Daniel lowered himself into the building, the strong wind pushing his jet black hair off his face. He rolled into the ground and in one motion stood back up. He crept over to the corner and took back out his map. He studied it again. He was on the inside now, all he needed to do was locate the central office and turn off the security system. He found where he had to go and put the map back. He crept towards the door at the end of the corridor. Daniel was becoming wary that there were no guards patrolling these halls.
He approached the door and pulled out a lock picking set, it was a brass box with his family crest engraved into it. He had been given it by his father when he was fourteen. He took out the small wrench and pick. He applied a bit of pressure to the bottom of the key hole with the wrench into the lock and then inserted the pick at the top. He scrubbed the pick back and forth and after a short while all the pins had set and there was a faint tick noise from the inside of the lock.
He crouched down and peered through the key whole. There was yet again another empty corridor, but at the end was a large metal door with a sign reading "SECURITY PERSONNEL ONLY." Daniel swung the door open and shifted towards the door. There were no doors on either side of the corridor. Just plain walls with no windows. He came up to the door to see the fingerprint scanner to the side of it . He was prepared for this. He unzipped the front pocket of his backpack and took out a tightly clingfilmed package. He started to unwrap it, layer by layer, to minimise noise. As he finished taking of the last layer of wrapping the finger was there in his hand. He gagged at the smell of the decapitated finger.
Daniel stuffed the packaging into his pocket and tore of a small piece to hold the finger with and then he stood up. He placed the finger onto the scanner and the machine started to whirr, it beamed out rays onto the finger. After a short time the machine flashed a green LED at the bottom of the scanner and a heavy click could be heard from within the mechanism of the door.
The heavy metal door began to slide open, as steam misted up Daniels view of what was in the room.
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Off The Grid
AdventureDaniel is a master thief with millions of dollars in multiple bank accounts. However, will all this help him retrieve something when it is taken from him? Find out now, start reading Off The Grid.
