Chapter 399 - Taking Down Amun (1/2)
It took three days for the team to gather all the information that they needed. During this time, Hummingbird and Wolf kept an eye on Amun at the bar every night while Sasquatch and Orca camped near the base and tried to hack into their lab computer.
As Halia and Lotus had predicted, Amun did indeed store all his research on this computer. Orca had to get through multiple layers of encryption, but she eventually found a list of test subject numbers. At first, the numbers increased rapidly, but slowly, the numbers dwindled. Amun did not know initially that the technology did not work on everyone so he tried to apply it to whoever he could. But when he saw the results, he realized he was just wasting time and resources.
Eventually, after running some experiments, he discovered the key to the technology: it only worked on those with good memory.
Sasquatch and Orca copied all the information and took it back to the riad. After reading through all the lab notes, the four BTA agents discovered that Amun had successfully applied the brain tap technology to 10 people. He called them his 'Super Soldiers'; a name that clearly outlined his intentions. 5 of them were still in the base, and the other 5 were sent abroad. 5-10 people didn't sound too intimidating, after all, they had 4 BTA agents and a team of Interpol agents to back them up, but who knew what skills these 'Super Soldiers' had...
To be extra prepared, Halia got help from the Moroccan National Security as well and stayed in command through the entire raid.
”Snipers, take down the guards!”
”Team A, search the east side of the base. Team B, search the west. I want every single person to be arrested!”
”BTAs, go find Amun! Keep an eye out for the 5 Super Soldiers. They are likely guarding him. Team C, follow them and provide backup.”
Everyone listened to Halia and quickly took control of the base. Most of the people in the base knew some degree of martial arts, but they could not hold up against the combined forces of Interpol and the Moroccan National Security.
Hummingbird, Wolf, Sasquatch, and Orca carefully approached Amun's living quarters. As soon as they opened the door 2 men and 3 women looked at them in surprise and launched themselves towards them. The BTAs immediately realized that these were Amun's Super Soldiers. They were quick, nimble, and highly-skilled, plus they knew how to turn anything within reach into a weapon. The 4 BTAs struggled against them. Without any rules and regulations, who knew how many skills had been pumped into these people; they definitely lived up to their name.
But, no matter how good they were at physical combat, they eventually surrendered after a long fight when the other agents rushed in with weapons. ”Hands up where we can see them!” one of the agents yelled.
As the agents dragged the Super Soldiers out, Sasquatch furrowed his brows and approached Amun. Without a warning, he raised his fist and punched the man in the face. ”Lotus says hi,” he said. However, the man wiped his mouth indifferently and smirked, ”Tell her, bye.” He then reached under his bed and quickly pressed a button.
The agents looked at the man in confusion. What did he mean? Wolf noticed the man's hand and immediately looked under the bed to check what he had pressed. Underneath...there were enough explosives to take down half the base, and there was a timer with less than 5 minutes on it! Amun was self-destructing and there was not enough time to evacuate everyone. Amun knew something like this would eventually happen one day so he had been prepared for it. He didn't care about destroying his base nor killing the people inside it, he was simply hoping that everyone would panic and he would get the chance to escape amidst the confusion.
Wolf furrowed his brows and turned to his colleagues. ”It's a bomb, and we have less than 5 minutes,” he said.