Sorry, just didn't feel like working on this and then i got caught up with other stuff.
Chapter 12:
The two Adriane brothers slipped through the crowd unnoticed. Most were either too busy watching the scene created by Malon and Avvi, or with their own business. They turned into a door and entered an empty hallway. Nakai knelt beside an outlet and pulled out a mini computer from his pocket and connected, slipping the disk Malon had given him in the slot. He traveled through the cybor connections and managed to link with the main security computers.
"Peice of cake." Kai mumbled as he passed through the first security line without detection.
"Don't get cocky, they might have a trip wire if it's that easy."
"Already cut brother." Kai continued his manipulation of the mansion's security before he found what he wanted, "Camera's are frozen. Now all we have to do is get there and back out before any of the guards notice." he unplugged his computer and the two hurried down the hallway. Link began equiping himself with the gadgets in his pockets, then removed his coat when he was finished and tossed it to Kai who turned down the oposite direction when they came to a split way. Most of the lights were out except for the hallways which were dimmed. Kai pressed his ear against a door, then easily picked the lock and, holding the knob firmly, opened it to reveal an almost black room. He shut the door behind him, then pulled out a small flashlight and scanned the room until he found what he needed.
Link adjusted his ear piece, speaking quietly to test it, "Kai? Are you hooked to the mainframe yet?"
"Nope not yet, just give me a second." came the reply. Kai activated his computer again and accessed the motherboard mainframe, "Got it, you're coming up to a living room right? Make a left then go straight until you reach a set of double doors. I think there might be guards so keep it quiet."
Link suddenly froze just before stepping into the next hallway, he pressed his back against the wall and listened. His keen ears picked up the sound of footsteps as a pair of men took their rounds around the public part of the building.
There was the sound of a mumbled conversation then one of the pair left, his movements disapearing into the distance. Link took out a special scope and peeked around the corner just to be sure. Yes there was only one left.
The guard came to attention at the sound of a gun cocking. He took two steps forward readying his own weapon but was instantly pelted by a silenced bullet. Link grabbed the neatly suited guard under the arms, dragging him across the floor then stuffing him into a nearby closet.
"Nice idea bro."
"He'll only start smelling in a few days, least some poor maid opens the door and recieves a surprise first." Link half kidded. For a few tense minutes the thief stalked the hallways looking for the right room, having to dispense with another pair of guards. At last he came to a set of double doors and entered carefully. He fiddled awhile with the keypad imbedded on the wall to the left of him before the next set of doors opened.
"Careful, let me kill the cameras." there was a moment of silence before Kai's screen blinked and wavered a moment, "Link bro, you are now the invisible man."
"Goody, so long as I get to keep my clothes." Link pushed the next door open and continued his trek through the maze like halls. He almost passed one door then suddenly halted and leaned back to examine it with his eyes.
"What did you say the door with the Scroll and Ocorina was in?"
"Down the hall and two doors over. Why?"
Link stepped directly in front of the entryway, "Then how come this one matches your description exactly?"
"What? It might either be a decoy....or the real thing." Kai answered.
"Would make sense. Why keep the real thing on record?" Link grinned, "This should be insteresting." glancing around, Link pulled himself onto a decorative table and unscrewed a vent. He gave a quick look inside.
"Kai, can you access the scematics of the air systems? I need to know where this vent leads."
"Ok." Kai accessed the motherboard again to gain the information he needed, "I'll download the schematics to your handidandi glasses. Downloading: Time needed: One minute."
Link pushed on their own personal glasses seperate from Mitchel's. The screens beeped and revealed the loading bar. Suddenly he looked down the hall at the sound of voices and saw a shadow cast across the wall.
"Oops." without hesitating Link pulled himself up into the vent, glad for his upper body strength once again that made things easier. Looking over his shoulder once he was inside the snug metal walls, Link watched his foot as he slowly lowered it to let the vent close quietly. For a few tense moments, he heard a few maids mumbling to eachother about something and continued on their way, oblivious to the fact of him.
Sighing in relief, Link pressed the side of his glasses, careful to not hit the side of the walls. He hated when he was in little spots like this, he couldn't move like he wanted. A map opened up, showing his position and where the vents lead, "You'd think they wouldn't need air in the vaults. Going silent."
"I think it's to put air in their quickly when they're opening it." Kai looked up at the sound of something, then turned back to his survallence after there was silence.
Link sidled his way inch by inch through the tiny maze of halls. Sweat beaded his brow, something that was a problem with thefts like these. He paused to wiped his face, then pulled out a black sweatband to put around his forehead. Finally he managed to find the closed vent leading to the vault.
As was suspected, there was motion sensative lasers, he wouldn't be surprised if there was any inside where the relics were. Link disabled the lasers by the simple clip of a wire under the bar. Then opened the door to see the top view of the almost pitch black vault, a sucking happened that pulled his hair forward as the airrushed inside. The only sources of light were panels and alarms on standby.
