Part 14 (2/2)
Rick flew parallel to the cliff until he had to clied froained altitude
”Just had a happy thought,” he said ”Wouldn't it be nice if the weather closed in? Here we are flying visual contact through so to keep an eye on the coet weather, I want to be able to fly a reasonable course back to Baguio”
”Didn't you get a weather briefing at the airport?” Scotty asked
”Yes Such as it was Mostly it was local Baguio conditions and a brief report on Manila”
”Soel called
”I see it,” Scotty answered ”A truck of some kind Take a look, Rick”
Rick surveyed the landscape ahead, saw that he would not get into difficulty by losing altitude, and went down for a look He couldn't get closer than a thousand feet, but that was ah the truck was much like theirs
”What color is it?” Scotty asked
”Hard to tell Ours was gray This one looks brown”
”Could be dust,” Angel offered ”Dirt road below, plenty dusty But there are lumber mills up in this part of the province Perhaps that is just one of their trucks You had no lumber, did you?”
”No Our truck had only two crates on it Besides, Angel--I ht early”
”How do you know?” Angel asked curiously
”Yeah,” Scotty echoed ”You sound sure”
”He got the scanner, didn't he? There was a risk that wearound the airport knowing that we ht find out about the theft, would he?”
”Good point,” Scotty agreed
”I heard of this earth scanner,” Angel said ”Dr Okola told round, no?”
”Not exactly pictures,” Scotty said ”It shows a kind of wave pattern
You'll see hoorks”
Rick snorted ”Optiet it back,” Scotty said cal to do us in the eye, chuht We'll find Tony and we'll find the scanner Then we'll clobber pal Nangolat--or let Angel do it--and get to work”
”What do we do with Nast?”
”We get nasty with Nast”
Rick groaned ”That pun, pal, is strictly cornball”