Chapter 9 - The Real Override Colin stared blankly at the useless piece of plastic in his hand, his mind completely incapable of processing the child's brilliant deception.
Maya had swapped the external casings of the devices when she pickpocketed him, throwing the fake drive into the engine just to completely break his leverage.
Richard seized the momentary distraction, launching his massive body fiercely through the rain and tackling Colin brutally to the wet tarmac.
He delivered a devastating, furious punch to the assistant's jaw, instantly knocking the corrupt traitor completely unconscious.
The heavily armed mercenaries raised their weapons to kill the billionaire, but a sudden, massive convoy of black armored SUVs swarmed the tarmac.
Richard's loyal, private security forces had finally arrived, heavily tipped off by a courageous company pilot who had noticed the forged flight logs.
Dozens of highly trained operatives poured out of the vehicles, instantly disarming and arresting Colin's terrified fake medical team.
Richard gasped for air, kneeling in the cold puddles as he pulled Maya into a crushing, fiercely protective embrace.
He carried her safely into the warm, dry interior of his command vehicle, where a legitimate medical team was waiting.
Maya quickly pulled the actual master drive from her patched backpack and plugged it directly into the vehicle's encrypted computer terminal.
Her small, incredibly fast fingers flew across the keyboard, permanently overriding the dangerous kill switches installed in both pacemakers.
She established a flawless, unbreakable firewall around their medical devices, ensuring that no one could ever hack their fragile hearts again.
Richard watched her work in absolute awe, incredibly humbled by the genius and resilience of the daughter his late wife had secretly borne.
The head of the loyal security team approached the vehicle, confirming that Colin and all of his co-conspirators were securely in federal custody.
The team leader dragged the handcuffed, bleeding assistant past the open door of the SUV for Richard to see one last time.
Colin spat a mouthful of blood onto the asphalt and laughed a dark, incredibly sinister laugh that chilled the billionaire to the bone.
The defeated villain boldly claimed that Richard was an absolute fool if he truly believed a simple assistant was the top of the food chain.
Colin sneered wickedly and told Richard to look very closely at the classified medical files buried at the bottom of the little girl's backpack.
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The security guards violently shoved Colin into the back of a prison transport van, sealing the doors shut on his terrifying final warning.
Richard slowly turned around to look at the worn, purple backpack sitting innocently on the leather seat next to Maya.
