Chapter 12: The Server Room
Chapter 12: The Server Room
Alarms blared instantly, bathing the server racks in strobing red light. Elara rushed to the master terminal. She jammed a specialized decryption drive into the port and began typing furiously.
Code cascaded down the monitors.
> INITIATING MAINFRAME OVERRIDE > BYPASSING FIREWALL... 30%
Heavy footsteps pounded in the hallway. Arthur's personal bodyguards. Elara drew her MP5K with her right hand while her left hand continued to dance across the keyboard.
The reinforced doors hissed open. Two men in black suits leveled shotguns at her. Elara fired first. A burst of 9mm rounds shattered the glass partitions and dropped the men before they could pull their triggers.
> BYPASSING FIREWALL... 75%
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"Come on, come on," she hissed.
Suddenly, a voice echoed over the room's intercom. "You can't win, Elara. I own the police. I own the judges. Whatever you upload, I will bury!" Arthur’s voice was laced with hysterical panic.
