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The gun sounded like a cannon The rebel who’d been standing over her had his head stretched like a Halloween mask before it si a few feet away in his size 13 Tony La skyward and s

“Strictly speaking, I’ iron on the platforured rules are for suckers” He reached down a big hand and hauled Linda to her feet “You okay, darling?”

“Saved by a re

al live cowboy How much better can I be?”

Knowing every rivet, screw, and weld on the rig, Gibson led her unerringly out of the labyrinth When they got close to where Linda had first entered she realized she could no longer hear any gunfire

She looked out cautiously Five of the terrorists were standing up, their ar on tiptoe Twoin the safety net

“Juan, I think it’s over,” she said into her throat mike

Juan slid around the barrel and got to his feet, his ai, “Down! Get down! Everybody down!”

Linda raced over to help cover thean to check the injured and dead while Juan cuffed the survivors When he was finished he called his ship

“Noet is secure”

“Heard you the first time,” Max drawled “I may be older than you but I’m not deaf” Then he added, “Good job There wasn’t a doubt in my mind”

“Thanks What’s the situation?”

“Mike’s shut down the power plant Oil’s still flowing froantries but nowhere near as hard without the puh the lines from the tank farm”

“Is Linc ready?”

“Our cue to launch the SEAL boat was fivenow”