[ WP ] You 're a bomb defuser . Ranked number one , saving thousands of lives . Your trade secret ? You have no idea what you 're doing .

00:10 
 
 The blinking light of the digital display showed an ever growing number. Panic forced its way on to Kyles face as he came to terms with the thought that he may not be getting out of this situation alive. Even if he ran out of this room on to a fast jet, he knew that there was no outrunning this. He only questioned whether or not to try, as adrenaline pumped into his veins. He slowly remembered all of those small events that led him to this moment. 
 
 00:11 
 
 It begin with a pipe bomb he found under his desk. Thinking it was a prank he poured his morning coffee over it. He believed that he had destroyed the fine craftsmanship of what was a clear escalation of a prank war he had wage against the IT guys. When the bomb guys came they congratulated him on short circulating the thing. 
 
 00:12 
 
 Next time it was South America and the half a dozen nail bombs in a cathedral. All he wanted to do was charge his phone. Who knew that his phone was the exact brand and make which had belonged to the bomber. Access to the bombs instantly enabled the safe self install safeguards automatically disabling the bombs. The cherry on top was that his phone gave access to internal software which had suggested an address in Winchester to the investigators. 
 
 00:13 
 
 Some bloody group eventually hired him as a consultant. Hero ’ s for hire. He thought it was due to the advertisement project he had made, which went viral earlier in the year. They offered to triple his current wage and gave him the use to the company jet. So smug he asked them to further the amount by doubling it and to no one ’ s surprise they agreed. 
 
 00:14 
 
 In Bangkok and Belize all he had thought they were asking him to do was provide some insight on modern society ’ s view on technology. Who knew some suggestions on the fragile nature of technology and an overreliance on wireless internet would result in his team shutting off the malls Wi-Fi and disabling the bombers remote access to their explosives. A week later he quit and flew back hope with bank accounts drowning in cash. 
 
 00:15 
 
 And here he was in some warehouse near a munitions factory, trying to disable a dirty bomb. When they found the blasted thing they originally panicked because it was nuclear, and yet the many glowing references he had produced enabled them to sigh with relief. Apparently they had the world ’ s best “ bomb defuser ” under their employ. 
 
 00:16 
 
 Bomb is about to blow in five minute, they told him. Had a bomb scare near midnight, they told him. 
 
 “ Gods ” he thought to himself, “ if I could do it all again all I would do is learn about bombs.'' 
 
 He asked them for a manual. They laughed. Apparently nuclear weapons are constructed with parts in other factories before final assemblage. Keeps the technology secret. If only he ran when they told him that they only had five minutes to spare. 
 
 00:17 
 
 “ So seventeen minutes left... can I run or? ” Kyle had said before thinking about what he had been saying. 
 
 He stared at the clock on the wall and saw that it did not connect to the upright bomb he was trying to disable. A few minutes of searching showed him the only timing device available had been connected to the release lever of a nearby crane. With a large painted target on the floor. 
 
 

