"Three minutes," Cierra said, her brow furrowed. "I need three minutes."
In the sudden, heavy silence of the vault, they both leaned against the cold steel, breathing hard. The drive sat on a pedestal in the center of the room, glowing with a soft, blue light. Cierra_Bell_Angeline_Red_-_A_Perfect_Team_Addit...
"You have two," Angeline said, her voice dropping its playful edge. She turned toward the hallway they had just exited. The red lights of the spire were flickering—a sign that the system had detected a heartbeat that shouldn't be there. Heavy footsteps echoed. The elite guard. "Three minutes," Cierra said, her brow furrowed
She didn't fall; she glided. Using a localized gravity-sink, Angeline descended toward a maintenance hatch three stories down. Cierra followed a second later, her descent controlled and silent, her eyes already scanning the internal schematics she had pulled from the cloud. "You have two," Angeline said, her voice dropping
Cierra walked over and snatched it. "A bit messy, don't you think?"