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asked. “That can’t be what I think it is, bra.”
    “Tell the captain,” Hek nearly whispered. “Tell him now.”
    Peter nodded and then hurried his short bulk over to the wheelhouse. “Captain! We have a problem!”
     
    ***
     
    “Do we have a problem, gentlemen?” Linny asked as the Land Cruiser pulled up to the bar just as she was loading boxes into her Jeep. “You look like you’re in a hurry.”
    Four men stepped from the Land Cruiser and Linny’s eyes instantly focused on the weapons they held.
    “Tavor SAR series,” Linny nodded as she put her hands on her hips. “Nice guns. Those converted to 9mm or still .223?”
    The driver, a large man wearing a black tank top and khaki shorts, smiled at Linny, and then looked down at the semi-automatic rifle he held.
    “Good eye,” the man said as he patted his weapon. “9mm conversion it is. That way I don’t have to worry about switching up ammo.” He patted the 9mm pistol on his hip. “Keep it simple, stupid, right?”
    Linny just smiled back while she slowly moved her right hand from her hip to the small of her back.
    “What are you packing?” the man asked, taking a few steps closer while the other three men stayed close to the Land Cruiser. “No, let me guess. Hmmm. A Walther PPK? Powerful, but fits a woman’s hand well. Not too much of a kick to it either.”
    Linny froze, her hand still behind her back.
    “Can I see?” the man asked. “I love small arms. Sometimes, I wish I could get rid of these bulky things and just use pistols.”
    “Lin? You good?” the bartender asked as he came outside to check on her.
    Tank Top’s rifle barked and the man fell, his chest torn open by several rounds.
    “No!” Linny screamed as she pulled the pistol from behind her back.
    She took two slugs to her right shoulder before she could even get the pistol raised. The impacts spun her about and she slammed into the hood of her Jeep. The pistol fell from her hand and went off as it hit the gravel at her feet. There was a grunt of pain by the Land Cruiser, but Linny barely noticed as she dealt with her pain and slowly slumped to the ground.
    “Damn,” Tank Top said as he walked up to Linny. “You nailed Slaps in the foot. Looks like he’s done for a while.”
    Tank Top squatted next to Linny and pushed some stray hairs from her forehead. Linny started to spit in his face, but he slammed his right fist into her mouth before she could even get the lugee formed. Teeth cracked and her lips split wide open as he pulled back for another shot.
    “Stop,” Linny said as blood poured down her chin. “I don’t know where they went.”
    “So, you know why I’m here,” Tank Top said. “Good, good, this’ll go much faster.”
    “Are you going to kill me?” Linny asked.
    “If I tell you the answer to that then you’d have no incentive to talk,” Tank Top replied.
    “I think you already answered my question,” Linny said.
    “Far from it,” Tank Top replied as he stood up and kicked Linny’s pistol across the parking lot. “You’re still going to talk in the hopes that I don’t kill you.”
    “I already said I don’t know where they’re going,” Linny said. “They left here yesterday afternoon. They could be halfway to Australia by now.”
    “Could be,” Tank Top nodded, “but I don’t think that’s where they’re going. Too public. Too much red tape. They’re going to find a place to hole up and hide for a while. Certainly a better place than this. I have to get to them before they do that.”
    “Who are you?” Linny asked.
    “When you ask a question like that, then I know you expect me to kill you,” Tank Top chuckled. “You’d never ask if you thought you were going to live.”
    “They’ll kill you,” Linny said. “You better have an army with you, because that’s what you’ll need.”
    Tank Top looked over his shoulder at the two men that were helping Slaps into the Land Cruiser.
    “I have an army,” Tank Top said, “of a