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“So is bad for his health,” he said

They dragged the body inside the bridge Austin radioed a quick Mayday while Zavala picked up thelow and taking advantage of the shadows, they hts used to illu the deck in bright light The crew and officers were huddled in a tight knot guarded by two of the coun trained on Gannon with one hand while with the other hand he brandished a photo of Kane in Gannon’s face

The captain shook his head and pointed skyward He looked htened

The rily pushed Gannon aside and turned to the Beebe’s crew He held the photo high

“Tell ,” he announced, “and ill let you go”

When no one took him up on the offer, he strode over to the crewrabbed an arlanced at his watch, and said, “If Kane does not appear in five minutes, I will kill this woman Then ill kill one of your crew every ”

Austin lay belly-down on the deck next to Zavala, trying to train his sights on the comht not get the other tho could sweep the deck clean with a few bursts fronaled to Zavala They crawled backward until they were in the shadows of the ship’s garage

“I can’t nail Bullethead,” Austin said “Even if I do, his pals could go on a shooting spree”

“What we need is a tank,” Zavala agreed

Austin stared at his friend and punched him in the shoulder

“You’re a genius, Joe That’s exactly e need”

“I a had occurred to hious? That’s an ROV, Kurt, not an Army tank”

“It’s better than nothing, which is e’ve got,” Austin said

He quickly outlined a plan

Zavala saluted to show that he understood, then turned and sprinted off to the reh a door to the ship’s garage and turned the lights on The Huous had been pulled up close to the doors in preparation for the search for the sunken ROV the next