ToLaD: Chapter 11: Infiltration
Warning: This chapter is similar to top-level spy stuff, except not as well written (well, I believe so). There is death, but poorly written (in my opinion). If you guys think that I did a good job, then I actually do have it in me.
____________________________________________________________________________________
The exact day as last chapter, night time:
The van parked at the eastern side of the Vision Tower. Fahyim was sitting in the front seat, a whole lot of monitors with only one keyboard in the passenger seat. Akumi, Ra~id and Light all sat in the back, the majority of their bodysuits on, their tails covered and their heads currently uncovered. Ra~id and Light were checking if their guns were in the best condition and Akumi was sharpening one of her knives, the rest already sharpened.
Fahyim began to tap away at his keyboard, occasionally looking up at a monitor to see his progress.
"Start to infiltrate, guys. I will be a few moments." Fahyim stated.
Ra~id nodded and placed his helmet on, the other two doing the same thing. They jumped out the back of the van, closing the doors, and cloaked themselves. They began to sneak through the open ground, any one of them keeping track of the other two through the suit's detection system built into the helmet, and not encountering anyone else over this space. When they came to the automatic doors, they waited for one of the security guards to leave to sneak in, which they didn't have to wait too long.
While the lights were on, it always made shadows. Sticking close to the shadows, they passed through the main hall and got into an elevator. While they clicked the button with the highest number, it still wasn't close to the floor number they needed.
"Alright, the cameras on the floor you are heading to have been shut off. I will start working on the checkpoint that is there and the cameras on the top floor." They heard Fahyim state over the communicator.
"Good, Fahyim. But work quickly, because we have to move quicker." Ra~id responded.
With that, the three left the now open elevator, still cloaked. They had to move to the side because someone was still working here. Well, ending their work. A fly, an odd sight here in the city. Flies usually stay within their tribes in the wilderness of Loscade.
"Hey, Lucio, why are you still here?" One of the security guards asked.
Just their lucky break. They began to sneak through the cubicle office space.
"The newest idea I had for this company's next project. I can't tell you more, and I need to tell the manager tomorrow of this." The fly responded.
"Alright, then. See ya."
The group waited for the fly to leave, and Ra~id knocked out the poor guard out. They continued onwards, Akumi acting as a scout.
"Wait." Akumi said.
"What is it?" Light asked.
"The checkpoint isn't down yet." Akumi reported.
"Oops. Sorry about that." Fahyim apologised. "I'll get that."
Five seconds later, the checkpoint went down and the lights turned off. Silently, they crept past the guards who were busy trying to get everything back on. With the checkpoint now behind them, they crept past more distracted guards and made it to the elevators once more. Once again, they clicked the button with the highest number, which reached into the sixties. The elevator sped up to rise, yet slowed down once more to stop their ascent.
When the elevator completely stopped, it played its dime and said the floor number. It was yet another empty hallway. Akumi stalked forwards, the other two trailing behind her.
"STOP!"
All three of them jumped back due to the shout Fahyim yelled into their ears.
"Dammit, Fahyim. Trying to give us heart attacks?" Ra~id whispered harshly into the intercom.
"Sorry about that, but there are a whole lot of cameras there, some of them heat seeking. And the suit still cannot hide your heat signatures very well." Fahyim explained.
Ra~id sighed. "Can you hack the cameras?"
"No. They're on a completely separate system that I can't get access to."
Ra~id growled. "Are we out of options, then?"
While all that was happening, Light was looking around the hall. There seemed to be a lot of heating ducts lined along the roof.
When he heard Ra~id's remark, he decided to place his two Fasotae in.
"Fahyim, can you control the heating here?" Light asked.
"I have control over heating through this entire building. Why?"
"Can you place the temperatures at our body temperature to mask our presence through here?"
Silence went through the group and Fahyim. All that they heard were various taps along Fahyim's single keyboard.
"I can." Fahyim noted.
Akumi grunted. "Good thinking, kit. Maybe you do have what it takes."
"I will heat it up, but you guys need to be quick. Heat doesn't stay there for very long. Wait for your names to be called."
A minute passed and it seemed to get hotter to two of them. But to one, it seemed fine.
"Light, go through now." Fahyim instructed.
Light silently crept through the hallway, the cameras not picking anything up. He made it to just beyond the cameras. Another minute passed, and it seemed to get warmer still.
"Ra~id, be quick."
Ra~id followed Light's path along the same set of circumstances. Suddenly, everything seemed to get cooler.
"Akumi, sneak through."
The panther expertly followed the unofficial movement of the other two. When they were done, the room cooled down further to back to normal. With that done, they continued on their way.
They passed meeting room after a set of expensive office cubicles to restrooms, but there was one place that they had to go. The CEO's office, located somewhere on this floor.
They turned yet another corner, seeing two security guards standing on either side of a door. The three were stumped on how to pass them, so they ducked behind the corner they just turned.
"Is there anything anyone can do?" Akumi asked, peering over the corner.
Ra~id and Light looked at each other questioningly, but shook their heads, stumped. Akumi just kept peering over the corner, thinking from underneath her helmet. She took two of her knives out from her belt, earning a glare from Ra~id.
"No, you are not going to kill them, Akumi!" The bear whispered harshly.
"I'm not. I'm going to throw them and use blunt force to knock them out. But they will see floating knives before I throw them." Alumi answered.
Light thought for a second. He moved his slightly curled paw into his eyesight and begun to focus hard. A small ball of light appeared in the centre. He lost his focus, and the ball of light disappeared.
He crept around the corner, splayed his paw outwards and began to concentrate as hard as he could. He could feel something odd running down his arm. But his ears didn't betray him.
"What is that?"
"What is what?"
"Over there!"
.......
"That is bright."
"What...?!"
Then two hard impacts were heard, followed by a rapid loss of air. With that, he allowed his concentration to waver when he got slapped on the back. He looked over to the end, seeing the two guards on their backs with two knives at their feet. All three crept down the hallway, Akumi picking up her two thrown knives. All three of them took their guns out, all pistols of different makes.
They burst through the door, disengaging their cloaks. The CEO, a viper, slithered up higher questioningly.
"What isssss thisssss?" She asked.
A rain of bullets was her answer.
____________________________________________________________________________________
When they got back down to the van, they were met with Fahyim's gaze of wonder.
"I managed to get rid of the security tapes, but.... Light.... what did you do?" Fahyim explained.
Light shrugged, perfectly explaining his lack of understanding on the subject.
Ra~id pulled his helmet off, sighing when he did. "Well, whatever he did, he's now in. He's passed the final test."
They closed the doors to the van and drove away, aware that what they did will be the biggest thing on the news networks the next day.