The bullet struck Magnus in the chest.
He went down, his eyes wide with surprise. Blood pooled beneath him, dark and spreading. The room went silent.
Vance stood over him, his Sig still smoking. "Where are the rest of your people?"
Magnus laughed, blood bubbling from his lips. "You'll never find them."
"Then I'll kill you."
"Go ahead. I'm dead either way."
Vance pulled the trigger again.
---
The compound fell into chaos.
Vance and his team moved through the corridors, taking down guards, destroying equipment. The Order's network was in ruins.
But Magnus's last words echoed in Vance's mind.
*You'll never find them.*
"Echo, we need to find the Order's records," Vance said. "Before they're destroyed."
"I'm trying. But they've got a kill switch. If I try to access the main server,
