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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4279388" data-attributes="member: 3285">Last One Out: Part 4 – The EscapeGuppy flinched as Hammer’s command barked in his ear.  “If you would stop shouting I would be able to concentrate on taking the shot…”“Guppy…” growled Hammer.“Okay, okay. Caprice, you see them?”“Yeah, taking the shot.”Guppy and Caprice fired.  The machinegun that was spraying Hammer’s location stopped moving.  “Clear!” said Guppy.“Evacuating now,” said Hammer.  “All positions, pull out.”Guppy turned to climb down the ladder…And came face-to-face with one of the guards, a knife in his mouth.  “Mother trucker!” shouted Guppy, stumbling backwards as the knife slashed hid tactical vest.Guppy kicked the man backward.  The guard lunged again, knife raised overhead, when his head exploded like a melon.“Thanks Caprice,” said Guppy.“Get out of there,” came Caprice’s voice over the comm. “There are guards converging on your position.”Guppy peered over the edge of the tower.  Two more guards were climbing up the ladder.He looked desperately around for an exit.  There had to be another way out, but it was hard to see anything with the power out.The lights!  A cable ran from the tower down to the other buildings.  It ran a string of lights that were now out.It would have to do.  Guppy took out his pliers and looped them over the cable.  He prayed that it would hold.Closing his eyes, he plunged off the side of the building. The sizzle of metal and burning rubber reached his nostrils.  The bulbs popped beneath his hands as he hit them in rapid succession.  Machinegun fire perforated the guard tower a second afterwards.Guppy hit the wall and bounced off it, landing on his back.“Guppy,” came Hammer’s voice over the comm. “Get out of there!”Guppy stumbled to his feet.  Through the smoke and screaming factory workers, he could make out the hole in the fence.  The Jeep roared off to his right.  Guppy ran full tilt towards the fence.There was another thump and suddenly the Jeep veered hard into the fence, widening the hole.  “You’re clear,” said Caprice.  “Go!”The driver’s head hit the horn, an accusatory wail as Guppy ran through the opening to a freedom.</blockquote>

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