Vigilance

[Eva]

"You sure this is the best way to do this?"

Sierra looked at Aiden, not sure how to answer his question. She thought about it a little, in her head. No...it wasn't the best way to go about this. Not by a long shot. They needed more time, more preparation, more help. It was by no means the best. But it was the fastest. "We need to do it now, Aiden, before the situation gets out of hand." she explained. Aiden sighed. "Well...okay. If you're sure about this, I'm here." The two of them were sitting in the back of a van, both thinking about what they were about to do. A prison break, quick and fast. Well, one of them was- Sierra, to be precise. Aiden was just providing technical backup and the escape vehicle. It was risky, but they had to get their friends out now, before something happened to them.

Sierra's equipment was secure and her stomach wasn't fluttering now, so she figured it was time to go. "I can't do much about the cameras unless you spot them first. So keep a keen eye out and use the spy balls. Once you throw them, I'll be able to take over the cameras. Otherwise you're screwed." Aiden reminded her. Sierra nodded. "And you're sure you have the patrols for tonight right?" she asked. Aiden scrunched his nose. "Unless they changed them."

The van door opened and Sierra peeked outside. It was a winter night, and the van was parked in the trees, down the street from the prison. It wasn't far to run, thankfully, and they appeared to be out of sight. "I saw a safe place to hide the van even closer. Good luck, Sierra." Aiden said. Sierra smiled and pulled the hood of her sweatshirt up. "Remember why they call me the queen, Aiden. It's because I rule." With that, she left in a quick jog in the direction of the prison.


The prison was a small affair, fit for less than a hundred inmates. The surrounding area wasn't hat large either and the fence sealed in little more than an acre of land. Clearly the inmates were not meant to get a lot of exercise. As Sierra surveyed her possible entrances from behind a tree several yards away from the front gates, her walkie talkie vibrated. She put it to her ear. "What?" she asked. "There's a second story window that has no guards or cameras around it. It leads to a supply closet, maybe you can use that." Aiden whispered. "Sounds good. I'll start now." Sierra replied.

[GnomesAteMyCake]

"Just keep your eyes open," Aiden warned, one hand holding the mouthpiece gently to his face while the other turned a dial on the large headphones to increase the volume.

"I always do. Jesus Aiden, you're like my mother or something," the woman panted back, and by quickly tapping a few keys on the computer system that was built into the side of the van, Aiden was able to bring up the image of the outside of the prison. The image was a little grainy, but he could easily see his partner scale the walls of the prison, heading for the window he'd pointed out. Bouncing his leg with nerves, he quickly switched over to a different moniter and continued to hack into the security system. It was more guarded than he'd previously thought; Aiden had hoped to already have the system under his control before Sierra got inside, but he was confident he'd manage it in time.

"Okay," a voice whispered quietly in his ear. "I'm in."

Smirking, Aiden flipped some of his bright red hair out of his eyes before bringing up the screen that would link to the Remote Spying Spheres. It was currently blank, with the word 'OFFLINE' currently floating in the middle of the screen.

"Okay, what you need to do is look for the small button on the line that runs the middle of the ball," Aiden explained. He heard the russling of material as the sphere was extracted from Sierra's bags. There were a few moments of silence before the screen burst into a green-tinged image, showing a close-up of Sierra's face. "Brilliant, it's working! Right, open the door a tiny bit and roll the ball out. I'll take control and move it to a place where I can get into the cameras." The woman flashed a thumbs up to the small camera before stepping over to the door, opening it slowly and pushing the ball into the corridor.

Due to the way it was designed, the band around the centre of the sphere stayed in place so that Aiden didn't 'roll' with the ball. Using a customised track-pad, he moved the ball down the corridor towards the nearest security camera. The fusebox was right beside it, with the electrical wire supplying it with power went down to the floor rather than up to the ceiling. It was all too easy.

Nudging right up to the plastic wrapped wire, Aiden used the RSS to melt a small hole through the wrap and to the metal inside, where by following the flow of electricity, he came across the computer that was running the cameras. Flipping back to his hack, he was pleased to see it was nearly done; just a few more lines of code, and he was in. The RSS screen was suddenly spit into a large number of tiny square, representing each camera, which he could zoom into as he pleased.

Grinning, he searched the video feeds for his partner whilst he muttered down the line, "I've got you. The floor your on is clear at the moment; the rest is up to you."

[Eva]

Sierra waited until Aiden spoke before she ran out into the open. When he did, she walked slowly and lightly, making sure that anyone who happened to be on this floor didn't hear her footsteps. The cameras would be a non-issue until whomever was guarding them realized there was somebody else using them as well. Sierra only hoped that this person was stupid or lazy and wouldn't figure this out soon.

