Deadly Game
And in her place, a monster of his own making would be born.
The next night, at exactly 3:14 AM, I stood by the private elevator door, dressed in a sleek, all-black tactical outfit I had salvaged from the back of my old closet. I held a small, modified electronic disruptor—built from the components of Kai's spare smart devices—pressed against the main control panel.
My watch ticked to 3:15 AM. The guard shift began.
Three... two... one.
I jammed the disruptor into the wire seam. The control panel sparked violently, the digital screen flickering out as a beautiful mechanical voice chimed through the empty penthouse: System Override. Maintenance Protocol Initiated.