Well I suck don't I? >.> I need to start updateing like I used to; I've just had a lot on my mind and it's been one thing after the other and any free time I've had's been filled by writers block. -.- I really am sorry people, I do mean it, and updates will hopefully start again now. Needs to get back into the habit of updateing when she can
Bakura's group nodded, Ryou almost shaking; he couldn't believe he was about to do this, even if it was to save his friends...
"Lets get going then." Bakura muttered as he walked over to the ventilation shaft they were using to gain entrance. Pulling the cover away with surprising ease, the spirit hoisted himself up a little to get a look at the shaft, finding it to be a comfortable size for the group to crawl along on their stomachs. Dropping down again, Bakura motioned Malik forward, helping the boy up before climbing up himself, Marik pushing Ryou up in front of him, then bringing up the rear.
The crawl along the shaft was uneventful, and it wasn't long before Malik's sharp eyes were watching the first obstacle: the security camera, there and scanning as the map they'd acquired showed.
"Why can't he just shoot it so we don't all have to sneak by?" Marik growled, his voice echoing off the sides of the flimsy shaft they were now lying in.
"Because if he shoots it it'll set alarms off." Ryou explained before his yami could start shouting at Marik for his stupidity. The Egyptian spirit nodded in understanding, before there was a clang and Malik jumped down, running across the hall and slipping easily behind the tapestry, into the secret passage. Bakura's hawk-like eyes were the next to fix on the camera, almost burning into it, before he too darted across the hall and disappeared.
After Ryou and Marik had joined them, the group set off down the murky passage, eyes straining against the gloom.
"We should have brought a torch." Marik grumbled as he stumbled again, almost falling. Bakura simply glared, he was thinking the same, but agreeing would mean admitting he'd overlooked something.
"I can see fine." he lied "Just 'cause you're going blind..."
After the tunnel, the four had to run along a corridor, out in the open; but, surprisingly, this seemed to be one of the few places without cameras. They soon found out why.
It was Bakura who spotted it first, the tiny, almost invisible port on the wall. He motioned the others to stop, then scanned over the rest of the hall, before he whispered to his group "They're lasers. You see the ports all along these walls? If we cross one of the beams, it'll set off the laser. I'm not sure how much damage they'll do, but I don't want to find out; so watch where you're walking, they won't just be below you, check everywhere before you move." He waited for a nod from the rest of the group, and then stepped over the path of the first sensor. In any other situation, they would've looked comical, stepping over and ducking under things that couldn't be seen, but this wasn't any other situation.
"And there was me thinking this would be the easy part." Malik grumbled as he almost fell, grabbing at the wall to steady himself before stepping over the last sensor.
"If it looks easy it's likely to be hard." Bakura grumbled, consulting the map before darting behind another tapestry, down the passage presented, and into a stockroom near the exit.
"That shaft should be around here somewhere..." Bakura mussed, before he heard a small creak behind him and turned to see Malik holding up what looked like a drain cover, looking questioningly to the hole he'd uncovered.
"This what we're looking for?"
The albino spirit didn't answer as he stalked over and dropped down the hole, grabbing the ladder to prevent falling to his death.
"Know-it-all show off" Malik grumbled, following the Egyptian down the shaft.
Ryou could feel himself wincing every time his foot made a light 'clink' upon contact with the metal rungs of the ladder he was descending. He was sure they were making way too much noise; it was a miracle they hadn't been caught yet! But then again... maybe Gozaburo knew about them, and was just letting them think they were winning...?
Bakura slid down the last of the ladder and pressed his ear to the door next to him, trying to get an idea of the number of people he would end up killing; not that he minded, but he doubted the law would be very happy if they ever caught up with him, and neither would Ryou. The only reason he worried about his hikari was that he knew that too much blood shed would cause the younger's nerve to fail him, and so he would be unable to perform the task required of him.
"You guys all ready? Cause I'm about to open this door and throw a flash or two out, give us a few more seconds and a chance to get into a better position."
The group all nodded, and Bakura turned back to the door, his hand on the handle, a flash grenade ready in his free hand.
"Three, two, one, go!" The spirit pulled the pin out with his teeth, throwing the door open and chucking the grenade out into the hallway; several surprised yells told the group they were in for a fight, and the Egyptians could easily count seven stunned figures darting round corners, pistols in their hands as the group shot out form their hiding place and flattened against walls, shooting a few shots to show they were armed. Meanwhile, Ryou had sprinted across the hallway into the control room, Malik at his heals to guard the door.
"You know what you're doing Ryou?" The Egyptian asked, firing at a guard foolish enough to try to run for the control room.
"It's quite an old model, but it's been updated so much... how long can you give me!"
"'Kura! How long we got!"
"Five, ten minutes? Just tell the little rat to hurry up!"
Malik didn't need to relay the message, Ryou had heard, and was now typing away at a computer station so fast his hands were almost a blur over the keys; his eyes fixed on the screen as line after line of data flashed past.
Ryou had managed to get the computer to display a breakdown of the system, and once he had the relevant point in this data, he could begin to fiddle with the program; fooling the machine into thinking he knew the security passwords; and while he was at it, he would make a decoy program; which would show everything as normal, allowing Ryou to easily disable the cameras and security without any main control rooms knowing anything about it. To do this, Ryou had to use another computer already under his control; that's where his palm top came in.
Quickly linking the little computer, Ryou began to make the decoy program, and soon had it running; not long after, his sharp eyes caught sight of the data path - and soon file - he needed.
C:WINDOWSsystem32odbcad32
Quickly hijacking the file; Ryou set to work gaining access to the protected data inside; data that would allow him to control data flow in and out of the terminal he was working with.
A mere two minutes later Ryou had the decoy program running fully and the computer terminal under his control, soon after, he had the security system's main data flashing before him; the CCTV images flickering lightly in the background. Bakura darted into the room a second later, Marik going to help his hikari at the door as Ryou quickly disabled the cameras Bakura indicated.
Once the system was modified to Bakura's specifications and the images supposedly originating from the CCTV network were entered, Ryou transferred the program from his palm top to the main system via a floppy disc and set it to run; then they left, darting down the now clear rout and soon reaching the room their friends were locked in.
