Abby's Point Of View
Anna and I went down the stairs and turned right.At the end of the corridor was a metal door with a small glass window,through it we could see the door of the vault .Anna knelt down and rummaged through the bag,looking for the list of codes we had come up with.
She pulled it out and began to type in the codes on the small monitor screen next to the door. 10 minutes later,when 50 of our codes had been rejected,the little green light turned on and we read the message displayed on the screen,"Access granted."
I sighed with relief and Anna smiled.We went in and I pulled out the set of keys from the bag.After dislodging one of the two heavier keys from the set,I gave one to Anna.
She handed me a stop watch and held another one in her own hand. I stood infront of one of the keyholes in the vault door and Anna came over to stand infront of the other.
"On the count of three,ok?"I said and Anna nodded. "1,..2,...3."I pressed the button on the stop watch and inserted the key,turning it clockwise.A soft click came and exactly 30 seconds later Anna inserted the key in her hand and turned it anti-clockwise. Another click came,this one was louder.
We turned the big,wheel-like handle and heard a grating noise of metal as the door began to open slowly,with a hissing sound.It took 1 minute to open the door which meant we only had 14 minutes left.
We stepped in quickly and throwing the bag on the floor looked around at the lockers,trying to locate locker number 263.I heard Anna gasp and turned to look at her as she traced her fingers on the numbers embossed in black on the locker.She looked at me and I nodded. That was it,locker number 263.
Anna opened the bag and took out a thin,purse like case.She took out the skeleton key from it and I tossed her one of the keys from the vault door.She inserted both the keys into their respective key holes. The small door of the locker swung open and she pulled out the safety deposit box from it and placed it on the floor.
I watched with anticipation and felt my heart beat increase. She opened it and gasped,a look of disbelief crossed her face.I hurried over to her and knelt down beside her,facing the safety deposit box. I suddenly felt like all the air had been punched out of my stomach.
The safety deposit box was empty!The inside of the box had traces on it as though something had been kept inside it for a long time but had been removed recently.
"Abby,Joe was certain that the files would be still inside the box,it couldn't have been removed until today.You know what this means don't you?"Anna said softly placing her hand on my arm.I nodded and took a deep breath before turning to look at her.
"It means Clark knows what we're upto and he doesn't want us to get our hands on the files" *******************************
Kent's Point Of View
"Here it is,the one and only,Jackson Hill Bank."Josh announced. Ben looked at the bank with disgust.I chuckled looking at his face.
"Now,now Ben."Josh chided,putting on a disapproving voice."We don't want Sean to look at you while you have such a sour look on your cute face."
Ben looked at Josh and his eyes widened in surprise.Josh had taken out his cellphone to make a video of Ben carrying clothes for Sean.
Ben dived at Josh's hand to grab the cellphone but Josh was too quick for him and raced up the steps,towards the main entrance of the bank.
"Josh,give me the cell phone and you won't get hurt."Ben growled at him,slowly climbing the steps.
"Aw,be a good sport,Ben."Josh grinned widely at him and winked.He was still pointing the camera lens towards him."Say cheese."
"Cut it out,Josh."I said shaking my head.(I was certain a security guard was lurking around somewhere and watching us,as the hair on the back of my neck bagan to stand,just like it does when you get the feeling you are being watched...)
"Ok,but I'm not deleting the video I've made so far."Josh agreed reluctantly as Ben continued to stare at him,standing only five feet away from him.I climbed up the steps.
"Keys?"I asked,looking at Ben.He pulled out a set of keys and just as he was about to insert them in the key hole,I stopped him.
"Hello?Is anyone in there?"I said loudly. (I could've sworn I saw something move in there and a dim light had flickered for a moment when I had spoken,before disappearing into darkness.)
"What are you doing?"Ben hissed at me."I don't want the entire neighbourhood to know I was up at 4am picking up laundry from the bank! If I did,I would've just let Josh make the video and it would've made it to the 9o' clock news!"