Page 419 of Scars of Fate

WYNN

One minute and forty seconds.

That was how long we had to identify the correct control.

Stop the biological device beside Elena.

And destroy the most dangerous weapons system ever created.

No pressure.

Three authorization positions waited beneath Hawk’s hand.

The symbols appeared genuine.

The written labels did not.

Kane had altered them to turn the permanent failsafe into one final trap.

The video on the wall showed Elena bound to the chair.

General Kane stood behind her, favoring the leg Boone had shot.

The portable biological unit rested beside them.

01:33.

01:32.

01:31.

“Minser,” Adam said. “Which one is Aegis?”

Minser leaned against the terminal, one hand pressed against the gunshot wound in his side.

“I don’t know.”

Roth aimed his weapon at Minser’s chest.

“You worked here.”

“I was stationed here.”

“You were part of Ghost’s team.”

“Yes.”

“Then you know this system.”

“I protected the facility. Dr. Arslan designed the permanent failsafe.”

“What was your assignment?”

Minser looked at Lucas.

“To prevent anyone from uniting the source archive, the physical key, and both custodians.”

Lucas held the original metal tag Kane’s men had stolen.