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were needed if fired on full auto.
In some large trunks labeled medical equipment, Harley had stashed a few
of the shotguns he preferred for close-in fighting, the SPAS Model 12.
The Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun had a seven-shot tubular magazine,
weighed only four kilograms, and on full automatic could fire at the
rate of 240 rounds per minute.

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As the men unloaded their equipment, Coop muttered, "I hope those FPPS
guys don't try to look inside these crates."

Harley grinned. "They won't. On the manifest, I listed the contents as
being vials of plague viruses needed to make more vaccine. I bet they
stay well away from us until we're outta sight."

Sure enough, the black-shirted guards glanced nervously at the team
until they were in one of the SUSA HumVees that'd been sent to use as
ground transport for the medical teams.

Coop got behind the wheel of the big vehicle while everyone else piled
in the back. "Where to now, Boss?" he asked of Harley, who was the
team's designated leader on this mission.

Harley pulled a sheet of paper out of his breast pocket. "Ben's got us
set up with a suite of rooms at the Indianapolis Hilton, right on Main
Street downtown."

"The Hilton, huh?" Coop asked as he began to drive. "That sounds nice. I
wonder if they have room service."

As they drove through downtown Indianapolis, the team could hardly
believe their eyes. It was like driving through a Third World country.
There were many people actually begging on the streets, dressed in rags,
dirty and thin to the point of emaciation.

"Jesus," Corrie said with feeling. "Some of those people look like they
haven't eaten in weeks."

Hammer Hammerlick nodded. "They probably haven't, Corrie. From the news
reports, there is widespread famine all across the country."

"I thought we and the U.N. had sent in tons of food and other goods,"
Anna said.

Hammer looked over his shoulder at her. "We have, Anna, but if it's like
anything else in this country, most of that went

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