No, there was only one real option, and she had already wasted precious seconds coming to that decision. She stood, knees almost buckling at the sudden pain in her back, and forced herself forward, toward the road. Pounding footsteps came up behind her, and suddenly, Jadwiga was at one elbow, and the pilot was at the other.
“Your phone rang,” Jadwiga whispered. “They’re coming. They’re coming. You stay.”
Kim’s brain felt like mush. There was a problem with that plan, but she could not for the life of her say what it was.
The pilot knew, though. He dropped Kim’s elbow and sprinted back toward the plane. The two girls stared after him blankly as he launched himself back into the plane and began to taxi toward the filling tank.
Of course. There would be no time to refuel. They could all r
