it seemed to take forever for him to push the cats gear shift into neutral , lock the gear shift handle in position at the same time as he stepped on the brakes pulled up the brake lock , grab his m14 out of its rack and with the toe of his right boot pushed the throttle into idle.two steps got him down onto the track on the side of the cat away from the top of the hill when the fourth ak47 round snapped by his left shoulder .