Chapter 19 - The Federal Reserve Breach
At 2:00 AM, an unmarked armored transport rolled quietly into the secure delivery bay of the Federal Reserve building in lower Manhattan.
Using General Vance’s high-level intelligence override codes, Marcus and I bypassed the perimeter alarms, slipping inside the subterranean sub-basements like ghosts. Maya held the tactical overwatch position from a nearby van, monitoring police scanners and jamming local communication relays.
The server room was heavily fortified behind a three-ton reinforced vault door.
As two Aegis private contractors stepped out of the shadows with assault rifles raised, Marcus and I moved in absolute synchronization. A swift, silent takedown neutralized the guards in seconds without a single shot fired.
I plugged our decryption drive directly into the main mainframe terminal.
Access Granted.
Files, financial transfers, bioweapon research logs, and assassination orders scrolled across the screen in a massive waterfall of data. I hit the master broadcast button, routing the entire archive straight to the Pentagon’s Inspector General, the Department of Justice, and major international news syndicates.
“Download complete,” Marcus reported, watching the progress bar hit one hundred percent.
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“It’s over,” I whispered. “*Aegis* is finished.”
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