Chapter 25 - The Vault Firefight
Mark dropped to one knee, drawing his sidearm and firing two rapid shots into the lead gunman's shoulder.
The vault chamber erupted in gunfire as bullets ricocheted wildly off the reinforced steel deposit boxes.
Mark rolled behind a concrete support pillar, reloading his weapon with lightning speed.
He fired around the pillar, neutralizing the second gunman before sprinting toward the emergency exit stairwell.
Colonel Vance fired three rounds through the glass partition, screaming orders at his remaining operative.
Mark burst through the heavy fire doors, taking the concrete stairs three at a time up toward the street level.
He reached the crowded Manhattan sidewalk, blending seamlessly into the morning wall of pedestrians and yellow cabs.
Colonel Vance emerged from the bank doors moments later, his face contorted in furious frustration.
Mark pulled his phone from his pocket, dialing Jim's secure satellite link as he walked briskly down Broadway.
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"Jim... execute Phase Zero," Mark commanded into the phone. "The syndicate is fully deployed."
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