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“This is worse than pulling teeth,” Juan remarked “Besides us, who else has built ELF antennas?”
“Just the Soviets Their only use is to contact subreat distances There’s no other reason to set one up”
“So if ours were dismantled, then it has to be the Russians I wonder if this has so on Kerikov”
“We’ll know in a minute” Hali then amended: “Well, ten or fifteen”
And so they waited, as a letter a minute appeared on the computer So far, they had OREGON ITSMA When the next letter ca out a triumphant whoop It was the letter x
“What is it?” Hali asked
"It’s Max That crafty SOB He’s found a way to contact us on the ELF band”
Hali suddenly cursed He opened anotheron his computer and retrieved the archive of the wiretap they had installed in Gil Martell’s office “Why didn’t I see this right away,” he ry at himself On his screen popped: I DON’T(1:13) YES(3:57) ’BOUT DAWN AND SKY(1:17) (ACT)IVATE THE EEL LEF(:24) KEY(1:12) TOMORR(OW)(3:38) THAT WON’T BE(:43) A MIN(UTE)(6:50)BYE(1:12)
“What a?” Juan asked
“The fourth word cluster Activate the ‘eel lef’ It’s not ‘eel lef,’ it’s ELF Activate the ELF The Responsivists have their own ELF transmitter”
“What the heck for?” Juan asked before giving the answer “If they’re releasing toxins on cruise ships, an ELF transmitter would allow you to synchronize an attack all over the planet”
Cabrillo was burning with ih, but he was still fighting a sleep debt he could barely pay the interest on “Hali, this is taking forever I’, and I want you to pinpoint their trans else Get Eric to help hatever you need” He turned to the computer, as if Max Hanley could hear hi this off, but you, my friend, are a piece of work”
CHAPTER 28
IT HAD BEEN THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK AND IT had worked flawlessly
Max had discovered the cliff only round bunker He’d hopped off the ATV and gunned the throttle, sending it over the edge It had been too dark to see how it landed, but he knew Kovac would scour the countryside, looking for his escaped prisoner, and the little machine would be found