All Chapters of THE CEO'S STOLEN SECONDS : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

SPLASH-CRUNCH!Freezing water slammed into my head pushing it back against the wall. My teeth. Cold foam flooded my nose and mouth. I choked, coughing hard as my left arm grabbed onto a slimy old iron pipe sticking out of the wall. The big turbine blades spun a few inches from my bare toes spraying icy river water all over my face. My dead left leg hung loose in the current feeling like a heavy weight pulling me down toward the sharp steel."Sierra! Hold on!"A big leather-gloved hand reached through the churning water above the grate.Christians face appeared in the opening, wet and worried his eyes wide with fear. Blood was coming through his shoulder bandages making his collar all red and messy. He grabbed my wrist tight."I've got you!" Christian yelled, his muscles shaking as he pulled me up against the river current. "I'm pulling you out!""Christian... The vial!" I screamed, my voice barely heard over the turbine blades. "Look under the grate! Look at the briefcase!""Forget th

WHOOOOOOSH-KABOOM!The glass in the observation tower started shaking really hard. It made a noise that hurt my ears. The floor was shaking under my feet. I was getting covered in dust and little pieces of glass."Dodge the falling beam!" Christian yelled. He was really scared.Christian pushed me forward. I almost fell.. I did not. I was standing on my two feet. My legs were a little shaky. I was okay."Sierra! Keep moving!" Kemi yelled.She was getting her gun ready. She looked at the doorway. Made sure it was clear. "The sensors just picked up something! The first group of pods is coming in!""How many?!" I screamed.I was really scared. I was holding baby Leo tight. He was crying."Julian! How many pods are coming?!"Julian did not answer away. He was busy with his computer. His fingers were flying across the screen. He looked really pale."It's not two hundred!" Julian said. He was stuttering. "The computer was slow! They did not just send the group... They sent all of them!""Gi

RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!Big bullets tore through the bottom of our cargo plane making holes in the metal outside.BZZZZZZT-SPARK!A lot of sparks flew everywhere filling the air with a smell. It was like someone was burning wires and fuel."WE ARE LOSING ALTITUDE! THE PLANE IS DEPRESSURIZING!" Colonel Danjuma yelled through the speakers. The wind was so loud that it was hard to hear him.The front of the plane went down. We started falling. We were five thousand feet above the water. It was very scary."SIERRA! CATCH THE STRAP!" Christian shouted.He covered baby Leo with his body. I grabbed the strap on the wall.CLANK-CRUNCH!A big metal box broke loose. Slid across the floor. It was very heavy. Could hurt us."Julian duck!" Marcus yelled.The box was going to hit Julian. Marcus pushed him out of the way. The box hit the wall. Broke some machines."Hold on! Everyone hold on!" I screamed. My voice was. My knee hurt.I pulled myself up. Held onto Christian. We were standing together. He

BANG!A bullet hit the red brick wall above Claras head covering her wet hair in sharp red pieces.Claras body reacted fast to the shock. She quickly moved to the side into the mud and grabbed the leather notebook that Marcus had thrown into a puddle. She then hid behind a old dumpster just as two more shots were fired into the night.PLINK-PLINK!Sparks flew off the metal filling the air with a smell."Oh come on Clara!" Marcus called out his voice cutting through the heavy rain. He took a few steps forward his leather shoes making soft sounds in the puddles. "Do we really have to play hide-and-seek in a dead-end alley? You can barely stand on that leg. Your arm is bleeding through your coat."Clara was hiding behind the dumpster pressing her back against the metal. Her left arm was completely numb. She had a deep ache in her shoulder. She was breathing hard. Her throat hurt from the cold rain and dust.She looked at her hands. They were covered in mud and blood. She was holding two

BOOM!The blast glass of the Accra military control tower shook hard. Coffee cups fell to the floor and the lights above started flashing like crazy."IMPACT IN THREE SECONDS!" Julian yelled. He was typing fast on the computer. "Sierra get down! Something is coming straight for the runway!"SCREEECH!A big flash of light came through the clouds. The air pressure changed fast that my ears hurt. The room started to smell like something was burning."BRACE FOR IMPACT!" Christian shouted.He did not wait. He pushed me behind a metal thing and wrapped his arms around me. Deborah covered the baby with her body.BOOOOOOOOM!The windows of the control tower broke into a million pieces!The floor shook like an earthquake. Chairs and computers went flying. Outside a big cloud of mud and steam went high into the air.Sirens started to wail. It was really loud.[TACTICAL ALERT: SOMETHING HIT US AT RUNWAY 04][THE AIR IS REALLY BAD][WE HAVE A PROBLEM]"Is everyone okay?!" Colonel Danjuma asked. H