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made his way two floors down and began his approach towards the mainframe. The whole level was absent of darkness, and so he had to exercise new caution. He slipped into the shadows at every opportunity and came to a stop at every corner to listen to the silence before continuing his advance.
    A lone guard stood at an intersection around 30 feet from the entrance, attentively watching over the three approach routes. With just a quick glance Owyn could see that he was on edge. He was fingering his sidearm, twitching with every creak of his own boot against the polished surface.
    Owyn rolled off the wall and in the same movement squeezed the trigger of his pistol before landing behind the opposite corner. The guard immediately crumpled to the ground, given no time to react as the bullet left the barrel without even the slightest of sounds and pierced his chest, stopping his heart immediately.
    Puffing another relieved sigh Owyn pushed on, hopping over the body and taking cover again. He was still too far from the end of the hallway to get much of an idea of what lay ahead, but with no way of gaining a better viewpoint without leaving himself exposed he knew he would have to go in blind. “Whenever you’re ready, Shaw.”
    With no hesitation Shaw let loose. He fired four silent shots in quick succession, and before his first target had moved an inch from his standing position the fourth had taken his last breath. On the second balcony directly below his feet O’Brien leapt into action. She lodged a throwing knife in the first sniper’s neck before swinging her foot into the head of the second. As he struggled to maintain consciousness she drew a blade from her thigh strap and swept it across his throat. The other two had time to turn around but saw nothing in the darkness before a bullet pierced each of their foreheads.
    Apathetic to the carnage she’d inflicted O’Brien holstered her handgun and stepped back over the bleeding corpses as she wiped her blade clean. “You’re clear,” she reported.
    “Copy that,” Owyn responded. “Keep me covered, Shaw.” He then pulled a pair of grenades from his belt and, after another peek around the corner, rolled them down the hall.
    As soon as he heard the subsequent click Owyn sprinted in pursuit. He pressed his eyes shut as the explosions let out a blinding burst of light, chaining a bolt of electricity between three of the soldiers. Once the haze had cleared he opened his eyes and easily dealt with the survivor, only to see another group of men rapidly approaching from the opposite corridor in response to the explosion.
    Heading straight for the mainframe chamber, Owyn used his momentum to catapult himself upwards and grasp hold of the ledge. Once he’d hauled himself up he lay flat to the surface, taking cover from incoming fire. As the men moved to encircle him, they put themselves exactly where they didn’t want to be. Shaw finished the job with aplomb and Owyn was clear to drop back down to the floor.
    “Get a move on,” Shaw called.
    Owyn huffed in frustration towards his teammate as he fastened an explosive charge to the chamber door and stood back. Three beeps later the lock burst apart and he was in.
    “Patch me in and get out of there,” Sully’s voice rang buoyantly over comms. “Nice work.”
    “Just another mission,” Owyn replied with a smile to himself. He stepped inside the chamber and headed for the console, but having taken just two steps further the cold metal of a barrel pressed against his temple, stopping him dead.

CHAPTER 2
    AMBROSE
    Owyn gritted his teeth and swallowed hard. He scrunched his eyes, cursing himself for not being more careful. As the gun moved away from his head and Lieutenant Ambrose planted it back into his holster he still hadn’t the nerve to breathe. “Never drop your guard,” the Lieutenant said, his disappointment audible in every drawn out syllable. “What gave you the confidence to walk through that door? What