Former.ly: Chapter Ten (Second Draft) (Excerpt)

That night, we foiled another break-in. Nils suspected one of his men of taking a bribe and launched a review of personnel – nothing was taken and no damage was done, but the whole place was turned over in the middle of the night. One of the guards was knocked unconscious, and another was found bound and gagged in the alley outside.

Peter was furious, because we had no way of knowing whether our data had been compromised. We didn’t think so, but how can you be sure? Nils’ CCTV cameras caught four figures dressed from head to toe in black, like the guy from The Princess Bride. They rushed in, overpowered the two guards and sprayed paint over the cameras. That’s the last we saw of them, which gave them around two hours in the office before the cleaners disturbed them.

“My men saw nothing,” said Nils, addressing us in our temporary war room. “But I don’t know if I can trust them. Either way, don’t worry – I’m looking into it.”

“Worry?” laughed Flick. “Two of your men could have been killed! And you think it might have been an inside job? For all we know, the people we’re trusting to protect us are being paid by someone else to try to kill us!”

“Yeah,” I agreed. “And why are we even paying you in the first place? What’s the point in having security guards if they’re going to get themselves knocked out at the first sign of trouble?”

“And where were you, Dan?” Nils snapped. “They’re brave lads, whether you trust them or not. I’ll do some digging, because you can never be too careful, but my priority is to find out how they got into the building in the first place. I’ll step up security, too.”

“I wonder,” John murmured. The conversation had descended into chaos, and I was the only one who seemed to hear him. “Perhaps there’s another solution.”

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