The elevators were convenient but there was no way Victoria and Sam could avoid the camera without raising suspicion.
Hitting the first flight of stairs, the two made it to the first second floor before stopping to avoid the camera. She watched with a bated breath as Sam peaked around the wall for a split second before nodding at her. Moving in front of him, Victoria peered at the camera on the high corner of the wall facing the ascending stairs. Lifting her pocket laser she pointed it straight at the lens and began counting in her head. She felt Sam move his hands to grasp her hips as he let out a hot breath right next to her ear that had her suppress a shudder. Before she could do anything else, she finished her count and dropped her hand.
With her laser firmly grasped in hand she blew forcefully into Sam's face with a laugh before setting off quickly up the stairs. They were on a time schedule but that didn't mean they couldn't mess around. And so they repeated the process a few more times before they reached the 45th freaking floor.
'Holy crap, I need to work out,' Victoria thought with a barely contained gasp as they finally reached their floor. She was panting like a bull which didn't help her self esteem at all as she noticed Sam was barely out of breath. He glanced out at the hallway before reaching back to grasp Victoria's hand to drag her across the hall.
They both turned their heads to glance through the glass paned doors to see the meeting taking hold. Luckily they weren't spotted. Victoria could barely put names to any of the faces in the meeting except Alan. The only thing they could hear was clapping and congratulations.
Sam came to a stop in front of the room holding all the modems(Yeah at this point I have no idea what I'm talking about) and pulled out his cellphone to unlock the door. Behind him, Victoria looked around warily as she held one hand against Sam's back and the other latching onto one of his belt loops.
Beep.
With clearance they quietly walked in to make sure no one was going to pop up anywhere. However they failed to see the blue motion detector that shot half a foot away from the door.
"C'mon Sam," Victoria whispered as she urged him to run toward the machine he needed. There were hundreds that lined the room and they only needed one specific one.
"Alright, just keep an eye out," Sam said as he twisted two latches to open the drive.
As Sam did his thing, Tori looked around in awe for the first time. Sam had never let her come along before until this year. And despite the risks he warned her about, this was definitely worth it. Then something caught her eye as a large security personnel ran to reach the door they had come through.
"Sam," she found herself whispering as she tugged his belt loop in emphasis as she tucked herself tight behind him to hide herself from sight.
Beep.
"I know you're here!" The man shouted clearly as she spotted a beam of light, "let's make this easy."
Nibbling on her lip Victoria wished she was taller to glance around Sam's shoulder to see that they were atleast close.
With Tori's body pressed against his back Sam couldn't help but enjoy this moment. Adrenaline rushing, "stealing" his own company property, his best friend practically molesting him. Life was good.
Then a small rumble erupted between them.
'Oh my god,' Victoria thought with a giggle and embarrassment as she buried her face into Sam's back. Her stomach just rumbled in hunger. A tensing of Sam's shoulders told her that he had heard it too.
"Come on, come on," Sam whispered with a wide smile as he took a small glanced around the machine.
Done.
Without a word he reached behind him to unhook Tori's hand from his pants and pulled her quickly away toward the door by running around the machines on the opposite side of where the security man was.
"Freeze!"
Tori couldn't resist but to look back and smiled as she caught the confusion in the man's eyes. She could barely let out a chuckle before they were rocketing down the hall back toward the staircases. This time they were going straight up without any stops for cameras.
Fueled on Tori's laughter, Sam ran faster up the stairs with his partner right behind them. He had been weary on bringing her with him at first but all doubts were erased as they reached the rooftop. The cold night air hit them, cooling down their bodies as they took in the amazing sight. But they weren't here for the sight, but the crane.
Victoria was in awe as she looked around with wide eyes. Honestly, she had no idea what was coming next but could feel fear ebbing at the corner of her mind as they realized they could run no more.
"You liked that?" Sam's deep voice interrupted as he glanced back at her with a smile, "You'll love this next part." With a raised eyebrow she followed his eyes toward the crane.
The smile on her face dropped so fast that Sam couldn't resist but to let out a bark of laughter. She was pale as a ghost. He knew she was scared shitless but trusted him.
As quickly as possible, he pulled Tori up with him onto the arm of the crane with a tight grip on her hand.
A pathetic whine left her as they reached the end of the arm with both their feet making up the whole width. Without a second thought she wrapped her arms around his waist tightly and pressed her face into his shirt. The only thing keeping her from screaming was his warm body muffling her mouth.
Sam moved a hand onto her waist as he glanced down at the street with all traces of humor gone.
"Hey Dad, how you doin'?" Sam asked into the wind after he secured the straps of his backpack firmly onto himself. With a breath he glanced down at the top of Tori's head and placed a kiss on it. Reaching behind him he pulled around from each side an extra set of straps and quickly moved to secure Tori against him. With a deep breath he looked up and around him.
"Where are you going to run to now?"
