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“How are we getting off?” Linda asked

“We can’t sneak off without being seen,” Juan said He’d been hoping that they could slip into the swamp undetected, but there was too much open space to cross

The first truck drove off the hovercraft toward an open garage door in the building Juan didn’t hear any sounds in the passenger cabin, so he cracked the toilet door open The cabin was empty

“We’re clear on this side”

“Same here,” Linda said

Linc and Eddie joined him They could hear voices out in the car deck before each of the trucks started up and drowned them out

“Any ideas over there?” MacD asked

Eddie peeked over the bottoe of the

“All the guards are Chinese They’re speaking Mandarin”

“Chinese?” Linc said “I thought this company was supposed to be a contractor to the Australian military”

Juan shrugged “That’s what the intelligence said”

“At least we have a way in now,” Eddie said He had grown up in New York’s Chinatown and spent years ee like a native “I’ll wait until one of them is alone and call him in here”

They went to the door leading to the car deck, and Eddie pulled it slightly ajar He said so in Mandarin and backed away

A curious guard poked his head in, and Juan slauard slumped to the floor, and they pulled him inside

They quickly stripped him, zip-tied him, and locked him in the toilet while Eddie put on his uniforun for the assault rifle With his head down, Eddie could now easily pass for one of the guards