08-29-2014, 08:05 PM
Reed strolled right past the bathroom and approached a locked door at the end of the hall. She paused in front of it, eyes roaming around the edges from floor to ceiling to floor again. She looked over her shoulder one last time and put her hand to the adjacent scanner on the wall.
The device glowed green. Magnetic locks in the door released and Reed sealed herself on the other side.
The room she was in was hardly the world's most secure. For crying out loud, all it took was a handprint - easily faked - and she was inside. Stores locked their jewels up behind stricter security.
Then again, this was the Chinese embassy in the middle of no-where Africa. What could they possibly have to hide? Anything of highest value would have been evacuated the hour the order to GTFO arrived. What was left?
Reed slipped out of her heels and climbed the stairs in her bare feet. The shoes she carried.
When she reached the third and highest floor, she slowly checked the hall before emerging fully. There were signs of abandonment everywhere. Desks were cleared of all essentials. Everything of value would have been digital anyway, but the walls were almost completely bare, having been stripped of display screens and other technologies.
There were no guards up here, for which she was thankful. Explaining herself would have been a pain. So she approached the Ambassador's office without interruption. She knocked once and let herself in. The graying, dignified man turned as she entered.
He reached for a safety button but Reed stopped him with a command. "Tíngzhǐ!"
Her voice firm as iron. He flinched, arm stretched out in midair.
Her lips twisted, eyes glowing dark as coals. "I need your desk, Ambassador."
The device glowed green. Magnetic locks in the door released and Reed sealed herself on the other side.
The room she was in was hardly the world's most secure. For crying out loud, all it took was a handprint - easily faked - and she was inside. Stores locked their jewels up behind stricter security.
Then again, this was the Chinese embassy in the middle of no-where Africa. What could they possibly have to hide? Anything of highest value would have been evacuated the hour the order to GTFO arrived. What was left?
Reed slipped out of her heels and climbed the stairs in her bare feet. The shoes she carried.
When she reached the third and highest floor, she slowly checked the hall before emerging fully. There were signs of abandonment everywhere. Desks were cleared of all essentials. Everything of value would have been digital anyway, but the walls were almost completely bare, having been stripped of display screens and other technologies.
There were no guards up here, for which she was thankful. Explaining herself would have been a pain. So she approached the Ambassador's office without interruption. She knocked once and let herself in. The graying, dignified man turned as she entered.
He reached for a safety button but Reed stopped him with a command. "Tíngzhǐ!"
Her voice firm as iron. He flinched, arm stretched out in midair.
Her lips twisted, eyes glowing dark as coals. "I need your desk, Ambassador."