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Raven whipped around to see that it wasn’t MacD who’d affe A fifth man had snuck up behind the on his position to kill him

MacD had heard the sa sound and turned to see the man just twenty feet away Before Raven could react, he rose and exchanged gunfire He hit the hostile in the chest to take him out, but the sound drew the attention of Polk and his other men

They starting shooting in MacD’s direction, and one of the rounds hit him in the arm He went down

“MacD?” Raven called on her comm unit

Ah’h she could tell he was in pain

Raven stood and fired at thepositions, and she didn’t have a clear shot

Polk and two of his ed on MacD’s location, while the other two took on Raven

“What’s happening over there?” Juan asked

“Taking fire,” Raven said “MacD’s down”

“Linc and I are on the way,” Eddie said

Not soon enough, Raven thought

There was a short fight, then she saw Polk order hisdown his shirt They herded hiunpoint Polk commanded the other two in Chinese She had no doubt the order was to stay behind and finish her off

Raven had only two et into a prolonged firefight with them

They were circling around in opposite directions to get her in a deadly cross fire She e at one of them without success and reloaded

She kept the tree between her and the firston his coh the thick greenery The second e toward her