Chapter 13 - THE CAPITOL HILL ARREST
Elena did not run; instead, she reached into the black steel box on the pedestal and pulled out a small silver flash drive equipped with a satellite transmitter. She plugged it directly into her military-grade tablet, executing a pre-programmed command sequence.
"I don't need a tactical unit, Daniel," Elena declared, her voice ringing clear over the gunfire. "I just needed to physically reach this location to broadcast the master ledger live to every government server in the nation!"
Across the United States, thousands of television screens, government monitors, and corporate displays flickered simultaneously. The encrypted files stored in the vault began uploading directly to the servers of the Department of Justice, the Pentagon, and the Supreme Court.
In Washington D.C., heavily armed FBI tactical teams stormed the floor of the United States Senate during a late-night committee meeting. They surrounded three high-ranking politicians, clicking handcuffs onto their wrists live on national news.
Inside the dark corridor beneath Wall Street, the mercenaries' radio earpieces suddenly exploded with frantic, screaming transmissions from their corporate handlers. Their accounts were being frozen in real time, their offshore identities exposed, and their operational contracts canceled.
"Our paychecks just bounced!" one mercenary yelled in panic, lowering his rifle as his tactical tablet flashed red warnings. "The syndicate is completely wiped out!"
The remaining mercenaries dropped their weapons, raising their hands in surrender as the sound of approaching police sirens echoed down the elevator shaft. Daniel stepped out from cover, keeping his weapon trained on them until city officers flooded the corridor.
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Elena walked slowly out of the vault, holding the silver flash drive in her hand like a victory trophy. She looked up at the stone ceiling, knowing that the empire her father built was finally safe from the shadows.
"It's over, Daniel," Elena said softly, letting out a long-awaited breath. "We brought them all down in one night."
