Chapter 19
Kill Switch
Marcus Chen · 4.3K words · ~18 min read
Chapter 19: "Kill Switch"
The fiber optic cable resisted for half a second before the wire cutters bit through.
A tiny sound—a snap, barely audible over the server fans—and then nothing. No alarm. No change in the room's illumination. No dramatic shift in the hum of the machines. Just one cable, severed, its ends hanging limp against the cable routing panel.