His heart clenches for a moment when he thinks that he'll have to kill her when she comes out. Killing doesn't sit easily on him, not like it does for most gangsters, and killing a woman is even worse. But, of course, a split second later he curses his stupidity--why the hell is that the first place his mind goes? Besides, Roland hasn't yet killed his man, so maybe there's a way they can get out of it.

Again, his instinct is to run in there, but he holds back. Instead, he advances more slowly while firing a few shots in her general area. It spooks her, as hoped, and he throws his knife at her shooting hand when she comes out. It's not weighted for throwing, of course, but he can make it work at this range--enough so that she's not going to be picking up her weapon any time soon.

He moves in to grab her--disarmed doesn't mean down--and calls out, "Now?"

Knock them unconscious and leave them here?