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“I don’t kno you did it,” Linda called from the driver’s seat She was hunched over the wheel and looking at the side rearview mirror “You hit the shooter in the chest”

“Did I kill hiazines

“Can’t tell A guy in the back is taking his gun Hold on!”

Linda hit the brakes and swerved into the jeep’s lane The two vehicles ca up onto the jeep’s bu back doith a hard bounce The lier was thrown from the jeep, while the men in back crashed into the roll bar

Hitting the gas again, Linda bought theain the hunt

“Oregon, how far are we?”

Eric Stone answered iot another six miles”

Linda cursed

“To make matters worse,” Stone continued, “there are twoup behind the first One’s maybe a quarter mile back and the other a little farther”

The jeep ca back, and the ar at the van’s tires Linda worked the wheel to foul his

aiht ideas back there?”

“I’htened He tapped his radio mike “Eric, crash the UAV into the jeep”

“What?”

“The drone Use it like a cruise er coh fuel on board to blow up on impact”

“Without it, on’t be able to pick up the Chairman,” Stone protested