15 Miles: The Heist
Season 2: Shadows Rising
By Rapwizzy Debaron
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Chapter 63: Season 2 – Episode 6
Echoes in the Wire
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The silence after the Revenant's fall was short-lived.
The trio didn't even have time to catch their breath before the bunker's power flickered. Eve's screens turned to static, then rebooted with unfamiliar code cascading down in glowing red.
Reese squinted. "That's not ours… is it?"
Eve's fingers flew across the keys. "It's him. His systems are still online. He's syncing remotely — trying to hijack our equipment from underground."
Julian backed toward the weapons rack. "So even dead, he's a problem."
"No," Eve said quietly. "He's not dead."
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A sudden surge of power shook the walls. Sparks rained from the ceiling. The mainframe let out a mechanical shriek, then went dark. All monitors died. The room was swallowed in shadows.
Reese clicked on his shoulder torch. "I hate when this happens."
A new screen flickered to life, independent from Eve's setup. On it, a message blinked:
> WRAITHS RISE
RESISTANCE ENDS
THE CITY IS OURS
A hollow, digitized voice followed: "Tick tock, Julian Cross. You cannot outrun the grave."
Julian stared at the screen. "He knows my name."
Eve nodded slowly. "He knows everything."
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They evacuated the bunker. It was compromised now, crawling with malware and likely marked for a drone strike. They moved fast through the flooded underpass, sirens wailing in the distance.
Rain still fell, but now it felt different — colder, heavier, like it carried whispers.
They met up with Kai, a young rogue coder they had recruited weeks ago. He was waiting in a hidden tunnel near the collapsed bridge that overlooked Sector 12.
"I saw him," Kai said, eyes wide. "In the data stream. Revenant... he's not just a soldier. He's a failsafe. Nyra turned him into a walking server — a mobile mainframe for the Wraiths' entire war protocol."
Julian clenched his fists. "Which means if we kill him, we crash their entire network."
"Maybe," Eve said. "But only if we can reach his core. And it's buried deep."
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They headed to an abandoned communications tower in the dead zone — one of the last places not linked to the city grid. Inside, rusted consoles and shattered screens lined the walls like corpses of the old world.
Eve worked fast, hacking into ghost frequencies.
"Found a trace signal. Revenant's heartbeat. He's beneath Sub-Level Nine. Sector Delta."
Reese raised an eyebrow. "Sub-Level Nine? That place's been sealed since the Cataclysm."
"Exactly," Julian said. "Which means the Wraiths have been planning this longer than we thought."
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Cut to Sector Delta.
A drone zipped through the dark corridors of Sub-Level Nine, its sensors scanning bodies — test subjects, failed prototypes. In the heart of the ruin, Revenant's body lay crumpled at the bottom of the shaft.
His eyes blinked open.
Self-repair initiated.
Tendrils of nanotech snaked across his broken parts, rewiring his limbs. His spine clicked back into place.
He stood up — stronger, faster, more aware.
From above, a voice echoed through hidden speakers.
Nyra's voice. Calm. Confident.
"You were built to rise from death, Revenant. Now find them. And end them."
He nodded.
And then he moved — faster than sound.
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Back at the tower, Eve detected a pulse.
"He's back online," she whispered.
Reese looked up. "Then we need a trap."
Julian glanced around the dusty space. "We've got old generators, fried comms, and scrap tech. We'll have to improvise."
"We always do," Eve muttered, pulling out her tools.
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They spent hours building it — an electromagnetic cage, jury-rigged from salvaged tech and old city defense coils. The plan was simple: lure Revenant to the tower, trap him in the field, and inject a logic bomb directly into his core.
A suicide run.
Julian volunteered.
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Night fell, and the bait was laid.
Julian stood alone on the tower's edge, sending out a wide-band signal across every Wraith frequency.
"This is Julian Cross," he said into the mic. "You want me, Revenant? Come get me."
Seconds passed.
Then a sonic boom shattered the sky.
Revenant landed in the clearing below, eyes glowing like twin stars. Metal arms flexed, blades emerging from his wrists.
Julian didn't run. He led him inside.
The tower groaned as the trap activated.
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Inside the electromagnetic cage, Revenant screamed — digital veins pulsing violently.
Eve hit the button. The logic bomb fired into the core matrix.
But Revenant laughed.
"You think I didn't see this coming?"
Suddenly, the field flickered.
He had overridden the failsafe.
Julian grabbed a spare cable and shoved it into the core manually — electricity surged through his body.
"Do it now!" he screamed.
Eve slammed the final switch.
A shockwave tore through the room — blue and white light blinding everything.
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Silence.
The Revenant collapsed.
Smoke curled from his body. The tower sizzled.
Reese coughed. "Is he… dead?"
Julian didn't move. He was unconscious.
Eve crawled to him, checking his pulse. "He's alive. Barely."
She looked over at Revenant.
A single red eye still glowed.
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To be continued…
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