yelled, looking startled as he saw Adelaide with the soggy tea towel sticking out of her mouth. His eyes darted between James and the sports bag alongside his seat.
Tou won't reach it in time,?James said, gesturing with the gun and using the firm but slow voice her practised in training. Take this and tie Adelaidet ankles together.?
Listen James,?Mark said. T know you're young and I guess seeing it all on TV has made you scared. But running away from us isn't going to help. The best way to stay out of trouble is if everyone sticks to the plan.?
Thank you for your input,?James said. Sow take the piece of string and tie Adelaidet ankles together or IEl shoot you.?
Mark put his arm up on the back of the couch and smiled confidently. Theret no shame in being scared, James, but this is silly. None of us is going to get caught so long as we stick to the plan.?
The TV pundits were droning in the background, The police have asked us not to broadcast any live footage from the Animal Freedom Army webcast at this time, but we can tell you that Nick Cobb has had a tube forcibly inserted into his stomach and has been force fed approximately one pint of cleaning fluid. At this stage, we're not clear how damaging the fluid will be, but our doctor here in the studio has indicated that the dosage could be fatal if he doesn't receive medical treatment within two or three hours 厭
The words made James realise that he didn't have time for a debate with Mark.
Mine,?James yelled as he lunged forwards. Tre tried being nice.?
Itt extremely awkward to hit a person who is sitting on a low couch, especially if theyre got gangly arms and legs in the way. James propped his knee on the sofa and swung the gun at Markt head. But the punch missed and Mark managed to get an arm around James?back.
The badly aimed punch might have cost James against a powerful opponent like Viv, but Mark was scrawny and James managed to wriggle out of the clumsy hold and land a better punch with his empty hand.
It connected with the side of Markt head, and the follow-up loosened a couple of teeth as the gun smashed into his mouth. But Mark wasn't unconscious and he struggled as James threaded loops over his hands and secured his arms behind his back.
Sow look at the state of you,?James said angrily. And whose fault is it??
James stood up and realised that his tennis shirt was spattered with blood. He found Markt phone stuck between two sofa cushions and waved the gun at his bound-up victims before heading out into the hallway.
Tre been nice so far,?James warned, But if I hear so much as a squeak, I'll putting bullets through both your heads.?
James went out into the hallway. He flipped open the mobile and dialled Zara.
Lames, thank god. Are you safe??
Mor now,?James said, as he noticed beads of blood welling up on his knuckles. T'll in some flat in Whitley Bay. Nick Cobb is being held at Hummingbird Farm near Rothbury and Kylet up there too.?
34. BLOOD
It was the vilest thing Kyle had ever seen. Nick Cobb threw up as the feeding tube came out of his throat and hadn't stopped retching in the hour since. At first her brought up food, mixed with Cobb Cleanse, but now he was bringing up blood as the powerful cleaning solution burned its way through his digestive system.
Viv basked in front of the cameras. He poked a microphone between the bars, continually tormenting Cobb about the pain he was in; and even read out a recipe for rabbit pie from a Nick Cobb cookbook.
Cobb was defiant at first, but as the pain grew he swallowed his pride and begged for water.
Tou paid to make a hundred and eight rabbits suffer exactly like this,?Viv taunted. They didn't get water and neither will you. The AFA wants everyone out there to know ?farmers, scientists, supermarket executives, laboratory workers and shoppers ?this is just the beginning. When the AFA gets you, we're going to make you suffer in whatever way you made animals suffer.?
Kyle and Tom sat together on a woodwormy bench at the rear of the dining-hall. Jo steamed through the door behind them with a mobile at her ear.
Te're off air,?she announced, flipping her phone shut angrily. T'll not sure how theyre done it, but none of the remote sites are receiving