“There should be notes, maps, and even printouts of all the surveillance targets. No way was one guy just memorizing everything. Where is all the data?” Raze asked.
Sami stiffened. “Good point. Let’s get a schematic for this Bunker before we access all the surveillance data.” She switched screens and typed rapidly, accessing hidden files she hadn’t had time to investigate yet. Maps poured onto the screen.
“Stop,” Jax said, leaning over her shoulder.
It didn’t just stop. She grabbed the mouse and clicked on the one she figured he wanted. A full schematic of the entire Bunker facility came up. She flipped it around on the screen. “There’s the fourth level with the bombs and two additional storage areas.” She’d already found that, but this schematic had more detail than the other one.
Jax pointed to a part of the screen. “That huge area is off this room.” He moved toward the far side of the computer counter and tapped on the paneled wall. He turned and looked around. “All right. Find the secret button.”
Sami let the men search the room while she pulled up schematics on the rest of the facility. “Looks like there’s a hidden lab off the medical computer room as well.” Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she tried to measure the dimensions. “There isn’t anything about how to access it, but there’s a lot of energy hooked up to the lab.” Was there a cure for Scorpius only hallways away? Was it possible?
Jax pulled her chair back and looked under the desk before pushing her back. “Where is it, damn it?”
“We could blow it,” Raze said.
Jax nodded. “Blow it.”
“I’ll be right back.” Raze pivoted and ran from the room.
“How’s Justice today?” Jax asked, running his hand along the top of the wall and still searching.
Sami shook her head. “Not good. We have to figure out the right enzyme. Maybe it’s in the hidden lab?”
“Probably.” Jax’s voice didn’t exactly sound reassuring.
Raze returned with a backpack. “Out.”
Sami jumped up and hustled into the hallway. Within thirty seconds, the Vanguard soldiers followed. Jax covered her for three heartbeats, and then an explosion rocked the floor.
They hurried back.
Sami blew out air and followed Jax through a gaping hole in the wall. A monstrous world map took up the very far wall with pins stuck in different places. File cabinets, rows and rows of them, lined each wall. Surveillance photos had been tacked to corkboards above them. Photos of Vanguard, the Mercenaries, the president’s Elite Force, and many others she couldn’t identify.
“The locations of the other Bunker facilities have to be here somewhere,” Jax said, his voice hushed.
Raze nodded. “We have time to go through everything. Right now, let’s get into the other hidden room. The lab.”
“Yeah.” Sami turned and ran from the room, all but barreling down the hallway and into the medical computer room. “It’s over there.” She pointed to the one wall area that had enough room to serve as an entrance.
“Out,” Jax said.
She huffed out a breath. “At some point, I want to learn the explosives part of this job.”
“Later,” Raze muttered, taking something from his pack.
She turned the corner and ran into Tace. “We’re finding secret rooms.”
“Really?” His cheek creased. “Sounds fun.”
“Raze and Jax are setting up explosives.” She studied him. Bloodshot eyes, stiff shoulders. “You’re in pain.”
“I’m fine.” He tucked her into his chest and turned around as the other two Vanguard soldiers rounded the corner.
This explosive was quieter, and smoke billowed out.
Sami shoved the men aside and ran inside and through the hole. “Wow.” An aquarium took up an entire wall of the massive lab and was filled with jellyfish swimming gracefully.
Tace came up behind her. “It’s not surprising, considering Lynne’s blue heart and the failed cure. There’s something about vitamin B and the luminescent nature and ability to regenerate of the jellyfish.” He pointed to another wall tank filled with squid. “And squid.”
