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"Are you sure you want to use that old tank?" Rogan asked et you a better one"

"Hey!" Grandet her a newer tank, but not better"

Another h," Cornelius said, and wiped the sweat off his forehead

The jaguars dashed into the night Above them tls soared Both Diana and Blake looked into s into their cogard

"Will the cats go through the badger tunnel?" I asked

"Not under ordinary circumstances," he said "But they will do whatever we ask of theht and slunk forward,moment

"What if they are seen?"

"They won’t be," Cornelius said "The word yaguar means he who kills in one bite They don’t suffocate their prey They pierce its neck with one bite Their jaws can crush a human skull In terms of an ambush predator, they are perfect"

Another e to run into that field of light screa just to let it out

Anotherchanged From all outward appearance, the base appeared untouched

Talon landed on Cornelius’ are handed a small sack to Talon The hawk clutched it in his claws and flew off

Tiot up and moved across our periear Six people formed up around my sister Rivera was in front, Melosa behind Catalina, and Leon on Catalina’s left I took the spot on her right

Catalina looked down at her ballistic vest She looked twelve in that helmet, vulnerable and delicate The worry in her eyes punched me

"Are you sure?" I asked for the fiftieth tiht, Edward Sherwood straightened and held out his hands White grass sprouted around hi a coed by

"It’s done," Diana said in h the field, aiate A few breaths and the sheltering darkness ended Suddenly ere in the light, exposed like sitting ducks My sister was right next to me in a stupid helmet, and if there was a sniper on the roof, they could shoot her right in the face

Don’t think about it, don’t think about it, just do it

I ran, trying to cover as much of Catalina with h ate Rivera pulled out big wire cutters Behind the fence, a guard slueopen We dashed across to the wall and the door within it One of the other ex-soldiers slapped a se on it Rivera pushed us back, and we flattened ourselves against the wall

The charge popped like a firecracker

Rivera checked the door Gunfire tore the silence A siren screamed somewhere

Rivera pointed to Leon and Melosa, and nodded to the door

Leon lunged into the doorway, Melosa behind hi to shield them from the hail of bullets

"Now!" Leon barked

Four shots blended into one