The microphone hit the floor with a thud and Rusty stared at it in shock. He knew the kid had a crush on Abby, but he thought that was all it was. A teenage crush, after all the kid was barely over twenty one. But something about the way he said it, made Rusty believe this kid was not talking about your run of the mill crush. Linus loved her, probably as much as he did. He looked at the microphone on the floor and picked it up.
"Then I guess we have to find her, for both of our sakes."
WITH ABBY
The thing about air vents is that not all people can crawl through them. You have to take into account weight, size, and quickness. If you happen to break into the business and fit these qualities, crawling through air vents will be the majority of your work. It sounds like fun but believe me after the second time it's already boring. Now traveling through a laser field, that never gets boring. Yet, mostly because there is a highly likely chance of failure. Crawling through an air duct is a skill built upon your ability you learned as a kid. Not as exciting, especially when your in one with your old man.
"So I basically have to scream and pretend that I'm still in that room being beat up?" I clarified.
"Pretty much," Danny admitted as we crawled through the air duct. "The vent runs into that room, so it'll sound exactly like your there."
I screamed a bit trusting Danny was right with his calculations. My screams bounced off the walls causing Danny to cover his ears.
"I think that's enough," Danny groaned as we reached a open area.
"Now what?" I whispered.
"We wait for Linus," Danny replied.
"Linus?" I asked a little too loudly causing Danny to cover his ears again from the noise bouncing off the walls.
WITH LINUS
I approached the elevator leading to the vault. This seemed way too easy in my opinion. I checked the hallways for guards, figuring that any minute someone would ask me why I was there. I already had a cover story that I was lost thought up, but it seemed like I wouldn't have to use it.
There was no one even in sight. This boxing match must be really important for Benedict to give his security a night off. Benedict had made a mistake in doing so and he would pay greatly for it. But his mistake was our gain.
"Okay now the first combination on the sheet is the elevator door," Livingston explained as I punched in the numbers. "Once inside press floor thirteen," Livingston directed, and I followed his order.
"Going to video now," Livingston said dramatically as he hit some buttons. Now the only thing the few security guards on duty would see was an empty elevator.
"Linus you are now the invisible van, just don't do anything stupid cause I can still see you. People tend to go crazy and do stupid things when I tell them they are invisible."
"Don't worry," Linus sighed. "I'm more professional than that."
"Good, I would expect more than being mooned from Bobby Caldwell's son."
"Moving on Livingston."
"Of course. Okay, now once you reach the corridor there will be no cameras and minimal security. Take a right, then a left and you'll be in a vacant hallway. The ceiling should be low enough for you to reach. Take off one of the speckled boards and climb into the vacant space." I followed the directions and climbed through to find Danny and Abby staring at me.
WITH ABBY
"So this is where the people who go rogue hang out," Linus joked.
"Very funny, just cause your sore you weren't involved in the plan doesn't mean we went rogue," I replied.
"So what do you call people who decide to disregard the mission and do whatever they want? Without telling anyone." Linus pointed out.
"Some people knew where we were going," I admitted.
"Oh, really who? Cause that's not the phone call I got."
"They called you?" I paused, causing Linus to hit into my behind.
"Yeah, while I was undercover with Benedict."
"I'm sure he loved that," I replied sarcastically.
"Yes, he was thoroughly enjoyed that I considered the call more important than him," Linus shot back imitating my sarcasm. "But that's not the point. The point is it might have blown my cover."
"Did it?" I asked pointedly.
"No of course not."
"Good, then you have nothing to worry about."
"But you can't just run off and not tell anyone where you're going!"
"Rusty knew and so did Livingston," I replied angrily.
"Yeah, that's why I got a call from them and I had to calm Rusty down."
"What about Rusty?"
"He was worried about you, and quite frankly so was I. He was gonna tear apart the casino looking for you."
"He was?" I asked in shock.
"We all were. This heist wouldn't work without you. You're the heart of it and without the heart. It wouldn't work."
"Did Rusty say that?" I asked, still imagining Rusty in hysterics looking for me.
Linus stopped and watched as Danny and Abby continued on without him. "No," he whispered. "I did."
"Hey, Linus either you start crawling you're gonna miss out on the biggest heist of the century!" I called after him.
