Chapter 17 - THE FLARE IN THE DARK
Linh didn't flinch.
"Looking for these?" Linh said calmly.
She pulled her left hand from her pocket—not holding the flare, but holding the water-damaged envelope Minh had given her in the car.
Han’s eyes darted down to the paper for a fraction of a second.
In that exact moment, Linh pulled the emergency marine flare with her right hand and struck the igniter against the damp stone floor!
WHOSH!
A blinding, brilliant red magnesium flame erupted into the dark corridor, filling the narrow space with intense heat and thick, suffocating smoke!
"AAAGH!" Han shrieked, shielding his eyes as the sudden 2,000-degree light blinded him.
Linh thrust the burning flare directly toward the two tactical guards, driving them back into the narrow stairwell. With her free hand, she grabbed the heavy iron wrench from her belt and smashed the rusty padlock on Mai’s cell door with all her strength!
CLANG! CRACK!
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The aged iron latch shattered. Mai kicked the cell door open, grabbing Linh’s arm as thick red smoke engulfed the entire underground corridor.
"This way!" Mai choked out through the smoke, pulling Linh toward a dark secondary drainage shaft behind the cell block. "It leads to the lower gun emplacements!"
