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Echoes of Power

Author: Ray_writes
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-27 18:45:23

The control room still hummed faintly, a ghost of its former activity. Salvatore's lifeless body lay crumpled on the floor, his once-looming presence reduced to nothing. The monitors, now blank, bore witness to the chaos that had unfolded.

Sophia stood motionless, her chest rising and falling with uneven breaths. Micah and James exchanged a glance, their adrenaline still running high, but the weight of their actions began to settle over them.

James broke the silence, his voice steady but grim. "We need to move. If Salvatore's network is as vast as we think, they'll know something's wrong soon."

Micah slung his shotgun over his shoulder, giving a curt nod. "Agreed. Let's burn whatever bridges they have left on our way out."

James moved back to the console, his fingers flying across the keyboard. "I can trigger a localized wipe of their data archives. It'll buy us time and set them back months maybe years."

Sophia watched him work, her mind swirling. "What about the files we've alr
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