"Take me out of here," she whispered fiercely. "Please take me out of here."

He took her out of there, back along the darkened alley to his waiting rental car, the rising song of sirens now replacing ghostly echoes of the gunfire in his ears. Captain Reese, right, bringing in the cavalry to save the day.

A trifle late, but then again the day might be worth saving, after all.