I decided to upload both chapters in one month. Enjoy!

"Alright, you ready?" Shaun asks Clara.

They were parked far enough from the jewelry store to get a good look at it. Clara could already see surveillance cameras in front of the building monitoring the empty parking lot. It was late, about 11:00. That's when the place was closed. It was a stormy night and she didn't expect it to be raining. The weather could ruin the leather on her jacket, but she cared more about how this was going to go.

She had done something like this in the past whenever she would steal data, but this involved killing people. She wasn't used to this, but she tried to keep in her head that she has done this before.

She takes a deep breath before answering, "Yes."

Shaun held a bag that contained all the weapons she needed: the grapple gun, daggers, and pistols. There were assault rifles too just in case Shaun would need them.

"Ok," he says while shuffling through the bag, "I'm going to be talking to you through this earpiece. It also has a camera so I should be able to see everything you see. Once you've got everything, hurry back here. I'll be waiting."

He takes out the weapons she needs. She acquires the two daggers and places them inside two holders on her hips. She puts the two pistols in the back pockets of her jeans and she held the grapple gun in her hand. She also has a bag to put all the jewelry in.

She looks up at the big building before exiting the car. Heavy rain pours down on the pavement and it was getting on her clothes too, but she could care less. This place was pretty big for a jewelry store. That's when she realized that she had been at this store before. She used to buy rings and bracelets here. It looks like they upgraded it with techonolgy just like everything else in the city. Clara made sure that the cameras couldn't identify her by putting her name as NO RECORD.

She had to focus on one piece at a time. The grapple gun could attach to walls, roofs, almost anything. She puts on her mask before aiming the gun towards one of the windows. If she were to shoot at the window, it could break or make noise and she didn't want to draw any attention to herself, so she shoots the wall above the window instead.

The hook launches from the gun and attaches to the building. It lands above the window just as Clara wanted and the hook starts to pull her up. Her feet lift off the ground as she was being pulled up. In seconds, she was in the air. Drops of rain pound into her face making her squint, but she could still see what was ahead of her.

She reaches the window and the hook pulls back into gun before she lands on the edge of the window. She looks through the window and she could see a guard from below.

"Let's hope I can get this window open."

There was a Ctos box next to the window. She pulls out her phone and breaks past the firewall. The window made a click sound before moving up. The window was now open and she could see the inside of the building more clearly now. She looks down and sees the same guard she saw before, but he was talking to another guard.

Thinking of how she could get in quietly, she spots roof beams. Clara shoots her grapple gun towards them and the hook lifts her up. Reaching the top, she was about to land until her foot slips on the beam. She almost fell, but she balanced herself with her other foot while keeping her hands on the beam. She slowly places her other foot back on the beam and cautiously looks down to if the two guards had heard her. They were still engaged in their conversation. She sighs in relief. Looks like her acrobatics payed off.

Recovering from her mistake, she looks down once more to see varieties of jewels and rings inside the glass jewelry tables. Suddenly, one of the guards end the conversation and walks out of the room. Once he left, the other guard pulls out his phone. Clara decides to use this to her advantage. She hacks into the man's phone and switches on his mp3 player. A song starts to play. The guard looks down at his phone in confusion while he tries to shut off the music. Clara pulls out one of her silenced pistols from her back pocket and aims towards the man's head. She could do this.

Even though killing wasn't something she was used to, she helped Aiden fight off fixers, who were invading his apartment, in the past. That involved killing. Time was running out and the music on the guard's phone was going to turn off any second.

She focused and aims the gun at him before pulling the trigger. The bullet strikes the man's head and he falls down. He dies instantly. Now, she needed to find a way down. She looks around and sees a chandelier just below her. She balances herself on the beams before jumping on top of it. She lands on top of it causing it to rock back and forth beneath her. She holds onto the chain until the rocking stops.

She looks down at the jewelry once more. She wondered if she was supposed to grab all of it, or steal a particular kind of jewel. She decides to ask Shaun through the earpiece.

"Shaun, what exactly are we stealing?" She asks.

"Um, jewelry?"

Clara rolls her eyes at his sarcasm.

"No, I mean do I take all of it or are we aiming for something bigger?"

"Your goal is to take as much as you can. Put it all in the bag I gave you."

She pulls out the small black bag in her pocket.

"Ok, I'll see you in the car," she finishes the conversation.

The chandelier was close enough for her to jump down. Clara knew this could be a dumb decision, but she decides to put trust in her training. She was hesitant for a moment before making the jump. She lands on the ground and her feet immediately ache. Once recovering, she makes sure no one was around to hear the noise before standing up straight.

