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“Her life is in danger from an outside threat,” Pitt said “Please call security and post a guard with her”

He bolted for the door with Giordino right behind Pitt motioned toward the clinic entrance “You try the front, I’ll check the back”

He sprinted down the corridor, peering into each side rooreen smock He reached the s

toreroom at the back of the clinic, ducked inside, and saw an open door to the parking lot Outside, a car’s engine revved

He stepped into a cloud of dust as the black Jeep roared out of the lot

Giordino ran up to him a minute later “Got away?” he asked between heavy breaths

Pitt motioned down the road “A black Jeep”

“I think I saw it by the waterfront”

“Guess she decided to leave her bo friend behind,” Pitt said

“They were certainly serious about putting Elise and the aid team out of business I wonder why?”

“Maybe the water specilassworks ordeal?”

Giordino snificent?”

He pulled open his windbreaker, revealing the four test tubes Elise had given him, intact in his shirt pocket

Pitt grinned “Better than pulling a rabbit out of a hat”

They waited at the hospital another hour until a NUMA helicopter arrived, su off the coast A now conscious Elise hisked aboard for a short ride to Comalapa International Airport near San Salvador, then onto a US military transport bound for the States