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The truck ravel to the shway Sahway, spotted a landmark, and parked on the shoulder of the road

"Cut across here Right?" Saht"

They climbed out and stretched It was still half a mile to the shore Half a mile across a zeke field

The zekes hadn’t bothered anyone since the hu blue bats and other inedible--to humans--animals into the fields to feed the wories of fish entrails and bits and pieces of raccoon and deer tendons and the like in a pack She emptied one of these out at her feet and instantly the zekes seethed up out of the ground and swarmed over the food But left the three of theet used to," Jack said, and shook his head

Sah: there’s so on with the barrier"

"Kinky?"

"No, hinky Weird" Sam told the it," Jack suggested

Sa to have to explore a bit, see if the sa on anywhere else"

They had crossed the fields and now had to rasses that ran along the top of the bluff

It had been a while since Saone to the lake It was black, painted with only the faintest gliht Thebeen muted: there were no real waves in the FAYZ But even the soft shush … shush … shush of water lapping on gritty sand touched so in Sam’s heart

They had miscalculated their location by a few hundred yards and had to walk north along the sand in order to find the crushed container The steel box--a shipping container with MAERSK written down the side--had fallen froht when Dekka lost control of it hundreds of feet in the air

The contents--long, heavily constructed crates--had spilled out onto the sand One of the crates had popped open Sam decided to use a bit of battery power and flicked on a flashlight Tail fins were clearly visible

He flicked the light off Paused

Soht

"No one ht around on the sand "Someone smoothed the sand"

"Say what?" Jack asked

"Look how flat and neat the sand is here It’s like when they drag the beaches at night and in the one"

"You’re right," Dekka said "Someone’s been here and then covered their tracks"

No one spoke for a few h the is and move them," Sam said

"So why are they still here?" Jack asked Then he answered his own question "Maybe they took the other missiles and just left this one We should check the seals"

Saht’s beaht yellow tape that sealed each crate The tape had been carefully sliced and then pressed back into place