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They ran across the e there, and they quickly climbed inside As Juan stood in the hatch, a series of explosions tore apart the abandoned fish factory The Slipstream drones were destroyed

Juan handed MacD his crossbow and closed the hatch Linda subed the boat

From the cockpit she said, “I’ll have us back home in fifteen minutes”

“Hoht noas a rented boat shed on the other side of the bay

“By the way,” she added, “Max called He sounded pretty excited”

Juan got out his phone and called him

“How’d it go?” Max asked as soon as he picked up

“Mission accoer to plan and execute froh”

“Ito video”

A second later, he atching Max walking through a port Juan couldn’t see any distinguishing features, so he didn’t knohere it was All he could tell was that Max was soave it away

For the past month, Max had been on an epic quest to find a new ship for the Corporation, one that could be on had been transforston Overholt and Vice President Sandecker made it clear the money would be there, so down Tate’s hidden offshore accounts and so over the plans that would allow the developainst a future sonic disruptor

Max had been scouring ports, scrapyards, and shipbuilders fro for the perfect replaceon, but, for the first time in months, Juan saw joy and anticipation on his face

“You are not going to believe what I found,” Max said “You know those designs we’ve been working on? This ship is exactly ere hoping to find I can’t wait to tell you about it”

Max’s enthusiasot when he originally created the Corporation and began recruiting a crew He knew his friend had discovered so special

“Don’t just tell me about it, Max,” Juan said “Show me”