Chapter 13

Two hours later, Mateo's black Corvette tore through the rainy streets of downtown Dallas, stopping outside a non-descript brick building.
The glass doors of the data center were shattered, and alarm strobes cast an eerie red glow across the street.
Mateo pulled two suppressed tactical pistols from a hidden compartment beneath his car's dashboard.
He stepped out into the heavy rain, moving like a ghost through the shadowy entrance of the facility.
Inside, three mercenaries dressed in urban tactical camouflage were frantically downloading server drives into heavy black hard cases.
"We have two minutes before local police arrive!" one mercenary yelled to his commander.
"Forget the backup servers, just destroy the physical mainframes!"
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Mateo stepped out from behind a concrete support pillar, his suppressed sidearms raised with absolute stability.
Two quiet coughs echoed through the server room as two mercenaries dropped instantly to the floor.