Chapter 8 - The Great Heist
At two in the morning, the Vance Biomedical tower was completely dark and heavily guarded.
Arthur and Sarah slipped through the underground loading dock, bypassing the laser grid using Arthur's master override codes.
They moved silently through the sterile white hallways, reaching the reinforced steel door of the basement vault.
Mia had instructed them to use a high-resolution tablet displaying a video of Victor's face, taken from a recent press conference.
Sarah held the tablet up to the retinal scanner, praying the child's desperate idea would work.
The machine beeped angrily for a moment, analyzing the pixels, before a loud click echoed through the corridor.
The heavy steel door hissed open, revealing rows of glowing refrigerators and a single glass lockbox.
Inside the lockbox was a hard drive containing the formula and two vials of the glowing blue, permanent cure.
"We did it," Sarah cried softly, reaching out to grab the vials.
Suddenly, the lights in the vault snapped on, blinding them both instantly.
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"Did you really think I wouldn't monitor my own vault?" Victor's voice echoed from the doorway.
Victor stood there holding a suppressed pistol, backed by two massive private security guards.
