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The Director pushed himself up from the floor.
"Kill them! All of them! Especially the woman!"
Liam’s gaze darted around the chamber. No
escape. The drone blocked the only exit.
He looked at the gurney, at the EEG machine still
connected to Evelyn. The monitors still displayed her
brain activity, an impossible oscillation of the
stillness.
His Deep Trance Identification through Mallory,
combined with his architect experience gave him
insights, not just the facility, but its inner workings. Its
vulnerabilities.
He remembered a detail. A hum that had resonated
through the entire complex in his vision. A power
conduit. A central nervous system for the facility.
And the drone. It was part of that system.
Dependent on it.
"The power!" He yelled. "Vega! The power
conduit! It's in the ceiling! Above the main entrance!"
Vega, dodging another volley of fire, glanced up.
A thick bundle of cables, encased in armored conduit,
snaked along the ceiling, leading directly to the drone.
"Too high!" He yelled back. "And too armored!"
"There's a junction box!" Liam insisted, his mind
racing. "Near the main entrance! A maintenance
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