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all along that the two witnesses will one day be killed by Carpathia. It looks like Nicolae has done his homework. The 1,260 days of their preaching ends in four months.”

    Mr. Stein led the kids inside the Global Community police station. Many of the officers had rushed outside when Mr. Stein began to speak. A few were still inside now, coughing and sputtering.
    â€œWhere’s Sam?” Judd said.
    â€œOutside with his dad,” Lionel said. “I’ll get him.”
    Mr. Stein pointed to a locked doorway. Judd found the keys on an officer’s desk. Inside, they heard more coughing and wheezing.
    â€œCan’t breathe!” someone shouted. “We need air!”
    Judd found Nada’s cell. She was huddled in the corner with her mother. “Thank God you’ve come!” Nada said. She hugged Judd and pointed toward the back of the building where her father and brother were being kept.
    As they rushed past the cells, several believers called out from behind the bars. Judd freed those with the mark of the believer on their foreheads. Most of them believed because Sam had given them the gospel.
    Judd opened the last door on the corridor and found a guard on the floor, gasping for air. Kasim and Jamal cried when they saw Nada. She took the keys from Judd and released them. They had bruises on their faces, deep circles under their eyes, and they looked like they hadn’t eaten for days.
    â€œLet’s get out of here,” Jamal said weakly.
    â€œWait!” someone said as he rushed through the door.
    Judd turned and spotted the jailer pointing his gun at them. “Stop or I’ll shoot!”

    Vicki crawled into the van and handed Conrad and Shelly as many supplies as they could pack into the sports car. The cell phone had crashed into the windshield and was fried. The sports car was a tight fit for the three of them, but they were grateful to have something to drive.
    â€œI feel guilty taking this car,” Vicki said.
    â€œThey’re not going to use it anymore,” Conrad said.
    â€œI know, but they probably stole it.”
    Shelly pointed out the window at another cavalry of fiery horses and riders. They were moving north along an abandoned railroad track. As they ran, they breathed great clouds of black and yellow smoke over rows of homes and ranches nearby. In some homes, lights came on and people burst through the front doors, falling on lawns and rolling. In other places, the horses snorted enough fire to send whole blocks up in smoke. Conrad pointed to the other side of the road where another herd stood perched on a butte overlooking a small town.
    â€œThere doesn’t seem to be any method,” Shelly said.
    â€œThey’re just putting that smoke and fire wherever they find people.”
    â€œI’m glad they came when they did,” Conrad said. “I feel like a cat who’s just used up two or three of its lives.”
    â€œHow long will it be until we get home?” Vicki said.
    â€œBefore the roads were torn up during the earthquake, we’d have been able to do it in less than twenty hours,” Conrad said. “Now it’s going to be at least two days, and that’s if we push it.”
    Vicki sat back and watched the herds run. She had no idea how long they would stay, but when they were through, the world would never be the same.

    Judd held up his hands and begged the man not to shoot. The others stood back, waiting to see what would happen.
    The guard choked and gasped for air. “If they find prisoners missing from here, they’ll have me shot!”
    Mr. Stein moved forward and knelt beside the man. “Many of your fellow officers are dead or are dying because of this judgment.”
    â€œYou’re one of those crazies!”
    â€œI bring you good news. You don’t have to die. Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.”
    The jailer frantically looked around. Some of the prisoners were