Cerberus 07 - Shadow Killer by Andy Peloquin

Author:Andy Peloquin [Peloquin, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sci Fi & Fantasy
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2020-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Nolan was halfway to his feet, right hand reaching for his rifle, when Taia’s words registered in his brain. The realization filled him with a sickening dread. The enemy hadn’t tracked the Scimitar or unmarked skimmer-craft after they left Paradise Isle and traced their movements to this safe house. No, they’d somehow identified him, Nolan Garrett, the man beneath the protective suit of armor, and had gone to the one place where he could feel safe.

“Get me eyes in there, now!” He spun toward the wall screen. He had to see who he was dealing with to know just how much to start worrying. And planning how to eliminate whatever was left of the problem after his building’s defenses tore the hostiles to shreds.

Even before he finished his order, Taia had the screen activated and displaying footage from two cameras. Both showed a live feed from the interior of the tunnel—one closer to the shaft that opened onto the rooftop, the second set nearer the heavy durasteel door leading into his armory.

Nolan’s gut clenched as he caught sight of the hostile dropping into the passage. Just one person, wearing cloakthread to mask their features. They’d have been invisible if not for the thermal cameras Taia had insisted on setting up along with the rest of his countermeasures.

“Any way to get an ID?” he asked. “Backtrace their movements through New Avalon?”

“Working on it,” Taia said. “I’m tapping into external CCTV feeds around your building and applying a digital filter that will highlight any aberrations that could be the blurring effect of their cloakthread outfits. However, as we’ve taken extra precautions to ensure no cameras have a direct view of the rooftop, I’m having to cast a wide net.”

Nolan’s fists clenched. He wanted to spring into action, but the building was an hour away, on the far southern end of New Avalon. He couldn’t get there in time to do anything.

All he could do was watch as Shadowspear’s killer invaded his home.

“What’s the status of the countermeasures?” he asked.

“All online,” Taia said. She split the screen in half, calling up a two-dimensional blueprint of the hidden passages, with green dots to indicate the various booby traps and anti-personnel countermeasures he’d installed.

Nolan watched with growing anxiety as the figure reached the first intersection, where tunnels branched off in three directions. As he’d feared, they chose the southern tunnel—the right one—without hesitation.

“They’ve got to know their way in,” he said, voicing his thoughts aloud. “How the fuck is that possible?”

“Uncertain.” Worry echoed in Taia’s voice. “I erased any blueprints that showed the tunnels four years, six months, and twelve days ago, and made sure to modify all official building plans to render them invisible. I calculate a zero-point-two percent chance that they obtained the blueprints from any public archive or record.”

“That doesn’t explain how they got them,” Nolan said. “Could they have breached your system somehow?” After the Ex-Umbra mess, he had learned to be very wary of technology. Especially when going up against someone as skilled in cyberwarfare as Gamemaster had proven to be.

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