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Buildings zoomed by on either side of the hovercar as they approached an old, cruri as every other city police station in the world

"I just h a chuckle "Get those hair plugs I’ve been hoping for"

The car slowed, the front end tilting upward a bit to catch so to the far side, where a door several levels up was sliding open, bright lights shining within The copslot

Michael looked at the opening It was like a yawning mouth that wanted to s them whole And it wasn’t just their lives on the line Not many people knehat Kaine was up to--what he truly was up to If they were locked up, the Tangent would be free to do it all A powerful sense of fright al it hard for hi with this cop He wasn’t Every rational part of his brain shut down in thathis body forward, he reached through the sate between the front and back seats and grabbed the cop’s hel with all his strength, as if he were trying to rip the guy’s head clean off The back of the lass directly behind hiled sound full of pain

"You piece of--" the man started to say, but the words were cut off by a sharp cry as Michael put his whole body into it, jerking the hel to keep the steering wheel under control, his hands flying back to grab Michael’s arms The man clawed and scratched, but Michael was in a frenzy, an all-out attack His stomach suddenly fleard the sky when the hovercar pitched to the left and started to plummet

"Grab the wheel!" he yelled at Sarah, but there was no way she could get past hilass doors

He held on to the man’s helmet, sure it would break his neck at any second Michael planted his feet on the backseat, then pushed off, diving through the opening so that he landed on the floor of the front cabin The cop fell with hi on top of Michael Outside the s, the world was spinning, buildings at odd angles and the blue sky flashing in turn with gray steel and glass

"Now!" Michael yelled "Grab the wheel!"

Sarah was already cli forward Bryson helped, lifting and pushing her Michael wrestled with the cop, terrified that he’d so So police vehicle had been noticed at the station

Sarah grabbed the steering wheel just as the cop got a hand free and punched Michael in the face Pinpricks of light exploded before his eyes He gripped the lower section of thecracked, though it didn’t come free

The cop’s face was creased in fury "You must be the stupidest …," he started to say, but the whole universe see Michael looked at Sarah, hoping she could gain control

She tugged at the wheel wildly, leaning into it with her full weight, trying to steady things But the car kept swerving, tilting, at last shooting upward A horrible screaue was pinched between her lips; strain filled her eyes

There was a terrible crunching sound just as Michael slammed forward into the bottom of the dashboard The world shook as s broke andbrick filled the air