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

was a moment

Mia whispered. "As

nodded grimly. "That's the one. Can you do it,

deep breath. "I think so. I've got some public speeches of his in my

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

exclaimed. She held up her tablet to the voice recognition panel. A slightly robotic but recognizable version of Anya's voice emanated from the device. "What do

heartstopping moment, nothing happened. Then, with a soft click,

swung open.

it!" Rico

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

feeling around. His brow furrowed.

it?"

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

fell over

that security? There's

"Nothing. Not a

in urgently. "The cleaner's almost at the vault. You need

"Alright, we're

to their entry point. As they slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of

connected, "we got into the box, but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face growing more concerned. "Yes, sir. I understand. We're

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

started the van, the team exchanged worried glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking feeling that their troubles. were

the curb, disappearing into the darkness. Behind them,

suspicious about how easy this was-no ordinary bank. This was

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

when a dark van slammed into their

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

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

analysts alike on edge. Today, those rumors would come to

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