Chapter 27 - Trapped in the Foundation**
The electronic lock on the vault door clicked shut, plunging the small chamber into absolute, suffocating darkness.
Maya let out a terrified cry, clinging tightly to Ethan's legs as he pulled his phone flashlight out.
"Jenkins! Can you open it from the inside?!" Ethan shouted, inspecting the smooth steel interior of the door.
"The internal mechanical release has been welded shut from the outside!" Jenkins yelled back, shining her light on the solid metal seam.
Over the vault's small ventilation speaker, a cool, familiar voice echoed softly into the small room.
"You really should have stayed in Maine, Ethan," Samantha's voice purred through the speaker.
Ethan froze, his heart hammering wildly against his chest. "Samantha?! You're in a federal prison in New York!"
"Money buys private transport vehicles, darling," Samantha laughed mockingly through the static speaker.
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"And now, you and your precious little daughter are going to sit in that vault while my team finishes what we started four years ago."
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