Day 50 (The DMT Series Book 2) Read Online Free PDF

Cody. What good would a machine gun do?”
    “Remember the CIA agent at MKULTRA? I got him didn’t I?”
    Adam laughed, before handing Cody one of the machine guns he had taken from the guards. “You’re a good kid, Cody. Stay safe, and I’ll be back for you once I’ve made sure Nina and Cameron are safe.”
    “I’ll be safe here.”
    “You won’t,” Adam retorted. “Once this new law proposal goes through, Marconi won’t be able to protect you.”
    “I’ll take my chances. Now go before I change my mind.”
    Adam tapped Cody gently on the shoulder, before disappearing into the jungle-like forest. Cameron and Nina were already approximately a hundred metres ahead. There was no time for sentimental goodbyes. This was a life or death situation.
     
    Ten minutes later Adam, Cameron and Nina arrived at the edge of a heavy flowing river. It was flowing with extreme ferocity. “We’ll have to cross,” Adam said.
    “I know,” Nina replied. “But how? It’ll just drag us under. The current is way too strong.” She sat down at the edge of the river, totally exhausted. Adam knew she was about to give up. He could see it in her eyes.
    “I think I’ve found something,” Cameron hollered. “She pointed to a point about two hundred metres farther upstream. “There’s a fallen log that seems to almost reach to the other side of the river. We may be able to climb across and make a jump for the last bit. It’s only about a metre and a half.”
    “Let’s go,” Adam said, dragging Nina back up on her feet. He didn’t like it, but he knew he had to be assertive with her. She was about to give up. He couldn’t let that happen.
    “I’ll cross first,” Cameron said when they finally reached the fallen log. She had been correct. It covered almost the whole stretch of the river.
    The water splashed up against the log as it made its way underneath it. The log shifted slightly before coming to a halt.
    “We’ll need to move now. It won’t stand much more!” Adam hollered, his voice almost inaudible against the loud noise of the river.
    They had no ropes or other security equipment. If one of them fell in, that would be it.
    The log moved again.
    This time Cameron didn’t hesitate. She mounted the log, and with a few shaky steps she swiftly moved onto the middle. She stopped for a second, to regain her balance it looked like, and then she almost sprinted the last few meters before easily jumping across to the other side of the river.
    “Your turn,” Adam said to Nina.
    She nodded, and climbed onto the log. She moved slowly at first, clinging to the log as she gradually moved closer to the end. When she only had about one metre left of the log she got up on her knees and attempted to steady her body. She didn’t have to jump far. She could easily do it from a standstill. Cameron had landed almost a metre onto the other side so there was plenty of safety margin.
    “You have to jump now, Nina,” Adam yelled. “You have to jump now.”
    Nina looked up the river and noticed what Adam had just seen. Another log came crashing down the river at an excruciating speed, heading straight for the log she was standing on. Quickly she rose to a standing position, ready to make the jump. But for some reason she hesitated for a second. She glanced back at Adam. Maybe she was wondering how he was going to cross when the only passage to the other side was gone? That second of hesitation was sufficient. The speeding log crashed into her provisional bridge just as she took off from it. Cameron let out a muffled scream as Nina lost her balance and landed just short of the edge of the river. With half her body sunken into the ferocious river she desperately managed to grab onto a rock. The water was pummelling her body, threatening to force her downstream and swallow her whole. Cameron instinctively dove forward, landing right on the edge of the river. Holding onto a bush she extended her right arm, offering Nina something to