This was once part of a larger story but I changed the direction, and this is what I kept. Hope you enjoy
Phil and Melinda slipped in through the hole in the fence and avoiding the camera and guard lights made it to the side of the building. They inched around until they reached the intended entrance, a fire door that was kept propped open. They slipped inside and quickly pulled the power, to disable all the alarms and cameras, so that they could get through the building quickly.
They knew they were looking for something important, but they didn't know what it was, but it was sizeable because whenever these guys transported it, they used 2 vans, for diversion and 4 guard cars for each van.
They knew it had to be more than papers or a piece of tech. They heard hurried calls and movement within the building. "You check the rooms upstairs, I'll do the sweep down here." Phil orders and Melinda nods. "Be careful, there's probably a lot of guards about." She replied and Phil smiled, "You too." She replied and headed for the nearest set of stairs.
She quickly pushed through the first set of rooms, gun raised, scanning the area, pulling at cabinets and then moving on to the next. She was at the end of a hallway and had smashed into a locked room when she heard a whimper.
"Hello?" She called gently, edging around the side of the room. "Is anyone in here?" She called out softly because there could still be guards around and she didn't need them to hear her. She inched further around the room when she saw a small head pop up from behind one of the desks in the corner of the room.
"Hey," Melinda said gently lowering her gun and approaching the small child. Who hunched back down nervously. "Hey, it's okay, I won't hurt you." She offered gently and the girl moved her head back above the desk.
"Hey. Hello." She said and watched the girl eye her nervously. "Can I come closer?" Melinda asked and the little girl stared at Melinda for a couple of seconds before nodding, "Okay." She whispered and Melinda moved low and shuffled close to the little girl.
"My name is Melinda." She introduced and the young girl looked up to her with wide eyes. "I'm Skye." She whispered and Melinda could tell this girl was terrified. "Are you taking me away?" She whispered and Melinda had to look at her for a moment and then it hit her. This small girl was the important object they were looking for.
"Do you want me to?" Melinda asked gently and Skye nodded her head quickly. "I don't like it here. They hurt me and scare me." Skye almost cried and Melinda hardened. This girl was most definitely coming away with them. Melinda will not allow this girl to stay with these people.
"Okay, then you're coming with me yeah," Melinda instructed and Skye shuffled closer to the other women. "I've got a friend downstairs and he'll help get us out, but I've got to make sure there's nobody else up here to get at us first, okay?" Melinda explained and Skye scrambled from behind the desk. "Come on then," Melinda said getting to her feet and they both moved back towards the door. "Stay right behind me. We don't want anyone seeing you." Melinda ordered and Skye nodded and practically hugged Melinda's legs as they went from room to room.
They were nearly done when they rounded a corner and Skye screamed out quickly before Melinda grabbed her, threw a hand over her mouth and pulled her into the nearest room. They huddled in the corner and Melinda hugged Skye tightly to her chest because something had spooked the young girl and she was now crying big ugly tears with gut-racking sobs.
"Shhhhh." She tried to soothe, hugging the girl closer to herself, trying to both comfort and muffle the noise she was making.
"Hey, did you hear that?" A voice nearby said and Melinda tightened her grip on Skye as she listened to the noise outside the corridor. "I think the kids got loose boss." They heard one of them call and it sounded like it was downstairs, so there was a group huddled nearby.
"Find her, quick." They heard a guy order and there were feet rattling along the landing. "Shhh, Skye, deep breaths, calm down," Melinda whispered to the girl. She needed to calm down or Melinda wouldn't be able to go and take out the guys and she had to go and take out the guards or they were coming for them.
"If they hear us we're dead Skye." She said and that scared the girl into calming down. She paid attention and calmed her breathing down, meaning her crying stopped. "Good girl. I'm sorry to scare you." Melinda apologised as she set Skye down and edged towards the door.
"Boss we can't find her." One guard called out and Melinda watched Skye edge towards the side of the room. Wanting to be far away from these guards, Melinda couldn't blame her.
"Keep looking, we can't let her get away, she has all the answers to fixing this serum." The boss downstairs called back and Melinda glanced back at Skye, who was terrified and she now knew why. This girl had spent a long time being tested on, at the least. She was probably traumatised and also very valuable. Melinda hurried back across the room, pulled one of her flick knives from her pocket and passed it over to Skye, showing her how to use it.
"Okay, listen to me carefully. I'm going to give this to you and I need you to use it on anybody who comes through that door that isn't me." Melinda carefully explained and Skye shook her head quickly. "Don't go." She nearly cried and Melinda put her hand on Skye's shoulder and ushered her into the corner of the room, between the wall and the cabinet.
"I've got to go and stop those men before they find us or my friend okay? You're safe here for a couple of minutes until I get back." Melinda promised and Skye still looked terrified and Melinda had an idea. "Count to 500 slowly and I'll be back for you," Melinda said and Skye took a deep breath and started mouthing the numbers slowly and Melinda made a beeline out of the room. She only had a couple of minutes.
The door crashed back open and Melinda skidded in and came to a stop crouching in front of Skye who was looking at her in awe. "You're back. I only got to 400." Skye admitted and Melinda smiled and got to her feet. "Told you I would be. Come on, we need to find Phil." Melinda said and took Skye by the hand and pulled her behind her.
"Is that your friend?" Skye asked quietly as they made their way along the corridors, with a little less secrecy than before. "Yeah, and he might be in trouble here," Melinda admitted, hoping that Phil hadn't gone and gotten into trouble.
As they slowly descended the stairs a figure came out of the shadows and Melinda nearly took a shot before she saw who it was. Phil was standing there with his hands in his pockets smiling at her. "Hey, who's your friend?" He said as he approached and crouched in front of Skye.
"This is Skye." Melinda introduced and Skye waved nervously up at him and he smiled calmly back at her. "Well nice to meet you Skye, you want to get out of here?" He asked and Skye nodded her head quickly. "Yes please." She replied and Phil smiled and glanced at Melinda who nodded. This was the object they'd come to retrieve.
"Well come on then," Phil said and the three exited the building the same way they got in and didn't run into any more guards as they crossed the yard and slipped through the hole in the fence they'd made earlier. "You're safe now," Melinda promised as they headed through the grassland to their waiting vehicle. They couldn't wait to explain this one back at base.
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