Dangerous Pursuit

Chapter 22

Sandy

Good thing that the new gadgets provided by Madam Grace can scan the area where me and Jeremy will stay. The hard part is the safest area which is the ducts of the building.

I am lying flat on my stomach and my tablet in front of me. Jeremy has to lie on his side for us to fit together. The building is heavily planted with alarms and once we knock down an alarm for a long time it can be detected so have to move from one part of the duct every 10 minutes until we can get out. We are hoping that Zac can access soon and hook me up the system. I hope the time is enough for me to get whatever I need.

The only light we have is from our penlight.

"You okay?" Jeremy mouthed. I have to read his lips for we can't talk. I just nod.

He signaled me of the time left by moving the light from the penlight forward. He has to shut down the next alarm and we both have to crawl again to another area. Still no sign of Zac.

He punches fast on the screen of his tablet to shut down the alarm and as soon as the blinking stops we simultaneously move together.

Now I got the signal from Zac. Time to start accessing the codes.

Shit! The codes and passwords are hard to detect. They changed many part of the system. We will take longer than I expected.

Ten minutes is almost over, we have to move again and still I can't access the system. I am starting to sweat. My heartbeat is starting to get faster.

Jeremy signaled me to move again. We simultaneously moved together.

It's already thirty minutes and still I can't access the system. I am getting desperate here. We have thirty minutes left. Zac can't stay long. It is the ruling of the organization to access own files in an hour only.

I closed my eyes and free my mind. I have to understand well the coordinates to find the codes.

I breathe deeply and open my eyes. I look at my screen carefully and analyze the data I have. I start typing .......almost......almost..........finally!

Jeremy sigh with me and he again signaled me to move. Datas are now starting to download. I need 20 minutes to do it. The files are quite big. Madam Grace should have upgraded more to make it fast.

Patience.

50%.

Patience.

Move.

85%

Patience.

95%.

I am holding my breath now and it is time to move again.

100%

Great!

Move again.

I have to signal Zac I am done. He unhooked me now before I get detected.

I start transferring the files to the micro-USB. I must finish the copies before we totally get out here.

It will take another hour for me and Jeremy to move out. We have ten minutes each for each alarm. Five minutes to turn it off and five minutes to turn on the next.

Precision.

Patience.

My copies are almost finish.

Suddenly Jeremy signal me to stop moving to our next area.

Shit!

He can't knock down the next alarm. There is something happening.