by Dante » Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:25 am
The seven guards reached the vault and fanned out, placing a number of tranceivers around the room, sticking them to the wall. The nervous guard stayed with the vault, placing six black boxes around the vault door in a radial pattern. Once in place, the leader pulled out a small control box and passed it to the nervous guard. He then took up his position next to the vault door. His men joined him, pressing themselves against the wall as if expecting an explosion.
“This better work,” muttered the leader as the nervous guard took one last look down the corridor.
“Showtime!” he smiled and flicked the switch.
There was a low hum and a rattle before the six restraining pins around the vault sprung out of their housings and flew into the grasp of the black boxes placed in a circle around it. The vault door quivered for a second, free of restraint before the guard flicked another switch and it glided forward the several tonnes of steel held in a magnetic force field generated by the tranceivers around the room. One of the guards grunted as his trouser pocket bulged outwards followed by his keys ripping through the material and magnetising to the vault door. The nervous guard scowled at him.
“Idiot, I told you, no metal!”
The guard looked sheepish before the leader signalled that it was time to complete their raid. He picked up one of the now obviously plastic security boxes and walked into the vault sluggishly, the others following as if they had all suddenly acquired headaches.
The nervous guard was last, still holding the control box. He looked around the room as if he could sense something and then followed the rest.
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