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With a loud scream, the leader of the mercenaries suddenly made a running dive over the side of the ship. cheap nike air max 2014 In a mass panic, the rest ran to the sides of the LST and leaped into the water. One hundred feet off the bow of the ship, six remaining zodiacs were firing at the bow turret, unaware that in the mêlée occurring on the main deck. EB and her team had escaped and reformed at the ramp behind the bow doors. With one press of a button, the bow doors slowly began to open. The men in the zodiacs stared in awe as the giant mouth of the Pelican opened before them. A rain of lethal fire poured out on them when a mass of guns suddenly opened up from behind the perforated steel landing ramp. EB’s team, along with Chan and a cadre of volunteers, fired every bit of ammunition they had in less than sixty seconds. When all the ammo was expended, they fired all of the flare guns aboard. Two of the zodiacs ignited, converting into cheap nike air max 2013 flaming balls of fire in an instant. The remaining zodiacs sped off toward safer environs. The battle for the LST was over.Out of the thirty-two attackers, twelve were dead. An unknown number were swimming toward Praslin Island at last sighting, and a few had escaped in the surviving zodiacs. Trask’s crew captured one man who was mildly concussed, having been the first man hit with Tommy’s beanbag cannon.Security Team Alpha had two wounded men. Neither was in serious condition but Butler sent them to the hospital at Mahe, and arranged for transport to get them back to the States as quickly as possible. The rest of the injuries were superficial. One volunteer had a burned thigh from a misfired flare, and Trask had a couple of glass splinters in his jaw. Captain Z arrived on the main deck to inspect the damage to his ship. “I’ve notified the authorities in Mahe about the zodiacs and the swimmers.”“And what did they say?”“When the Seychellois Self-Defense Force Patrol boat returns from the Outer Islands, they will send someone to investigate. They suggested we take any captives to the Chief of Police in Victoria. cheap nike air max The SSDF said that they would drop by next week and conduct an investigation.” The firefight had destroyed two workboats and four cargo containers. Two of the labs were completely shot up, trashing everything inside.During their inspection of the damage, Butler and the Captain discovered Doc treating Trask just outside the armored car. The Cougar had more bullet holes to add to its already battered appearance. “You were behind bulletproof glass. What happened?” Butler asked Trask as Doc was bandaging him up. “No glass is truly bulletproof, especially after twenty or thirty rounds. I ducked right after I felt glass shards hit my face.” Trask pointed at the driver’s seat. The headrest of the Cougar was badly shredded. “Thank God, I decided not to wear my seat belts, otherwise that cheap nike air max 90 would be my head.”Once Doc was finished patching him up, Trask and Butler climbed up to the chart room behind the bridge for a conference with Captain Z and Tommy. Tommy jumpstarted the conversation eagerly. “We’re going after Levasseur, right?” The adrenalin and testosterone overload radiating off the four men was palpable.