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Cruz and Belen heard shouting not too far from them. It like two or three voices. All feminine. Cruz looked at Belen, she shrugged and stood from her position, gun still raised. He nodded, and crept towards the sounds, Belen bringing up the rear like she was supposed to. There were three women, a black girl with an Asian girl, both of them had guns pointed at a white girl with knives. Cruz didn't know if they were all together and this was a ruse or if they were all enemies, but he didn't care. He'd shot them if he had to. Hopefully, Gregorio hurried up and came out to help. 

"Put the guns down or I'll shoot. First the girl with the shot gun and my Srta. the girl with the braids."

Belen aimed her gun at the black girl, right between the eyes. A pistol wasn't as much of a threat if the shot didn't hit anything vital. She worried about Cruz and the shot gun though. He kept her covered, but it could blow a hole right through him. 

"Do you know how much it cost? It's a 2021 model, brand fucking new. If you didn't look like gutter rats I would want compensation, but then I'd feel bad for squeezing you for the clothes on your backs."

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The girl put the gun down. Good. She didn't fight him. He doesn't want to have to shoot a kid. He hated it. He made it half the length of the hallway when a man came out the room next to her, yelling, seemed slightly intoxicated, and covered her with his body. Jane. That's the girl's name. He pointed his rifle at her step-father. He was belligerent, which he understood. Let anyone try to come between him and Belen. He stopped in his tracks. He wasn't close enough to kick the gun away.

"Asking questions. I don't want any trouble and you've got a good kid there. I'd rather not gun you down. There's something going on outside and Jane says you have nothing to do with it. Is that true?" They better answer, quick, fast, and in a hurry. He needs to check on his companions.