The same security personnel had followed them up and was now creeping up onto the arm of the crane as well. With wide eyes, Sam and Tori stared at the unbalanced man as he made their way toward them. Fear kept her mouth shut and even if she could open it she wouldn't be able to speak. But Sam spoke for the both of them so she felt a bit relieved.
"Hey you don't want to do that," Sam said loudly as he lifted a hand in warning and worry. But the man was relentless, Sam gave him credit for that.
"Didn't anyone tell you that stealing was wrong?" The man continued with a small quiver in his voice as he continued to move forward.
"You can't steal something that was designed to be free," Sam replied sharply as he kept his hand in the air while staring at the security man.
"Now I got cha," the security personnel said with a smirk of confidence as he continued edging forward.
"Hey, don't sweat it, your boss is okay with it," Sam continued.
"The hell he is!"
"Ooh, stingy," Victoria whispered before she could help herself. Sam's free hand rested on her back in warning as she waved slightly. He knew as much as she did that the rent-a-cop had more balls than she did to come up by himself. And he was amused. She would've done something too if they weren't standing an inch away from certain death.
"Your boss works for the CEO, and the CEO works for the shareholders," her crazy friend continued calmly as he held a steady eye on the man, "Now do you know who the biggest share holder is?"
Finally the man stopped to rest a few feet from them. From where Victoria could see his name tag clearly.
Stanley Merced.
Stanley stopped to let out a confused look before replying, "I don't know, some kid."
To which Sam let out a smile and used both his arms to get his point across.
With a shakey breath, Victoria watched as realization hit Stanley like a freight train.
"You're Mr. Flynn," Stanley let out in awe.
The power in a name.
Stanley leaned back slightly in confusion.
"B-But why? This is your father's company."
Victoria tilted her head down in sadness as she felt Sam's muscles tensing even more in contempt.
"Not any more," Sam got out before he moved them so his back was facing the edge.
"H-Hey Kid," Stanley stuttered as he slowly began realizing what was happening. The kids were going to jump!
Vertigo and adrenaline psych meshed together and hit Victoria and Sam.
"NOOOOOO!"
A scream tore Victoria's throat but loud laughter left Sam as they basically did a free fall. But soon Victoria was laughing and screaming in joy along with Sam as they reached closer to the ground. Why she was laughing, Tori had no idea. Sanity had been thrown out the window since the first day she had met 'Mr. Flynn.'
"WHOOOAAAA," Sam belted out as he yanked on the releasing chord. The breath got knocked out of them both as a black parachute shot out of Sam's backpack and was quickly filled with air to dampen their fall.
"Whoo hoo hoo!" He continued as he tried to glide the two of them to the ground. Victoria was psyched shitless and could barely move let alone scream anymore. But Sam's sudden panic had her yelling Sam's name out in anger since she couldn't see what he was yelling about.
They both jerked forward before swinging back.
Finally taking a breath, Victoria looked up with Sam to see the parachute tangled up with a street lamp.
"Uh-oh," She whispered as she quickly scanned the street below for cars. They both struggled as the straps holding them up were beginning to sting.
"Taxi, taxi," Tori repeated as she eyed the incoming vehicle.
Glancing back Sam got her idea and placed a hand on the latch holding them both onto the parachute.
"Now!"
They both fell with a shriek from Tori onto the moving vehicle. A grunt escaped Sam while a groan left her lips as her chest slammed quite hard onto the cold metal roof. God it sucked being a girl sometimes.
"Hey! No free rides!" The taxi man exclaimed as he slammed his fist repeatedly on the glass panel. The situation suddenly had both unwanted passengers laughing and holding on for their lives as the taximan began jerking the car around sporadically.
"Oh my GOOOD," Tori screamed out as the two cop cars barricaded the way forcing the taxi man to stop immediately. Sending both their persons to roll across the hood of the car and sprawling on the ground. And without a moment to spare, Sam and Tori shot off to slide across the cop car's hoods and toward Sam's bike. It was a mad dash as Victoria literally ran for her life. But just as quickly they were stopped as a bright light shot down over them.
"Stop right there!"
"Freeze!"
Stuttering to a stop, Tori looked around frantically as she noticed they were boxed in now. She was furious as hell with Sam but couldn't stop the maniac smile from forming as she raised her hands.
"Okay, Okay boys," Sam exclaimed as he spread his arms out like an eagle, "You got us."
As his arms were pulled down roughly to be cuffed, Sam turned his head to meet Tori's smile that matched his own. His eyes never left her until she was shuffled into a separate car away from the one he was being put into.
'She's so going to kill me,' Sam thought with a laugh as he leaned back to rest his sore body against the uncomfortable seat covers of the car.
'I'm going to kill him,' Victoria thought as her cheeks began to hurt from the smile on her face. But a giggle betrayed her anger as she opted to lay down across the seat with a sigh.
What a night.
