Chapter 8 - The Cornered Prey
The heavy metal wrench struck the primary electrical conduit with devastating precision, instantly causing a massive shower of blinding sparks.
The entire server room plunged into total darkness as the emergency backup generators struggled to boot up.
Marcus fired his weapon blindly in panic, the suppressed shots quietly thudding into the metal data towers.
Ethan used the distraction to dive across the room, tackling Marcus to the hard floor with aggressive, unrelenting force.
The two men engaged in a violent, desperate struggle, trading brutal punches in the pitch blackness.
Ethan managed to pin Marcus's arm down, twisting his wrist sharply until the gun clattered uselessly out of reach.
He delivered a final, heavy strike to Marcus's jaw, instantly knocking his treacherous former friend completely unconscious.
The red emergency lights finally flickered on, casting a terrifying crimson glow across the freezing server room.
Ethan untied Maya, handing her his personal tablet and instructing her to immediately initiate their original hacking sequence.
Maya's fingers blurred across the touchscreen as she rapidly bypassed Silas's internal firewalls and accessed his primary financial accounts.
She didn't just stop the hostile takeover; she aggressively transferred every single cent of Silas's liquid assets into a hidden, untraceable dummy account.
Silas Thorne was now completely and legally bankrupt, his entire corporate empire financially destroyed in a matter of seconds.
Suddenly, an automated voice blared heavily over the building's public address system, its tone entirely devoid of emotion.
The voice announced that unauthorized access had been detected in the central server, and the building was entering an extreme lockdown protocol.
Thick steel shutters slammed aggressively over the exterior windows, sealing the entire floor from the outside world.
Silas's furious voice came over the intercom, echoing loudly through the trapped room.
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He angrily declared that if he was going to lose his money, he was going to make sure Ethan lost his life.
Silas informed them that a massive incendiary explosive had just been armed in the server room, and the countdown was set for exactly three minutes.
