Chapter 496

Saint dropped to the ground and crawled through the small hole to find Lena nodding to him in silence, but her eyes screaming at him desperately! She held her hands up for Saint to see. He immediately began unwrapping the duct tape binding her wrists together. Once her hands were free, the two friends turned their attention to the tape binding Lena’s ankles. A sudden burst of nearby gunfire frightened the kids badly. They redoubled their efforts to remove the duct tape.

Steve had sent Chip, Charlie and Jason around to cover the rear of the building while he and Sybil remained in front, concealed behind an old Jeep. Charlie had taken a position next to a derelict John Deere tractor, which appeared to be sinking into the earth. He had a line of sight to Steve and Sybil. Jason took cover behind an old shed. Chip had worked his way around to the back of the building and dropped down, shielded from sight by a tree.

A man suddenly charged out of the rambling old building, look