Chapter 11
"That's not a system glitch; someone just overrode the hospital's central security mainframe from an external terminal," Sarah warned instantly.
She moved with cat-like agility, sliding her hand inside her jacket to check the concealed tactical baton Arthur had provided her that morning.
The hallway outside became eerily silent, the cheerful chatter of nurses and the hum of medical equipment vanishing into absolute dead air.
Clara pulled the bassinet closer to her hospital bed, shielding her sleeping newborn son with her own body while reaching for the panic button.
The emergency call button sparked briefly and went completely dark, severing their only electronic lifeline to the hospital security desk.
"They're here," Sarah whispered, pressing her back against the reinforced wall beside the heavy wooden door with calculated precision.
The frosted glass panel of the entryway door rippled as heavy footsteps stopped directly outside in the dimly lit corridor.
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A sharp, metallic scraping sound echoed against the doorframe, followed by the silent burn of an industrial plasma torch cutting through the lock.
Sparks rained down against the linoleum floor as the upper deadbolt melted away under intense, focused thermal energy.
