Chapter 7 - The Shadow Directive
I pulled my sidearm and aimed it directly at the rogue detective.
He did not flinch, completely confident with his dozen armed mercenaries surrounding me.
He revealed that he did not work for the state police at all.
He was a private contractor hired by General Vance to retrieve the Pentagon's stolen classified data.
The general had used Arthur's petty financial crimes as a smokescreen to cover up a massive weapons smuggling ring.
The detective explained that my secure military profile was the only thing preventing them from accessing billions in illegal funds.
He demanded my biometric access codes in exchange for the lives of my children.
I slowly stood up, placing myself firmly between the mercenaries and the sleeping twins.
I looked the detective directly in the eyes and told him he had made a catastrophic miscalculation.
I raised my left wrist and pressed a hidden emergency button on my military smartwatch.
The device emitted a high-frequency pulse that instantly disabled all unshielded electronics in the immediate area.
The mercenaries' laser sights, communication radios, and night-vision goggles sparked and died in unison.
Before they could adjust to the sudden darkness, the sky above us erupted in blinding white light.
Three Black Hawk helicopters descended rapidly from the clouds, their massive spotlights illuminating the entire dock.
Dozens of elite Army Rangers repelled down the ropes, their weapons drawn and aimed at the rogue contractors.
The detective cursed loudly and reached for his sidearm.
I stepped forward and delivered a devastating strike to his jaw, knocking him completely unconscious.
The Rangers quickly disarmed and secured the remaining mercenaries without a single shot being fired.
My commanding officer, a four-star general, stepped off the lead helicopter and walked toward me.
He looked down at Arthur, who was cowering on the concrete in a pool of his own making.
The general informed me that General Vance had just been arrested for high treason at the base.
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However, the general's expression turned grim as he handed me a classified encrypted tablet.
He stated that the offshore bank account holding the stolen two million dollars had just been emptied by an unknown third party.
