Chapter 12 - Jack Makes A Desperate Choice To Protect Leo
The rotting wooden planks of the old logging bridge groaned loudly beneath the heavy tires of the speeding SUV.
Behind them, the lead black-ops tactical vehicle slammed on its brakes, hesitant to cross the unstable structure.
“They’re not crossing; they’re calling in air support!” Sarah yelled, pointing toward a red tracking laser sweeping the trees.
Jack looked in the rearview mirror and saw a tactical drone hovering silently above the treetops like a mechanical predator.
“We need to ditch the vehicle right now before that drone paints our thermal signature,” Jack decided instantly.
He steered the SUV off the far side of the bridge, crashing through a dense thicket of pine trees into a ravine.
The vehicle came to a violent halt against a massive boulder, its engine smoking heavily from the sudden impact.
“Grab Leo and the emergency packs! Move, move, move!” Jack ordered, kicking open his jammed door.
They scrambled out into the cold rain just as a missile from the tactical drone obliterated the abandoned SUV.
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The massive explosion lit up the dark American forest in a blinding flash of orange fire and flying debris.
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