The 22nd Secret (130 page)

Althou
g
h
P
a
m could not
h
a
ve
known this, the pl
a
ne
w
a
s
a
c
tual
l
y
a
lr
e
a
d
y
f
l
y
i
n
g
.
J
im
h
a
d let it
l
i
ft und
e
te
c
tab
l
y
o
f
f
the snow
c
ov
e
r
e
d ice
un
t
il
the ski l
a
nding
g
e
a
r
w
a
s a
f
oot off
the sno
w
. The
o
c
c
a
sional dri
f
t wo
u
ld h
i
t
t
he
skis and
blast
s
now out
a
round
the pl
a
n
e
,
g
iv
i
n
g
P
a
m
t
he s
e
nsation th
a
t
t
he
plane
w
a
s s
t
r
u
g
g
l
i
ng
to
l
ift of
f
.
P
a
m
l
ook
e
d b
ac
k
a
t
t
he
s
hore
with
g
ro
w
i
n
g
c
on
ce
r
n
.
He
c
a
u
g
ht her
l
ooking
a
t h
i
m out
of the
c
o
r
n
e
r
o
f his
e
y
e
a
nd r
a
i
s
e
d his
e
y
e
b
r
ows tw
i
c
e
“
Y
e
e
ha
,”
he
y
e
l
l
e
d.
H
e
inc
rea
s
e
d
the th
r
ot
t
le
f
r
o
m
50%
pow
e
r
a
nd pul
l
e
d
p
ac
k on the
w
h
ee
l.

The
pow
e
r
ful Reliant le
a
pt
i
nto
t
he
a
i
r
,
c
l
i
mb
i
ng
a
t a sha
r
p
a
n
g
le
a
nd p
re
ss
i
ng
P
a
m b
a
c
k in
t
o h
e
r s
ea
t.

“
Y
e
e
ha
,”
P
a
m
y
e
l
l
e
d
b
a
c
k while simul
t
a
n
e
ous
l
y
l
a
u
g
h
i
n
g
. T
h
e
sudd
e
n
c
h
a
n
g
e
o
f dir
ec
t
i
on p
re
ss
e
d
P
a
m
a
g
a
inst
h
e
r s
ea
t.
I
t
w
a
s the
s
a
me
G
-
f
o
r
c
e
r
e
a
c
t
i
on
a
s
riding
a
roll
e
r
c
o
a
ste
r
.
J
i
m
lau
g
h
e
d with
P
a
m
,
a
s thou
g
h he
w
a
s e
x
p
e
ri
e
n
c
ing
it
f
or
t
h
e
f
irst
t
i
m
e
to
o
. A
f
ter
c
l
i
mb
i
n
g
f
or a
fe
w
s
ec
onds,
J
im
r
ol
l
e
d the pl
a
ne
in
t
o a
g
e
nt
l
e
k
nif
e
-e
d
ge
turn ov
e
r t
h
e
f
o
r
e
st and lo
d
g
e
.
W
i
t
h the
g
rou
n
d just
a
fe
w hu
n
d
re
d fe
e
t below
a
nd t
h
e
wing p
e
rp
e
ndicul
a
r,
P
a
m
w
a
s held
f
irm
l
y
in her s
ea
t
b
y
t
h
e G
-
fo
r
c
e
.
S
he
looked out
t
he
side
w
indow str
a
i
g
ht down
a
t
t
he
l
o
d
g
e
a
nd the l
a
k
e fl
a
shing
b
y
a
t over
100
M
PH
.
S
he
looked
up
a
t J
im
, who sm
i
led
c
onfid
e
nt
l
y.
“
Y
e
e
ha
,”
she s
a
id, squ
e
a
l
i
ng
with e
x
c
i
t
e
ment.

J
i
m
l
e
v
e
led o
f
f
a
nd
a
s
th
e
y
ca
me
a
round
to due
w
e
s
t
.
“
You
r
e
a
d
y
?
”

B
e
f
o
re
she
c
ould ans
w
e
r
,
he
pul
l
e
d the th
r
ot
t
le
w
ide op
e
n
a
nd pul
l
e
d
b
ac
k
h
a
rd on
the wh
ee
l. This t
i
me the
pla
n
e
shot str
a
i
g
ht u
p
, pushi
n
g
P
a
m
down h
a
rd
a
g
a
inst
h
e
r s
ea
t
. T
h
e hi
g
h
l
y
-mod
i
fi
e
d plane
c
l
i
mbed
l
ike a
r
o
c
k
e
t at
a
l
m
o
s
t 200 M
P
H. The
e
n
g
ine noi
s
e blast
e
d
a
s
the time b
e
tw
ee
n
c
y
l
i
n
d
e
rs
f
iri
n
g blend
e
d in
t
o one
c
ont
i
n
u
ous
e
x
plos
i
on.
J
i
m
slow
l
y
le
v
e
led o
f
f
a
t 10,000 f
e
e
t, norm
a
l
c
ruising
a
l
t
i
t
ud
e
.

The
two soldie
r
s w
e
re
p
o
ised dir
ec
t
l
y
in f
r
ont of
t
he
a
pproa
c
hi
n
g
plane
a
s it
ro
c
k
e
ted
ac
ross the l
a
k
e
str
a
i
g
ht
f
o
r them.

“
W
h
a
t’s he
doin
g
?
” s
a
id
one
of the
men, no lo
n
g
e
r
w
hispe
r
i
n
g
.

“
I
don
’
t know, but he
b
e
t
t
e
r g
e
t
t
h
a
t
t
hing
up
o
r he’s
g
oi
n
g
to
c
r
a
sh r
i
g
ht
i
nto us.”

Fe
w
e
v
e
nts
in
t
he
wo
r
ld
c
ould make
these
s
p
ec
ia
l
l
y
sel
e
c
ted
a
nd t
r
a
ined
m
e
n flin
c
h,
but the pow
e
r
f
ul
R
e
l
i
a
nt
b
e
a
r
ing
down on th
e
m
b
e
fo
r
e
rot
a
t
i
ng
in
t
o a
kni
f
e
-e
d
ge
turn a
hund
r
e
d
y
ar
ds
in f
r
ont of th
e
m, s
k
i
m
m
i
ng
the t
ree
s
a
bove
t
h
e
ir h
ea
ds
w
a
s one
of t
h
e
m. The blast
shook the
f
o
re
st
a
round
them
a
n
d the pine
tr
ee
s
s
w
a
y
e
d
a
nd
snap
pe
d b
a
c
k
, r
e
l
e
a
sing
a
sh
o
w
e
r
o
f snow that swirl
e
d
a
round
them
a
s the men
du
c
k
e
d
for
c
o
v
e
r.