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Point Blank

Point Blank

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Autoren: Anthony Horowitz
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We had to move in slowly—try to work out what was going on. How do you think we found you so quickly?‛
    ‚That was my second question.‛
    Mrs. Jones shrugged. ‚We’ve had people in the mountains ever since we got your signal.
    They’ve been closing in on the academy. They heard the machine-gun fire when the snowmobiles were chasing you and followed you down on skis. They saw what happened with the train and radioed for help.‛
    ‚All right. So why all the business with the funeral? Why do you want Dr. Grief to think I’m dead?‛
    ‚That’s simple, Alex. From what you’ve told us, he’s keeping fifteen boys prisoner in the academy. These are the boys that he plans to replace.‛ She shook her head. ‚I have to say, it’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever heard. And I wouldn’t have believed it if I’d heard it from anyone else except you.‛
    ‚You’re too kind,‛ Alex muttered.
    ‚If Dr. Grief thought you’d survived last night, the first thing he would do is kill every one of those boys. Or perhaps he’d use them as hostages. We had only one hope if we were going to take him by surprise. He had to believe you were dead.‛
    ‚You’re going to take him by surprise?‛
    ‚We’re going in tonight. I told you. We’ve assembled an attack squad here in Grenoble.
    They were up in the mountains last night. They plan to set off as soon as it’s dark. They’re armed and they’re experienced.‛ Mrs. Jones hesitated. ‚There’s just one thing they don’t have.‛
    ‚And what’s that?‛ Alex asked, feeling a sudden sense of unease.
    ‚They need someone who knows the building,‛ Mrs. Jones said. ‚The library, the secret elevator, the placement of the guards, the passage with the cells…‛
    ‚Oh, no!‛ Alex exclaimed. Now he understood the military clothes. ‚Forget it! I’m not going back up there. I almost got killed trying to get away! Do you think I’m crazy?‛
    ‚Alex, you’ll be looked after. You’ll be completely safe.‛
    ‚No!‛
    Mrs. Jones nodded. ‚All right. I can understand your feelings. But there’s someone I want you to meet.‛
    As if on cue, there was a knock on the door. It opened to reveal a young man, also in combat dress. The man was well built with black hair, square shoulders, and a dark, watchful face. He was in his late twenties. He saw Alex and shook his head. ‚Well, well, well. There’s a surprise,‛
    he said. ‚How’s it going, Cub?‛
    Alex recognized him at once. It was the soldier he had known as Wolf. When MI6 had sent him for eleven days’ SAS training in Wales, Wolf had been in charge of his unit. If training had been hell, Wolf had only made it worse, picking on Alex from the start and almost getting him thrown out. In the end, though, it had been Wolf who had nearly lost his place with the SAS, and Alex who had saved him. But Alex still wasn’t sure where that left him, and the other man was giving nothing away.
    ‚Wolf!‛ Alex said.
    ‚I heard you got busted up.‛ Wolf shrugged. ‚I’m sorry. I forgot the flowers and the fruit basket.‛
    ‚What are you doing here?‛ Alex asked.
    ‚They called me in to clear up the mess you left behind.‛
    ‚So where were you when I was being chased down the mountain?‛
    ‚It seems you were doing fine on your own.‛
    Mrs. Jones took over. ‚Alex has done a very good job up to now,‛ she said. ‚But the fact is that there are fifteen young prisoners up at Point Blanc and our first priority must be to save them. From what Alex has told us, we know there are about thirty guards in and around the school. The only chance those boys have is for an SAS unit to break in. It’s happening tonight.‛
    She turned to Alex. ‚The unit will be commanded by Wolf.‛
    The SAS never uses rank when it is on active service. Mrs. Jones was careful only to use Wolf’s code name.
    ‚Where does the boy come into this?‛ Wolf demanded.
    ‚He knows the school. He knows the position of the guards and the location of the prison cells. He can lead you to the elevator.‛
    ‚He can tell us everything we need to know here and now,‛ Wolf interrupted. He turned to Mrs. Jones. ‚We don’t need a kid,‛ he said. ‚He’s just going to be baggage. We’re going in on skis. There’ll be blood. I can’t waste one of my men holding his hand.‛
    ‚I don’t need to have my hand held,‛ Alex retorted angrily. ‚She’s right. I know more about Point Blanc than any of you. I’ve been

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