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"Protocols," Olson said He spoke as if it were the saddest word in the English language

The Accord followed the highway into a sweeping curve and disappeared froht up to it The red car was fishtailing in the lane, and ht was that it blew a tire and the driver was trying to bring it back under control The red taillights flared, and the car pulled to the side of the road and stopped, its nose on the shoulder, its rear on the highway, blocking us The deputy brought the Charger to a halt several car lengths behind the Accord and watched intently

"What the hell is she doing?" he asked

Forget what you’ve seen on TV and in thedogs; sudden, unexplained noises; and the odd behavior of coers In reality,out of the ordinary, and they are never, ever taken out by a single punch or karate chop The deputy, however, wasn’t one of thehtly, showing all his teeth I didn’t blaest hair, shortest skirt, and highest heels I had ever seen She tottered toward us, carrying a highwayer in park, opened his door, and slid out "Lady, what are you thinking?"

The lady dropped the er and two barbed electrodes exploded fro the his body with 50,000 volts, all before the round The deputy’s muscles locked up He fell to the paveles tossed from the roof of a two-story house

The woman dropped the Taser, kicked off her heels, and went quickly to the deputy’s side She squatted next to hihs, and searched his pockets for the key to the handcuffs She took the key, removed the Glock from the deputy’s holster, and padded purposely in bare feet to the Charger, where she found the latch that unlocked the back door She raphed

I slid out of the backseat and turned around The woave me both the key and the Glock I shoved the Glock between the waistband of my scrubs and the small of my back and followed her to the deputy Olson was just starting to regain his senses as I cuffed his wrists behind his back He said, "Huh, what?" while the wo?" Skarda wanted to know His mood had switched fro on? Is this an escape? Are you trying to escape?" His eyes were bright with the possibility even as he flattened against the far door "Take me with you"

We ignored his up and away to give us room The deputy shook off our hands and turned painfully until both his knees were planted on the floor of the car and his torso was folded over the backseat His forehead was pressed against the hard vinyl as if he were using it to push hiht now," Olson said

I slammed the door shut

"Luck," the wo the seconds--yes, seconds--it took to disarathered her shoes and ran to the Honda Accord A hway at a speed that invited arrest

I slid behind the wheel of the Charger, shut the door, and put the vehicle in gear

"You’ll never get aith this, Dyson," the deputy said His voice was hoarse and low

"What did you say?" I asked I accelerated down Highway 169 until I was going the speed liet aith this" This ti prisoners," I said

"Do you think the police are asleep up here? You think they don’t knohat you’re doing?"

"No, actually, they don’t knohat I’ it with the babe in the red Accord, so sohway and call it in Time is my friend It’ll be hours before the county sheriff knohat happened, and by then I will be far away fro device"

"It is?" Skarda asked

"Cops want to make sure they can recover their vehicles if they’re stolen," I said "Did you know so nothing but stolen police cars? God’s truth"

"Dyson, listen to me," Deputy Olson said "We can still work this out It’s not too late"

I glanced at hih the rearview mirror and smiled "Of course it is," I said

"Goddammit!"