Part 39 (2/2)
When they stopped moving, Annja was hanging by one leg upside down in the remains of the bridge with Davenport slung beneath her, the only thing connecting them their mutual holds on each other's wrists.
He looked up at her, the fear bright in his eyes.
”Don't drop me,” he said in a whisper.
Annja couldn't even find the energy to speak against the pain roaring through her arms.
She knew they couldn't stay like this for long...
I N THE HELICOPTER N THE HELICOPTER , Ransom leaned forward with eager antic.i.p.ation. , Ransom leaned forward with eager antic.i.p.ation.
”Did you get them?” he asked.
Santiago peered anxiously through the windscreen and then shook his head.
”They're hanging on the remains of the bridge, about fifteen feet below the rim.”
”Make another run. This time don't miss.”
Ransom's voice was filled with savage satisfaction.
Before the pilot could carry out his employer's orders, however, the helicopter came under fire again from the Mongols on the cliff's edge. Arrows, spears and bullets smacked into the frame and the windscreen. The pilot reacted accordingly, doing what all pilots did when their aircraft was in pressing danger.
He got the heck out of there.
”Where are you going?” Ransom screamed, spittle flying from his mouth in his fury.
”Sir! We're under attack. I'm-”
”I don't give a rat's a.s.s what you think, you idiot! Get us back down there. Now!”
Wordlessly, the pilot spun the helicopter around and made another run at the spot where Annja and Davenport were hanging on for dear life.
A NNJA SAW DEATH COMING NNJA SAW DEATH COMING for them down the length of the chasm. for them down the length of the chasm.
Just another few seconds and the chain gun would let loose again. At that range, it would be hard for them to miss.
She knew their options had just been severely limited.
If they stayed here they were going to be killed.
She had to do something and she had to do it quickly!
All this flashed through her mind in the s.p.a.ce of a split second as she weighed options and tried to determine the best course of action.
Annja looked down toward the water far below.
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