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glanced towards the shore.  “I wonder if the other two zodiacs survived the explosion?  One of them has a machine gun mounted on it.”
    Tom shook his head.  “I am sure they were blown to bits by the explosion.  They were tied up to the rail of the Rasputin.”
    Doug smiled.  “Actually, they were drifting free as we left the scene.  I untied all three when John was threatening to shoot us.  I pushed ours away so he wouldn’t notice.  They may have drifted clear with the current.  I never turned around to look.”
    Erin thought back to the hectic escape.  “We were pretty busy as I recall.  We could go check it out.  But what if the helicopter comes back and catches us on the water?  From the air they would make short work of us.”  She remembered that last time she and Doug had a discussion of taking on the helicopter.  He told her then that their rifles didn’t give them much of a chance against the helicopter.  But the zodiac with the machine gun was a different story.
    “Let’s go see if they are there.  They could give us a way off the island as well as a pretty good antiaircraft weapon.”  Doug turned to Gaby and Ying.  “Are you with us?”
    They both nodded.  Ying shared her thoughts about the situation.  “I don’t want to be the only woman on this island with that bunch of pirates around.  Now that the Admiral is dead, my usefulness to them will probably not involve my aptitude with physics equations.  I would prefer to stay with you.”  Gaby just turned and started towards the shore.  They all followed.  Doug caught up to her and said quietly, “We will get the missiles later.”  She nodded and added, “Nobody knows they are there.  Probably safer where they are until we work out what happens next.”
    It was a tight fit for the seven of them in the zodiac but they were soon heading towards the debris field that marked the Rasputin’s last location before the explosion.  The morning fog was gone now and it was a bright, sunny day with only a few fluffy clouds floating high above.  Doug noticed the current flowed to the north along that side of the island and it wasn’t long before they could see the two inflatable boats bobbing in the waves about a mile and a half from where Doug had untied them.  The helicopter was nowhere to be seen.  It was late afternoon and Doug wondered how long before the helicopter would return and attack them.
    Doug pulled up next to the zodiac with the machine gun mounted on it and Peter jumped on board along with Gaby.   “Peter.  You take the machine gun and Gaby can drive.”
    “Sounds good.  We’ll follow you.”  Peter checked the ammunition while Gaby started the motor.  Tom, Megan and Ying climbed into the other zodiac, leaving Doug and Erin in the one they started with.  All three were underway quickly and headed back to the shore.  The zodiacs seemed unharmed by the explosion of the Rasputin.  The two that had been derelicts for the day carried a small amount of debris in them from the blast, but both were in fine shape with no punctures.  The flotilla was nearly back to shore when they heard gunfire.
    “Where is it coming from?” Doug looked intently at the camp, but there was no movement there.  Erin pulled out the binoculars and scanned the horizon to the north.  Near the tip of the island, she could see two of the large canoes on the surface and the helicopter circling them in a menacing way.  Gaby and Peter were already racing towards them at high speed.
    “Here we go again.  The cavalry to the rescue.  Do you think it makes sense to get involved?”  Erin looked at Doug expecting an answer, but both Tom and Doug turned their zodiacs in wide arcs and followed behind Peter.  Erin stood next to Doug and said simply, “Ok, so we’re helping somebody who doesn’t deserve to be attacked by the pirates.  I guess that makes sense.”  She smiled as he looked at her.  “Give me time, Doug.  I can’t