The Breach Protocol: Surviving the Aegis Prime Doomsday Countdown Inside AetherTech's Subterranean Core

Chapter 5: Point of DetonationWith three seconds before the squad reaches effective firing range, Elena’s cutter bites through the final joint of the titanium clamp. The metal breaks with a loud, mechanical snap. In one fluid motion, Elena pulls Mark free onto the floor just as a hail of bullets tears into the steel frame where he was bound moments earlier. Throwing a smoke canister to blind the advancing squad, Elena grabs the released data drive. Amid the thick smoke and echoing gunfire, the two make a desperate run for the sub-floor emergency exit—beginning a high-stakes race to reveal the truth to the world.