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Gunfire rang out before Kurt could do anything else Ricochets and near round and took cover By the tiano to the helipad
Kurt rose up, intending to give chase, but Ushi-Oni blocked the way Instead of a gun, Oni held a glea katana sword
He waved the sword toward Kurt “To the samurai, a blade orthless if it couldn’t cut aThey tested their weapons on captives and cri to test this one on you”
He stepped forward and swung at a diagonal angle Kurt juainst the protective cage Looking for any kind of weapon to defend hirabbed a pry bar from the side of the forklift
“That won’t help you,” Oni said He lunged forward again, swinging for Kurt’s head
Kurt ducked and held the pry bar up at the sah to save him But the sword came back from the other direction and knocked the bar fro forced Kurt to dive away once more
He rolled and ca His suit was slashed, his shirt was sliced and there was blood oozing from a line on the back of his arm The tip of the blade had made so fine a cut, Kurt barely felt it
“The next one will take your head,” Oni insisted
Kurt didn’t doubt it, but the sound of fire engines closing in and of the helicopter landing gave hiet to spend Han’slife in prison”
Kurt’s words brought the fury of the Demon down on him The sword ca the forklift between him and Oni Oni went one way, Kurt went the other It was an effective defense if reinforcements showed up But Kurt needed an offense Now
He lunged for the controls, reaching into the cage, turning the key and spinning the small wheel The forklift jerked to the side and spun randomly Oni was knocked backward, butin
Kurt had no choice He ju away from Oni and the men as the helicopter touched down He raced back into the warehouse, found hiht freedoh the stacks of equipment and crates in a ten-wheeled truck
As Han’s men took cover from the avalanche, Kurt climbed into the truck and Akiko backed out of the warehouse She drove across the lot, blasted her way through the gate and turned down the access road as the fire trucks ca up it
“Keep going,” he said “Don’t stop for anything, not even the police”
As she drove, Kurt got on the phone “Joe, where are you? They took Nagano in the helicopter”