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Not the front door. The floor . Above him, heavy boots. They’d found the building’s floor plans. They were coming through his neighbor’s apartment.

He emerged from a manhole two blocks away, soaked in condensate and sweat. The server was smoking. He found an abandoned shipping container behind a derelict auto shop, kicked the lock off, and set up inside. Rain hammered the tin roof.

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The men in navy jackets found him at 99%. They slid open the container door, flashlights blinding him. One raised a suppressed pistol.

The screen went black.

His phone buzzed. Mira again.

“It’s downloading to my server right now.” Not the front door

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