Assignment to Disaster
“Over long shadows, down the narrow slots of violent canyons to avoid the high screaming shadows of jet eagles combing the desert. Here and there a light twinkled. Then other lights and it was dark, complete night, and the plane lifted, free of the need to hug the ground and skim the hills to avoid being seen. They soared. They rose higher toward the stars, the full moon. The hours and the miles passed.
The plane seated four and the pilot. Feener's head was bent forward a little at the contr...ols, his face reflected from the glass and the dim glow of the instruments. The twin motors sang steadily with power. Durell sat with Deirdre. She was asleep, her hand trustingly in his.
Feener took the radio earphones from his head. He twisted to meet Durell's glance.
"They're looking for you, all right." "Where are they looking?" "Everywhere. The air is full of it." "Do they know about the plane?" "Not yet, but they will. We'll have to refuel somewhere." "How much longer can we go?" "Couple of hours.MoreLess
The plane seated four and the pilot. Feener's head was bent forward a little at the contr...ols, his face reflected from the glass and the dim glow of the instruments. The twin motors sang steadily with power. Durell sat with Deirdre. She was asleep, her hand trustingly in his.
Feener took the radio earphones from his head. He twisted to meet Durell's glance.
"They're looking for you, all right." "Where are they looking?" "Everywhere. The air is full of it." "Do they know about the plane?" "Not yet, but they will. We'll have to refuel somewhere." "How much longer can we go?" "Couple of hours.MoreLess
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