Chapter Forty-Two
‘I’ve connected to the bomb,’ Aviary said.
06:13.
She’d found a metal crate that didn’t have an actual nuclear warhead inside and sat on it, before focusing on faking authentication with the detonator’s wireless access point. Sophia and Olesya stood guard over the empty train cars while the train continued on its auto-piloted path.
Sophia showed her watch to them. ‘The last two operatives. They’re really close.’
‘Up the front.’ Olesya checked her pistol magazine. ‘Must still be on the roof.’
Aviary concentrated, ran a scan on the first bomb’s electronics module; she had to see what sort of security measures were in place before she went barging through.
05:50.
‘So, uh, how do you normally disarm a bomb?’ Aviary asked, wiping sweat from her eyebrows.
‘You clear ev
