The Scorpio Illusion (2011)
“The young lieutenant crashed through the remnants, rolling on the floor and propelling himself to his feet, his automatic leveled at the fallen bodies.
“You okay?” he shouted at the stunned Hawthorne, who had lurched into a corner behind a chair.
“Where the hell did you come from?” asked a breathless Tyrell, unsteadily getting to his knees. “I was finished, gone!”
“I figured something like that—”
“Those excessive good-byes to the pilots?” Hawthorne interrupted, gasping for breath, sweat breaking out on his forehead, “and the hot shower you hadn’t had in days?”
“I’ll catch you up later, but our driver’s in the bushes and isn’t goin’ anywhere. Cathy and I walked around the house, saw you in here, and when that smooth-talkin’ gorilla ran in with a gun in his hand, we figured we didn’t have time to think.”
“Thanks for not thinking. He told me I was dead.”
“We’ve got to get out of here!”
“Will somebody help me through this goddamned window without slicing my flesh apart?”
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