Which was what was wrong with the standard protocols all the way around.

 

As soon as all three guards were clustered once more at the front, Rogers moved.

It took him ten seconds to scale the rear fence. He did so barely making any

noise. He dropped within the grounds and looked around, keeping low.

 

He scuttled over to a set of rear entrance doors. They were metal below and

chicken-wired glass above. He peered inside and saw the alarm system.

 

It glowed red. It was active.

 

You didn’t waste guards and a security system on a building that housed nothing

important.

 

The building was eight stories high, perhaps the tallest here other than the

Chamberlin building. Back when the fort was being constructed, land was

plentiful and elevators nonexistent. Thus the Army had opted for low-rise

construction.

 

He took off his shoes and socks, tied the laces together, and swung them over

his neck, each shoe dangling on either side of his head.

 

He found a handhold in the brick veneer of the building and gripped the masonry

with a strength that would be unimaginable for even the best rock climbers in