[Previous Week Plot Review]
Rohardoon
was really comfortably lying on the edge of the ceiling's grid frame. He was sleeping up there, to
avoid the crowd in the rotunda.
The
Old Man sent him here to pick up 2 pieces that the Old Man claimed had lost a long
time ago!
The
Old Man gave him a cool “Newt Suit,” by wearing it, he became invisible and was
able to craw and stay on any type of surface.
Now
the museum had closed for the night, and it was time for him to move!
[THREE – Lying on the Ceiling] – Continue
< WEEK VIII >
Stealing
antique artifacts from a world-known museum was not an easy task, but with this
cool and invisible suit, he could get anything he wanted without any problem!
He
had watched and studied the museum for two weeks, it was under the Oldman’s
instruction, to observe
and learn all the operation protocols and the routines of the guards. Just as
now, he watched one of the guards making the night’s first patrol.
There
were 2 night guards and they would take turns to perform this duty. Tonight, it
was the chubby one first. He slowly covered the fire exits, the elevators, and
the first, the second floor; then returned to the control room on the third
floor. Panting visibly, he joined his colleague at their post in front of the
monitors.
Control
room's glass wall gave the guards a bird's eye view towards the rotunda, but the
dark glass obstructed the view from outside, only the lights from the monitor
screens might be vaguely discernible to visitors.
But
visitors were ordinary people! Rohardoon was not! He had the “Newt Suit!” Newt suit
allowed him a vision that no optical tricks could successfully erase! He could see
clearly through the dark glass, and survey every movement in the control room.
The
chubby guard sat down and immediately dug into the leftover sweets from the
cocktail party. The other guard worked on the control panel, turning on various
buttons.
In
the rotunda, thousand threads of the infrared lights now dissected the dark silence
and entangled the space with a deadly web waiting to catch a prey.
Rohardoon
stretched a little, then turned and crawled off the dome, passed the rose
window, and landed on the third floor balcony. Through the dark glass wall he
saw museum’s Chief Security Officer, Etienne Fournier entered the control room.
Fournier should be off-duty by now, but perhaps because this was the first day
of a major exhibition, he stayed late.
But
immediately Rohardoon knew something was wrong, Fournier's facial expression
alerted him first, then he saw the two masked figure behind Fournier, they were
Japanese Ninjas!
Once
inside the control room, one of the Ninja ordered the chubby guard to activate
the control of the freight elevator and to switch off the surveillance system
in the basement. The other Ninja tied Etienne Fournier and the second guard to
the chair.
Very
obvious, these ninjas had the same purpose as his, and for the same things too!
But they ordered the freight elevators to be activated, and only the basement
surveillance be cut off, Rohardoon concluded they came here for the amethyst
only, because it was not included in the exhibition and was in the basement
right now under Dr. Denver’s possession.
Rohardoon
hurried up, he nimbly jumped over the balcony banister, and landed in the
rotunda. The infrared web had no effect on him, he was a prey that they could
never capture.
Stood
in front of the glass case of the CONG, he extended his index finger towards
the little lock on the base of the glass case. Immediately a small pick grew
out of the Newt Suit from the fingertip and he pushed the pick into the key
hole. The case opened and he grabbed the jade CONG.
Strangely
he felt in his palm the jade CONG swelled, but returned to normal in a split second,
as if its body need a stretch after a long rest.
Without
thinking, he placed the CONG onto his chest, it stuck to the suit. He swiveled
around and ran for the fire exit at the north end of the building, and headed for
the basement to grab the crystal.
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