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The whine of the approaching vehicle rose in Joe’s ears He threw hi out He looked up just in ti s power and crashing nose-first into the snow It burrowed for ten feet before grinding to a halt

Another snowmobile raced toward Joe and skidded to a stop

“Get on!” Gregorovich yelled

Joe norue He cla the handholds before Gregorovich gunned the throttle and took off

A halfthe stun blast of the flash-draw, but he could neither shake nor outrun their pursuer He noticed only one advantage

“We have better traction,” he yelled to Hayley

“What?”

“That thing turns more like a boat or a plane, it skids and slides But e’re not on ice, we’re able to turn inside his radius every time”

“How does that help us?”

“Watch,” he said, cutting hard to the right, racing back in the direction they’d just come

The hovercraft dutifully followed, swinging wide, turning back on course, and then closing th

e gap again

Kurt kept the throttle at full, al control as they skipped across bumpier terrain

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