As she crept slowly towards the door leading to the staircase, Sierra tried to recall where exactly their friends were located. "Aiden." she whispered. "Tell me which cell blocks everyone is in and how to get there from my location."

[Wendy Ann Beckett-Jolina]

Hey! Will be posting soon, mostly because I need to do something. soooo yes.

[GnomesAteMyCake]

"Okay, just give me a second to check out the safest way..." Aiden answered distractedly, his fingers flying across the keyboard before him as he flicked from floor to floor via the cameras. After a few minutes of searching, he zoomed in on one of the cells in the basement level of the prison. He could just about make out their faces...

"Got'em. They're in the basement, so you're going to have to go down through the whole complex. I'll begin looping feeds through the whole camera network so you won't show up if they have copies of the CCTV footage going to a different location-"

"You really think they'd do that?"

"Better to be save than sorry, and don't interrupt me," Aiden sighed, smiling slightly as he brushed his fringe from his eyes. "Now, when I run the feed it'll show the time in the corner, but because I'm using old footage, it'll keep replaying, so you wanna be as quick as possible in case they actually have someone with half a braincell under their employ. If you take the back stairs, you shouldn't run into anyone."

"But that's so Boring, Aide. I might take the elevator instead..."

"Seirra, don't you dare!"

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Jeez, you're no fun."

"Just get the job done, please," Aiden said, sounding slightly strained as he lent back in his swivel-chair, rubbing the back of his neck and stretching. He and Seirra had always worked together, and made a great team, but he was worried her impulsive behaviour would one day get her in trouble. Still, that was what he was for, so with a small smirk he watched his partner's progress through the prison, erasing any evidence of her as he did so.

[Eva]

Sierra raced down the hall and towards the back stairs, her ponytail flying in the wind behind her. This entire project was going very well thus far, which she had not expected. It made her somewhat uneasy, really. It shouldn't be this easy to get them back, and yet...here she is, so close to getting in. Earles had told her and Aiden that it was a death sentence to infiltrate this place, but clearly he was wrong. There were still obstacles to go yet Sierra felt confident that she would overcome them.

Sierra quietly walked down the back stairs, Aiden's instructions filling her mind. She passed by the door to the third floor, and just as she stepped past it, she heard a metallic click of the door locking. And several more clicks followed, from above. "Aiden, someone knows I'm in here! I need you to map me a safe place to hide, and unlock the doors I need to get there!" she half whispered. Sierra wasn't one to panic, usually, but right now she knew things could get bad quickly. If Aiden couldn't get her a safe place to lay low for the next few minutes, she would be found and captured. Then everything would be lost.

[Wendy Ann Beckett-Jolina]

Giulia was pissed off, to suffice.

Not only had the woman been captured and locked in one of the smelliest cells she'd ever been in, but honestly, not knowing the fate of Sierra and Aiden freaked her out... Not to mention the fact that she hadn't had a smoke in a few days, at that point, and that very fact was already sending jitters through her very core. Her black, curly hair was matted and dirty, her caramel skin streaked with dust and hints of blood... it seemed that prison workers really didn't know how to treat a lady.

Outside the bars of her cell, she could hear her guard whispering urgently to a group of men, so quietly that she could only make out bits and pieces of what was being said.

"Security breach... need to be on high alert... break out... get them..."

Giulia, at that point, decided that somebody was coming for her. But of course, they were probably picked up on some sort of security alarm... The woman knew that the best assistance she could give was to at least lead them in the right direction.

"Ay, you codardo stupido , why don't you let me the hell out of here before I slam your head into the muro, eh!?" Stalking to the bars of the cell, Giulia fell in and out of Italian, her first language, hands gesturing wildly to accentuate her words. "I swear to dio, you better let me go. I think we both know that I'm more capable of handling a gun than you are, and if I got it from you, you'd be down in a second! Fatemi uscire da questa cella dio abbandonato prima di ucciderti!" Her voice echoed down the vast halls of the prison, and she truly hoped that whoever was coming could recognize her from her slips in English and figure out the way to go before it was too late...

"You dumb bitch, shut the hell up!" The guard nearly growled at her, gesturing absentmindedly for his men to go after the intruder whilst he dealt with the prisoner.

Cupping her hands around her mouth, Giulia only screamed louder, "Ay, come break me out of here before this asino muto gets too out of hand! I'm here! I'm here!" She chanted, trying to get somebody to come for her while the guard was fumbling for his keys to the door, trying to shut the charge up...