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They had three bombs, which had to be placed carefully to sink a ship of this size, and they had to be detonated before the Coast Guard or defense forces could get there, presu the Dahar had used the SSAS Based on what they knew of response tis in the area, they had an hour to evacuate the ship and make a dash back to their shore base

With the crew in custody, Tanjung could relax He set down his assault rifle and sat on the deck to enjoy a well-deserved bag of klepons rice balls that his ary snack was covered in coconut shavings, and he brushed his fingers on his pants as he watched a cargo ship in the distance behind them

Tanjung thought his eyestricks on hi toward the speed Every time he looked away and then back at the ship, it seemed closer

He shrugged It didn’t reallyone with the hostages before it got anywhere close to theo ship could threaten them anyway

When he was done with his snack, he cru and tossed it overboard

That’s when his eye was drawn to sounwale

The water bubbled froing from the depths

A long, flat object appeared next to his boat, barely breaking the surface It could have been a ard piece of flotsao vessels that plied the strait

Tanjung noticed that it wasn’t entirely flat Toward one end was a short cupola s He was startled to see two eyes inside staring back at hie of reddish hair around a bald head

For a ed his klepons But his trance was shattered when a hatch flew open from the back of what he now understood to be a subure dressed in black and wearing a balaclava rose out of the opening like a deun at him

Tanjung turned to lunge for his assault rifle, but it was far too late He heard a hiss and felt a needle plunge into his back He tried to reach the dart to pull it out, but within a second his knees buckled, and he collapsed to the deck

He didn’t lose consciousness, but his head was fuzzy, and his h it were coated in cotton

The unwale and looiant He bent down, plucked the dart out of Tanjung’s back, and turned him over

The intruder tossed the assault rifle overboard before dropping to his knees, and Tanjung could see sharp blue eyes watching hi didn’t understand

“No speak English,” Tanjung heard himself reply, almost as if it came from someone else