Operation Emerald

False Alarm

"We killed it", I exclaimed as Nora and I walked out of our meeting place.

"This calls for a celebration, this has literally been my most favourite mission so far!"

"Oh! Nora you say this after every mission! But io feel like a night-out too, Let's head back to our place, clean up and then go wherever." I replied.

We raced back to our apartment.

On entering, I plopped down on the sofa and turned on the news.

"Warehouse containing 'The Black Diamond' found in flames, there is no lead on the incident as of yet", a reporter was saying.

"We made the news again," I yelled to Nora who was getting dressed in her room.

"Is it the tenth time? Or the eleventh?" She yelled back.

"I stopped keeping track after the third time Nora!"I replied with a laugh, as I went to get dressed as well.

In minutes both of us were back in front of the television. The news reporter was now saying "Two cigarettes butts have been found at the spot and identified as the cause."

Nora shut off the television, "That was a good move Pari!"

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"Another success" Nora yelled in the bar, as she did a little shimmy on a platform at which the drunken crowd went mad.

They yelled back, clearly inebriated as they tried to copy her move.

Soon I joined my partner on the platform, a crowd slowly formed around us, all of them celebrating the success of our mission, of which not one knows that Nora and I are A-listed crooks.

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I woke up the next morning hearing my phone ring under my pillow.

I jolted upright when I read the name displayed on the screen- "Ms. Vanessa".

Before I could click accept, the screen went off, as my mobile shut down, probably out of battery, I thought to myself as I searched for Nora's mobile.

I searched frantically, but couldn't find it.

I jumped on Nora, who was peacefully snoring Nora in an attempt to shake her awake. She refused to comply and continued snoring like a pig.

I sat on her stomach and forced her left eye open, that's when she jumped up, looking around in shock. Within seconds she was back under the sheets, with her hand dramatically placed on her head, "What now Pari?"

"Vanessa just called. Do we have a deadline due today? A meeting? Where's your phone? I'll call her back, oh god Nora we're in so much trouble!" I asked, clearly freaking out, our Boss wasn't rude, but she wasn't exactly sweet either when we didn't complete our missions on time.

"Dude chill, nothing's due. She probably called to inform us of something" Nora said handing me her phone.

"Where was it? I literally couldn't find it seconds ago, I kept searchi-, oh hi Vanessa, you had called?" I'm sorry my phone is lying dead, it's run out battery." I began apologising to her.

"Ah, no worries Pari, we have a dinner meeting tonight at Le Grande at 7:30. I have an important announcement to make."

"Yes, we'll be there. Thanks Vanessa!" I cut the call with a huge sigh.

"False alarm" I told Nora as I lied back down on the bed. "Damn my head hurts, real bad."

"A meeting, huh? I wonder what it's about. It's been quite a while since we had a dinner meeting no?" Nora said as she propped herself up on a pillow, ready to gossip.

"Yeah, I hope it's a fun mission!" I replied

"Dude its 1:30! We slept too long, let's get something to eat!" Nora said.

"I'll make the toast, you get the juice."

A/n Hope you liked it :)
I'm just setting up the basic characters here :))