Idiots, either they have no idea how to hide them or this is more than it seems.
"Careful, I can disable the lasers inside for about a half an hour. That's your first window to disable all the security holding the relics. Any other times I disable the time span will be shorter." Kai informed.
"S'all right. How's Avvi doin?" Link asked as he attached two high powered magnets to the tin walls, then ran the thin yet strong rope through the iron loops and to his belt.
"Right now she's taking a break from entertaining the croud. She's keeping Zelda busy, plus her little group of friends, they seem to want to find you again."
"I'm not for their pawn for pairing." Link positioned himself, "Ready for window number one." below there was a flash of light as the hacker took care of the security he could manage. Link quickly lowered himself to the pedestal, already feeling the rush of blood to his head. He noted something odd about the pedestal.
"Damn it!"
"What? What happened?"
"You said the Scroll of Songs was stored with the Ocarina of Time, right?" Link examined the sensitive trigger systems.
"It's not there?!" Kai lowered his voice instantly when he realized he wasn't whispering any longer, "Yes this is a problem. We only have one shot at this!" he started a string of curses trying to think of where the scroll could be.
"Kai?"
"What?"
"Shut it."
"Ok."
Link brought out what looked like a blunt screw driver from his pants pockets. His pant were actually sewed together by his sister herself. The pockets could unzip from the bottom or top. The bottom zippers were hidden by a flap of cloth, this way Link wouldn't have to worry about things falling onto the floor or something when in this position.
His fingers worked fast, mind burning with techniques as he disabled the security systems one by one. Several times he had to abandoned what he was doing to pull himself upright, to keep himself from passing out from the blood rush.
"Three minutes twenty seconds." Kai murmered, his fingers flying across the keyboard, trying to find where the Scroll was being kept. He'd just managed to check the false vault's camera records and found that it only held the deeds to the mansion. Like that would help them, Mitchel would be outraged. Like Kai cared though....
Link took in a deep breath, then lowered himself again to finish what he was doing. Since he was tired his arms felt heavy and when he dropped down he became clumsy, his fingers grazed the weight sensitive metal plating under the Ocarina. Link gritted his teath, his reflexes only saving him by a mere smidgon.
He kept the back of his hand pressed against the metal, "Nakai? We have another problem."
"What now? Do not tell me you tripped the alarms!"
"Nope, but if I move I will. I can't use my left hand. It has to stay glued to the sensory or the alarm will go off." Link groaned a little.
Kai stomped his foot, sniffed and wiped the perspiration from his face, "Um, alright this is not going as planned. You only have two minutes left now! Damn it!"
"Tell Avvi to knock something over."
"What?"
"Tell her to start something! I don't care what it is!"
"But that won't drown out the alarms of the safes - ."
"Nakai!"
"Ok!" the hacker switched lines with his communicaters, "Avvi, go and trip one of the more drunk of teenagers."
The youngest thief was puzzled, "What? Why?"
"Just do it!"
Avvi glanced around for the nearest drunk and spotted him swaying beside his friends. She excused herself to get another beverage. The rooms, although constantly being aired out by the vents getting very hot. She was beginning to smell sweat, and the air had a loose, almost dangerous feeling to it.
If you didn't see the back of the group, then your perception was that one of the groupees tripped and toppled over another. The other didn't take it too lightly since it looked like his friend had lounged in his drunken sight. Limbs became tangled, accidents led to deliberate and within one minute a full fledged brawl was in order. Avvi stepped lightly through the croud, already hearing Zelda calling in security when she found her again, holding a bread bun in one hand for her excuse.
"Alright Link you got your guards moving, it'll stall but not all of them." Kai spoke low but quick. His fingers began twitching as he watched the countdown from 59 seconds.
"Alright, we're gonna have to make a grab n go here. The scroll we can do without for now." Link began to reach for the intrument. Its pearly blue surface glittered at him in the dim light, Link snatched it up.
Almost instantly he regretted. At the exact same instant the alarms sounded and his vision clouded. The ocorina flared with blue light, recognizing the one holding it.
There was the Master Sword again. The trio pulled it out. The forest scene came. Then coolness and silence encased his senses as his mind dived under water to see the ancient Water Temple. Just as suddenly as his presence arrived it was pulled back to the room with the Master Sword. He heard panicked movements, begging words....a gunshot and a girl screaming.
The screamed echoed inside the halls of his mind just as Link came to. He snapped awake to find himself still hanging inside the vault, the ocorina still clutched between his fingers.The release of pressure came to his ears.
Link didn't pause to hesitate. He flipped around and slammed his feet against the floor, leaving the rope behind. The heavy doors swung slowly open, the three guards found themselves on the floor the next second, each with a bullet in his forehead.
