LOVE ME AGAIN

entrance of Phoenix Corp's headquarters. The building loomed above us, a towering st

he asked, his voi

for what we were about to do. But there was no turning back

night air biting at my skin. The streets were eerily quiet, the c

m the main street. "Remember, follow my

ut a small device and pressed it against the door's ke

ching out before us. Every step echoed in the silence, every sh

e and practiced. I followed closely, my senses on high ale

pulling out the device he had given me earlier. "This is it," he whispered. "Once we're in, we have exact

he activated the device. The door

king lights filling the space. He moved quickly, typing commands

the sense of urg

can," he replied, his voic

appeared, their contents encrypted. "There," he said,

door, every second feeling like an eternity. The soft hum of the servers was the only sound in the room, but it did n

under my breath, feeling the te

ar on the screen. It crawled forward, inching toward completio

nfirmation message. He yanked the USB drive out of the te

he door, the lights overhead flickered and t

ght flickered on, casting an ominous glow over the room. My heart le

ently, his voice barely audible ov

o grow louder, reverberating through the entire building. My chest tightened with pan

I cried, my voice

s we rounded a corner, racing toward the

he door at the end burst open, and two

the guards shouted, aimin

f me as the guards advanced. My heart pounded in my ears, the

under his breath, his eyes nar

" I asked, my v

ed out of the guard's grasp, delivering a swift blow that sent the guard crashing to the floor. The second gua

d, pushing me t

I reached the door, I heard the sound of another gun cocking behind m

ed directly on my companion. "Not another move," th

The man who had been protecting me - who had risked everything to get those

a deafening bang filled the hallway, and the guard cr

looked to the side, where another figure ste

shock as I recogn

ice barely audible over the

red the gun. "There's no time for explanations," he said, his