Chapter 25
“How’d it go down there?” Ed said.
They stood at the edge of the helicopter pad, watching a crowd of people climb off a just landed chopper and run for the safety of the Mount Weather entrance. Luke recognized the United States Representative from Vermont among them.
He shrugged. “I told them what I know. They told me thank you very much, we prefer to believe something else.”
“Sounds about right,” Ed said.
“They don’t want to go to war with Iran,” Luke said.
Ed shrugged. “Can’t say I blame them. War is hell.”
The signalman on the helipad waved to Luke and Ed with bright orange wands, giving them the green light. They ducked low and ran for the helicopter. There was only one active pad at this entrance, and they were moving the choppers in and out, two minutes or less.
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