under his control
But the main terminal still hummed faintly, a dying beast refusing to quit.
Ava crouched beside it, inserting the flash drive. The screen came to life, lines of code spilling across like veins pulsing with electricity. Morgan’s voice echoed through the static, faint but unmistakable.
“Protocol Omega. Authentication required.”
Ava’s fingers hovered over the keyboard. “He locked it with dual access.”
“Meaning?”
“Meaning it needs both of us,” she said softly. “His final test.”
I leaned in, placing my hand beside hers on the biometric pad. The system scanned, then beeped. The interface flickered once, twice and then the whole bunker map unfolded in front of us.