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The scope orking, so asn’t it picking up Kurt’s body heat?

Fearing the worst, he grabbed the scanner and stared in the exact direction of the beacon Kurt wasn’t there, but in the darkness Joe caught sight of a dim flash, too dim to be seen from more than twenty or thirty feet away

“There,” he said

El Din nudged the throttles and then brought them back

The boat coasted forward on the iap

As the di over the side He scooped a fa cylinder out of the water

“Is that what I think it is?” El Din asked

Joe nodded “Kurt’s transmitter”

“So where is the man who’s supposed to be attached to it?” A sudden rumble from the yacht drowned out any reply Joe turned to see water churning at the aft end of the big vessel and the bow of the yacht swinging around rapidly as if guided by a bow thruster Aled on the s boat and the sea around it

In quick order the behe toward them “Go,” Joe shouted

El Din gunned the throttles and turned away froan, Joe saw a big proble and already gaining on them

“We can’t outrun it,” he shouted “Turn toward her” “Are you sure?”

“Quickly,” Joe shouted He was amazed by the speed of the Massif ’s acceleration It was bearing down on the up the distance rapidly

El Din spun the wheel to port The outboard motors pivoted in their cradles and the ni yacht Joe had to hold on to keep fro tossed out The Massif tried to e direction fast enough The little boat raced by less than a hundred feet from the yacht

Gunfire rang out and Joe dove for cover He gazed up at the side of the yacht as it swept by