He told me that Ruiz and Wilcox had a way into the vault that nobody knew about.
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I stabbed the throttle pedal and the Jeep instantly accelerated.
What the hell? I muttered.
It was almost as if he were trying to miss us.
As we continued to scuff off speed and put some distance between us, he continued to shoot over our heads.
Much to my dismay, the windshield didn\'t shatter, and I didn\'t hear any of the heavy rounds impacting the Jeep.
The man behind the 50 spun it in our direction and opened fire.
I jammed hard on the brakes as did the second Jeep.
We were now roughly 100 yards behind them, and I could see a man taking up a position behind the turret mounted 50 caliber atop the Hummer.
Works for me, he grinned.
Makin this up as I go.
How you wanna do this boss? Not sure yet.
I guess not.
A guy about my age named Rick.
Guess they ain\'t in the mood for polite conversation, I remarked to the Mustang squad leader.
Each attempt was met with silence.
When we were about a mile from them, I picked up the radio mic and repeatedly tried to raise them.
We were cruising at 90.
Their top speed was about 65.
It didn\'t take us long to get a visual on the fleeing Hummer.
The driver, Ryan, understood what I was doing, and he closed the distance between us once he had a clear view.
Pushing the Jeep through 80 mph, I eased to the right side of the dirt road, so the following Jeep wasn\'t getting dusted out.
The Hummer from the EDF may have had quite a lead on us but I was sure we could catch them.
When we reached the main road, I cranked the wheel to the left and pushed the throttle to the floor.
It was headed south, away from Elko and the ranch at a high rate of speed. 3 had just spotted a Hummer driving down the road about five miles south of the ranch.
She informed me that O.
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Excerpt No sooner had my two Jeep convoy cleared the gate of the ranch when I received a radio call from Jill.
Where is he? she demanded.
She extended her hand and pulled him up.
Kari immediately ran to the man.
At that point, Ruiz was pulled from the hole.
He knew EVERYTHING! It was like he was standing here, in the middle of all this! her voice grew louder.
He told me the vault was flooding and I needed to mount a rescue.
He didn\'t confuse me with Isabella! It had to be him! What else? He knew the phones were going to fail.
Jason, he recognized MY voice.
He told me that they were already inside and that the only way to get you out was to blow the elevator shaft apart.
He told me that Ruiz and Wilcox had a way into the vault that nobody knew about
