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The bolt flew true and s It shattered upon impact

“Let’s go,” Juan said

They raced across the clearing, and Juan yanked the door open while Eddie and Linc covered hiun to his shoulder, sweeping the area for any hostiles

To his right a red shipping container sat on a trailer hitched to a huge modern tractor with six-foot-tall rear tires The entire asseer and more powerful than would be needed to pull the trailer, but it moved containers quickly back and forth to the pier to transfer them as quickly as possible from the Triton Star A second container was on the other side of the first one There was plenty of roo

To his left was the rue tank with drums of fuel stacked next to it The stench of diesel fu

In front of Juan was the stairwell access and a large service elevator perpendicular to the stairith its doors closed So far, no one was investigating the now obscured external camera Lyla was sure there were no other cameras inside the facility except the ones in the hallways of each level and in the computer workroom

He waved the others inside

“MacD,” Juan said, “you stay here and cover our six in case the guards outside come back Eddie, take Raven, Linc, and Lyla down the stairs and block the doors I’ll take care of the elevator”

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While MacD remained at the outer door and the others went down the stairs, Juan took a small pry bar from his vest and forced the elevator doors apart He looked down and saw that the cab was one level below him

He took a sray putty that was a small amount of C-4 plastic explosive He braced hiirders and reached across to the hoisting cable, pressing the putty around it He stuck a small remote detonator in it and climbed back out

He went down the stairs and found Eddie and the others already on the second level Eddie was using a syringe to coat the lock and the door sea all-purpose epoxy that would bond it shut so tightly nothing short of a hydraulic raes of acetone they carried as part of their standard shore operations kit would dissolve the glue The first level had already been sealed the sauards would be able to sneak up behind them

When he was done, they went down to the third level, where the prisoners’ quarters were located Juan stopped before opening the door

“Once we go through, they’ll see us, so on’t have much time,” he said

“There’s a door to a second stairwell at the north end of the hall,” Lyla said “It doesn’t go all the way to the surface, but it goes up to the control room level”