Final Strike (A Brady Hawk Novel Book 21) by R.J. Patterson

Author:R.J. Patterson [Patterson, R.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Espionage
Publisher: Green E-Books
Published: 2020-09-29T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 26

Berlin, Germany

MIA WAITED UNTIL the train left the underground station before hopping onto the tracks and hustling down the tunnel. She gestured for Shields to hurry up, which was met with a wide-eyed stare.

“Do you know how uncomfortable it is to jump from this high up?” Shields asked, nodding toward her prosthetic right leg. “Carbon fiber and titanium might help you walk, but they don’t exactly soften your landing.”

Shields sat on the platform and then hung her legs off the side before easing to the ground. Her feet sank into the gravel.

“I’m sorry,” Mia said. “I didn’t—”

Shields waved her off. “I’m just messing around. Do I look fragile to you? And you better think about that answer very carefully.”

Mia chuckled. “You look like you can hold your own to me.”

“That a girl,” Shields said as they both broke into a light jog.

“It’s just up ahead,” Mia said. “But we need to move quickly. The next train is due to be in the station within the next two minutes.”

“How far do we have to go?” Shields asked.

“Just hustle.”

Mia led several hundred meters along the track until they reached a service door. She muscled it open and motioned for Shields to join. After traveling a ways down a dark, damp corridor, Mia stopped in front of a large iron door that looked more like something out of a castle from medieval times. She pounded on the center of it with her fist.

“What was this place?” Shields whispered.

“It used to be a castle until a fire in 1380 reduced most of the structure to shambles. So, they built over it.”

“That’s what they did in Atlanta, too,” Shields said.

“Beats the heck out of removing all the debris, I guess,” Mia said with a shrug. “And some of my friends found a way to siphon off electricity and create one of the best hacker hideouts in the world.”

“They’re not going to shoot me, are they?”

“Hope not. But we’re about to find out.”

A slot at eye-level slid open, and a pair of eyes peered into the outside. “Passphrase?”

“Password one,” Mia said with a hint of a smile.

The slot closed, and a series of locks along the door could be heard clicking open.

“Are you serious?” Shields asked. “Password one?”

“It’s a black hat hacker joke. You’d be surprised how many people use that.”

The door creaked as it opened. A stocky man with a red unkempt beard appeared in the entryway before stepping into the hallway and looking in both directions before tugging on Mia and Shields’s shirts.

“Get in here,” he said.

“Gimli,” Mia said. “It’s been far too long.”

“Helenos-9,” Gimli said. “It’s been far too long. You look as beautiful as always.”

She smiled and nodded. “Thank you, Gimli.”

“My condolences on the loss of your brother,” he said before turning a sharp eye toward Shields. “And who’s this?”

“This is Muskrat, one of the best new hackers on the planet,” Mia said, patting Shields on the back.

“Muskrat?” Gimli said as he stroked his scraggly beard. “How come I’ve never heard of you?”

Mia shrugged.

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