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"Is that the door going up?"

"Yup," Drew says while hustling across the open space between our location and the cleared airstrip Ignoring the stitch in ine yet," he says "Shethe plane into position on the runway to re as possible"

Adrenaline spikes through ? Shouldn&039;t we be waiting for backup or soht hin shape and never being good at sports, with each pounding step we took through the forest I felt more alive than ever in my life We race around the corner just as the propellers come into view Drew uses his momentum to slide under the body of the plane in a perfect i in on houre on the opposite side

I stutter to a stop and look around for a weapon of soed her already because I can hear blows landing on flesh and the plane has stopped ine oil coat the cold air, leaving a faint metallic taste in the back of my throat A few expelled breaths and curses reach me as I scraot to be so here near the doors I can use There! I latch onto a crowbar and head around the tail to the far side of the plane I rush in to join, barreling at the slight figure with the make-shift weapon raised

Despite her blood loss and weakened state, she steps niainst hand e pieces of plane fall on ony in my back crests; it threatens to overwhelm my mind and drive me to lose consciousness-and then winks out My vision clouds and I reach out throughI can open the link back up that Rafe closed in the clearing

I push hard, screay for all I can, She&039;s at the air strip!

Judging by the grunts and muffled sounds ofsteady, for now The hangar springs back into clarity and I seerusted pole, brandishing it like a sword

They dance back and forth; she&039;s weaponless and weak, but still able to defend herself She stu feet, she keeps the younger vaer in rip when I was unceremoniously tossed by the ninja-va my ass off the concrete God, that sounds like a cheesy Saturdaynearby on the floor Maybe if he keeps her distracted, I can co to exa up successfully on a ninja, I step out froine, determined to help

Drew&039;s repeated thrust and parry with the skilled fighter never wavers His eyes focus on her black-clad limbs and no words break the concentration they have on one another A wound in Emiko&039;s side, whether old or new, I can&039;t tell, leaves a trail of blood to trickle down and land on the floor

Their footing becomes slick in the patches of red and once or twice they both falter, but catch the as silently as I can, and inch ar

Please, don&039;t look h ain as I creep closer to the two Not once does Drew glance inposition on Emiko&039;s unprotected back

Ten feet now separates me from them Quiet as a mouse No one can hear you I slink up as close as I can, waiting for the perfect htly and Eer to me Her head never moves, but stays fixed on Drew I can&039;t tell if she&039;s seen me out of the corner of her eye or not