Chapter 19 - Rescue PatrolMcFly and Wiram heard rifle shots all through the night. The Talons were trying to direct their lost scouts back to their campsite. Their trucks revved and horns tooted, they also wanted the escapees to know that they were dead men. It had the effect of wearing the Sundowner's morale down but as the desert commandos continued jogging from one sand dune followed by another eventually they could no longer hear the terrorist's clamour.
Wiram spent most of the trip in his spirit world. He had Nulla and Roo's face in his mind's eye and pressed them with his spiritual 'intention'. The nangarri knew both his aboriginal brothers-in-arms sensed his presence but he wasn't sure they picked up on his message – 'we're in need of help but we're safe and there's danger, be care
