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Ticker
A bit about the bomb:
A row of vertical plastic tubes full of a clear liquid.
A rainbow of wires taped together between the tubes and plugged into what looked like plastic explosives: oblong blocks taped to the back of the case directly behind the tubes.
A keypad to the left of the tubes – 0 to 9 with three other buttons below: TIMER, SET and DISARM.
A red digital clock ticking down.
I pressed the DISARM button first. Nothing happened. Pressed it again.
Shit on a stick!
I raced through my options:
Maybe I could cut the wires. Which one? With what?
I could beat the code out of the guy. Yeah, sure. He was six-five, armed and on his way out already.
I could get everyone out of the dome. Too many people. Too far to run.
2:30 …
What else? What else?
A hand landed on the
