Chapter 29 - THE FINAL PREPARATION
Marcus walked into the tech bunker calmly, his cigar smoke trailing behind him like a dark plume of smoke.
He looked at the tactical threat trajectory mapped across the multi-screen display showing an incoming ballistic payload.
"Looks like the good General decided to skip the pleasantries and go straight for the nuclear option," Marcus analyzed without a trace of panic.
"We have exactly four minutes before impact to clear the building and activate the subterranean electromagnetic counter-pulse," Elena calculated.
"And abandon our dining room? Absolutely not," Marcus declared, flashing a dangerous, thrilling grin.
"What do you propose, boss? Catch a missile with a silver tray?" Elena teased, her eyes sparkling with adrenaline.
"No. We intercept their satellite guidance link mid-air and redirect the payload straight back to their Berlin bunker," Marcus commanded.
Elena's fingers flew across the console, deploying counter-intrusion subroutines at a scale the military had never witnessed.
The countdown clock ticked downward: 3:00... 2:30... 2:00... the tension in the room thickening like pressurized steel.
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"Routing handshake complete... seizing satellite telemetry now," Elena whispered, her focus absolute and unbreakable.
"Send my regards to the General," Marcus murmured, slamming the master execution key down onto the console.
