Held Captive

Commission

Vixen's POV

1 month later

I dump the contents out of the bag and spread them out, making sure they're loaded, I start to pass them out. "Safety on." I clip, looking directly at Dean, who shot himself in the leg on our last operation. He gives a curt nod, refusing to make eye contact with me as he flips on the safety. 

I tip my head at Drew and he lays out a map of Russo's Security and starts reiterating the plan we went over in my office. He points to two of my men and circles the exit on the south side of the building. "You two, stand guard inside the building until said otherwise. Now there is security everywhere but he has two of his most trusted stand guard at his office on the 8th floor. That's where I come in. Now, Klaus's business meeting should be over in about 30 minutes. We should be in and out in 10." 

I nod my head in agreement and checked my watch. "Now." 

No one misses a beat as they roll out, discreetly blending in as they join the throng of people on the street. Zane quickly packs up his stuff and we go around the back of a couple buildings until we find the abandoned one Zane picked out for us. Even though we were parked a couple blocks away, we don't know who could've seen us, so just in case we found a hideout. In our line of work, you always had to be five steps ahead. 

We walked up a couple flights of stairs until we were on the middle level and Zane set up his equipment. He had a way with technology so he was our tech person. I glance at Jackson and he leaves to check the building for bugs. The place may seem abandoned but you never know. I set my bag down and assembled my sniper rifle. Just in case, of course. I lay it flat on the ground when i'm done and make sure the lens and stand are set if need be. 

Last but not least I put my earplug in and motion for Zane to start the timer. I had ten minutes until anyone could tap my signal. "Location?" 

"Everyone's in position, boss. Heading up the south elevator." Drew speaks up. I look at Zane to make sure he already hacked the system and shut off the camera. 

"Already done." He assures me as I lean over his shoulder and survey all the cameras before looking out the window to check the perimeter. "Keep me updated." I ordered.

Zane turns back on the elevator camera as Drew informs us of his whereabouts and shuts off each hallway camera leading to the office until he arrives. "I wanna see what's going on." 

Zane has this thing where he can switch their cameras around so he switches the south hallway to the north hallway on their end and turns back on the hallways cameras. This trick always works due to the fact that the people watching the cameras never pay attention enough to notice anything. Apparently, we missed some of the action and one of the guards is lying on the ground. Drew knocks the other guard unconscious and softly deposits him on the floor, while injecting him with a tiny syringe before dragging them both into a nearby supply closet. They should be out for at least thirty minutes and by the time they wake up, they won't remember what happened.

We watch as Drew checks his surroundings before putting in the passcode to unlock the door. "I'm in, boss." 

He opens the door and softly closes it behind him. "You have five minutes. Were running out of time." I ordered. 

Zane switches to the office camera and we watch as he puts gloves on and starts searching through everything. He doesn't seem to find anything until he switches to the bookshelves he pulls one of the books from the shelves but it won't come off. I lean closer to the screen to get a better look as he pushes the book in and a square of the bookshelf opens up. "Boss, you're seeing this?" 

"What the hell is that?" I ask as I wait for him to tell me what's inside. He reaches his hand inside and pulls at something that doesn't seem to open. Zane motions towards one of his other screens, reminding me that we lose contact in two minutes.