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Chapter 27
The Vanguard Central Broadcast Tower stood like a giant black needle in the center of the wealthy financial district.The rain poured heavily down the sleek glass windows of the massive skyscraper. Bright red aviation lights blinked slowly at the very top of the massive antenna. The building was a fortress. It handled all secure communications for the elite Vanguard organization.Griffin and Julian stood in the dark shadows of an alley directly across the street from the tower.Griffin watched the heavy front doors. Two guards in thick black body armor stood outside, holding assault rifles. The street was completely empty because of the rain and the late hour."We cannot just walk through the front door." Julian whispered, shivering in the cold damp air."We are not going through the front door." Griffin replied softly. "Vanguard relies heavily on automation. The building is heavily guarded, but the security patrols run on a strict digital schedule. When Roth realizes his money is cur
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"You can turn around now." Griffin said softly.Julian turned around slowly. He looked at Griffin with a mixture of absolute horror and deep respect. The young hacker had never seen a billionaire stitch his own leg together in a filthy, abandoned garage.Griffin stood up slowly. He tested his weight on his wrapped leg. It hurt terribly, but the bleeding had stopped completely. The tight stitches held firm. He could walk.He took off the bloody, ruined suit jacket and the torn white shirt. He threw the expensive clothes onto the dirty floor. He reached into the gray metal survival box and pulled out a simple, dark black tactical sweater and a pair of heavy black cargo pants. He put them on. He slipped his feet into a pair of quiet, black combat boots.He looked entirely different. The polished, elegant armor of Arthur Cross was gone. He looked like a dangerous shadow."What do we do now?" Julian asked nervously. "Roth has the train station. He has your entire network.""Roth has a buil
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Roth hung up the phone. The line went completely dead.Griffin did not hesitate for a single microsecond. He did not yell. He did not throw a tantrum. He immediately dropped the black burner phone onto the floorboard of the car. He raised his heavy leather shoe and stomped down with brutal, crushing force.The expensive plastic and metal shattered into a hundred tiny pieces."What are you doing?" Julian yelled from the driver seat. The young hacker gripped the steering wheel tightly, swerving to avoid a large transport truck in the wet intersection. "That was your only encrypted line.""Roth is arrogant, but he is not a magician." Griffin said coldly. His voice was completely steady, despite the agonizing pain radiating from his thigh. "If he can call a ghost line, he can track a ghost line. He was using the phone call to pinpoint our exact GPS location. Take the next right turn. Now."Julian slammed on the brakes and ripped the steering wheel to the right. The tires squealed loudly a
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Griffin grabbed the shoulder of Julian. He pulled the young hacker violently behind a thick concrete pillar just as a beam of white light passed over their previous spot.Griffin pressed his back against the cold stone. His chest heaved with quiet, desperate breaths. His leg throbbed with agonizing pain. A fresh drop of dark blood fell from his shoe and hit the concrete floor with a soft tap."Spread out." A harsh voice commanded from across the garage. "Check every vehicle. The Chairman wants absolute confirmation that nobody escaped the vault."The heavy, rhythmic sound of combat boots echoed loudly. The four Vanguard guards were moving efficiently, clearing the massive space row by row."They are going to find us." Julian whispered in pure terror. His hands shook wildly. "You cannot fight four men with guns.""I do not intend to fight them fairly." Griffin replied coldly.Griffin looked around the dimly lit space from behind his pillar. He needed absolute chaos. He saw a bright red
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The loud grinding noise of the steel walls echoed terribly in the pitch black disposal chute.Griffin lay on his back against the slanted floor. He pressed his hands against the moving metal walls. The hydraulic pressure was absolute. The walls were moving slowly, but they possessed the unstoppable force of a freight train. In less than two minutes, the space would be completely crushed flat."We are going to die." Julian panicked in the dark. The young boy pushed wildly against the cold steel. "I cannot stop it.""Do not waste your energy pushing." Griffin commanded smoothly. He forced his breathing to slow down. He could not afford to panic. He was Arthur Cross. He survived by thinking faster than his enemies.He slid his hands frantically along the greasy surface of the moving wall. He felt for the mechanical seams. He found a wide horizontal gap where the hydraulic piston pushed the heavy steel plate forward.He needed to jam the gears. He needed something incredibly hard and soli
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Griffin collapsed onto his hands and knees. His eyes burned instantly. The chemical vapor felt like swallowing hot coals. He coughed violently, and drops of blood splattered from his lips onto the white floor tiles.He looked toward the far side of the massive room. The secure emergency elevator doors were already sliding shut. Chairman Roth stood safely inside the elevator wearing his plastic oxygen mask. The cold blue eyes of the Chairman stared back at Griffin. Roth smiled a cruel, victorious smile just as the heavy metal doors sealed completely.Griffin was completely trapped. The main titanium vault doors were locked. The elevator was gone. In less than three minutes, the nerve gas would melt his lungs."Help me." A weak voice cried out in the darkness.Griffin turned his head. Julian, the young hacker, was curled into a tight ball on the floor near the shattered glass cube. The boy was gasping for air, clutching his throat wildly. His face was turning a sickly shade of purple.G
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