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“Tell him to surrender!” Zarrina ordered

Gao down, the other tere cli the other, but she had no idea which hich

Zarrina shoved Gaain”

Garabbed the microphone but still hesitated

“Kill him!” Zarrina said to Otero

“Wait!” Gamay shouted She pressed and held the transmit switch

“Kurt, this is Gamay,” she said “They have us already They have us in the brig They’re going to kill us if you don’t land the plane and surrender”

Silence followed Gamay stared out theOne of the planes had stopped uessed that was Kurt The other jet was closing in

She watched for a second and then pressed the switch again “Look out!” she shouted “They’re on your—”

She never finished the sentence because Zarrina knocked her froot up ready to throw a punch and took a kick to the storound

Outside, she saw the two planes almost collide They crossed paths, separated and then crossed paths again A trail of dark san to stream from one of them

KURT REACTED TO GAMAY’S warning as fast as he could He banked left and alht, rolled the plane over and heard the sound of shells tearing into the fuselage

Jinn’s craft was uns through an open cargo door

Kurt cut back toward them The two planes crossed paths and alan to hts came on in the cockpit He pointed the nose down to pick up speed, kept the throttles to the wall and retracted the flaps he’d never pulled in

The plane accelerated, and Kurt turned to the southwest Various warning lights continued to blink, but nothing seemed disastrous