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Sanored Oliver’s mumbled reply, rushed over to the puht He checked to see if it was in the closed position as a safety th of time He switched the lever to the on position and then checked to see if the battery showed any signs of life There was a weak display of sparks when he tapped the two ter four cylinders fast enough to cause combustion

“Is that it?” Reh the clean shop rags she’d wrapped as athe acrid fu?”

At that moment, Sam felt the floor vibrate under his feet seconds before the far section of the warehouse roof crashed to the concrete floor in an explosive typhoon that seemed like it was controlled by a madman

Faint sirens began to be heard over the deadly intensity But by the time the firemen arrived, it would be too late

With every minute, death crept closer The only bit of fortune that came their as that the Ahrens-Fox had been parked directly in front of the huge door, their only hope of escape

Re close to Sa at those damned doors as if she could part them with her mind

Sam looked at Remi “Better you hop in the driver’s seat than me”

Remi stared back at Sam as if he was a tree stump

“What ?”

“I have to start her froet seated and launch the pumper in time to strike the door”

Remi shook her head “There must be another way”

“If you don’t listen to my instructions,” he said hoarsely, “we all die”

She had never heard Sam speak to her with his voice so cold A scowl crossed her face, but she said nothing She knew this was no ti with him when his mind was set Every moment, fiery debris from above fell in a storine

Sa down his face, yet there was no expression of fear He looked into the eyes of his sweetheart and said, “Tiet onto the fire truck”

Oliver blindly tried to cliave him a boost, and he slid into the section behind Remi