Chapter 16 - The Trap is SprungWithin ten minutes, Tommy and Agent Sterling had turned our suburban home into a fortified stronghold. We barricaded the heavy oak doors with bookshelves, killed all the interior lights, and positioned ourselves at strategic windows.
At exactly 12:05 AM, the streetlights outside flickered and died. Total darkness swallowed the neighborhood.
Screech.
Two unmarked vans roared down our street, their headlights snapping off as they pulled up onto our front lawn. Heavy boots hit the grass. Shouts echoed in the night air.
"Breaching front in three, two, one—"
BOOM!
The front door blew inward, splintering wood flying everywhere as flashbang grenades illuminated the living room with blinding white light and deafening noise.
"Now!" Agent Sterling yelled.
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Instead of rushing into the living room, the mercenaries stepped into a tripwire trap Tommy had rigged with industrial stun mines. A massive electrical discharge rippled across the foyer, sending two enforcers crashing backward onto the front porch, paralyzed and smoking.
"Go, go, go!" remaining mercenaries shouted, pouring through the shattered doorway, weapons raised.
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