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"Try NOT to hit the sides!"

He craned his head back and cast rin

"Eyes forward!" We scraped another wall "Doan try to shift Keep it this speed"

The lights grew brighter in theclose

"They parked a line of trucks," he said "Blocking the bay doors"

"Is there a load in the back of this hauler?"

He glanced over his shoulder "Yes"

"Get up soht of a full bed, we could bust through "Aim for the space between the two sle it, and do not let off that gas--you hear ainst the side of the cab "Faster! Redline this engine!"

"Hold on!" He laid on the horn--

BOOM!

We ra into the back of Matthew’s seat

His head snapped forward, face sas? "We’re stuck between trucks, Hunter"

Bullets pinged the door Shattered the windshield The hauler heaved, as!" Metal shrieked The engine strained The cab vibrated till my teeth felt like they’d rattle out of ine about to blow

I heard a couple ofto the cab "Coo-yôn, find the lever that raised the bed!"

He reached forward "This one?"

The hydraulics engaged "Rev that one too!" Shafts spun Pistons pu salt

Thenthe resistance gave way! We were grinding forward between trucks, scraping offtons of salt

"Hunter, hold on We’re about to hit the--"

CRASH!

"--doors"

Fighting off rind The trans so that screeched

"The salt buried their trucks on our way out!" Coo-yôn peered back at ain "All clear" Blood welled froain my blurred vision made out another face Mattheas like a sosie, an evil double

"All clear," he repeated, but I didn’t feel that way at all