VFY SS1, E3: The Life Of Felines III
Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2026 @ 9:24pm by John Eagle
Edited on on Sunday March 29th, 2026 @ 9:36pm
2,077 words; about a 10 minute read
Mission:
VFY Short Treks: Season One
Location: Earth, Central America
15 years ago on Earth in Central America...
The prepwork was done, all that needed to be done in terms of equipment and information was as good as they could make it. Now the two where cruising towards the target of their heist. A facility not far from the place where they had spent a night at a party. The facility was custom built to the specification of their mark. "You finished with reading up on the suit?" Mr P called from the pilot seat, they had acquired a power-line maintenance shuttle for this job and set up the hacking equipment inside.
"All read up & ready to go" Nicole smiled as she reappeared next to John from where she'd been sitting memorizing the suit manual. "I hope I'm fit enough for this I haven't had much in the way of our usual physical training since I got out of the clinic." she smiled, "at least I have you to back me up."
"I know you will be fine. I'm about to set down next to the facility. So I'll drop you off on top of of that tree over there. Having you walk out of this shuttle with that sexy outfit might draw to much attention." he smiled and stopped the shuttle by the tree. "Once I am tapped in to the facility I'll let you know."
Nicole nodded "Okay I'll do my best to keep out of view as much as I can I don't want to draw attention before we've even started."
"I have faith in you. Remember the suit can help you blend in."
"Okay" she nodded as she headed for the shuttle hatch before pausing and turning back to give him a romantic kiss, "How could I not say goodbye to you, I consider you to be my good luck charm."
He kissed her back. "I know a better one." he leaned down and gave her a hickey. "There. Good luck charm." he turned her around and pushed her to the hatch with a slap on her rump. "Off you go."
"Just remember when I get back we get on with baby making!" she grinned a wry grin as she stepped outside and headed on her way.
"Why wouldn't I be surprised." he smiled, closed the hatch and continued to his path to touch down close to a power station. He looked at the time and saw there was twenty minutes until the guard changed and he knew she was good enough to pull it off. While she was doing that, he proceeded to tap in through the security system, it wouldn't tale to long but he had to make it look like he was fixing something at the station.
Heading on her way Nicole checked how much time she had before the guard change, given their research she was confident she wouldn't have any problem getting inside in the time allowed. Plus there was the window of opportunity when the guards changed over which would give her the extra time if she needed it, arriving at the point of entry she shook her head as an unexpected hitch presented itself "Mrs P to Mr P... going to plan B, our planned entry point is blocked so I'm going for the window ledge above."
Mr P had managed to set up the hack and monitored the place. "Conformed Mrs P. Remember, you have grav pads. They are by default set to your weight, but you can change it with your wrist computer." he informed her. "I see two patrolling guards on that side of the second floor. According to what I can see. Fifteen second window to enter and hide."
"Understood" she turned and looked seeing an easy way up to the ledge she used it, pausing on the ledge for a second she was soon through the window and hiding behind a large piece of furniture as the guards went by. "I'm in... gearing up for entry to the office" she checked her wrist computer to see which way she was supposed to be going.
"Excellent. I am looping the camera and sensor feeds as you move. I am also sending you up to date feeds on guards and the planes of the facility." he tapped on the screen to send her the data. Then he headed outside to give the impression he was working on the power.
"Okay" she checked the feed making sure she stayed ahead of the guards until she finally reached the room she needed to be at, entering the room she closed the door keeping her back against it as she used the wrist computer to scan for traps as expected there was a laser grid between her and the wall she needed to be against. It didn't take long to make the grid visible, she just hoped she'd make it through the grid the way they'd practiced a few weeks earlier, her gymnastics made it a simple job but she had to be careful. It wasn't long before she'd worked her way across and was accessing the computer on the opposite side "I have access Mr P the rest is up to you"
"I have perimeter access, I need you to give me administrator access." he tapped on his computer to clean up any of tracks the program was making. "I have added the voice print with password, the hand we made should also be enough. Ad some moisture to the palm as well, simulating skin oil. Your goggles have a projector that should give your face and eyes exactly like our target. Ones I have admin access, remove the thumb drive and get out."
“Understood I’ll get you that now” she employed the tech in her suit as JJ had suggested, using the hand print they’d acquired before & the voice print she smiled as she was granted access “bingo Mr P!! you have full access. I’m heading out now” making her escape the same way she came in she was almost out before she tripped breaking a vase she couldn’t catch which shattered with a loud bang. Spotted by the guards she slipped through the window twisting her ankle badly as she landed.
