!" Rand said frantically as he felt the cold object bounce a little, and the sound of a gun cocking. "It fell out of my arms when I fell!"

 

"How unfortunate." The man standing over him said as he squeezed the trigger. A silent pop echoed through the alleyway and a pool of red slick blood formed around Rand's head. The men casually walked away not even looking back at the body on the ground.

 

Rain began to trickle from the heavens, slowly increasing in intensity and began to wash away the blood around Rand who still lied there, motionless, eyes open and vacant,

Lemme know what you guys think... It's a teaser and heavily and I mean HEAVILY beta right now. I want to get a general feel for how people like it before I continue with this one... I'm also working on another story which will also have a teaser posted in the near future

Eric