One side of the hangar doors slid open and the Route and the Pilot Car shot out into the morning brightness. Now that the door was open, even though they were still inside the hangar, a phalanx of four agents surrounded the President as they escorted him into Stagecoach.
Once Harvey Lieber had the Beast’s door closed, he came sprinting around the nose of the vehicle. He shoved Jim hard enough to send him stumbling forward.
“You aren’t in your seat in the next five seconds, we’re leaving you behind.”
Even as he turned, Jim saw the momentary flash of the Lead Car’s backup lights as the driver shifted from Park to Drive. He sprinted over and opened the back door.
Malcolm leapt aboard and the car was moving while Jim still had one foot on the ground. He dove in, landing partly on top of Ma
