The Atlantis Covenant by Rob Jones

Author:Rob Jones [Jones, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-08T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

At the end of the tunnel, Hunter broke through the undergrowth and emerged into a thick mist. It enveloped him like steam in a sauna, and then Fidel tumbled out of the split in the rock and crashed into his back. Behind them inside the hidden ravine, they heard more gunshots echoing in the tunnels and the sound of McCabe’s ranting.

“He doesn’t sound very pleased, amigo,” Fidel said.

“He never does.”

“How did you know about the hidden tunnel?” he asked.

“I saw the exact same statue in Iraq,” Hunter said. “Only difference was the head. It was Nergal there, and Ramesses here, but the hand was clearly a lever in both places. Never mind that, Fidel – which way back to where we saw the choppers?”

The El Salvadorian guide pointed into the mist just off to their left. “I think if we go this way we can get to that position in a few minutes, but what about the guards?”

“We’ll deal with that when we get there.”

Amy and Quinn climbed out of the hole, reaching up to the rugged edges of the rocks with trembling hands as they heaved themselves out into the jungle. Jodie and Lewis were next with a puffing red-faced Blanco at the rear.

“Those damn guys nearly shot my ass off!” he said.

Quinn leaned back and looked at his behind. “Maybe if you didn’t leave them such a big target area…”

“Enough with the funny,” Amy said as Blanco crunched down into a swathe of mist-cloaked ferns.

“Yeah,” the big man said. “I’m very proud of my ass.”

“And now back to reality,” Hunter said. “Be in no doubt, when McCabe catches up with us, he will kill us all.”

“Reassuring,” Lewis said.

“And if he gets this.” Hunter waved the statue. “He gets the hat-trick – all three Winged Guardians – so can we make tracks over to the chopper and get the fuck out of here?”

Quinn squinted at him. “I object to the profanity, Dr Hunter. Seriously. I’m putting in a written complaint about you to UNESCO.”

“Anything that makes your motor hum, honey,” he said, “but you have to be alive to write your little complaint, right?”

“Sure.”

A bullet pinged off the rock behind her head and cut up into the misty canopy with a tinny whistling sound. Quinn started and nearly jumped out of her skin. “Holy fuck!”

“Now can we go?” Hunter said, grabbing her by the hand and yanking her away from the hole. “And by the way, I’ll be putting in a written complaint about your language to Director Gates.”

They sprinted down the length of the ravine, vanishing like ghosts in the ancient cloud forest by the time McCabe reached the tunnel entrance. As his men piled out behind him, he ordered them to open fire along the path they had beaten in the jungle.

As soon as he heard the gunfire, Fidel darted off to his left. “This way my friends!”

With McCabe and his crew on their tails, they followed the guide deeper into the trees until pulling up in a small clearing.

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