The dead guard was lying next to where she was standing and she almost felt bad. However, this was something she would have to get used to if she were willing to make her father happy.

"Sorry," she mutters to the dead guard.

He was only doing his job. She shakes it off and looks around at the jewelry tables. She quietly walks over to the back of the tables and sees a security lock on the glass door. She pulls her phone out and hacks into the lock. She is greeted by a firewall. It wasn't too hard to pass. It only took a few swipes and the door was open. The pretty rings and necklaces shine in the light. They beguiled Clara that she couldn't help but whisper, "Voila."

She might keep some of this. Taking out her bag, she starts loading it with jewelry until she hears footsteps coming from another room. The guard, who left earlier, returns and spots Clara behind the counter.

"Hey!"

Before he could pull out his weapon, she leaps from the counter and stabs him in his neck with one of her daggers. Bloods spews out of his skin while some of it drips on the floor. The metallic stench of blood fills Clara's nostrils. Even through her mask, she could smell it.

Suddenly, a loud alarm starts to go off from the building. She must have tripped it after breaking past the firewall. She pulls her dagger out of the guard's neck and sees two more guards coming from a room ahead of her. They pull out their pistols and start firing at Clara. Using the guard she stabbed as a human sheild, she pulls out her own pistol. With precise aiming, she shoots both guards in the head.

She looks around for an escape route and spots the main entrance to the store, but the doors were secured with security locks. She had no time to break past it. She quickly pulls out her grapple gun and aims towards the open window. The hook attaches to the top of the window and begins to pull her up. In the air, she could see more guards coming into the room. She makes it to the window and lands on the sill. She sees a street light pole next to where Shaun was parked. She shoots the grapple gun, and fortunately the hook wraps around the pole. She is pulled upward by the hook once more and she was out of the store.

Once she gets close enough to the pole, she pulls the hook back into the gun and lands safely on the ground. She could hear shots being fired from the store while she ran back to Shaun's car.

"Come on, get in!" He shouts with his window down.

Clara sprints towards the car and gets in the passenger seat. Shaun starts driving.

"Did you get all of it?"

"I got just enough. Drive faster, they're onto us."

Two cars tail them from behind both having guards inside. Shaun tosses Clara one of his assault rifles.

"I'm a little distracted here. Can you hold them off?" Shaun says while trying to focus on the road.

Clara rolls down her window and points the rifle out at one of the cars. She fires a car's tires. They immediately give out and the car comes to a halt. Instead of shooting the other car, she decides to hack into a steam pipe. The pipe explodes and neutralizes the other car. Clara makes sure the coast was clear before rolling up her window. With their threat eliminated, they make their getaway.

(The next morning)

Kenshin was on his way to one of his favorite cafés. There was no class today, so he has decided to relax. Still, he couldn't figure out why his student, Clara Lille, hasn't returned. She stayed at his school for over a year, but out of no where she stops showing up. No word from her father or anything. A couple of months have passed since he last saw her. Perhaps she is done. He didn't want to waste thinking about it.

The bells jingle once Kenshin opened the doors to the café. The place smelled like fresh vanilla lattes; his favorite. He sits at one of the tables and orders one. While waiting, he spots a wide screen tv behind the counter. It was WKZ news and they were talking about a robbery that happened at a local jewelry store. They didn't know how the thief could get past all security checkpoints, but they are saying that it was a woman wearing some kind of red bandana as a mask. That's all the guards could see that night, yet her image was blurred out in the cameras just like the vigilante.

Kenshin stared close and hard at the blurred images. He was trying to make out who this person was. It wouldn't be anyone he knew, but he was just curious. He studies the photos once more, but no luck. His thoughts were interrupted by a woman's voice.

"Your latte sir."

Journal #6

Papa told me to go inside my office after robberies and record everything I took so he can sell it. I just finished, and I want to talk about stealing from that jewelry store.

It obviously has hit headlines and WKZ news is raving about it. It felt easier than expected and honestly kind of fun. By fun I mean using the grapple gun. I enjoyed being in the air. The store also had beautiful jewelry, and I'm telling anyone, but I'm keeping some of it. I'll give him most of the necklaces and rings, but I'm also keeping a few.

I didn't run into Aiden, so I guess what they're saying on the news is right. He really has gone into hiding and still no one has seen him. I know this shouldn't worry me, but it kind of does. He's been gone for over a year and a part of me may be mad at him, but I'm still curious to know where he is. Perhaps I'm destined to find out.

Things get interesting in chapter 7 :) Reviews are welcome.