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Once he was clear of the entrance and speeding down the road, he fished the detonator from his pocket and pushed the button

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LINC HAD HIS FOOT mashed to the floor as the Huht at the end of the tunnel vanished

A split second later, the roar of an explosion rattled the Humvee, and Linc stood on the brakes He ca cloud of dust soon enveloped him

He activated his comm link “More bad news, Chairman”

“Don’t tell me that explosion was you”

“Alaan blew the front entrance We’re stuck in here”

“Not necessarily,” the Chairman said “But, first, Eddie, Raven, and Beth are pinned down We can give theles for at least a few enerator?”

Linc did indeed He threw the Humvee in reverse “I’ll help contribute to the mayhem”

He backed out of the tunnel When he was in the clear, he had a good view of the huge generator and the diesel tanker feeding it fuel

He picked up his M4 and loaded another grenade into the launcher He rammed it closed and fired at the tanker

When the grenade hit the truck, it went up with a satisfying booenerator next to it blew up as well, and all the electric lights in the cavern went out

• • •

“GOOD JOB, LINC,” Juan said over the radio “I’ll meet you where Eddie and the others are”

He stopped at the center stalagmite pillar and called Gomez