When I Hear Your Voice

The Game Is On

Here you have the last chapter before Christmas!I'm sorry that it's a little late but it's been a lot in school until the very last day (today) So I haven't really had the time to write this before, it will be better next week, I promise! However, I hope you'll enjoy it and merry Christmas to all of you!

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"On time?" Kurt asks whispering before him and Santana parts to enter the building from different ways.

"On time." She replies after having a look at her own watch to make sure that it is on time.

"Break a leg." He says with a grin before he disappears into the darkness. The window which he will use as entrance opens up without any trouble so he can get inside without causing any noise. Once he's on the decided spot he looks towards the opposite wall to wait for his henchman to give him the signal that it's clear to get down to the floor. After about a minute he sees the signal created by the laser pointer and when he's sure there won't come any more signs he carefully starts getting downwards. To his help he got a rope that goes all the way up to the window so it also can be used as a way to escape if that would be necessary. By the time he reaches the floor he stops to just listen to make sure that nobody is around.

When he's sure that it's completely quiet he starts moving towards the storage room. He stops in front of it and begs to whoever could happen to listen that Spencer told him the right code. Before he types in the code he sends a signal to Santana so she will be ready in case the alarm would go off. When she signalizes that she's seen it he starts pressing the numbers to the code, one at the time to make sure he doesn't get it wrong. The relief when the light turns green is instant and he sighs from the pleasant feeling as he carefully pushes the door open. It isn't hard to spot what is the new collection so he grabs the first boxes and carries them back to the rope where Santana is waiting. Just to make sure that she had time enough to get back to the window he pulls in the rope twice. Within a matter of seconds the response comes so he ties the boxes to the lower end of the ropes and then pulls again to show that he's finished. To not waste the precious time he hurries back to take the next boxes while the ones he just dropped off are getting pulled up to the window.

It takes him two more rounds to get all the boxes and then he goes back just to check that nothing is left. When the brown haired man is sure that they got it all he places his card in the middle of the room. He smiles at the thought of how furious it will make officer Smythe with the new, slightly edited message on the back of it. He almost feel like humming on his way back but his thoughts are abruptly interrupted when he closes the door which makes the alarm go off.

"Fuck." He mutters and starts running to the rope so he can get out before the guards get there. When he hears the sound of barking dogs approaching he runs even faster because he has some quite unpleasant experiences with dogs like these from the beginning of his career. As soon as he reaches the rope he more or less jumps up and starts climbing. He didn't even know that he could get up a rope with such speed but apparently it's possible when you're in a hurry. When he finally reaches the top he more or less throws himself out on the roof where he just stays laying and gasping.

"Damn, Hummel. That was close." Santana says with a grin as she carefully closes the window. Kurt on the other hand doesn't really feel like joking about it because this time it really was close. Almost too close to be honest.

"We need to get out of here before we get company. You get the car and meet me on the northern side of the building as soon as possible."

"Got it." The woman says and is immediately back in serious mood. She grabs some of the boxes and puts them in some of the shopping bags they brought in case they would have to transport the jewelry among other people. As she hurryingly gets away Kurt packs the last boxes and then start moving towards the northern side of the building. He picked that side because it's towards an alleyway and there is a safety exit so it will be very simple to get down without drawing any attention to them. He waits for the car to show up and keep glancing nervously around him because as soon as the police is there it won't take them long to get to the roof and find him.

"Come on, Satan... Hurry up." He mumbles even if he knows that it doesn't make any difference. He starts to consider the risk that she got caught but doesn't get a very long time to worry about that because a sudden bang makes him turn around just to see Officer Smythe coming out from a door. Kurt just freezes in some desperate wish that the officer won't spot him but of course that's not the case. As soon as he sees the silhouette standing by the edge of the roof he just stares for a short moment before he yells

"Anderson, I've got him!" Then Kurt realizes that he's the only one on the roof who's aware of the stairs that will lead him to the safety on the ground. Since Santana still hasn't arrived he desperately tries to think of a way to get some time.

"Isn't this a lovely evening, Mr. Officer?" he surprises himself by saying in a secure tone as if this was just what he had planned.

"I'm not so sure you will think that when we reach the final destination of the night." Smythe replies at the same time as the assistant comes out from the same door as his colleague did just about a minute earlier. His face shows several emotions when he sees Kurt's silhouette against the night sky. One of them seems to what could best be described as fascination. Kurt isn't entirely sure if the reason behind it is the infamous criminal or if the fascination is caused by Smythe who still believes that he has managed to catch the Phantom after all these years. Luckily enough Santana pulls up below the building at this time so Kurt turn to the two men with a cocky smile even if he is fully aware of the fact that they can't see him and says

"Well, this was very nice but now I sadly enough have to leave you. It's been a long night so I better get some sleep before the morning comes. I look forward to seeing you again, especially your new friend over there, Anderson, wasn't it? I Hope you won't forget about me until then, sweetie." Kurt says and without waiting for their reaction jumps down to the exit and then starts running down the stairs.

He can hear Smythe yelling something and when he is almost halfway down the sound of someone chasing him reaches his ears so he tried to run even faster. When he reaches the ground the door to the car opens for him and he basically jump inside at the same times as the engine starts and Santana drives into the safety of the streets of New York.