On the Vance Corp monitoring screen, we watched surveillance footage of a dimly lit dock. Marcus Thorne looked agitated, standing next to an old cargo crate. He was holding an external hard drive he had just connected to his laptop.
"He's verifying the data," Selena muttered.
Suddenly, two dark figures emerged from the shadow of the container. They moved with trained efficiency, not like black-market thugs. Elias Kane's operators.
"They're Vanguard agents hired by Elias!" I said. "Not direct Chimera operatives, but people Elias trained!"
Marcus Thorne looked confused as he realized his illegal contact wasn't the shadow operator he expected. He quickly unplugged his laptop and tried to run toward the small boat prepared for him.
"Alpha-Delta Team, intercept now!" Victor's command rang
