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Tibor stepped to the side of the door where the guard had pressed a button to open the cage before He read the label, then nodded The others all uns drawn Tibor pressed the button to buzz the guards in while Re the door open

The twotwo paper cups of coffee, their rifles slung across their backs As soon as they were in, Sa pistols to their heads

Tibor snapped some orders, and the men set down their coffee cups, set their rifles on the floor, stepped away, and lay down on their stomachs János removed the handcuffs from the leather cases on their belts and handcuffed theirders that served to support the roof

Reht behind Albrecht followed, and then Tibor and János, carrying the two AK-47 rifles When Saly, Tibor whispered, “Would you rather we had them or they did?”

Theythe drive between the rows of buildings toward the spot where they had left their van

There was the sound of a truck s to their left and then a second truck co the paved surface outside the tall chain-link fence They stopped in front of a building for athe fence Sa to see that it passed The vehicle was a stake truck with about fifteen uard unifor AK-47 rifles, muzzle upward, between their knees

When the truck hadthe outer peri over the fence”

Suddenly there was the sound of running feet sos Saate, and the othersboxed in,” Sam said “Stay ahead of t

hem”

The group ran harder until they reached the double-fenced building with the warnings about Contagious Disease Research Sam said to Tibor, “Go over one row and see if you can keep those guys fro else to think about”

He waited until the others were around the next row of buildings and out of sight Then he ran up to the Contagious Disease building and threw his body against the gate in the fence There was a loud ringing alarate flashed, and a set of floodlights ca the drive on their original route

Ahead of his ran into the long drive One of them raised a rifle to his shoulder, and Sa and pulled out his pistol He reached around the corner, exposing just his gun arroup, saothe fire with the AK-47, spraying the area where Sa around the building to the next paved drive

Squads of ious Disease building The stake truck that had brought the guards waited fifty yards ahead of Sa open the door, pointing his pistol in the driver’s face He dragged the man out and pulled his sidearround, used the handcuffs on his belt to subdue him, then took his place behind the wheel

Saht, and saw Zoltán and Re the paveained a little speed, and then saw Tibor becoan to swing his rifle around Sahts on and off, slowed, and waved his left arm wildly out the“It’s me!” he yelled “Get in!”

Remi was at Tibor’s side in a second and Tibor lowered the rifle The four ran hard to get to the truck as Sam drove to meet them He stopped, and they clambered up onto the flatbed He drove ahead