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Unleashed
POV: Ethan ColeThe Advanced Combat Training Level Two hit different than the first level.It wasn't just techniques flooding my brain. It was everything. My perception shifted, and suddenly the world moved like honey, slow and clear. I could see every movement before it happened, read body language like a book, predict attacks three moves ahead.The six enforcers spread out in formation. Obviously they'd done this before, probably hundreds of times. Take down a target, secure the area, complete the objective.Their leader was mid-thirties, military buzzcut, scar on his left cheek. He squinted at me and recognition flashed across his face."That's him," he said to his team. "Ethan Cole. Morrison wants him alive."'Big mistake.'"You boys sure about that?" I asked. My voice came out calm, almost friendly.The leader pulled out zip ties instead of his gun. "Don't make this harder than it needs to be. We just want to talk."Right. Talk. That's why they brought six armed men to burn evide
Race Against Time
POV: Ethan ColeWe hit the streets running.[TIME TO ENFORCER ARRIVAL: 43 MINUTES]The countdown burned in my vision like a ticking bomb. Forty-three minutes to get across town, grab Maya's evidence, and get out before Morrison's people torched everything.Not enough time. Not nearly enough."This way!" Maya pointed down a side street where cars were parked along the curb.I spotted a motorcycle. Black. Older model. Easy to hot-wire.'Perfect.'The system fed me the steps as my hands worked. Strip the ignition wires. Connect the right ones. The engine roared to life."Get on!" I yelled.Maya didn't hesitate. She swung her leg over and wrapped her arms tight around my waist. Her breath was hot against my neck through the helmet I'd grabbed from the seat. We took off fast, weaving through midnight traffic like we were running from the cops. Which we kind of were, just not the official kind.The storage facility was across town. Fifteen minutes if traffic was light. Twenty if it wasn't.
The Truth Hurts
POV: Maya SantosI've survived a lot in my twenty-six years. Foster care, poverty, three jobs while going to law school, eight months investigating Morrison Pharmaceuticals knowing they'd kill me if they found out. I survived all of it by trusting my instincts. And right now, every instinct was screaming that Ethan Cole was hiding something big.I watched him struggle with some internal debate. He moved and talked weirdly, knew things he shouldn't know. His gray eyes showed genuine conflict, but it wasn’t the fake kind I'd seen from lying witnesses. It was just…. Strange. I couldn’t get him.He'd moved differently since the diner attack. Fluid, and precise, like someone with years of combat training, not a corporate CEO who built companies in boardrooms. What kind of a CEO navigates the city like he has a GPS in his brain. He'd shown me financial evidence I couldn't get despite months of obsessive work. And sometimes when he looked at empty air, his eyes tracked something invisible.
Combat Escalation
POV: Ethan ColeThe system exploded across my vision with tactical information.[HOSTILE FORCES DETECTED] [FRONT ENTRANCE: 6 ARMED HOSTILES] [BACK EXIT: 2 ARMED HOSTILES] [CIVILIANS IN DANGER: 17] [DIRECT CONFRONTATION: 89% FATALITY PROBABILITY] [RECOMMEND: EVASION AND MISDIRECTION]'Shit. Six guys with guns in front, two in back. We can't fight our way out of this.'Maya's hand was already diving into her messenger bag. Probably going for pepper spray or mace. Her body was coiled tight, ready to run or fight.She's brave, I’ll give her that. But brave won't stop bullets.The lead enforcer spotted us through the window. He shouted something and pulled out his gun without caring about the screaming civilians diving under tables.I grabbed Maya's hand immediately and yanked her out of the booth."Kitchen!" I yelled. "Now!"We ran toward the swinging kitchen door instead of the exits. She didn't question it, just followed.'Good. She trusts her instincts.'We burst through into the kitch
Building Trust
POV: Ethan ColeMaya led me through the city like she was running from the FBI. Three different subway lines. Back alleys I didn't even know existed. She checked reflections in store windows, doubled back twice to see if anyone was following us.'She's good at this. Really good.'I let her take the lead and used the time to watch her, the system constantly feeding me more information about her.[MAYA SANTOS - BACKGROUND DATA] [PARENTS DECEASED - SUSPICIOUS FIRE, AGE 12] [FOSTER CARE SYSTEM - 6 YEARS] [COMMUNITY COLLEGE + NIGHT LAW SCHOOL] [CURRENT STATUS: UNDERPAID, OVERQUALIFIED]'She worked three jobs to put herself through law school and still ended up as a paralegal because she doesn't have the right connections. No wonder she's investigating Morrison. She hates people who abuse power.'We ended up at a twenty-four-hour diner in a neighborhood where most of the business happened in dark corners and cash transactions. The kind of place where nobody asked questions and the cops didn
Maya Santos
POV: Ethan ColeI sat in the safe house staring at the computer screen for hours. Maya Santos had been investigating Morrison Pharmaceuticals for eight months.'Morrison. Emma's uncle. The bastard who introduced us in the first place.'The files the system pulled up made me sick. Falsified drug trials, patients dying from medications Morrison knew were dangerous. All buried under fake paperwork and shell companies.'And Maya found all of it. No wonder they want her dead.'But the real connection was Senator Richard Cross, Daniel's father. The Senator had used his political power to kill federal investigations into Morrison. He'd threatened prosecutors, intimidated witnesses. And according to the system, he'd personally shut down questions about my accident and the Cole Industries takeover.'So Daniel didn't just steal my company. He had his father covering for him the whole time.'My hands clenched into fists.[MISSION TWO - STAGE TWO: RECRUIT MAYA SANTOS] [WARNING: TARGET IN IMMEDIAT
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