Chapter 7 - The Master Drive The heavy metal luggage cart crashed brutally into the frontline of the security guards, knocking their weapons wildly off target.
Deafening gunfire completely shattered the cavernous room, bullets ricocheting dangerously off the steel conveyor belts and concrete pillars.
Richard grabbed Maya by the waist and dove behind a massive, armored baggage scanner, narrowly avoiding a lethal hail of lead.
He looked down at the blinking digital drive in her small hands, desperately asking her what the device actually controlled.
Maya explained rapidly that the drive was the master remote control for the experimental pacemakers implanted in both her and Ethan.
Whoever held that specific drive possessed the terrifying ability to shut off their fragile hearts with a single push of a button.
Colin had planned to use the device to silently murder the children and completely erase all living evidence of his horrific crimes.
Richard felt a sickening wave of absolute terror wash over him as he realized how incredibly close he had come to losing his son again.
He knew they could not stay pinned down in the baggage area forever, as Colin's heavily armed men were slowly flanking their position.
He noticed a large, red emergency fire door located just thirty feet away that led directly out onto the airport tarmac.
He told Maya to hold on tightly to his neck, promising her that he would never let the bad men hurt her again.
Richard took a deep breath, gathered his explosive strength, and sprinted fiercely out from behind the heavy scanner.
Bullets tore through the sleeves of his expensive suit, but pure, raw adrenaline shielded him from the searing pain.
He slammed his shoulder violently into the emergency exit bar, bursting through the heavy door just as a bullet shattered the glass beside his head.
They stumbled out into the freezing, torrential rain, the deafening roar of jet engines instantly drowning out the sound of the gunfire.
Richard ran frantically across the slick, rain-soaked asphalt, completely blinded by the fierce storm and the flashing runway lights.
He desperately searched for a place to hide, but the massive expanse of the airport tarmac offered absolutely no safe cover.
Suddenly, the piercing wail of a siren cut through the storm, and a fake medical ambulance sped aggressively toward them.
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The vehicle skidded to a violent halt, and the back doors burst open to reveal Colin holding a secondary, identical remote control.
The evil assistant smiled wickedly through the pouring rain, proudly holding his finger directly over the lethal red kill switch.
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