Page 199 of Silent Target

Mac reaches forward and shuts off the monitor.

“No.”

The screen goes black.

“I came back to destroy yours.”

Fathom connects to the primary server.

Code races across his tablet.

A new alert appears.

PROTOCOL ASH ACTIVATED.

“What is that?” Rook asks.

Fathom’s hands move faster.

“Global dispersal. Accounts, operatives, safe houses, and digital archives are being transferred out of the bunker.”

“Can you stop it?”

“Some of it.”

A progress indicator appears.

GLOBAL ASSET TRANSFER: 18%.

Evie leans over Fathom’s shoulder.

“The Chairman used redundant relays.”

“Where?”

She points toward three pulsing clusters on the world map.

“Here, here, and here.”

Fathom attacks the first node.

The transfer drops.

Seventeen percent.

Fifteen.

He cuts the second.

Eleven.

“Third relay is fighting me.”

The mountain jolts.

Server racks sway.

A section of ceiling collapses across the far aisle.