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“That’s why I brought this to you Max can’t go it alone” It was clear Julia was relieved, though there wasn’t much doubt Juan would help his best friend

“Thanks, Hux One day, Max’s obstinacy is going to get him into trouble, but not this time”

AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER, a freshly showered Juan Cabrillo strode into the Operations Center Stone and Murphy were in their chairs at the helm and weapons control Hali sat at the communication’s station, while Linda Ross covered the sonar suite Unlike during their escape fro in the rooon was going to be a relatively straightforward job When Max entered a few minutes later, the atrees He went straight to the engineering console without a word to anyone

Juan slid out of his chair and approached him

“I don’t want to hear it,” Hanley said, not looking up from his computer monitor

“We’ll lay in a course for Pakistan as soon as we’re done, and I’ll get so, you and I are going to sit down together and figure out our next lanced up at Cabrillo and was about to protest Juan held up his hand “Our next gig is a straightforward eavesdropping job Linda and Eddie can handle it without us”

“This isn’t your fight,” Max said

“Like hell, it isn’t Someone kidnapped a member of your family To me, it’s the same as if they’d taken one ofless than your help, so don’t expect me not to be here for you”

Max paused a beat before saying, “Thanks, Juan”

“Don’t mention it” He returned to the co yet?”

“Negative, but there’s still twenty o”

“Okay Max, everything set on your end?”

“The torpedo’s up on deck in a sling and a technician is standing by the derrick controls”

“Hali, anything on radar or over the comm channels?”

“No, sir We’re in about the deadest spot you can find in the Indian Ocean I haven’t seen or heard froht hours”