Chapter 7 - The Final Evidence
Daniel and Rachel arrived at the foggy docks, keeping to the shadows of the rusted shipping containers.
Mike was waiting by the water, looking bruised and battered from a severe beating.
He handed Daniel a small, encrypted flash drive that he had stolen from Victor's personal office.
Mike explained that the drive contained the master passwords to every single offshore account Victor owned.
He begged for their forgiveness, crying that he wanted to do one good thing before he disappeared forever.
Rachel plugged the drive into her laptop, her fingers flying across the keyboard to crack the security wall.
She successfully bypassed the encryption, revealing billions of dollars in illegal transactions.
This was the exact evidence the authorities needed to put Victor away for multiple lifetimes.
Just as the progress bar reached ninety percent, a bright spotlight blinded them from the nearby pier.
Three heavily armed boats surrounded the docks, cutting off their only avenue of escape.
Victor's voice echoed through a megaphone, mocking their pathetic attempt at a rescue mission.
He ordered his men to open fire and leave no witnesses alive.
Mike screamed and pushed Daniel out of the way just as a volley of bullets tore through the metal container.
Daniel pulled Rachel down into the muddy water beneath the wooden dock, holding his breath as the gunfire raged.
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The laptop slipped from Rachel's grasp, tumbling dangerously close to the deep, dark ocean water.
Daniel reached out desperately to catch it, but a heavy boot stomped down hard onto his wrist.
