"Where's the fun in silence?" Angeline grinned, stepping off the ledge.
"Three minutes," Cierra said, her brow furrowed. "I need three minutes." Cierra_Bell_Angeline_Red_-_A_Perfect_Team_Addit...
The vault door hissed open. Cierra didn't run inside; she reached out and grabbed Angeline by the harness, pulling her back just as the detonator hissed. Cierra slammed a manual override on the vault door, sealing them inside a split second before the explosion rocked the hallway. "Where's the fun in silence
Angeline wiped a smudge of soot from her cheek and laughed. "Messy? Cierra, that was art. We got the drive, didn't we?" Cierra didn't run inside; she reached out and
Angeline checked the pulse-blade strapped to her thigh, her eyes reflecting the glowing red signs of the skyline. "Ready to make some noise, Bell?"
The mission was simple in theory: infiltrate the Core-Tech spire and retrieve the encrypted drive containing the city’s water filtration codes. In practice, it was a suicide run. The spire was guarded by automated sentries and bio-metric locks that could sniff out an intruder from a mile away.
"Showoff," Cierra whispered, though there was a hint of a smile on her face. "Effective," Angeline countered.