Mr P was working on the computer and had all the accounts drained down to zero, donating 80% of it to the charity she had picked. The rest where moved through hundreds of per-prepared accounts of random civilians, these civilians where the buffer for the first wave of attempts to locate the end location of the items. It ended up with all the remaining money being made to purchase items of extreme prizes that the two of them would pick up later. As he was watching the program running, he heard the alarms go off and he instantly set in to motion. All sensitive data had been downloaded and stored on a highly encrypted PADD. He noticed the broken window she had jumped out of on the camera and he set off the proximity sensor on the other side of the facility, when done he removed his coverall to reveal a security guard uniform, he rushed over to act part. "Checking north side." he spoke through the guard intercom, this was where Mrs P had landed. He hurried over and just as another guard was about to round the corner, he slipped up behind him, silent like smoke, his arm around his throat to cut off blood to the brain, making the guard pass out. With ease he pulled the guard in under a large bush before he rushed over to Mrs P. "Jumping from that hight was pretty stupid." he said to her as he helped her up. I think we only have a few minutes to slip away. "Target spotted on the south side!" he called over the coms, he could hear the commissions from inside.
“I had no choice” she did her best to walk but her ankle wasn’t making it easy, “I smashed a vase I couldn’t catch it, they saw me so I had to jump” she shook her head, “I know it was stupid... sorry. On the lighter side I don’t think I’ve broken any bones.”
He picked her up as he hurried back to the shuttle. "I don't blame you. I think the one I took out was the one who saw you. Good thing you have that face mask on. They can't identify you." he quickly took her in to the shuttle. "I have to finish the work out there to cover our exit. You stay in here, there is an ice-pack in the med-pack." JJ said as he put on the coveralls again.
"Okay" she nodded and gtabbed the med pack before putting her foot up with the ice pack on it cursing herself for being so clumsy. "How are you getting on Mr P?"
"Just wrapping up Mrs P. Need to make it convincing to be stationed here." he returned after cleaning up after him outside. He removed all footage of him that was suspicious and released his hold on the computer. When people look, it would seam like the target was the one cleaning all the accounts. They wouldn't be implemented for that. He handed her a PADD with the data of the money transfers and the downloaded data he had collected. "keep an eye on the stuff while I get us out of here." he said and moved over to the pilot seat, taking off.
"Okay" Nicole sat with her leg up watching the data as JJ took his seat, "transfers are going through just fine" she smiled, "I see you went with my suggestion among others. I'm sorry I fouled up I should have been more careful and used the suit the way you intended it to be used. I'll do better next time."
"No need to cry over spilled mink, you got through the security systems without any problems. I got the program going and that made the fouled up didn't prevent us from donating massive amount of money to where you wanted it. The rest I have allocated to items we can sell, thereby cutting off the trail." he said to her, the shuttle flew for a good fifteen minutes before it sat down in a dark alley. "Here we are. Once we have cleaned the shuttle. I will set the autopilot to go in to the sun, there by killing all traces of us." JJ started to clean any surface around him.
Nicole tried to stand to help him but with one ankle she could barely put weight on she was proving more of a hindrance than a help. Instead she had to sit and watch him work around her while she kept her eye on the readouts on the PADD.
"Should almost be done here." he walked up to her, picked her up in his arms before carrying her to their second shuttle they had rented with fake identities.
“Thank you JJ” she smiled as she made herself comfortable, “The PADD is showing all transactions are complete, we’re in the clear.”
"Not quite. But I'll make sure we toss this shuttle in to the sun. I also set it to open the hatch on the way, spraying any and all hairs and things like that to the open space." he left and the sound of the shuttle taking off soon could be heard. After a moment he was back inside. "Alright, lets get out of here." he closed the hatch and the two off them took off.
“Let’s get home” Nicole lay her head back on her seat, “I just want to get back and rest” she sighed she was more angry with herself than anything else for messing up the way she had. “It’s a good job you were there to help me today JJ, I could have got us both caught.”
"It is alright to be disappointed my little firecracker. So long as you learn from them." he smiled at her. "We should be back home in about an hour. I don't want to draw attention to us and tomorrow I will go and pick up our goods."
Nicole nodded “Give me a nudge when we get back” with that she closed her eyes and tried to get some rest.
John Eagle
Eagle Antique Shop Owner
Nicole Eagle
Eagle Antique Shop Owner
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