MISTAKE 128

Chapter 128: The agency makes its move

For the next hour, Rico and Mia worked in tandem, trying every trick in their considerable arsenal to bypass the box's security. The tension in the vault was thick; every failed attempt pushed up the stress.

"Guys," Leo's voice came through their earpieces, "we've got movement. A car just pulled into the parking lot."

"Shit," Jack hissed. "How many?"

"Just one person. Looks like a cleaner."

Jack ran a hand through his hair. "Okay, we've still got time. Rico, Mia, where are we at?"

Mia looked up, frustration evident on her face. "We've bypassed the biometrics, but this voice recognition is killing us. It's like nothing I've ever seen before." "Wait a second," Rico said, his eyes lighting up." "What if we don't need to bypass it? What if

we could trick it instead?"

"What do you mean?" Jack asked.

Rico grinned. "Mia, pull up that voice modulation program you used on the Stephenson job. If we can get a sample of the right voice, we might be able to synthesize it."

Mia's eyes widened. "That... that might actually work. But we'd need to know whose voice it's looking for."

Jack thought for a moment, then pulled out his phone. He dialed a number, speaking quietly

Chapter 128. The agency makes its thave

when it connected. "Sir, we're at the box, but we're stuck on voice recognition. Any ideas. whose voice

it might be keyed to?"

He listened for a moment, then his face paled. "Are you sure? Alright, we'll try it."

the team. "It's keyed to Anya

moment

whispered. "As

nodded grimly. "That's the one.

speeches of his in my database, but

Mia worked furiously on her tablet, Leo's voice came through again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe

but recognizable version of Anya's voice emanated from the device. "What do you mean? Password: Dad," the first sentence was pulled from the government archives of a

Then, with a soft click, the

swung open.

did it!" Rico

reaching into the box. "Now let's

hand groped inside the box, feeling around. His brow furrowed. "What

is it?" Mia

out, empty. "It's... There's nothing here. The

stunned silence fell over the

said. "After all that security?

"Nothing. Not a damn

cut in urgently. "The cleaner's almost

Jack cursed. "Alright, we're leaving.

the vault quickly, their footsteps echoing in the empty bank as they made their way back to their entry point. As they slipped out into the night, they could hear

was nothing there." He

We're not going back to base.

exchanged worried glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking feeling

curb, disappearing into the darkness. Behind them, the bank

easy this was-no ordinary bank. This

through the quiet streets, each member of the team was lost in thought, wondering what they had

dark van slammed into their vehicle,

well-oiled machine, the Van withdrew and a row truck replaced it, and the entire crew was dragged away in the car and all into

began to wake around them, early risers starting their day, unaware

had been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on edge. Today, those rumors would come to fruition in ways no one could have anticipated. Chapter 128

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