It seemed… wrong somehow to have Desmond’s blade out of sight, but necessity demanded it. It simply wouldn’t be practical running into a Templar base carrying it around with his gun. And… he couldn’t really bring himself to put it on. It was Desmond’s now. So instead he carefully tucked the blade in the backpack he was going to have with him. They needed to be prepared for as much as possible, and carrying around a pack would help.
“Okay, so then, the entire compound will go through a massive system blackout. It’ll shut down their security, including those electronic locks. Granted, it will also let them know something’s going on, but it can’t really be helped. But anyway, the blackout will give us a chance to get inside undetected. We’ll have two minutes to get inside before the systems will restart.”
“Two minutes? Are you insane? There’s no way we can get Desmond out of there that quickly. It’ll take at least -”
“Two minutes to get inside. I have a separate plan for our escape attempt. We’ll have… fifteen minutes from the time the blackout ends. I can trigger my second surprise early, but I won’t be able to delay it.”
Lucy looked pleased. Well, as pleased as she ever had the past several days. “Good. We make our way through the compound to the room Rebecca highlighted earlier. I’ll take point; Shaun, you take the rear. You’re a good enough shot I know you can cover me without me having to worry. We bust in, grab Desmond, Rebecca will yank their hard drive and anything else she can get and wipe everything else, then make our way back out. Rebecca will trigger… her surprise and we’ll bust out. You’ve got their satellites and cameras on looped footage, right? They won’t be able to track us as we leave?”
“They won’t have a clue. The problems we had finding this place will look like cake compared to the problems they’re going to have.”
Lucy grinned then, a fierce gleam in her eyes. “Good. So, we’re ready to go?” “Aside from the fact that our plan is grossly simplified and there are a ton of things that could go wrong?” Shaun asked. The plan was, in all honesty, ridiculously simple. Granted, that was good in that it allowed for greater flexibility when it came to dealing with unforeseen problems but… Well, he wished they had gotten the chance to go over at least a few more of those ‘unforeseen problems.’
“Twenty seconds.”
No more time for complaining. Shaun checked his gun one last time and adjusted the straps on his pack. Lucy had a knife in hand and, while currently empty handed, Rebecca had a pair of knives strapped to her waist, as well as a couple of her gadgets, assumedly for the second surprise.
“Ten.”
“Nine.”
“Eight.”
“Seven.”
“Six.”
“Five.”
“Four.”
“Three.”
“Two.”
“Here goes nothing.”
Suddenly, every light in and around the compound shut off. They had two minutes.
Come After Me [Part 6/X]
It seemed… wrong somehow to have Desmond’s blade out of sight, but necessity demanded it. It simply wouldn’t be practical running into a Templar base carrying it around with his gun. And… he couldn’t really bring himself to put it on. It was Desmond’s now. So instead he carefully tucked the blade in the backpack he was going to have with him. They needed to be prepared for as much as possible, and carrying around a pack would help.
“Okay, so then, the entire compound will go through a massive system blackout. It’ll shut down their security, including those electronic locks. Granted, it will also let them know something’s going on, but it can’t really be helped. But anyway, the blackout will give us a chance to get inside undetected. We’ll have two minutes to get inside before the systems will restart.”
“Two minutes? Are you insane? There’s no way we can get Desmond out of there that quickly. It’ll take at least -”
“Two minutes to get inside. I have a separate plan for our escape attempt. We’ll have… fifteen minutes from the time the blackout ends. I can trigger my second surprise early, but I won’t be able to delay it.”
Lucy looked pleased. Well, as pleased as she ever had the past several days. “Good. We make our way through the compound to the room Rebecca highlighted earlier. I’ll take point; Shaun, you take the rear. You’re a good enough shot I know you can cover me without me having to worry. We bust in, grab Desmond, Rebecca will yank their hard drive and anything else she can get and wipe everything else, then make our way back out. Rebecca will trigger… her surprise and we’ll bust out. You’ve got their satellites and cameras on looped footage, right? They won’t be able to track us as we leave?”
“They won’t have a clue. The problems we had finding this place will look like cake compared to the problems they’re going to have.”
Lucy grinned then, a fierce gleam in her eyes. “Good. So, we’re ready to go?”
“Aside from the fact that our plan is grossly simplified and there are a ton of things that could go wrong?” Shaun asked. The plan was, in all honesty, ridiculously simple. Granted, that was good in that it allowed for greater flexibility when it came to dealing with unforeseen problems but… Well, he wished they had gotten the chance to go over at least a few more of those ‘unforeseen problems.’
“Twenty seconds.”
No more time for complaining. Shaun checked his gun one last time and adjusted the straps on his pack. Lucy had a knife in hand and, while currently empty handed, Rebecca had a pair of knives strapped to her waist, as well as a couple of her gadgets, assumedly for the second surprise.
“Ten.”
“Nine.”
“Eight.”
“Seven.”
“Six.”
“Five.”
“Four.”
“Three.”
“Two.”
“Here goes nothing.”
Suddenly, every light in and around the compound shut off. They had two minutes.