Chapter 30 - The Ticking Clock
"Get down!" a rough, commanding voice echoed through the dark vault corridor.
Special Agent Marcus Cole stepped into the room, holding a tactical weapon, wearing night-vision goggles.
"The vault system has been compromised from the outside!" Cole reported urgently, tossing Liam a weapon.
"A mercenary strike team just breached the upper banking lobby!" Cole warned as alarms blared above them.
On the titanium box screen, a red digital countdown timer automatically activated: 05:00... 04:59...
"The drive is set to auto-wipe if it isn't uploaded to a military server in five minutes!" Maya realized quickly.
Liam grabbed the hard drive, jamming it into his portable terminal while Cole provided cover fire in the hallway.
Bullets pinged off the thick steel vault frames as mercenary forces advanced down the narrow subterranean corridor.
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"Progress at forty percent!" Maya shouted, watching the blue progress bar crawl slowly across her tablet screen.
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