J's Stealthy Break-In
I leaned up on a table. For some reason they left all my gear on me.
When I was going to drill the door's lock, a voice spoke through my communication implant. "Don't! There's guards on the other side. They have orders to fire, if you try anything."
I didn't recognize the woman's voice, but I replied. "What else can I do?"
"I'll help you, but you'll have to help me."
"Sure, but I'll have to get you out along the way. I came here for something more important than our freedom."
"I know, I've been watching your attempts to break in. Okay, the door is unlocked."
I opened the door slowly. There was no one out in the corridor. I contacted the stranger. "The coast is clear. Do you have any clue on Concept's AGI?"
"Yes. Follow my directions."
With the help of my tentative ally. They lead with precision and without hesitation. A few times I had to hide from Concept's goons.
The voice contacted me again. "Around the next corner you'll find a Mr. Snacky vending machine. Use your drill on the corner opposite of it."
I rounded the corner and saw the bright vending machine, with a smiling bag of chips on the side.
I went to where the voice said. I pressed my ear to the wall. I barely heard a humming. I knocked on it, and got a satisfying hollow ding ding ding.
I placed the drill bit against the wall. As I drilled, a gray substance stuck to the bit. It crawled up the drill, and I dropped it. In a matter of seconds it was completely gone.
I contacted my fellow prisoner, "Hey idiot! My drill is gone!"
"Oh?"
"Oh? Oh! What do you mean, 'Oh!?' I could have lost my hand!"
"I didn't know they had a nanowall… do have another explosive?"
"Yeah, but don't want to waste it."
"What do you mean?"
"How do I know the program is in there!"
"I've helped lots already. Trust me when I say the program is in there."
I made it this far, might as well try it.
The bomb went off, and a large hole was made. The nanites tried to patch itself together.
I jumped through it and rolled to a stop. Inside a man in a lab coat stood.