“If this engine doesn't start in one minute, we're going to be trapped here until their troops find us!”
Kael bent down beneath the steering wheel of the bounty hunter's armored truck. He pulled off the broken access panel, then checked the arrangement of cables behind it. Several wires were disconnected, while others were still connected to the ignition system.
Silas stood beside the passenger door while watching the highway stretching across the middle of the desert. Their wrecked vehicle lay not far away. Dust still covered part of the vehicle's body from the previous battle.
“How much longer?” Silas asked.
“If you keep asking, I'll need more time.”
“I just want to make sure we don't spend too much time here.”
Kael glanced at him briefly.
“Then watch the road. Make sure no one ge
