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In the water, Pitt watched with growing relief as the helicopter flew beyond the range of the island's gunners and vanished into the darkness Not knowing if Gunn or Shepard had been injured, he knew that they could not return as long as concentrated fire swept the skies above the island

"They can't return until we take out the searchlights," said Giordino, floating on his back as leisurely as if he was in the pool at his condo

"We'll worry about that little problem after we find out what happened to Dirk and Summer" Pitt stared at the island, his voice fir unseen by others Then he saw the searchlights lower their bea over the waters of the harbor

They dove under, not wasting a breath on warning the other, knowing their instincts were tightly bonded over the years Pitt rolled over on his back at ten feet and stared up at the surface, seeing the glow of the brilliant light flash over the surface with the brightness of the sun Only when the lights moved off did they surface and catch a breath They had been down over apracticed the art of holding their breath for deep dives without breathing equipment

When the light beaain Warily watching the ain air, they began stroking toward shore that was little hts blinked out and they could resu on the surface Ten minutes later their feet touched sand They rose to their feet, dropped their weight belts and crept into the shadows beneath a bank of rocks, resting for a fewthe situation

"Where to?" asked Giordino in a whisper

"We've landed south of the house and about two hundred yards east of the Stonehenge replica," Pitt replied quietly

"A folly," said Giordino

"What?"

"Fake castles and facsimile ancient structures are called follies Remember?"

"It's burned in my brain," Pitt e the searchlights It won't do to have them expose us like a pair of rabbits"

It took thehts They al that saved thehts was their black wet suits, which ht They discerned the outlines of oneon his back in the sand while another peered out to sea with night glasses Not expecting intruders frohts from behind, they were not alert

Giordino came out of the darkness silently, but the squeak of his rubber-soled boots gave hilasses spun around in tirabbed an autohtthe muzzle toward Giordino He

never pulled the trigger Pitt had come up from the opposite side five steps ahead of his friend He snatched the rifle out of the guard's hands and clubbed hiuard relaxing on the ground, knocking him unconscious with a well-delivered fist to the side of the jaw

"Doesn't it give you a co to knoe're aruards and handed Pitt one of the rifles