Excelsis Mission(Remix of Retrieve and Exit - Part 1)

Somewhere in Germany...

A figure descends down into a secure room. The figure's weight held by a single shoestring thick strand woven out of monofilaments. The figure stops inches above the floor and in front of a glass display case.

"Vesper in position." She maintains a steady height over the floor, which is loaded with pressure sensors. Her entry route bypassed the main web of lasers that fill the room.

"Copy Vesper. Victoria, proceed with security system disable. Go." Sho and Devon, inside a van parked outside of a mansion, away from prying eyes of roving patrols and security cameras. Sho was designated team leader for this op for Excelsis. Devon was acting as secondary observer and extra hand to doing the C3 chores in the van. But like all Excelsis operators go, they all work and fight in the name of God and their patron saints.

"Why we have to do the sit and wait while the girls get the fun?" Reynard asked. He's up in a nearby tree, watching the perimeter of the mansion's front with binoculars and a sniper rifle next to him. Ghillie suit over his Excelsis-issued combat suit.

"The ladies are better suited to get in and do the job. Leaving guys like you and me to deal with the mess if things go wrong." Gregor responded over the comm, watching the rear side of the mansion's perimeter.

Reynard's and Gregor's video feeds are showing a clear view off the mansion. The van's interior shows a number of viewscreens that shows the video feed from Reynard's and Gregor's point of view. Vesper’s video feed is also present. One of the screens show a real-time overhead view from a patched-in satellite feed in geosynch orbit that was hacked and tasked by Excelsis techs for the mission.

Victoria hears the order, though she's playing the role of torchlight singer at this instance. She finishes her song and announces to the guests of the party that she has to take a break. She leaves the ballroom and covertly proceeded to the security room without attracting any undue attention.

Victoria made quick work of the guards in the security room by using a flash grenade miniaturized into one of her earrings and quickly KOed all of them. She was unaffected by the high candela light by having flash compensating contact lenses provided as well. She makes a quick look to insure no other hostiles are present.

She sees that no other guards are present. She quickly recognizes the panel she needs to disable.
Victoria spies Vesper on one of the cameras. “I see you Vesper. You must be slipping dear.”

“ I can’t account for the camera angles on my entry.” Vesper defends her skills as an infiltrator and thief seriously.

“Victoria. Vesper good to go?” Sho inquires her. Devon’s eyes move from screen to screen to double-check what may be overlooked by the other two operators at the mansion’s perimeter.

“Vesper’s good to go on the snatch.” Victoria replied back with a slightly cheery tone to it.

“Okay Vesper, proceed.”

“Copy. Retrieval of target object commencing.” She extends her arm out to the display case and a small laser was deposited into her hand. She proceeds in cutting a hole through the thick glass. Minutes pass by. While cutting the glass she notices a rather peculiar and grotesque looking statue in one corner of the room.

Devon notices the selfsame statue on the video feed from Vesper’s camera. He furrowed his brow at what he glimpsed. Devon rewound a section of the feed and isolated the image. He had the image referenced for identification to the Excelsis archives back in Hungary. The search will take a few minutes to process.

Sho looked at Devon making the query. “Something wrong?”

“Something about that statue in the room is bothering me. It wasn’t accounted for during the planning of this op a week ago.” Devon kept a critical eye on Vesper’s video feed.

“Nothing we overlook we can’t handle Devon.” Sho assured Devon. Throughout their many years operating as a team, there was nothing they couldn’t handle. If it’s something over their heads, they have their faith to carry them through the worst of it.

“I got the artifact. Preparing to exit the room.” Vesper announced after extracting the object from the case. The object in question happens to be an old stone tablet.

As she securing the tablet on her person, she started to ascend. There was some subtle movement. The statue shifted and moved to look at Vesper. (To Be Continued...)