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"You won't, Ms Dorsett," said Merchant,for Crutcher to push Pitt from the salon "I promise, this will be your last look at him"

With Pitt between the up the rear, Merchant and Crutcher escorted their captive down the gangway and walked across the dock toward a waiting van As they passed by the large containers of supplies and equipo ship, the loud exhaust fro the cranes drowned out a dull thud Only when Crutcher suddenly cru of the dock did Pitt spin around in a defensive crouch, just in time to see Merchant's eyes roll up into his head before he dropped like a sack of sand Several steps behind them, Elmo lay stretched out like a dead man, which he was

The whole operation hadn't taken ten seconds fro blow to the back of Elmo's neck to the concussion of John Merchant's skull

Mason Broadripping a massive steel wrench

"Quick, jump!"

Confused, Pitt hesitated "Jump where?"

"Off the dock, you idiot"

Pitt needed no further urging Five running steps and they both flew through the air and landed in the water a few o ship The ice-cold water shocked every nerve ending in Pitt's body before his adrenaline took over and he found hi beside Broadmoor

"Nohat?" he gasped, breathing stea the water from his face and hair

"The watercraft," answered Broad water fro boat and hid them under the pier"

"They were on the boat? I didn't see them"

"A hidden co "You never knohen you'll need to skip town ahead of the sheriff" He reached one of the Duo 300 WetJets that were floating beside a concrete piling and climbed aboard "You kno to ride a watercraft?"

"Like I was born on one," said Pitt, pulling hi the seat

"If we keep the cargo ship between us and the dock, we should be blocked froood half kilometer"

They punched the starters, the ines roared to life, and with Broadmoor less than a meter in the lead, they burst from under the dock as if shot from a cannon They stuck the noses of their watercraft in a hard turn and sliced around the bows of the cargo ship, using the hull as a shield The engines accelerated with no hint of hesitation Pitt never looked back He hunched over the handlebars and pressed the trigger throttle to its stop, half expecting a hail of gunfire to pepper the water around hietaas clean, they were far out of range before the rest of John Merchant's security team was alerted