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“Then what happens?” Diana demanded

“Then we’re hit with massive doses of radiation It’s invisible, but it’s like so tiny bullets at you They blow et sick Your hair falls out You vomit You swell up You die”

No one said anything

“So we don’t drop it,” Drake said finally

“Yeah We carry it for miles and we don’t drop it,” Diana said “While Sa at us I can’t see how that would be a problem”

Jack said, “The closer you are, the deadlier it is So if you’re a couple feet away, you’re dead real quickly If you’re farther away, you die slowly If you’re far enough away, maybe you don’t die until you develop cancer And if you’re even farther away, you’re safe”

“I choose farther away,” Diana said dryly

“How long to get ready?” Caine asked

“Thirty minutes”

“It’s late enough noe should wait for dark,” Caine said “Hoe get out?”

Jack shrugged “There’s a loading dock behind the reactor”

Caine sagged into a chair He bit savagely at a thuuise his contempt

“Okay,” Caine said at last “Jack, get everything ready Drake, we’ll need a diversion You attract Sam’s attention out front Then you catch up with us”

“Let’s just grab a truck,” Drake suggested

“We can’t go up the coast road They’ll see us right away,” Caine said “We have to go overland There are trails going up over the hills We find a way to the highway Cross it Then get a vehicle and head into the desert”