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He turned for the door, but it was too late A series of explosions shook thetoward theht train

Realizing there was no other way out, Kurt shoved Sienna toward the shattered s and the veranda beyond

“Jump!” he shouted

Sienna leapt without question and Kurt propelled hie half a second later As he fell through the air, he felt the explosions closing in Sections of the ht and left were blown apart simultaneously The control roo in a fiery detonation just as Kurt, Sienna, and Calista crashed into the deep end of Sebastian’s Oly pool

Kurt felt his legs crunch into the bottoh the kaleidoscopic lens of the swirling water, the distorted tongues of flame were almost beautiful

A hailstors of napalm that burned on the surface of the water, and chunks of the stone from the house that crashed down around them like meteors

Kurt grabbed Sienna to prevent her fro as a second wave of fire streaked above them and retreated

He could have remained down there for anotherto pull free He doubted she’d been ready for the dive He gripped her tight and pushed off the botto the surface as the last sments dropped from the heavens

Treading water and helping Calista keep her head above the surface, Kurt turned in a slow circle and saw that half the world was on fire The top floors of the mansion had been blown off, while the lower floors were consumed in flames Waves of heat assaulted him, tempered only by the coolness of the water

“That way,” Kurt said, pointing toward the far end of the pool

Sienna began to swi Calista in a rescue swih to put his feet down, he did, and from there they waded to the wall

As they cli He cocked the old pistol and readied hiht, but a friendly shout stopped hi

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“Easy there, cowboy,” Joe Zavala said as he eed from the dark

As Kurt lowered the pistol, several Marines ca in behind Joe