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When they had the guards locked in, they went up to the top level Juan opened the door and saw an eone down to the botto to stop them and find a way out

Juan waved Raven to follow They walked down the hallway, checking rooms as they went to make sure they were clear

The fifth door Juan opened was to the deserted control roo to find at least some hard evidence to take with them He saitch labeled PIER It was currently set to SUBMERGE It would certainly be easier if the Oregon could pull alongside the pier to pick them up, so he flipped the switch to RAISE

Then he noticed that thedown

“This doesn’t look good,” he said “We’ve got less than two minutes”

Raven frowned “Until what?”

He tapped on the keyboard, but it asked for a password He was locked out froes

“Lyla said the Bedtiet rid of all evidence of ent on here,” Juan said “I think the warden set this whole place to self-destruct”

TWENTY-SIX

Three ATVs with one rider each were approaching the towed container fast But they weren’t taking the sale to the right of the tractor-trailer

“They’re trying to make an end run around us,” Linc said

“They knoe’ll be sitting ducks if they can take out MacD in the tractor,” Eddie said

Although the ATVs were much faster than the tractor, they had to slow considerably in the dense brush

“I can’t pick them off,” Eddie said after his shots were blocked by the trees “Can you?”

Linc shook his head “I can barely see them”