Chapter 4 - Dennis Returns To The Courthouse For His Gear

Dennis slipped through the service entrance of the Livingston County courthouse, moving with absolute, unnatural silence through the dimly lit halls.
To every security camera and late-night patrol guard, he was still just the gray-haired man who emptied trash cans and mopped marble floors.
He bypassed the main custodial closet, walking down a forgotten subterranean maintenance corridor sealed behind a heavy rusted iron door.
Using an old physical key he had kept hidden inside the wall lining for seventeen years, Dennis unlocked the concealed weapons cache.
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Inside sat a matte-black Pelican case bearing military-grade biometric locks and classified federal seal markings.
He pressed his thumb against the scanner, and the heavy lid clicked open with a soft, pneumatic hiss.
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