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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

THERE’S A PLATOON OF CANADIAN SPECIAL OPS caara Falls They’re about fifty strong, built to move fast but also equipped with so surface-to-air missiles The warship we’ve come here to commandeer isn’t visible from where they’re stationed They’ve ht, for obvious reason However, they’ve got a few scouts skulking around Niagara Falls, broadcasting back grainy footage of the warship hovering, Skiround inspecting the dormant Loralite stone

They feed us all this intel as soon as we land and otherwise don’t interfere I could get used to Canadian hospitality

If things go bad on the warship, this small team of Special Ops will cover our retreat Our survival, according to their co officer, is their only priority They’ve been apprised of our "strategic value"

All this is thanks to General Lawson I guess soovernside the Special Ops Hu device is hooked up to the front, plugged into a battery pack hastily stitched at the set me on board that warship

"You sure I can’t come?" Nine asks me for the twentieth time

"I can only carry two," I reply "Six needs to come in case I screw up our invisibility, and Ada your stolen warship," Adalance at hih his black hair He looks skeptical In fact, most of my friends have looked skeptical since I unveiled my plan to commandeer the warship Adam continues on "You know, I’ve only floarship in a simulator It’s also not a one-person job Not if you eapons on line"

"I have faith in you," I reply "Worst-case scenario, we crash the thing into the falls One less of theadorians will be on that warship?" Marina asks, directing her question to Ada "Probably thousands," he says "To get control of the ship, we’ll need to e is where?" I ask Ada bay, it’ll be at the opposite end of the ship"

"Thousands," Marina repeats

"At least we’re lucky that so area Spreads theh he sounds apprehensive

"It’s an army," Marina says She shakes her head "That’s crazy, John Stealing the cloaking devices fro on this many alone"

"We won’t be alone"

With the vest strapped securely to my chest, I open up a zippered pocket on the front Immediately, Bernie Kosar shrinks down to the size of a ;ra, Dust does the sa;rae at Patience Creek with instructions to watch over the hu;rae, depositing them safely in one froainst-five," Marina replies She clears her throat "John, I knohat you’re feeling--"

I cut her off with a wave of my hand and meet her eyes I know that the odds seem bad I know that I’ve seemed cold the last couple of days andoff hasn’t gotten any better since the dark dreaht I can tell fro off a little unhinged But even if that’s true, I know I can accoh h to stopthat she can feelI’ve got it under control"

"Look," Six says before Marina or Nine can register anydevices off the Skiinally And John will concentrate on holding off the Mogs If he happens to kill a couple thousand of them in the process, all the better If not, we bail"