Update, update, update! This is what I do instead of my English papers :-) Oh well back to Women in the Early 19th century…
You can make all the moves, you can aim all the spotlights, get all the signs and tomorrow is just right.- Fallout Boy
Don't breathe too deep, don't think all day. Dive into work, drive the other way. That drip of hurt, that pint of shame, goes away just play the game.- Rent, Jonathan Larson (What You Own)
The rest of the afternoon was spent in near silence, punctuated only by the chatter of Isabelle as she ran happily after her playful kitten. Irina and Jack kept up surveillance to insure they hadn't been followed and Ameile occupied herself by playing with Isabelle. Sydney and Vaughn were searching the new safe house, checking for bugs, while making sure they had enough equipment to make it livable for awhile. They discovered a well stocked kitchen, clean linens for the bed and no listening or tracking devices. When the sun finally set they all gathered in the kitchen, a family connected by so much more than blood. They had dinner together, a mainly silent affair, with most of the conversation coming from Isabelle. The silence continued after dinner as Sydney took Isabelle for a bath and then tucked her into bed. Returning to the living room she found Ameile and Vaughn on one couch and Irina and Jack directly opposite on another couch.
"Isabelle's in bed." She said, breaking the silenced and seating herself next to Vaughn on the couch.
"Good." Jack nodded, reaching next to him and placing several items on the coffee table between the two couches.
"Do you need me to leave for this?" Ameile asked.
"No this information isn't classified by any department of any government. It's purely ours." Jack replied, unrolling a map and stretching it out on the table before continuing.
"From what we assume, the largest Prophet Five cell still left and the one that appears to be leading this campaign is located here, right inside Paris city limits. The men who attacked Irina are two high agents within this cell, therefore confirming what we've assumed. The location of the cell is about a 30 miles west of where we are now. This map is the blueprints to the building they are using, passing it off as a bank."
"Some things never change do they?" Syd interrupted sarcastically.
"Apparently not. But according to information we received, the security failsafe are located at four different posts in the sub basement level. In order for the security to be overridden in anyway, all four of these fail safes have to be deactivated within a minute of each other. If not, the system will immediately lock down and there is no way non personal can enter the building. If we mange to take these fail safes out, we can then have an outside source loop security feeds and whatnot."
"How do we get to the sub basement?" Vaughn asked, looking at all the Intel spread on the coffee table.
"The only way to access the subbasement is through the building itself. The problem is, even bank customers can't get to the sub basement so we can't go down that way. The best course of action is to send two people in as customers to purchase a safe deposit box. They will be taken to the basement level, right above the sub basement. Now the room they can redeem their box and are taken into a private room to store what they need. If you request room 6, there is an underground tunnel that runs parallel to it, remnants of the old city. It would be easy to blow a hole and have the other two people join up with you."
"Won't the security cameras catch the extra two people?" Syd asked.
"No. According to the bank's insurance policy, all security within the actually bank itself had to be contracted out. We can easily loop the bank's cameras."
"So why don't all four people go down into the room?" Syd said looking around. "Wouldn't it be easier?"
"Yes, but we need to physically loop those cameras. So after we're done looping we can join the others. After the two teams met up we have to drop at this specific point into the sub basement. It is located in the private room two and it is the only blind spot in the whole subbasement. Once we are down in the sub basement, we have to reach the fail safes which are located in the four corners of the room. Now the cameras run on a sweep, theoretically leaving only one blind spot. But after assessing the type of camera they use, we discovered it's possible to follow directly behind the sweep of one camera and not be seen. Now we can't stop at any moment because the other camera will catch up, but all four charges must be placed at the same time to reduce lack of detection, once we are able to return to the blind spot we will detonate the charges. Then I will call Marshall and have him loop the building and we can infiltrate, with other operatives the Prophet Five cell. Any questions?"
"Yeah I have some Dad. Who are the other operatives that you are talking about. Also is the mission CIA sanctioned? And what about Ameile and Isabelle?"
"The other operatives are men I have worked with in the past. They are not part of any government agencies, they are purely contractual."
"Which means they can turn on us at any minute." Vaughn argued.
"No these men are only contractual to me. They know the price of betraying me." Jack countered.
"Also some of my men will be helping out." Irina said. "Mainly as backup and getaway drivers."
"Is this the part when you pull Sark out and tell us that we are going to have to overcome our differences and work together?" Syd asked with a pained expression on her face.
"Don't worry Sydney; Sark is in no way involved wit this." Irina replied.
"Who's Sark?' Ameile asked, slightly confused.
"He's a pretty boy hand for hire, Maman. He was involved with Lauren when we were married."
"Oh. I understand why you don't like him."
"Back to your questions Sydney." Jack interrupted. "This mission isn't CIA sanctioned, it is totally black ops. Marshall understands this and knows not to leak the information to anyone. Just to be sure, I contacted Dixon and asked him to sit with Marshall when this all went down so he can provide Marshall with help. Marshall and Dixon will be able to see us via camera. We will have a direct comm link with them at all times. That said, they do not know the truth about Vaughn, so they might be a little shocked."
"Are you going to tell them?" Vaughn asked.
"No. We don't have time for long phone conversations. Also it might leak to the CIA that you are still alive and then that would put us in trouble. Agents would be sent to retrieve you and we can't have that right now. Ameile, if you don't mind, you will stay here with Isabelle while we are infiltrating the cell. I will provide you with excellent security."
"I don't mind staying here. I'm not good with guns." Ameile replied.
"Jack I want security for them that I know and trust. Someone we have used before." Vaughn said.
"I'm well aware of your concerns. I brought someone in. I'm surprised he isn't here now. This man will provide the main security around the safe house while we are gone. Both you and Sydney will be extremely pleased with him."
"Who are you bringing in Dad?" Sydney asked as the doorbell rang.
"Come and see for yourself. That's him now."
Hmmm wonder who it can be. No it's not Sark (evil, yet attractive git). And don't worry it's not Lauren (evil and unattractive git). Maybe Kendall? Or Will? Maybe it's Bill Vaughn (ehhh gasp) or Albus Dumbeldore? No it's Tom Cruise or JJ Abrams! It's the monster from Lost, its Sawyer from Lost!
And I'm going to shut up now and get to work on my English paper. There's no way I can argue Alias is actually based in the Early 19th century is there.