03 The Secret of Excalibur by Andy McDermott
Author:Andy McDermott [McDermott, Andy]
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
TWENTY
The concentration of gas was barely high enough for it to catch fire—but it did, within an instant the thin flame leaping through the tunnels to the much denser pockets of methane deeper inside the tor. They erupted, a chain reaction blasting the shockwave of expanding fires back toward the entrance—
A hot wind burst from the tunnel, showering Kruglov and his thugs with dirt and sending them reeling—followed a moment later by a fireball that exploded into the open air like the breath of an enraged dragon. Kruglov managed to dive away, shielding his face, but one man fell screaming as his clothes and hair were set aflame.
Chase jumped up into the hot air of the dissipating fire, slamming a punch into Yorgi’s face and knocking him backward down the steep hillside. Mitchell snatched up Excalibur and rolled to swing it at Dominika, smacking her gun hand with the flat of the blade and knocking the pistol into the grass. He grabbed it and sprang to his feet.
Nina was also up, seizing a shovel and swinging it like an axe into the groin of another goon. He let out a choked scream and stumbled over the edge of the terrace. She was about to brain Kruglov with the spade when Mitchell ran past and pulled her away. “Come on! We gotta go! Now!” She flung the spade at another Russian, knocking him down.
Chase realized that Kruglov had dropped his gun and was about to dive for it when he saw Mitchell practically dragging Nina away along the terrace. “Eddie, move it!” the American yelled.
Chase hesitated, then ran after them. “You have a gun!” he shouted at Mitchell as he caught up. “Shoot them!”
“There’s too many of them! We’ve got to get out of here!”
Chase didn’t agree—they had the advantage of numbers, but Kruglov’s people had been thrown into confusion, and were only now starting to recover. But since Mitchell had the gun, Chase had no choice now but to go along with his decision.
They raced along the terrace, heading toward the steep northern face of the tor. Despite the terrain, several cows stood on the hillside ahead of them, startled by the noise. Chase looked back as they skirted the nervous animals. Kruglov was on his feet, bellowing orders. His subordinates gave chase. “Jack, shoot!”
“You want to shoot the cows?”
“No! Shoot over them, scare them!”
Mitchell pointed the gun back and fired three rapid shots into the air. The cows immediately panicked, breaking into clumsy gallops away from the noise …
Straight at the Russians.
Kruglov saw the approaching stampede and without hesitation leapt from the terrace, rolling down the hill. The others were slower to react, Dominika after a moment following Kruglov’s example and flinging herself down the slope. Maximov stumbled to a stop as if unable to believe his eyes, while another two men hurriedly reversed direction and ran back along the terrace.
They didn’t get far.
Not even someone of Maximov’s size and strength could stop a charging cow—though that didn’t prevent him from trying to grab the leader of the herd as it ran blindly at him.
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