Chapter 10 - The Financial Paper Trail
The wind roared deafeningly around the speeding aircraft wing.
Engine jet blast heat washed across my tactical vest.
Daniel Reed stumbled backward into the open cabin door.
"Mara!" Daniel screamed above the loud jet engine roar.
"You were supposed to die in that Red Sea explosion!"
"I survived the bomb, Daniel!" I shouted back fiercely.
"And I am here to collect for your treason!"
Daniel raised his assault rifle to aim at me.
I fired two precise shots straight at his weapon.
Bulleted steel struck his rifle, knocking it away.
The rifle spun off the wing onto runway asphalt.
Daniel let out a roar of rage, drawing a knife.
He lunged forward at me on the narrow wing.
I dodged his blade strike with combat agility reflexes.
I grabbed his right arm, twisting his wrist downward.
The heavy steel knife clattered onto metal wing surface.
We crashed together onto the top fuselage of jet.
Metal groaned as the aircraft accelerated toward takeoff speed.
The pilot inside was trying to lift off ground.
"Stop the plane, Daniel!" I yelled, pinning him down.
"It is over! Federal agents have surrounded the strip!"
Daniel laughed hysterically, his eyes filled with unhinged madness.
"If I go down, you go down with me!"
He reached for a remote detonator inside his jacket.
"I wired this jet with plastic explosives, Mara!"
My heart froze as I saw the red button.
He was willing to blow us both to pieces.
I slammed my elbow down hard against his jaw.
His head snapped back, his grip loosening on remote.
I kicked the detonator unit off the aircraft wing.
It bounced off metal, falling into grass below.
At that exact second, tactical SUVs blocked the runway.
The jet pilot slammed on emergency brakes with force.
Tires screeched, leaving thick black rubber marks on road.
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The plane skidded sideways, coming to a dead stop.
📖 Chapter 11 unearths the hidden documents found inside the traitor's flight bag. Read on before the mystery deepens. 👇
