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“You’re not locking the door, are you?” Lyla nervously asked

“No,” he said, handing her his flashlight “But you’ll be safer with the door closed if we encounter any of the guards”

Having the flashlight see us”

Eddie sm

iled and said, “Thank me e’re on board the ship” Then he closed the door

He hated leaving the Chairman and Raven, but he had his orders He’d used the last of their glue to seal the door behind theet out of there quickly

He ran to the front of the shed, stood next to the button for opening the large door, and looked at MacD “You ready?”

MacD lass-enclosed tractor cab He nodded and drawled, “Let’s see what this baby can do”

Eddie punched the button, and the door began to rise Light streamed into the shed He sprinted to the tractor and climbed up to the cab’s roof, then jumped across to the container

Linc was lying at the back of the container Eddie flattened hiun at the rising door

As soon as it was all the way up, MacD gunned the engine Eddie braced hi the trailer with it

When the tractor was outside, several rifle rounds peppered the leftof the cab MacD ducked to avoid the shots

Eddie swiveled around and saw the returning guards running down the path from the beach Both he and Linc poured fire onto the path, and the guards scattered into the jungle

“You okay, MacD?” Eddie called out when the shooting stopped

“Ah’ets to drive”