Zero Hour by Mark Walden

Author:Mark Walden [Walden, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-06-09T18:30:00+00:00

Nero looked out of the window of the helicopter as it flew low over the English countryside. Not for the first time in the past couple of days he found himself wondering if he had done the right thing. He had always known that the plan he had put in motion might be necessary one day but, that didn’t make him any more comfortable with the possible consequences.

‘We’re two minutes out,’ the pilot reported and Nero just nodded. Moments later the cell phone in his inside pocket began to ring and he quickly took the call.

‘Hello, Mr Malpense,’ Nero said. ‘I hope you have good news.’

‘Yes,’ Otto replied. ‘H.I.V.E.mind has sent the signal. Any chance of you telling me what this is all about now?’

‘All in good time, Mr Malpense,’ Nero replied. ‘I take it that you received full cooperation from the GCHQ staff?’

‘Yeah, though I think they might be wondering why a bunch of kids in jumpsuits were given access to the most secure data network on the planet.’

‘No doubt. Let’s hope that they never find out,’ Nero said. ‘I shall be there very shortly. Are you ready to leave?’

‘Yes, we’re inside the main entrance.’

‘I’ll be on the ground in thirty seconds,’ Nero said as they crossed GCHQ’s perimeter fence, heading for the helipad a short distance from the entrance.

‘OK, see you in a minute,’ Otto said and the line went dead.

The helicopter was on its final approach when the front entrance of the GCHQ building suddenly exploded in an enormous ball of fire.

‘What the hell –’ the pilot said, staring at the billowing cloud of smoke that shrouded the front of the building. Nero watched in horror as something blew away the cloud, revealing the huge hole torn in the entrance. There was a shimmer in the air and he felt his heart sink as a Shroud dropship uncloaked, landing just twenty metres from the building. The rear hatch opened and a figure dressed in black ran down the boarding ramp, pulling two glowing purple swords from the crossed sheaths on her back. A squad of heavily armed men followed close behind her.

‘Get me down there now!’ Nero shouted.

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