Jason Scott walked the perimeter of his target for a third time pretending to be on a night jog while staring at the opulent mansion across the street from him. He feigned looking at the immaculately trimmed lawn or the expensive cars while in reality he was looking at the placement of security cameras and the the patrols of armed thugs paid to look tough and keep thieves out. Jason knew if he needed to he could take them all out in a firefight or quietly one by one but thats not what he was here to do. If everything went his way, no one would even know he was here. He felt a vibration in his pocket and muttered under his breath "about time" as he reached for his phone. The text read,

All right go time

V.

V was a mysterious individual who had contacted him after he started gaining notoriety as a successful cat burglar via text. Obviously he hadn't given anyone his number so he was cautious of this person, but V had texted him the details of a great score that was a perfect success thanks to his skills and V's intel. Eventually they came to an agreement of sorts. V supplied the intel, Jason did the job and left V's share at a random location his choice. They'de never met but one less variable in Jason's life suited him just fine. At the moment they were doing another ordinary job. V provided a way in and he went in.

He made his way on to the lawn and crouched behind a hedge. Four guards patrolled the lawn with various sub machine guns and but posed little threat because they didn't expect anyone. Even so Jason crept silently towards the mansion. The lawn was well lit and less than ideal for what he was trying to do but he knew how to walk around the spots of light and stay in the shadows, however little there may be. Everyone who made it through splinter cell training did. After making it to the mansion walls, he scaled a pipe that sat against the wall until he reached a window sill on the third floor and hung from it by his fingertips. With one of his hands he checked the window to see if it was locked. Luckily it wasn't because if he had to break it, it would make noise he didn't want to risk. As it was he slid the window open and jump into the room. It was completely dark and judging by the decor and furniture he was some kind of entertainment room. He consulted his smartphone and studied the floor plan V sent him. According to the plan he had to go up a floor and into the hall and second room on the right. He put the phone away and proceeded out of the room but when he made it to the door he saw two guards talking.

"Esto es una mierda, nadie alguna vez intenta entrar aqui y estoy loco aburrido" the first guard complained.

"Estas mirando esto al reves," the second guard replied "nadie nunca intente entrar aqui, asi que nos pagan por no hacer practicamentes nada".

"Tiene razon, nunca pense".

After their little exchange the two guards broke apart and started going their own ways,one of them heading straight for the spot Jason was hiding but he was ready and mentally prepared himself to make his move. These guys were unprofessional idiots but they didn't seem like to bad people so he decided to go nonlethal. As the guard walked into the doorway Jason brought his arm out hit him in the stomach and windpipe then dragged behind the door where he squeezed the pressure point on the guards neck until he was rendered unconscious. After taking care of him, Jason noticed the other guard was heading up the same stairs he needed to go up and followed him up to the fourth floor while remaining silent. Totally oblivious to Jason behind him, the guard walked into another hallway and Jason slipped past him into the homeowners office. He closed the door behind him and searched around for the safe. Finally after about a minute and a half of searching he found it under the desk,key coded. He texted V,

I'm in. What's the key code to the safe.

Thirty seconds later he got his reply.

Don't move. I will have it five minutes.

He sighed impatiently and opened the door to the balcony overlooking a pool to see if there were any suspicious guards in the back yard. After satisfied that there weren't any he went back into the office to wait for V's text while also listening for any threats out in the hallway. A few seconds later he heard footsteps approaching the door and a voice call out "Hey Cristian, where are you!" Then the office door opened and the guard walked in and looked around the office. Jason stayed crouched in a shadowy section behind the desk and kept track of the guards location in the room by listening to his footsteps and breathing.

"Something isn't right" the guard walked toward where Jason was hiding and he knew he would be discovered any second so he acted first by punching the guards face and quickly snatching the uzi from his hands and throwing it across the room. The guard reacted much quicker than Jason anticipated and tackled him to the ground. Jason aimed various punches at the guards stomach and chest to knock him off but this guard seemed to be a professional or at least had some prior training because he was able to block and counterattack some of Jason's attacks. But Jason rolled over so that he was on top of the guard and delivered two devastating punches to the guards face. Jason then picked up the disorientated guard by the collar and smashed his face onto the edge of the desk, breaking his nose if the punches hadn't already. Unconsciousness was immediate. After hiding the body in a shadowy corner, Jason slumped on a wall to catch his breath. It had been awhile since he had been in fight like that and even though he kept himself in great shape he was a little rusty in CQC especially since whoever that guard was, he was definitely definitely not the average thug he usually came across. While contemplating that and wondering what was taking V so long to get back to him, he saw a red light floating across the sky. Any other person would have brushed it off as a random plane but Jason's soldier senses immediately made him take note that it was flying oddly low. Then the silhouette came into focus and recognized it immediately, a predator drone and there wasn't a doubt in his mind that it was after him. His suspicions were confirmed when the predator launched a missile in his direction or more accurately, the offices direction. Time seemed to slow Jason considered his options. He knew if he to run out into the hall he would not escape the missiles blast and couldn't think of any other feasible option so he did the only thing he could and jumped over the balcony and into the pool. He surfaced just in time to see the missile hit the office he was occupying a few seconds earlier and quickly dove back under to lessen the impact of any debris. Some debris did get into the pool but he was able to escape without any serious injuries. As he got out of the pool he saw the house was now in chaos with guards trying to fight fires that had started in the house and evacuate any wounded. He searched the skies for the drone but saw that it had already left, probably to avoid being detected by any authorities. As he heard sirens he quickly fled the scene with one thought on his mind. Only one person knew he was going to be here and that person probably knew about his past as a spec ops soldier in order to go to such great lengths to kill him. Time to find out who V really was.