Counterparts by Lucas Flint

Author:Lucas Flint [Flint, Lucas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Secret Identity Books
Published: 2017-05-23T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Rime immediately turned away and began walking back the way they came, brushing past Bolt as he ran, causing Bolt to say, “Whoa, Rime, where are you going?”

“T-To the Mann B-Building,” said Rime without looking over his shoulder. “I-If that is w-where my f-family is, then I n-need to head there right a-away.”

Stinger, however, flew over Rime’s head and landed in his path, causing Rime to come to a stop. “Hold on, man, I don’t think it would be wise to go there right away.”

Rime glowered down at Stinger; it was then that Stinger realized just how much taller and stronger Rime was than him. “W-Why? I can defend myself.”

“Because the Mann Building is extremely well-protected,” said Electrica. “As I said, I’ve been there before, though not as a thief. I went there once when Mann hired me to steal the Five Fingers for him. I noticed at least five different automatic security systems installed, as well as several guards, some obvious, not so obvious.”

“That really isn’t surprising, once you think about it,” said Talon. “John Mann is a billionaire, after all. It makes sense that he would have the best security money could buy.”

“So w-what?” said Rime, turning around to face the others again. “S-Should we j-just leave my f-family in their hands? You s-saw the video. T-There’s no telling what that b-bitch is doing to them even as we speak.”

“I’m not saying we shouldn’t go there, but we need to be smart about it,” said Bolt. “Besides, think about how it will look to the outside world. Very few people actually know that John Mann is financing the Venetians. If we just busted down the front doors and started tearing the place apart, Mann could call in the police and have us arrested and it would put us all in a really messy situation, in addition to making it impossible to save your family.”

“Bolt’s got a point,” Electrica pointed out. “I’ve been in this business long enough to know that the direct approach is rarely the best approach.”

“T-Then what should we d-do?” said Rime. “I w-want to save my family.”

“I know,” said Bolt, “but as I said, we need to be smart. We need to think of a plan to break in there and save your family, but without getting us in trouble at the same time.”

Stinger looked at Electrica. “Electrica, do you have a plan that could help us break into the Mann Building? You have experience doing this sort of thing, right?”

“I do,” said Electrica, nodding. “And I probably could whip up a plan to break in, but I am not sure I want to.”

“Why n-not?” said Rime in annoyance. “My family—”

“Because, as I said before, it is not an easy building to break into,” said Electrica. “I haven’t studied its security systems in too much detail, but based on what I saw when I went there the first time, I am glad I was invited, rather than breaking in. And that was when I

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