Chapter 1766: improvisation was now the new strategy

"It’s... torture time!"

The moment those words left Penny’s mouth, she got to work fast. Shawn stood nearby, watching as she tended to Brad’s wounds with the speed of a medical-grade hurricane.

Despite how it sounded, "torture time" wasn’t a joke.

She was treating Brad, but she wasn’t using any anesthesia or pain relievers. If anything, she’d occasionally jab at his wounds and giggle just enough to make him groan and slip in and out of consciousness.

"Don’t kill them."

Penny suddenly stopped and looked back at Shawn, wiggling her brows meaningfully.

"Just knock them out," she added. "I don’t want to crash. We might need their expertise."

"Uh..." Shawn cleared his throat and nodded. "I’ll be back."

"Mhm."

With that, Penny resumed her rather unorthodox treatment of Brad. Shawn, meanwhile, stood there for a moment, staring at her back. He exhaled, turned around, and slapped himself hard.

’That’s right,’ he told himself. ’We have to do this. We have to make it happen — I can’t fail her this time.’

Because if they didn’t, there might not be a next time.

With that steeling thought, Shawn marched toward the cockpit to confront the pilots. There were two inside, but that shouldn’t be a problem.

He picked up Brad’s rifle on the way and approached the cockpit.

The pilots still had their headsets on, muttering into their mics. Shawn waited until he was sure they were no longer on a live call. Then, he tapped one of them on the shoulder.

turned, only to be punched square in the nose. He reeled back, hands flying to

"Ugh—!"

second pilot turned, startled, only to freeze as the barrel of the rifle pressed to

chopper’s mine now," Shawn growled.

him through his visor, then glanced at his injured co-pilot. In the next second, he reached for a nearby button to raise an emergency alarm to alert the people who need to know

But alas —

BANG!

slammed the butt of

pilot slumped over, Shawn shoved the hot barrel

myself." He panted, his eyes burning. "This is not worth your

didn’t even try to resist. Shawn reached for the

Now!" Shawn

seat, bleeding on

Shawn ordered, motioning

his partner out of the cockpit. Blood smeared the floor as he went. He

Because they knew.

operated. They would open fire if they had to, because that was how the

tonight, Shawn wasn’t

not to kill them, he wouldn’t have bothered with all this. But she

his partner toward Penny’s area.

"Get down! Now!"

to the floor.

mummy. Penny had wrapped him head to toe in gauze—even his mouth and one

the two new arrivals. One

I told you not to kill them! Want to go to

panted. "Not yet. But

medical kit and

alive!" she promised, tearing open his clothing around the wound. "Hold still—if you don’t want to

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