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"Whatever, ruo blow shit up," he said with relish as he ed the storefronts,the entrance to the alley corabbed his ar hit the brick wall over their heads with a dull thump The shot had barelyindiscriminately at the two-man tea The two agents retreated back into the barbershop under the hail of bullets Zane sent their way

"Move!" Zane hissed

They scuttled along the side of the building, no longer concerned with stealth The mission noas to blow the anh to fulfill Alpha Teaers

Ty skidded to a halt as they reached another narrow alley and peered around the corner Agents were running along the length of it, andup behind them He and Zane put their backs to each other and fired in opposite directions, forcing the encroaching patrols to dive for cover

"The cars!" Zane said harshly, and they darted across the street toward a row of parked cars, the action getting the even as it offered cover As they ran, Zane pulled the detonator he’d just programmed out of his pocket and flipped it Behind the a

It bought theents in pursuit ducked and covered or turned to look

But after no more than half a block, they were forced to duck behind a Lincoln land yacht as more shots came at them from across the street Zane flinched as a shot smacked the bricks ten feet away They were pretty dalance over the hood and quickly hunched back down asyards," he said harshly, turning his chin, his dark eyes e to grab hiested

"I don’t know about you, but I did not come here to die today," Zane said sun Despite his annoyed tone, he looked amused and his eyes sparkled wickedly "Don’t have a better idea, though" After a rinned back at hi out extra guns to set theone the Dark Side route," he uns when they heard "Federal agents!" shouted by one of their pursuers

Looking under the car, Ty could see the feet of the dozen or so agents surrounding them

"Toss out your weapons and come out with your hands behind your head!" one of them called out

Ty shook his head "Did we ever sound that stupid e said that?" he asked as he consolidated his supply of ah for a last stand

"I don’t knoas uy," Zanethe car where he crouched

They had one advantage The agents ere swiftly surrounding them would have to wait until no other option existed before they fired on their quarry They would have to give warning, just like the good little Feds they were

Ty and Zane were no longer constrained by such delicacies

"On three?" Zane suggested

Ty glanced over at hi that was just out of range of their receiver They were so close Ty narrowed his eyes and looked at Zane again speculatively Two out of three just didn’t sit ith him "Ready," he answered

"One," Zane said under his breath "Two Th--"

Before Zane could stand, Ty reached out and grabbed hi Zane between hied hi as cover

"What the fuck?" Zane squawked, heels kicking out as he struggled to get hold of Ty’s arht you liked it when I did this, darlin’," Ty breathed into Zane’s ear with a s not to laugh

At least a dozen agents leveled their guns at thee black ballistic shields in pairs Others used the cars parked along the street as cover

Several agents were yelling at theround Ty ignored the behind Zane and pointing his gun at the agents who followed

When a couple of the agents looked like they un to point theor I shoot hi each other confused glances, but then they resu as Ty drew the to look around therowled, "If they don’t kill you, I will!" And then with no warning, he stopped struggling in Ty’s arms "Now," he hissed

Ty pushed the button of the switch he held in his hand, tightening his grip on Zane so he couldn’t get away The building down the street--Alpha tea off the roof and the bricks as the charges ents flinched and ducked before continuing to shout at them to drop their weapons

"Happy trails, Lone Star," Ty breathed to Zane as he raised his gun under Zane’s ar the shields with dull thuuns