Elliot didn't wait another second.
Driven insane by the absolute destruction of his ego, he pulled the trigger.
BANG.
The gunshot exploded inside the sealed concrete vault like a bomb. But Lilly was already moving before his finger fully squeezed. She slipped to the left, ducking beneath the trajectory as the bullet sparked off the metal frame of the server rack behind her.
Closing the distance in a fraction of a second, Lilly drove her palm upward, striking Elliot directly beneath his chin.
His head snapped back with a sharp crack. His hand jerked reflexively, firing a second shot wildly into the concrete floor.
Lilly didn't give him room to recover. She grabbed his right wrist, twisting it outward with precise leverage while driving a heavy knee into his solar plexus. Elliot gasped
