Chapter 9 - The Climate Protocol
Isabella instantly retreated backward, shielding Leo’s fragile body as she ducked behind the thick marble pillar of the upper landing.
Sebastian’s suppressed pistol coughed quietly, and a heavy bullet shattered the expensive vase exactly where she had been standing.
He began walking slowly and deliberately up the grand staircase, his heavy footsteps echoing perfectly in time with her racing heart.
Isabella knew she absolutely could not outrun a bullet, nor could she fight a man with a gun while holding an infant.
She sprinted desperately down the adjacent hallway, throwing herself into the master environmental control room and slamming the reinforced glass door.
She locked the heavy deadbolt just a fraction of a second before Sebastian reached the other side.
Sebastian calmly raised his weapon and shot the heavy glass three times, but the bulletproof pane only cracked slightly into a spiderweb pattern.
Isabella quickly placed Leo safely onto the floor behind the massive steel console, ensuring he was protected from any flying debris.
She rapidly typed her husband's highly classified passcode into the master environmental override terminal.
She had secretly watched him type it a hundred times during their marriage, and he was far too arrogant to ever change it.
Isabella instantly activated the emergency fire-suppression protocol specifically isolated to the upper hallway where Sebastian was standing.
The massive steel blast doors on either end of the corridor immediately slammed shut, trapping him completely in the sealed zone.
The highly advanced system recognized a false fire threat and rapidly began sucking every single ounce of oxygen out of the sealed hallway.
Sebastian dropped his heavy weapon immediately, his hands grasping frantically at his own throat as his lungs were aggressively vacuumed empty.
He pounded desperately against the cracked bulletproof glass, his face turning a horrific shade of purple.
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Isabella stood perfectly still behind the glass, watching with completely cold, unblinking eyes as the monster gasped for air.
Sebastian Vance slowly slid down the glass door, collapsing heavily onto the floor, and finally stopped moving entirely.
