“You ready to take another shot?” Connor asked.
Noecker grunted and gritted his teeth. Face pale, forehead covered in sweat.
“I’ll take that as a yes.” Connor slowed the plane as much as he could without it dropping out the air and pointed it towards the now substantial dust cloud.
“Where is he?”
“Just aim for the middle of that cloud.” Connor pointed.
The blast filled the cockpit with noise as this time Noecker found his target and bullets sprayed into the middle of the dust cloud. The plane shot past and Connor banked it around again to make another pass.
Francina ran into the back of the plane and looked around. There were chairs on either side, facing inwards, and a storage locker at the back.
She opened the locker. “Yes!” she exclaimed at the row of assault rifles. At the bottom, as she had hoped, was a first aid kit. She opened the plastic container and rifled through the contents.
An explosion outside shook the plane and knocked her off her feet. “What was that?” she called down to the cockpit.
“Shoot that fucker, quick,” Connor yelled to Noecker.
“Keep still, damn it.” Noecker tried to aim.
“If I keep still, we’re a sitting target!”
Francina found her feet and was now staring through the cockpit window. The driver of the van was not giving up without a fight. From the cover of a tree, he now pointed a large gun in their direction.
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