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“Take him down,” Eddie said

Linc pulled the trigger

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The Oregon shuddered, just a minor slip doard, as soh to save Tate’s life

So his cheek, and he flinched as if he’d been slapped Then he heard the crack of a rifle froh above and realized that Juan had placed a sniper on thethe fjord Cabrillo had deliberately coaxed hi spot just to blow his brains out It almost worked

Tate eazine in Juan’s direction He ducked back into his hiding spot just in tiht where he’d been standing When he was protected by the safety of the superstructure, he ejected thefrom his rifle and slapped a new one in Blood dribbled down his chin and onto his shirt, but Tate felt no pain He was jacked froh his veins

“That was sot me But your own ship let you down”

No answer

“You still out there, Juan? I didn’t hear a splash”

“Tiht, Tate!” Cabrillo shouted back

Tate heard the sound of a bulkhead door sla closed

Fair fight? To ht, Cabrillo would need an assault rifle of his own

He headed to the ar about Juan getting a weapon to take hiift

He risked a peek around the superstructure and saw fog blanketing the mountain The sniper was now blind

Tate ran for the door, one of the hidden ones that led into the secret areas of the ship In his haste to get to the armory, Cabrillo had left it ajar