Zed froze, half turned to the door, she turned cold, beads of sweat on her forhead.<br/>She didn't see the other Policeman, but she heard him then the shot.<br/>Something sharp hit her on the back of the neck, then she heard the thump of a body hit the floor.<br/>It all happened in an instant, the loud noise, the pain, the smell of a gun shot, her body took over from her numbed mind and she dived forwards and into the small gap she had come through.<br/>The rough board tore at her clothing, a sharp nail caught her shoulder and gouged a chunk of skin and fabric with it as she forced her way through.<br/>Clawing and kicking back onto the street, almost on her feet and running, before she had got out, she worked on blind panic.<br/>She had to get away and fast.......<br/>