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“Who is this?” the voice on the other end of the line asked

Joe explained the best he could, and also explained that he was chasing the suspected shooters westbound through the desert

“What road are you on?”

“I’ cross-country, due west froht into the sun”

A garbled reply caain Joe slaer Ahead of hi sideways It ended up rotated 180 degrees and pointing right at him

Joe began to swerve, but it was a little too late So flashed, as much in his mind as in his eyes, and Joe’s world went instantly dark

“We have to get out of here,” Kurt shouted, ushering everyone to the ladder

Hayley went first, Wiggins in theup the rear

Another irip He grabbed the hatch above and pulled it down, but it wouldn’t seal Like a door that couldn’t be closed because the frame had swollen, the hatch would not pull flush

“The iested

Kurt gave it one ap rean to run down the inside of the ladder well, water that Kurt had no interest in touching

“Go,” he said to Wiggins

The two of them slid to the bottom level and soonon her helloves and full helmets, they theoretically wouldn’t be exposed to the toxins of the lake

Water was now pouring down, acco of metal stressed to the limits The station would implode in moments

“We can’t go straight up,” Kurt said “You’ve both been down here for too long You’ll end up with the bends like the courier did”