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She waited as the chopper took off, her rifle at the ready

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Raven and MacD aiting on either side of the bridge, lying below the s until they heard the helicopter lifting off the pad Raven nodded at MacD, and she shoved open the door on the portside bridge hile MacD opened the door on the starboard side

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hile MacD was shooting for the pilot She unloaded hervital because the turbine started coughing black sood as Gomez because the helicopter spun, out of control, toward the jagged slope nearest to the Deepwater It slammed into the island sideways, and a rocket pod exploded, ripping the copter to shreds Pieces tumbled down to the water below

Raven dove to the deck, bullets pinging against the bulkhead above her She didn’t engage the four people in co weapons in the direction of the bridge They were Linda Ross’s responsibility

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Linda was surprised to find that the only people on board the Deepwater who’d ever fired an assault rifle before were Captain Jefferson, a Navy vet, and Aave each of them a weapon and sketched out a plan, with the help of Raven and MacD, to repel boarders

They’d kept a lookout until they saw the MD 520N approaching with rockets and uns That necessitated a quick revision to the plan, with Raven and MacD taking out the helicopter after it took off

Linda, Jefferson, and Vargas, ency stairs at the bow since the focus of anyone on the pad would be Raven and MacD, shooting fros

Linda had no intent on fighting fairly, not when it was clear that Tate would likely murder all of them

When she heard the gunfire, Linda waved her hand forward, and the woear on the pad

Catherine Ballard was the leader, so Linda took her down first with a single round Jefferson and Vargas each shot one of the other men Linda hit the last man, center mass, in the back, and he flopped to the deck The entire assault took less than two seconds

“Stay here and cover as, both of whom looked wired but in control