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“Chairman, it’s Eric Just want to let you know that we’ll be in range of Swakope so he’ll have the chopper fueled and ready Mark’s getting our gear together now Tiny will be at the airport with the Citation by the time we reach him and I’ve even been able to charter a plane in Kinshasa”

“Good work”

“If everything goes as planned we’ll be on the hunt at dawn tomorrow”

“That’ll give you, what, eighteen hours to search before the batteries die?”

“Give or take I know it doesn’t sound like much, but we’ll find them”

Everyone aboard ell aware how personally Juan took being used by Benjamin Isaka and his rebel partner, Samuel Makambo That he had unleashed so ht in his stomach and every second they were in the field increased the likelihood they would be turned on innocent civilians Despite what he’d said earlier to Sloane about responsibility, he knew if people died because of this debacle part of him would die as well

“Thank you, Eric,” he said softly

“No problem, Bossman”

“How are we looking?” Juan said as he approached the three men On the table was a scale ic Shop had constructed using satellite iraphs they’d been able to find on the Internet

“Kevinthe interior layout and Merrick’s exact location we’re going in blind”

“So how do you want to make our play?”

As chief of shore operations it was Seng’s job to plan the assault “Just like we discussed right fro jump from about sixty et suspicious if they have radar We glide in, land on the roof, and follow the old axioet tossed out theas soon as you make contact”

Juan grinned

“While Linc lowers the bikes to the ground ill find Merrick and Susan Donleavy,” Eddie continued “Once we have thehtail it out of there on the desert bikes and e can find a passable place to land the jump plane”

“Don’t forget we need to grab one of the kidnappers so we can have a little chat about those power generators”