Nowhere Safe

CHAPTER 49



Josh spit dirt out of his mouth and looked over at Ryder. “You okay?”

“Yep. You?”

Nodding, Josh pushed up and turned to see what had happened. Not a bomb, but the unit had self-destructed.

“Flight 819 has power coming back on,” Nick said, updating them. “But the pilots are warning the tower to clear everything they can. They may crash yet.”

Josh looked up to see a jet wobbling overhead with lights flashing on and off. F*ck. Don’t crash.

Ryder stepped up. “I called Sabrina on my way back here. She’s got a cleanup crew on the way.”

Josh kept watching that big chunk of steel lumber its way toward the airport. “You tell her we lost Rikker?”

“Yes. She said we’ll get him.”

That’s what Sabrina had said two years ago. She had to be disappointed. Josh was gutted over having Rikker in his hands and losing him. Nothing to be done right now.

Josh looked at the melting machine. “What the hell could that be?”

Ryder studied it and looked up at the flight that was still coming down crooked and faster now. “A laser unit of some sort?”

Josh’s phone buzzed. He pulled it out, his eyes glued to the plane as it wobbled. He felt sick. That jet was going to crash. He hadn’t killed this machine fast enough.

When he glanced at his phone all the blood drained from his head. Heidi had sent the message:

Trish caught early flight 819. Can’t get there in time. Can u?

The airplane hit the ground with a boom and metallic noise that went on and on.

Nick shouted something about it crashing, but Josh couldn’t hear past the roar of blood pounding in his ears.

Trish was on that flight.