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NICHOLAS BOOTHMAN
He saw Vega attacking the floor, understood what
they were trying to do. "Stop him! Don't let him touch
that conduit! It'll take down the entire facility!"
He pulled out his own pistol, aiming it at Evelyn.
"If I can't have it, no one can!"
Cassandra. The Hail Mary.
Cassandra watched the live feed, her heart
pounding. She saw Liam struggling, Vega fighting,
and Evelyn’s plea. She saw The Director raising his
pistol.
"No!" Cassandra called out. She had managed to
restore a partial connection to the network. She
needed a diversion. A massive one.
She found it. The facility’s central cooling system.
A massive, high-pressure water pump.
"This is it," she muttered. "A Hail Mary."
She initiated the command.
The Reckoning.
Vega bashed the crowbar into the floor panel
again. The concrete shattered. The panel flew open,
revealing a tangle of massive, high-voltage power
cables, humming with raw energy.
"Stand clear!" Vega roared, grabbing two of the
thickest cables.
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