The service elevator doors parted to reveal a dimly lit utility corridor humming with the building's vital systems. Maya immediately activated the full spectrum analysis mode on her glasses, while James tilted his head slightly, filtering through the cacophony of mechanical sounds to identify anomalies.
"We've got approximately twelve minutes before the security sweep reaches this sector," Maya signed, her fingers moving in the abbreviated shorthand they'd developed for field operations.
James nodded, Echo positioned alertly at his side. "The badge Agent Winters provided will get us through two more checkpoints, but after that, we're on our own." He adjusted the earpiece designed to amplify specific frequency ranges while filtering out background noise. "There's something off about the v
