


The front was crushed, headlights empty sockets. He counted the gashes in the roof and sides of the car. A ladder toppled, crushing Osorio's side of the car. Just when Arkady thought the Cuban was actually on the car, one headlight exploded. The blade came straight down through the car roof, probed and vanished. Arkady backed up, cutting the wheel to sweep Luna away. The rear window crystallized as the machete swung through. Unable to see, Arkady drove forward, hoping for a piece of the captain, only to hit the long counter head-on. Arkady reversed so that the blow landed on the hood, but Luna slapped the blade sideways and split the windshield into two caved-in sheets of safety glass. Arkady turned on the engine and lights and, blinded, Luna stopped for a moment, then crossed the floor in two strides and brought the machete down on the car. In the coldest or warmest weather they started. Ladas were not known for their power, but they did start. This mob is the first mob out of three that you were able to choose during Minecon. They could have been found underground as proven by the video, and they might have needed an opening to enter through. Arkady pushed the car as fast as it could go until the sergeant was out of sight.Īrkady put Osorio into the front passenger seat of the car and went around to the driver's side. This mob would have had the ability to locate dark areas at the light level of zero, and became grumpy whenever it was shrouded in darkness. He drove toward the streetlamp, and when he was a block beyond he looked back through the gaping rear window to see Luna running after. The left-front fender was crushed, and left turns seemed to be impossible. As the doors burst open, the Lada landed askew on the steps, righted itself and shouldered through debris. Missed him, but as the hanging bulb flared to life Arkady saw an electric highway of glass leading to the doors and followed. He backed into a column hard enough to rock the balcony, shot forward and aimed at Luna, silhouetted by crystals on his shoulders. The falling ladder had grazed the bulb, and as the light swung, goats, stairs, statues swayed from side to side. If it were a boat it would sink, he said." It will get you to a doctor."Īrkady peeled off enough windshield to see. As Osorio hung on, he picked up the gun and cocked it." Get out of the way." Well, I never told you that what Luna wanted from me was the photograph that Pribluda called the Havana Yacht Club. I found it when I dusted his rooms for prints just as you said. She said, "You were right about the photograph Pribluda took of you. He said Rufo's television was warm, so he knew you were there.

Luna pulled the lobby doors closed." This is justice."Įxactly. He needn't have bothered, the hammer snapped on an empty breech. Luna shook his head." I don't think so." Arkady aimed over the sergeant's head and squeezed the trigger. To say what? That I've refused orders from the police? That I hid evidence? That I'm helping a Russian instead?
