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 to

moment

whispered. "As

grimly. "That's the one.

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

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

the device. "What do

with a

swung open.

it!"

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

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

it?"

empty. "It's... There's

silence fell over

Rico said. "After all that security? There's got to be

"Nothing. Not a damn

almost at the vault. You need to

cursed. "Alright,

to their entry point. As they slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum starting up inside. Once they were safely away from the

when the call connected, "we got into the box, but... it was empty. There was nothing there."

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

far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking feeling that their troubles. were only

disappearing into the darkness. Behind them,

were oddly suspicious about how easy this was-no ordinary bank. This was bank operated by

drove through the quiet streets, each member of the team was

dark van slammed into their vehicle, flipping them several times and sending them into

Van withdrew and a row truck replaced it, and the entire crew was dragged away in the car and

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

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