Chapter 12
On the glowing monitor screen, the data transfer indicator flashed a brilliant, triumphant green: UPLOAD COMPLETE.
Without hesitating for a single fraction of a second, Vincent smashed his fist down onto the manual mainframe shutdown button.
The entire server bank powered down instantly, plunging the bunker into absolute, freezing darkness once more.
"Fire!" the lead operative yelled, squeezing the trigger as muzzle flashes illuminated the smoke-filled room in rapid succession.
Bullets chewed through the oak desk and shattered the vintage computer monitors, sending glass and splinters flying in every direction.
Vincent dove hard to the left, sliding across the concrete floor behind a heavy stack of steel filing cabinets as bullets ricocheted off the metal.
He scrambled toward the rear maintenance hatch hidden behind a rusted utility rack, pulling the emergency release lever with all his might.
The heavy steel hatch popped open with a loud mechanical groan, revealing a dark, narrow drainage tunnel leading deeper into the mountain.
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He didn't look back; he threw himself headfirst into the freezing runoff water of the tunnel just as a grenade detonated inside the main vault.
The shockwave rattled his teeth, sending a shower of loose gravel raining down across his back as he crawled furiously through the dark.
