I Was Fired and Walking Home—Then Two Helicopters Landed Looking for Me

into the tunnel beneath the pantry floor.

Rachel and Elias were alone.

“You know how to use this?” Elias handed her a pistol.

Rachel took the cold steel. “Point and shoot.”

“Squeeze the trigger. Breathe out.”

Shadows moved in the smoke. A figure stepped through the destroyed wall. Elias dropped him with one shot.

The room filled with chaos. A flanker appeared continue reading …