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."

up, he turned to the team. "It's keyed

was a moment of stunned

Mia whispered. "As in,

the one.

so. I've got some public speeches of his in my database, but nothing from his

the cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe

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

happened. Then, with a soft click, the safe

swung open.

it!"

said, reaching into the box. "Now let's see what all this fuss

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

it?" Mia

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

stunned silence fell over

all that security? There's got to be

head. "Nothing. Not a damn

voice cut in urgently. "The cleaner's almost at the vault.

Jack cursed. "Alright, we're leaving.

into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum

but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment,

turned to the team. "Change of plans. We're not going back to base. We've got

team exchanged worried glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions

disappearing into the darkness. Behind them, the bank

easy this was-no ordinary bank.

member of the team was lost in thought, wondering what

what happened when a dark van slammed into their vehicle, flipping them several times and sending them

it, and the entire crew was dragged away in

city began to wake around them, early risers starting their day, unaware of the drama that had unfolded in the heart

a major restructuring had been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on edge. Today, those rumors would come to fruition

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