Chapter 6 - The Dig Site
We stole a battered jeep and drove deep into the unforgiving Egyptian desert under the cover of darkness.
The night air was freezing, a sharp contrast to the blistering heat of the day.
Amina navigated the treacherous sand dunes without turning on the headlights.
"The syndicate operates out of a massive underground network of caves," she explained quietly.
We finally parked the jeep behind a large rock formation and continued on foot.
In the distance, heavy floodlights illuminated a sprawling, heavily guarded excavation site.
Armed mercenaries patrolled the perimeter with automatic rifles strapped to their chests.
"How do we get inside without getting killed?" I asked, gripping my pistol tightly.
Amina pointed toward a narrow, dark ventilation shaft carved into the ancient stone.
We crawled on our stomachs through the sand, avoiding the sweeping beams of the guard lights.
I squeezed into the tight, suffocating tunnel right behind Amina.
We crawled for what felt like hours through the pitch-black, claustrophobic darkness.
Finally, the tunnel opened up into a massive, torch-lit underground cavern.
We quietly dropped down onto a stone ledge overlooking the main floor.
I scanned the room, desperately searching for any sign of Tara.
Instead, I saw a heavy iron cage suspended over a deep, terrifying pit in the center of the cavern.
Someone was slumped inside the cage, bleeding heavily from severe wounds.
Amina and I silently climbed down the rock wall to get a closer look.
I gasped in shock when I recognized the bloody face of the prisoner.
It was Chief Inspector Omar.
He looked up at me with wide, terrified eyes as he struggled to breathe.
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"David is not the mastermind," Omar coughed, spitting blood onto the stone floor.
"He betrayed us all, and the real boss has been living in your house for twenty years."
