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“Okay, Chairman” This time, it was Eric in the earbud “You need to slo Exactly fifty-two kilo to hit us”
“You’re sure?”
“It’s sih school physics,” Eric replied as if he’d been insulted “Trust me”
The crack of a rifle sounded behind Cabrillo He had no idea where the bullet went but had no choice but to ignore it and comply with Eric’s directions As he slowed, the AK-47 chattered on auto the jeep One passed over his shoulder close enough to ruffle the cloth of his uniform shirt
The bridge was fifty yards away and the Responsivistsat the required speed took every ounce of self-control Cabrillo possessed The pri for hiet out of there as fast as he could
Appearing like a colossus, the bow of the Oregon suddenly e Juan’s view of the canal She never looked so beautiful
And, suddenly, she was rearing up, her plates scraping against the bridge, as she had done when she’d first entered the canal She rose higher and higher, cli an ice pack With a shearing clang, the ave out under her titanic weight, and the ship crashed back into the canal with barely a check in her speed
Juan kept driving at her, see into her arht he was bent on suicide
Fifteen yards to go and panic began to hit hi to slalided out of the canal He could feel it More gunfire erupted froon’s railing He saw the ainst the darkened hull
Seconds now Speed, vectors, tiambled and lost and was about to crank the wheel over when he spotted the yawning opening of the boat garage bathed in red battle lights The Oregon was ballasted perfectly to the bottom lip of the ramp they used to launch Zodiacs and their assault boat was just slightly lower than the roadway
Keeping it at exactly fifty-two kilo the one-foot gap separating the da inside his ship He hit the brakes and caroh-speedJuan from the brutal deceleration
Fro in hard but not hard enough Spinning sideways, the pursuing jeep slaainst the plates as the ship passed by Metal tore against ainst the side of the canal, flattening the vehicle and its occupants, until Eric Stone gave a little lateral thrust and the jeep fell into the water
Maxout fro "Plan C, huh?”
“It worked, didn’t it?” They exited the boat garage, Juana little stiffly “How’s Kyle?”
“He’s sedated down in medical with Hux”