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Help would soon arrive, but would it arrive in time?
With one biker-wolf on the run, the extortionist most likely understood the value of time His was now limited Were Mac’s moments now numbered as well?
Dizzy, Mac soh the pressurized conditions This was it They were in a turbulent canal fighting for their lives The only way they’don and call upon an inner strength far ainst them at that particular moment
“Stay withracket whistling in the funnel “If you’re knocked unconscious, you won’t wake up!”
Gut-wrenching laughter resounded A foggy, distorted figure wrapped around the vessel housing theh he sensed these passing seconds were his last
He scoured the enclosure, noting the others as they lost control of their movements, too Their heads jerked forward and snapped back Sie stiff puppets manipulated by a perverse puppeteer They were controlled, mastered by supernatural mechanisms that inevitably forced the body and other times as separate entities
Carolina’s head rolled to his shoulder He went into violent spas free of his mouth and one final jolt left him listless His body descended to the earth and fell to the wayside, away frohter ricocheted inside the translucent tube
Mac gasped, fully aware of the death atteaze shifted to the other biker The youngest would neverto keep his eyes open
“Come on kid You can do this Don’t quit on us Ya hearbiker’s bicep and shook him
“Aw, there it is,” a creepy voice said “That cooodness, yes, that’s it—you’re a natural-born leader These are all traits I can take fro to an abrupt halt An eerie stillness gave the bikers a roup
“Get ready for it,” Mac said
The other fellow nodded “If I don’t make it—”
“Shut up, dude We’re stronger than Carolina Focus on your strength Whatever it is, cast a negative light on it now If you’re brilliant, think duhts”
“Huh?”
“Scratch that,” Mac said, deciding he could easily conceal his attributes His mother had always said, “People are bad You have to find the good in the to reverse her philosophy but at theNow, he had to channel her beliefs into his own and remember her bitterness, harbor and nurture it