to face the young officer. He patted him on the shoulder.

"Wake up, kid. If Nevindoss shows up, we're sardines in a can."

Flanagan raised his arms to his sides. "There's gotta be something we can do?"

The driver looked back over his shoulder and said, "Sure there is. Start praying for a miracle `cause our luck has just run out." He got up and went to the back of the vehicle to watch the monitors.

In OPS, everyone watched Bailey. Perez nudged his shoulder.

"Where's the nearest vehicle to their location?"

Bailey shook his head. "Olympic and Crenshaw."

"Shit. That's ten minutes away."

"How long before Nevindoss gets there?" Bailey asked.

"Three, four minutes maybe," Perez answered.

The door to OPS opened and Victor Steiger, the commander in charge of the enforcement side of VAMP, stormed into the room. He barked his orders without hesitation.

"Get the cycle squad out there, now. Have a chopper go with them. I want Ramirez on the guns. Move it!"

Bailey flipped a switch on his panel to fire up

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