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Very cool

"I don’t kno long it ork They’re tapping into a node, and that’s going to disrupt anyis ever easy with you, is it?"

Emma appeared in the doorway next toa ain, she probably was I had no doubt her clairvoyant abilities were putting on quite a show "We need holy water--lots of it"

Chris sighed again and unfastened his seat belt He shoved roughly past E ride and the wind co, he opened a cabinet beneath the seats where E out weaponry, a full-auto Uzi with a pieces of equipment that I’d never seen before They looked a bit like flame throwers, but the tanks were marked with a cross and labeled HOLY WATER They were obviously rabbed one and put it on, grunting with effort It was much heavier than I’d expected from its size

Chris said, "They’ve been spelled The tank holds four times as much as it should I have no idea how they’ll hold up around the node"

There was only one way to find out

He passed old cross He had holy hand grenades I found"Tell me these are from Antioch"

"Not funny, Graves"

"Twoin hot It’s ugly down there"

Emma started to reach for the second tank, but Chris shook his head "No way You’re strong, but you’re not strong enough And Daould h trouble already You’re staying here" As he said it, he hefted the second tank, slipping his arh the straps

"My husband is down there," Emma retorted, but Chris just shook his head

Her husband? I didn’t say anything--there was no ti Emma some very pointed questions I went to the door Despite the long drop to the ground and the gusting winds, I was deter to take advantage of our position to get a sense of as happening

It was eerily fa was laid out just as the Wedjeti stones had shown Dottie and me

The two circles of poere less than a mile apart To the west, I saw a s surrounded by two parallel walls of sandbags The first wall served as cover for the troops and vehicles The inner wall protected the es From above, I couldn’t ray, hooded robes The lowed a beautiful sapphire blue, creating a blinding glare

Our fighting force--fifty men and wo walls I couldn’t see individuals, but I knew Bubba and Talia were down there