Sorry for the delay, but it's Mother's day here in Oz... So, happy Mother's day to all mums out there!
But, here's the next chapter, and you'll get another in the morning as per usual! :-)

Enjoy!

Chapter 17

As Lissa parked her car, opposite the house she was about to break into, she looked around and smiled at the sleeping neighbourhood. She was nervous and she wasn't afraid to admit it but there was a sense of excitement running through her that she'd never quite felt before. Sure, she'd been there with Rose on the boosts they'd done, others she'd just hung back in the car, but this was to be the first time she was doing everything by herself.

She grabbed her laptop and went through the menu quickly, pulling up the program she needed to hook into the security system. This place was different as the house was wired up separately to the shed where the cars were. She didn't have a key and she couldn't get a duplicate in time so unfortunately, she'd have to punch the ignition out. Rose had shown her how to do it a number of times, the first time she tried it herself, she hadn't put enough force into it so Rose had to finish it off. With a few clicks of the keys, the alarm and motion detectors in the garage were turned off. Luckily, the only cameras on the property were the small ones over the doors of the house and they were simple enough to disarm.

The owners of the Hemi were away on a cruise and weren't due back for another couple of weeks, so she didn't have that to deal with. She heard the sound of a car approaching so she slipped down in her seat as it got closer. She peeked over the sill of the door and her heart skipped when she saw Adrian and Christian in the front seat. "Shit… Dammit, dammit, dammit… How'd they get here so fast?" She stretched her neck a bit to see where they'd gone and quickly got to work when she couldn't see them. Had she had more time, she would have delved into his computer… but time was now of the essence…

When finished, she closed the laptop and slipped it under the passenger seat. She grabbed the tool belt that held everything that she thought she'd need and turned off the interior light before opening the car door. Keeping herself low, she slipped outside and screwed her face up in an effort to shut the door soundlessly. Not only did she not want to wake anyone up but she didn't want to alert the boys if they were closer than she thought they were. Without standing up, Lissa clipped the belt around her hips and moved to the front of her car.

She knew that the chances of the guys being parked somewhere close and would see her crossing the street were fairly high, but she couldn't worry about that now; she had to get into the house before they did. This was her first boost and she did not want to come away empty handed… By the plans, the house had a normal garage with a ramp inside that went underground to house his 'prize possession'. The only other exit door to the garage was a steel enforced one that locked from the inside, so Lissa knew that option was out, no, the only option was to go through the house.

With a quick look up and down the street, Lissa took off, heading straight for a large hedge of trees. Her heart was racing, adrenaline pumped thought her system and she knew that she had to get herself under control if she was going to have any chance of getting in and out undetected. She took a few deep, calming breaths as she held her slightly shaking hands out in front of her. "Pull yourself together Liss." She scolded herself in a whisper.

Lissa took out her small PDA; she'd hacked into the security company's mainframe a couple of days ago, scoffing at the ease of it, and got all the information that she needed. She reached for her cell and dialled the security company.

"St Vladimir's Security, this is Marcus, how can I help you?"

"Oh, hello Marcus, this is Mrs Carmack." Lissa greeted before giving out the address. "My husband and I had to return home unexpectedly, so I'm just calling to say that we'll be pulling up to the house shortly."

"Certainly Mrs Carmack, can you give your password please?"

"Guardian."

"Thank you. I'll note your call, Mrs Carmack."

"Thank you Marcus, have a nice night." Once Lissa ended the call, she quickly ran to the house, resting her back against the outside wall. She went into the program she used to decipher codes and waited till it brought up what she needed. As calmly as she could, she moved to the front door and quickly picked the lock. There were a lot of things that Rose was good at, but lock picking was Lissa's specialty. Once inside, she went over to the security panel and punched in the numbers… 84625.

Once the blinking red light turned green, she looked up and watched the internal cameras and motion detectors turn off. She wanted to make sure they were all off before moving though, and did a quick search on the PDA for the tell-tale frequency that picks up live feeds.

Satisfied that everything was off, Lissa quickly made her way through the house after relocking the front door and setting the alarm with a new code. When the boys turned up earlier, she'd quickly formulated a plan… If they were going to try and beat her, she wasn't about to make it easy on them. She knew this system fairly well as it was almost identical to the one her parents had installed so she was well aware that she could keep every alarm off, other than the front door… If Chris or Adrian were following, they'd have to get in the hard way… she kicked herself now for not doing more to Chris' computer when she had the chance. When she got to the internal garage door, she keyed in the needed code before slipping into the cold room.

Lissa took out her small torch and shone it through the driver's side window, looking for any sign of security device. Not seeing anything, she quickly picked the door lock and reached for the hood latch. She looked around the engine bay and smiled when she saw nothing but a few wires in an odd place, probably to a device that was hidden inside the dash. Again, Lissa had thought of this, after all, a car worth just over a million would be expected to have something on it…

She pulled out an RF scanner and went back to the inside of the car… sure enough; she followed those wires under the dash and up the steering column. She didn't have time to disarm what she was positive was a GPS tracker; she'd have to do that in the truck once she got moving.

Once certain there were no alarms, Lissa looked around to find the button for the garage door. On a hunch, she looked inside the car and sure enough, the remote was in the glove box.

Sitting in the car, she could hardly sit still, her system in almost hyper drive at the thought of not only getting her first ever mark, but also beating the boys at their own game… She could feel the nervous laugh trying to break through but she wasn't finished yet. She pulled out the ignition punch and said a silent 'sorry' to the beautiful car before putting all her strength into what she had to do. The crack of the lock breaking made her cringe but it had to be done. She typed out a quick text to Tomas, the truck driver, to say she was about to leave and pushed the garage remote before turning the car on.

Lissa could see the boy's legs on the other side of the door as it slowly made its way up. Her fingers flexed and clenched around the steering wheel as she waited to see their facial expressions… It didn't take long for her to recognise the toned yet lanky body of the man she'd coveted for years but it was his expression that was the one thing she was most interested in seeing… She saw his smirk a second before his eyes and she couldn't help but giggle.

"You really think you're going to be leaving here behind that wheel, Princess?" Chris said with a smirk. The sight of her excited and smiling face made his whole body come alive.

"I most certainly do, Hot Stuff…"

"Oh, here we go… How 'bout I take the car and you two can just go fuck each other's brains out like we all know you want to do." Adrian said with a chuckle.

Chris didn't stop smirking… and thinking that Adrian's suggestion was in fact a good one.

Thought you guys would like to see how Lissa fared on her first independant boost...