<strong>Cole Madu: Panicking</strong><br/><br/>Cole froze.  Panic mode was engaged; fight or flight switch activated, and it was jammed.  He should have fired on the Russian before he closed the gap.  He should have heard him climb up the hill.  ...  He<em>had</em>heard him!<br/><br/>His mind shot through a thousand different scenarios, every one of them ending in both of them being headless corpses.  Or just him being a headless corpse.  Neither option appealed to Cole.<br/><br/>Instinct took over at that moment.  The flight or fight switch unjammed, now a neon lit<em>FIGHT!</em><br/><br/>"So, ah, you speak English then?" Cole began, wetting his mouth with the back of his tongue.  "Where'd you get that boomstick?  Didn't know the Ruskies issued Mossbergs to their infantry."<br/><br/>To his credit, he didn't stutter or falter, and his gun remained pointed at the bridge of the Russian's nose.