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You tell Kate to follow you as you dive for cover among the rocks that border this section of the highway. Your speedy reactions save you from being seen by the pack of Angelinos as they race along the highway, heading south. You stay hidden until their lights have disappeared, and then you resume your long walk back to Eldorado.
Three hours later you reach the town and begin a systematic search of all the buildings. In the ruins of a repair shop you discover what you need: a Welding Torch and a cylinder of Oxyacetylene. You are dragging these items out of the building when suddenly, from the shadow of a doorway, a gruff voice barks an order: ‘Stay where you are and put your hands up!’
