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In one corner of the building was a room encased in cinder blocks Juan pointed at it, and he and Linc stepped toward it in standard recon formation

The door to the fortified room was heavy steel Juan yanked the handle and pulled it open When he looked inside, he realized why it was reinforced

It was the depot holding the high explosives to be put in the Kuyogs The Se

Juan shook his head “Sloppy This should be an entirely separate building far from any of the others”

“I know,” Linc replied, pulling out a brick of C-4 “They’re just begging for an unfortunate industrial

accident”

Just as Brekker had done on the Pearsall, Linc and Juan scattered blocks of C-4 a the ammo in the backs of the shelves where they wouldn’t be seen Each of the tio off five minutes after they were supposed to be out of the cavern

Linc set the timer on his last brick of C-4 and nodded to Juan, ent to the open door to make sure they were still alone

That’s when the building’s lights came on

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On their way to the barracks, Raven and Eddie had seen only twoa truck near the front of the factory building that Juan and Linc had entered Everyone else see Eddie’s back as he used an endoscope attached to his phone to look into the barracks s She understood that it was better than charging into the building, guns blazing, but the search was tedious So far, they’d found a dozen rooents, but none with Beth

“We’ve got movement inside the factory,” Juan whispered over the co silent”

Raven and Eddie quickly shared a concerned look, but there was nothing they could do to help, so they kept searching Two rooms later, they hit the jackpot This roole bed Beth was sound asleep on it, a tray of dirty dishes next to her on a nightstand

Raven counted the rooms from the entrance and nodded to Eddie, who put away the scope

They went to the front door and entered with their suppressed pistols in hand No sounds except for a few snorts fro men