"Get out, get out now! We leave the scroll behind!" Link sprinted out and down the hall, trying to find the quickest escape route. Now that things had fallen back to plan B it was about to get messy.
Kai slammed his fist down and froze as images flashed acrossed his mind's eye. Glancing down, he saw what he'd missed in the darkness all along. What an idiot! He'd just sneaked into the princess' room!
Avvi pressed one finger to her ear, then looked at Malon, "Gotta run, I guess I'll see ya around."
"Ok, be careful." the red head said.
"Hey," she mock glared at her, "Ain't I always?" Avvi turned away and started to walk calmly out, being careful to avoid the fight the security guards were still trying to quell.
Quite abruplty Zelda appeared in front of her, "Avvi." she said in a firm tone, "Where are your brothers?"
She shrugged casually, "They're probably around here somewhere."
"I havn't seen them all night, and niether has my other friends. They keep tabs on everyone, I don't always approve of it, but right now, I absolutely, truly hate to do it, but I'm starting to get suspicious about you."
Avvi kept her emotions level, "Why?"
Zelda bit her lower lip before answering, "There are four security guards dead in my house. One of my most treasured possessions in my family is missing, and your brothers just happen to not be within the permissable boundries."
Quick. She's quick to react. We underestemated her a bit.
Avvi kept her hands behind her back, "I truly am sorry Zelda. That's what I hate about my job. Especially one that I'm forced to do at the moment." the youngster whipped out her gun and fired a bullet passed the princess' ear purpously missing. The loud noise caused everyone to go in alarm and duck for cover. Zelda looked up to see Avvi gone.
Link ran at top speed, he fired a few rounds and leaped through the shattered window, arms crossed in front of his face to protect his eyes. He landed, almost stumbling in the snow covered ground. Snowflakes whirled around in a heavy sheet, almost blinding him. This was both good and bad. It would cover their tracks but their line of sight would be limited like everyone elses. Why hadn't he taken this into mind before hand? He didn't know himself.
Idiot!
Link whipped around and smacked someone that had rammed into him.
Kai fell back holding his arm, "Goddesses Link! It's only me!"
"Sorry I can't exaclty see ya know!"
"I found it!" Kai almost yelled above the wind.
"Found what?!"
"The Scroll of Songs! It was on the table I was sitting at! I didn't realize it but Zelda must use the relics, I was in her room for Din's sake!" the two adolesence turned at the sound of many voices.
"Our faces are going to be all over the wanted boards. Let's go! Avvi will catch up later."
"Out with the hoverboards wohoo!" Kai threw one to the ground and jumped on while it was still moving. The snow stung their faces but they didn't notice, their eyes covered with dark glasses that helped some with visibility. Just in time the cleared the mansion gates just as they closed, they heard a smack of iron together and Avvi joined them. Snapping wind numbed their skin, making their comfort level hit beyond the low levels. To them it didn't exactly matter, they'd been in worse weather situations.
"Split!" Link veered his board to the left in time to avoid a snow vehicle. His brother and sister went the oposite way. Gunshots sounded, but the snow was too thick to tell who was shooting who.
Avvi crashed into a few trashcans that had looked like a wall, well either way she didn't stop in time to send snow flying. The thief stumbled to her feet to see the man riding the snowmobile poitning something at her. In pure instinct she dived for the ground again, hearing the release of gunpowder.
"Damn it! Kai! Link!" she yelled as she turned over and fired a few rounds to keep the man busy.
Kai's form was only a shadow in all the white. He rushed the faceless enemy and sent them both sprawling in the snow. Avvi dragged herself up again, only to see flashlights carried by reinforcments. More shots rang out, all of them aimed at the trio. If they had one enemy, they had them all. Kai pinned his target down and punched him until he was stunned heavily. He stood and glanced around trying to find his siblings. He heard fist meet bone somewhere nearby but he couldn't tell who was fighting who.
"Kai!" Link almost ran past him, "Where's Avvi?"
"I don't know!"
Both young men turned as another few rounds were let off and ran almost blindly in that direction. Coincidently the snow storm began to subside and they were able to see atleast ten feet in every direction. Link pulled out his gun and fired at the several snowmobiles that were leaving at top speed, he hit one but it veered and kept going, then they all vanished into the darkness.
"They took her!" Kai cursed, he bent and picked up their sister's gun and one equipment pack that normally went around her waist.
"But...who - ." Link made a face of realization, he tried to contain his anger but ended kicking the tipped trash can, "Damn it! We should've known the moffia would stick around. They aren't just after one person. We are on their list of annoyances!"
"I'm not sure if it's the moffia, or just another rival gang of us. If you call three people a gang." Kai held up a disk that wasn't theirs, "Let's go, the cops will be combing our house and this entire city very quickly."
"One problem into another, suddenly Lady Luck has left us." Link mumbled.
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