The Scouting Mission

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This felt so surreal.

I felt like I was acting in an action movie scouting out the enemies base...except I actually was.

Me and Christine sat inconspicuously in her car parked in the full lot with expensive cars I knew I could never afford. Even if a somewhat new Honda didn't really fit with Audi's and Cadillacs, we were limited on resources and borrowing Leo's old Camry was out of the question due to its questionable blue color.

The Honda will have to do.

"Remember the plan, just go inside, ask for the bathroom, get the job done and come out," The blonde woman said as she gripped the steering wheel while glancing at me.

I stiffly nodded before exhaling to confirm my actions before exiting the vehicle. A warm wind brushed across my face as my heels licked across the concrete leading to the expensive building. The sun's blazing rays targeted down at me as I crossed the road onto the sidewalk towards the building entrance.

I observed 6 intimidating guards outside at certain locations wearing the usual crisp black suits with shades and an earpiece attached to a spiral translucent cord that disappeared underneath their suits.

Black technological cameras hung from corners and high crevices over watching the whole vicinity with their mysterious lenses. 

Clearing my throat anxiously I patted down my black pencil skirt before reaching the glass doors. Upon entering, a cool breeze washed over my body in a calming manner. I sighed.

The interior was spacious including high ceilings, ivory pillars keeping structure and wide tinted windows across the light grey walls. Waiting areas stationed around different sections of the first level displayed shiny leather sofas and armchairs around oak wood tables and potted plants.

As I arrived to the receptionist's desk, the woman typing at her keyboard stops and greets me with a kind smile, "hello, can I help you with something?"

"Uh yes actually, do you know where the bathrooms are? I've had a long drive and I couldn't wait any longer." I pleaded with my best desperate voice and shaky body language.

Making sure the woman didn't spot my suspicious movement toward her computer screen, I pushed myself closer to the desk with my arm on the surface mimicking hand signals to represent what I was saying, my left hand secretly inserting a USB hard drive into a plug behind the computer. I kept my body angled so the cameras inside couldn't identify what I was currently doing.

The receptionist hesitated for a second before giving in and accepted my request, pointing a painted red nail where the bathrooms were located. I thanked the woman before striding towards the restrooms smoothly without breaking my feet from the unpredictable heels.

As soon as I entered the women's room, my jaw hit the floor.

Inside the room, clean stalls upon stalls were aligned perfectly with a matte black color. The sinks were created from one huge, marble table with square porcelain sinks and bright bulbs illuminating the crystal clear mirror stretching across the sinks. The dark marble walls had a brick pattern embedded with a repeated consistency around the smooth surfaces. The floors were tile and the aroma smelt incredible, a hint of berries and citrus floating in the voluminous space.

After drooling in admiration for a minute, I checked each stall before opening one to enter. Closing the toilet lid I sat down and pulled out my phone, dialing Leo's cell number.

After a couple beeps, he picks up.

"What's up, everything going good?"

"Yeah I'm in the bathroom right now, so here's a list of what I saw from the entrance, there's at least 6 guards all standing next to or in front of the pillars, 8 cameras just everywhere, and possibly sensors in the keycard accessor thing as well as a motion detector in the main entrance. I also implanted the USB so by the time I leave this place, it should be completely uploaded." When I finished speaking, Leo kept quiet for a minute before answering.

"Okay I can manage the information when we meet up, just make sure nobody suspects you and you stayed out of sight of any cameras, stay calm and call me when you get to the house so we can uncover the hard drive." Leo decidedly spoke before hanging up.

In order to continue pretending to keep my facade up, I flushed the porcelain toilet before exiting the restroom and out into the lounge area.

I retraced my steps back to the secretary's counter before thanking her whilst grabbing the drive from the mainframe. The platinum blonde woman simply smiled at me before I took my leave.

As I continued a steady pace straight to Christine's car, in my peripheral vision, I observed the glint of guns hidden in their sidearm straps and the direction the cameras were all facing.

I'd need to remember that for later.

Climbing back inside the cool vehicle, Christine reversed out of the spot before shifting to the drive gear and accelerating out of there.

My heart, previously racing the whole entire time, settled down bit by bit as I meditated my heart rate. I quickly dialed Leo's number to tell him we were coming home. The mission was a success and now Leo had the information he needed.

By the time we arrived home, it was around 6:20 pm and Leo's car was parked parallel to the sidewalk.

Parking the car, we both got out and went inside the house to see Leo watching TV.

Turning off the television he greeted us. "Hey guys, (Y/N), can I see that USB?" He asked while holding his hand out.

I took the small device from my bag and placed it into his hand where he gripped it and went straight to the office room.

We followed him and noticed 3 computers set up on the mahogany desk with color coded cables wired everywhere and nowhere it seemed. He sat down in the leather chair before inserting the drive into the center monitor.

Guarded programs, Firewalls and cryptographs displayed on the screen. Leo cleared his throat and lifted his glasses higher on his face before popping his fingers and getting to work, deciphering each defense mechanism and getting past the sensors undetected.

The once protected screen lit up revealing unidentified pages upon pages of what seemed to be blueprints and layouts. Exits and entrances were one of the images I noticed, as well as the multiple floors overseeing above ground and underground levels. There were thousands of records of controls systems, audio, video footage, plans, and more.

We all scanned the classified information with awe and silent shock.

Simulacrum models of artificial data technologies and mechanized high tech machinery popped up on screen, unfolding all of its secrets and purposes. These creations were insane although not necessarily what we were looking for.

We surveyed each undisclosed creation or record before I noticed something.

"Hey look at this page, and the date on it, it looks like the infrastructure of the whole building, maybe there's something good on it." I pointed as Leo scrolled onto the icon, clicking on it.

A blueprint webpage showed up representing the layout.

Walls, flooring, elevation devices, codes to locks, everything was what we needed.

Christine spoke, pointing a huge detail out. "There, look at the bottom tag, there seems to be another addition to the prototype. I think it's for smaller attachments.

Clicking on the form, the screen brought us to the same draft but with the extension of 3D models of human figures, camera systems, coded doors, secured entrances and exits, sensors, you name it.

There it was.

We all looked at each other with surprise and acknowledgment of what we had at our hands.

We had everything now.

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