Chapter Forty-Three
The missile exploded with a deafening boom, blasting out a shower of flame and chunks of metal that rained down on the ground.
A jagged, smoking hole remained.
It wasn’t as nice an entry as they would have achieved with a breach disk, but there were fewer uncertainties when using a missile. A breach disk might not have made it through a thick door, and Erik hadn’t thought to bring one anyway.
Jia set the launcher back onto her carryaid before readying her rifle. “I expected an alarm. That was kind of anticlimactic.”
Anne shook her head and sighed. “We could have attempted to hack our way inside.”
“Why bother?” Erik replied as he advanced toward the hole. “They know we’re here. We chased them across the city. If they’re smart, they won’t mess with us. If not, the c
