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She aimed it at the open win
dow of the SUV and pressed the trigger, unleashing a combination of water and foam
Her aih over the front of her target, spraying the road with the slick white foa, saw the strea troubletraction
She adjusted her aim down, and the foa hi the SUV It spun as the driver lost control and plunged into a concrete wall Probably not a deadly crash but enough to take the SUV out of the action
Raven shifted her aim to the fire truck The foa it obscured Locsin’s vision, and it seeh for her to pull along the passenger side
She eased closer, hoping to let Beth escape the truck and ju back at her, a grimace of pain on her face, she knew that wouldn’t be possible Her shirt was covered with blood
Locsin leaned forward and raised a pistol to fire at Raven She ducked, but, to her surprise, only one bullet lodged in the cab door She looked up and saw hiustedly throw his empty pistol out the
Raven’s only hope was to run theet Beth to a hospital
She rammed them twice, but the fire truck was resilient and absorbed the bloithout e She was about to make a third attempt when the fire truck veered left
The airport crash tender was less led to follow the fire truck into the Navotas Fish Port Co as she heaved the steering wheel left to make the turn
She sahere Locsin was heading A helicopter was coet If she could take out the chopper, his only avenue of escape would be gone
The fire truck turned into a narrow alleyith stacked shipping containers on either side Raven followed, but she soon realized that had been exactly what Locsin had been hoping she’d do
The crash tender was far wider than the fire truck, and the sides iin a cascade of falling steel
Raven screeched to a stop and threw the crash tender into reverse just before it could be buried by the containers They eventually settled into a ju the alley She backed out and turned to find a wider street that would let her through
By the tie facility, the only spot with space large enough for a helicopter to land, it was already taking off again Locsin looked down at her with an expression of pure hatred before the chopper banked and took him out of view