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“Are you sure that’s enough?” Devlin asked

Kurt didn’t reply

“Could it be too much?” Devlin asked

The wailing alaruess we’re going to find out one way or another,” Kurt said “Now, get these people back”

As Kurt attached a wire to each of the caps, Devlin backed down the tunnel, ushering the others to keep away

Kurt was soon backing aith the out the wire as he went He reached the first of the alcoves and ducked into it The newly freed prisoners crowded around him as he attached the wires from the detonator to a stheners tennis players are always squeezing

“What’s that?” Devlin asked

“Some people call it a clacker,” Kurt said “It sets off the explosives”

Around them, the prisoners ducked and covered their ears Fortunately for Kurt, the clacker was a tiny generator, not a battery-powered object or it would have been drained by the flash-draw that took out the snowmobile

“Ready?”

Devlin and Masinga nodded in unison With a quick compression, Kurt squeezed the clacker The action sent a tiny electrical pulse racing down the wire The pulse set off the blasting caps, which in turn detonated the C-4

A thunderous explosion racked the subterranean halls, and a concussion wave surged down the tunnel and into the a

lcove Kurt felt the air knocked out of hi with everyone else in the cavern

Getting up quickly, he fought his way through clouds of dust and down the tunnel As he neared the far end, the dust began to clear He saw light and an open room ahead The door lay on its side

Stepping into the hall, Kurt found no resistance “It’s clear,” he shouted “Let’s go”