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'Stay down!' she yelled

'Why?'

'The blast wave has not yet reached us'

'There ht not be one'

'Stay down! Stay down '

She kept yelling and a treainst the side of the truck The wheels rose and it toppled over into a ditch The force was far greater than she had expected Roofs were blown off houses Trees crashed down Debris flew around and it was a long tih to uncover their heads and look around

When they did they couldn't hide their amazement

'Look at that cloud It's like you see in the old movies'

'Yeah It's spilling out at the top'

'Mushroom cloudsthat's what they used to call 'em'

'There must have been a nuclear boh '

Liala listened as they went on talking There was no point in going any further Everyone agreed Their mission had been completed for theuardian's power base had been wiped out and a score of senior guardians had died together with the senior surrogates who helped them run their evil empire

She climbed out of the ditch and looked around Bryn's truck was directly ahead and appeared to have escaped da furiously beside the road Bodies were strewn around People were trying to help the injured Everyone looked dazed

A cry went out

'Allain is deadthe coered forward and saw his crushed body He held a un with the other