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Juan’s actions had bought them a few seconds at best

The explosives Eddie had planted were th, the location chosen because of the ca the best tactical location To reach it, they would have to cross a hundred yards of open ground, a perfect killing field for the Responsivist guards

“Linda, give me a sit-rep” Cabrillo needed a clearer overview than the tiny e-paper screen on his wrist

“Is that you who just went through a ?”

“Yes What’s the situation?”

“There are three guards near the dor out across the compound All are heavily are is on his way You should be able to hear the chopper”

Juan could hear the dru air “Tell Max to get ht have to use plan C”

“Juan, I’m on the net,” Max Hanley said over the radio “We’re under way right now Do you have Kyle?”

“We do He’s fine for the et the hell out of here”

“Don’t worry, the cavalry’s co”

“That’s what they said at Little Bighorn when Custer showed up, and you kno that turned out”

The sound of the approaching helicopter reached a fever pitch, and just before the copter thundered over the wall Juan nodded to Eddie There was no need to talk to each other With plan A in ruins, they seamlessly switched to plan B Eddie had the explosive’s detonator in his hands He waited a beat, as a guard in a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle approached the boered it

A section of wall erupted in a roiling cloud of white dust and flauard was blown off the four-wheeler and throenty feet, before turound in a loose-limbed roll His ATV had been flipped onto its side, its balloon tires spinning uselessly Bits of concrete fell like hail across the compound, as the mushroom of dust and fire climbed into the sky

The tea pace despite the deadweight of Kyle Hanley over his shoulder When they reached the corner of the building, Juan peered around it One of the guards who’d first opened fire was down, his face a sheet of blood fro tended to by another guard while the third was trying to get the door unstuck

Taking careful ai four rounds in his Glock Knowing their torsos were iuards outright, he fired t-aimed rounds at each man The pairs of bullets wouldn’t e to be swollen for weeks They went down screaony