One For Three (COMPLETED)

Chapter 104 : Rescue but not without sacrifices

Neutral POV :

After hours of torture and rape, Vegas and Pete have passed out one after the other, their bodies and minds exhausted by the abuse inflicted by the Tiger Eye. When they slowly regain consciousness, it is each in a separate cell, plunged into darkness and silence. The cold and damp walls accentuate their despair, and the lack of news from either of them adds to their anguish.

Pete, curled up in a corner of his cell, struggles to push back the memories of the horrors he has suffered. Every noise, every echo, makes him jump, and his mind is haunted by the idea of ​​what Vegas could endure on the other side of the wall.

Vegas, meanwhile, lies on the ground, his muscles aching and his thoughts tormented by fear. He tries to get up, but the pain quickly brings him back to the reality of his situation. Pete's forced separation is eating away at him, every second spent here an additional torture.

The hours pass, indifferent to their suffering. The darkness and isolation weigh heavily on their weakened minds, and the absence of any indication of their future fate only increases their despair.

Gun has momentarily diverted his attention from his prisoners, Vegas and Pete, to focus on a conflict of another nature. His brother Korn has mobilized his best hacking experts to thwart the digital defenses of the Tiger's Eye, and Gun knows that this silent war could decide the outcome of their confrontation.

In a dark office buried deep in his lair, Gun stands before a wall of monitors, each displaying data streams and attempts to penetrate his organization's systems. His best hackers, lined up in front of their workstations, fight against an incessant wave of attacks from Korn's technicians. Code flashes across the screens at breakneck speed, and each victory or defeat is measured in milliseconds.

Gun, his face hardened with concentration, gives quick and precise orders. He knows that every moment spent repelling these attacks is another moment to consolidate his positions and strengthen his firewalls. He watches with satisfaction as his IT experts repel Korn's assaults, restore compromised systems, and sometimes even launch counterattacks to sow chaos in the enemy ranks.

- Increase monitoring of non-standard ports. Korn is using unconventional methods. We must be prepared for anything.

The technicians nod and adjust their strategies in real time, closing vulnerabilities and redirecting resources to protect the organization's vital systems.

Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location, Korn and his cybersecurity experts work hard to breach the Tiger's Eye's defenses. Chan, in particular, has shown unparalleled ingenuity, exploiting the most subtle vulnerabilities and using sophisticated algorithms to infiltrate Tiger's Eye systems

-We've breached most of their main firewall defenses. Once we reach its central core, we'll be able to locate and extract Vegas and Pete.

Chan works tirelessly, his fingers dancing across the keyboard as he coordinates efforts to shut down all power and communications networks suspected of being used by Tiger's Eye. Beside him, Tankhun follows instructions with fierce determination, focused on any task that might help foil their adversaries' plans.

- Tankhun, shut down the northeast sector. We know they have communications relays there.

Chan, his eyes glued to a screen displaying a detailed map of the region's power and communications infrastructure, issues orders to one of his bosses. Usually he never does this, but this is an exceptional situation.

Tankhun nods, his hands shaking slightly under the pressure, but he executes the commands with precision.

-Done. The northeast sector is offline.