15 Miles: The Heist
By Rapwizzy Debaron
Episode 24: Broken Chains
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The safehouse was quiet—too quiet. Hidden beneath an abandoned library on the city's forgotten edge, it pulsed with static tension as the D7 team regrouped.
Julian sat at a battered wooden table, fingers pressed against his temples, eyes fixed on the data drive Eve had recovered. A single flick of his hand, and the truth would spill across the world. But the silence held him.
"It's not hesitation," Eve said, walking in. "It's calculation."
He looked up. "If I press send, governments fall. Leaders hang. People panic."
"People wake up," she corrected. "Max gave his life for this. Lyra risked everything to show us Firewall. We can't pause now."
Julian nodded slowly. "Where's Lyra?"
"Outside. Watching the stars. She says the sky feels different tonight."
Reese entered, bruised and bloodied from their escape. He tossed down a comm-link. "Intercepted a signal. Nexus isn't licking wounds—they're mobilizing. Troops, drones, even sleeper agents."
"How long do we have?"
"Hours. Maybe less."
Julian stood. "Then we go live. But not from here. They'll jam us before the upload finishes."
"Where then?" Eve asked.
"There's an old orbital comms tower. Decommissioned. Off-grid. High enough to beam the signal everywhere."
Reese raised a brow. "We'll never reach it without Ghost Net cutting us down."
"We're not walking," Julian said. "We're flying."
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A dark hangar near the city's edge rumbled to life as D7 approached. Inside, hidden beneath tarps and dust, was an old prototype skystreamer—sleek, jet-black, and fast.
"Max loved this thing," Reese said, running a hand across the smooth hull. "Said it could outrun lightning if you kicked it hard enough."
Julian loaded the drive into the cockpit. "Then let's see if he was right."
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As the skystreamer roared into the sky, Nexus moved. High above, Lucian watched satellite feeds from a command station buried under miles of concrete.
"Target locked," his officer said. "They're heading for Tower Zero."
Lucian's lips curled. "I warned them."
He pressed a button. "Deploy the Valkyrie."
From the belly of a stealth carrier, a winged predator launched—a Nexus drone unlike any other. Silent. Unstoppable.
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Back in the skystreamer, Lyra leaned against the cockpit glass, eyes wide as clouds split around them.
"You ever been this high before?" Julian asked her.
"No," she said softly. "But I've always dreamed of flying."
"Well, tonight you fly with legends."
Suddenly—alarms.
Reese checked sensors. "We've got a tail. Fast. And it's cloaked."
Eve flipped switches, prepping defense systems. "Incoming fire in three… two…"
BOOM.
The first blast clipped their wing. The craft spiraled. Julian gripped the controls. "Brace!"
Smoke filled the cabin. Lights flickered. The tower came into view—just beyond a burning skyline.
"We're not gonna make it!" Eve shouted.
"Yes," Julian growled, forcing the stick forward. "We. Are."
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The skystreamer hit the tower rooftop with a violent skid, metal screaming. Flames licked the edges. They tumbled out, coughing.
"Is the drive intact?" Julian asked.
Eve pulled it from the wreckage, still glowing. "Still breathing."
They raced for the control center.
The Valkyrie drone circled above like a vulture. It launched a missile.
Lyra turned and stood in its path, hands raised.
"No!" Julian screamed.
Her eyes flared—a surge of pure white light burst from her. The missile froze mid-air… then detonated harmlessly above them.
Eve stared. "She's not just a hacker…"
Julian looked at Lyra, who was trembling, nose bleeding. "She's the code."
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Inside the tower, Eve plugged in the drive. Antennas powered up. Screens blinked.
"Broadcasting in three… two… one…"
All over the world—on phones, TVs, city billboards—truth spilled out. Nexus secrets. War crimes. Black ops. Names, dates, confessions.
Lucian slammed his fist through a monitor as chaos erupted in his bunker.
"Damn them!"
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Back on the tower, Julian looked down at the city. Sirens wailed below, but something had shifted.
"We lit the match," he said. "Now the fire spreads."
Eve stood beside him. "What now?"
Julian's eyes narrowed as helicopters approached.
"We finish this."
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To be continued...
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