139 ASKING FOR RANSOM
"Where is Eryn being taken?" Dan asked Kail over the comms as he eased Dorin into one of his armored trucks.
It was a simple rescue op, but he preferred to be ready; several ard trucks with ta soldiers waited on standby.
"Hold on…" Kail murmured, scanning the nearby cara feeds. "It's the Rank-B ta who grabbed her. According to her trajectory she's bringing Eryn back to this warehouse. This was her safehouse and she doesn't know the place's been cleared out."
Dan considered for a beat and smiled.
"Perfect. Restore the facility to normal operations—act like nothing's happened. Let her bring Eryn in. I'll be waiting inside."
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Acyros arrived at the secret warehouse and tapped her wrist to the console. "Open the door, idiots—it's ," she barked.
The heavy security door slid open with a hiss.
"Finally, so efficiency," she muttered, dragging the unconscious Eryn inside. She made straight for the containnt chamber where Dorin had been held—only to stop short.
It was empty.
Even the three ta guards who were supposed to be stationed there were gone.
"What the hell…" Acyros scanned the room. "Did they evacuate without telling ?"
She ran diagnostics on the equipnt—everything was still powered, still functional. "Hmph. Maybe they moved her. No matter, I can still use this shitty place for now."
The facility was ant to hold Dorin who at the mont wasn't a priority for the Zetheris. It was quite possible that the prisoner was transferred to another location.
Grabbing Eryn by the arm, she tossed her into the containnt zone and activated the invisible prison field with a low hum.
"What do you want from ?!" Eryn shouted, pressing against the shimring barrier.
"Relax," Acyros replied coolly. "We won't kill you—at least not yet. Not until your father pays up."
She moved to the control terminal, trying to contact her superior.
"Acyros here, please respond," she said into the comms only to be t with static.
"Damn it," she growled, slamming her fist on the console. "The bloody system's fried again."
For a mont she sat there, glaring at the screens, thinking. She needed to report to Exoren about her battle with the Veyrans…. But the communications equipnt in the warehouse malfunctioned. She could only return to the HQ personally to report.
Then she sighed. "Whatever. I'll leave the girl here. No one's stupid enough to co near this place with all the drones patrolling."
She double-checked the containnt field and found it to be perfectly stable, then turned and walked out, her boots echoing through the empty corridors.
The instant the door sealed behind Acyros, Eryn scread because soone else was standing inside the cell with her who suddenly materialized before her.
"Dan! How—how are you inside the field?" she gasped with awe and relief.
Dan gave a faint smile. "I've been here all along, waiting for her to drop you off. Using my Camouflage skill…nobody could see ."
Then he tapped his earpiece. "Kail, shut it down."
With a soft hum, the containnt field flickered and vanished. Eryn stared in disbelief before rushing into his arms.
"How did you…?"
"No ti to explain," he interrupted gently. "You're safe now."
He guided her out of the warehouse.
Behind them, the sound of distant whirring filled the air—Dan's demolition drones were moving into position. Monts later, explosions tore through the facility, reducing it to rubble and ash.
"Did you leave evidence?" Dan asked.
"Yes, those demolition drones have Veyran Industries' registration on them. They will discover it when they check the wreckage
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