"Tim Lahaye - Left Behind Kids 09 - The Search" - читать интересную книгу автора (LaHaye Tim)

тАЬIтАЩm no bloodhound,тАЭ Judd said, тАЬbut this is where RyanтАЩs trail ends.тАЭ

тАЬSo maybe the bombs caused a car to swerve and knock Ryan off his bike,тАЭ Vicki said.

тАЬThen, whoever was in the car helped him.тАЭ

тАЬMaybe he didnтАЩt get hit at all,тАЭ Lionel said.

тАЬWhat if he was off his bike? The person in the car gave him a ride because the thing was smashed.тАЭ

тАЬThen why havenтАЩt we seen him or heard from him?тАЭ Judd said.

тАЬWe either find Ryan or we find somebody who saw what happened.тАЭ

Ryanhurdled the toppled trash bin and flew down the alley.

He wanted to stop and catch his breath, but he knew he had to keep running. It was his only chance.

He heard the screech of tires. A car flattened a trash bin like a pop can. Ryan kept moving. He passed
houses with gang symbols spray painted on the outside.

He jumped the turnstiles of the elevated train. The cashier screamed at him. Ryan shouted back, тАЬCall
the police!тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll call them on you!тАЭ the cashier said.

His legs were lead as he ran up the stairs. A pay phone.

Call Judd, he thought. No money in his pockets. He didnтАЩt have time anyway. Two doors slammed, and
the men were gaining on him.
People milled about, waiting for the next train. A businessman with his nose in the paper. A woman with
a frilly dress and tennis shoes. Ryan ran through the crowd to a chain-link fence at the end of the
platform.

Trapped! The only way out was to run onto the tracks.

He jumped.

A woman screamed, тАЬNo!тАЭ

He wasnтАЩt trying to kill himself. He wanted to live. So he kept running, staying away from the dangerous
third rail.

Onemisstep, and he was dead.

He saw the men jump onto the tracks. Then he heard a noise.

Felt it. It started as a low rumbling, like the vibration of speakers on his stereo. He looked up to see the
train a hundred yards away and coming fast. He turned, but the men were close now. He ran toward the