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“Do ant to take that risk?”

“If he’s really going there, the Oregon has a nearly two-day head start on us We’d never catch up in time”

“Maybe we don’t have to What if we reveal the location of the sub before they get there?”

“Then the US Navy will rescue the sailors if they’re still alive”

“But Cabrillo won’t have any access to theht as well be on Mars, as far as he is concerned”

Tate nodded and smiled “You see? That’s why I fell in love with you Always thinking ahead”

“Should we call the Navy?”

“No, I have a better plan You and I will fly up there and take a helicopter out to drop the activated SEPIRB in the water right where the KC is That’ll bring every warship in the area running The Oregon won’t be able to get close”

“We’re going personally?” Ballard asked

“I’d send Farouk and Li alone, but no doubt they’d need some supervision Besides, we have another task to co Juan fro the Breht locate it, too You and I are going to find it first and wipe it out once and for all”

They had some clues about the Ger the Brazilian cousins who originally stumbled upon it would take care of the problem Now he realized he needed to erase its existence

Ballard grinned back at hi back to wipe out the source of the sonic disruptor? I like it”

“Once that’s done, we can spend all of our ti his ship”

The ger in Tate’s ly in his favor During the flight to northern Brazil, he’d call his friend in the Chinese Navy The contact badly wanted to get his hands on the plans for the sonic disruptor after seeing what Tate had done to the Kansas City Instead of on

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