Chapter 47: I have a gun.
It should have been obvious. So obvious that it could be seen from miles away. Three hacking attempts in a short span of time. It was a given that the ones on the receiving end of those attempts would notice, and once they do their first reaction would be to try and find the culprit.
One of their own was attacked and had his NIM compromised. The attacker then cloned the app and attempted to track their servers using it. Soon after, there was a third hacking attempt, most likely done by the same culprit. That left no doubt that they were under attack, and with that in mind, there was only one course of action to take.
"I FOUND THEM!!!"
Hearing the shouting voice, Dante jumped off the crate he was sitting on and turned away from the lights.
"Run!"
It was far too late to hide. Dante was already sprinting by the time the word came out of his mouth. A million questions flooded his mind, but he didn’t get a second to sort through them. Gunfire erupted behind him and swallowed Liliana’s voice. He didn’t stop to check on her. This wasn’t the time to worry about others.
Miraculously, he reached the nearest corner without a single bullet grazing him. As if by reflex, he dove toward it, rolled, then pushed himself toward the wall, pressing his back against it. He pulled the left side of his jacket and reached for the gun resting under his armpit, leaning toward the corner to take a peek.
"You have a gun?"
His heart almost stopped when he heard the voice coming from behind. Somehow Ms. Hero had made it there before he did. No, not somehow. He already knew she was much faster than a normal human. She was a Level 3 Enhanced Individual, after all.