Three Hours After the Counterstrike Launch
The safe house in San Miguel was chaos.
Sophie coordinated evacuation protocols for thirty-two families while monitoring incoming threats in real-time. Her ten-year-old fingers moved across multiple devices with practiced efficiency born of necessity.
"Dr. Tanaka's family in Tokyo agents closing in on their location. They need extraction now."
Victoria was already on the phone, coordinating with contacts in Japan.
"Private security en route. ETA twelve minutes."
"They have eight minutes before the agents arrive."
"Then tell them to run. We'll intercept mid-extraction."
Marcus was tracking financial attacks across their network.
"They're freezing accounts associated with families. Cutting off resources."
"Switch to cryptocurrency backups,
