Family Betrayal

[Amelia]

Amelia and Lily sat there on the table while drinking whatever was in the bottle. They didn't care as long as it was tasty. Both were sitting there, staring at each other and regularly taking a sip from the glass. After a while Lily reached out her hand towards Amelia's and patted it gently. Amelia returned a smile as respond and looked towards the hangar. She sharpened her eyes as if she has seen something, shook her head and stared back at the glass. She was about to take another sip when suddenly a message on her device arrived. Looking at the message she smiled lightly and looks at Lily again. "He made it. We can expect assistance from outside now."

Lily nodded and didn't appear to be impressed nor interested. She looked down at her glass and mumbled some inaudibly things.

"Say what? I didn't understand you." She replied and raised an eyebrow.

"What if there is another way inside the room? It would give us a huge advantage and they would surely not expect that." She said while rubbing her head. She threw the last bit from the glass down her throat and stood up. "I will ask the bartender. Maybe he does know more." She added and walked off towards the bartender.

Amelia sighed and nods as Lily walked off. "You go do that." She looked at Lily talking with the bartender and observed the area. Nothing suspicious. Few seconds later she stood up and looked in the direction to the hangar and observed it closely from the distance. When suddenly she noticed a man, wearing a marked Armed Forces jacket and blue slacks walking to one of the ships. Her eyes were wide opened, she was like hypnotized and stared at the man that was entering the ship. "Could it be...?" She asked quiet to herself, took out her device and wrote a message. "That should fix the problem. One less to worry about."

Suddenly Lily rushed to Amelia and poked her from behind. Amelia made a small jump as Lily poked her from behind. "Dear God, why do you have to scare me like that?!" She said with an angry tone.

"Sorry, Amy. But I have good news." She replied with a smile. "There is another way inside the room."

Amelia tilted her head and looked at her rather confused. "Are you kidding me? Do tell me already! How do we get inside there!"

Lily raised her hand. "There's an air duct that can be entered from various places."

"An air duct? Are you sure about that? And where can we enter it?" She replied, now even more confused.

"I am not trying to fool you, believe me. We can enter it wherever you want. I would advise to pick a room, one level above." She stopped and pointed towards the lift on the other side of the room. "Take the lift and enter the air duct from any room."

Amelia raised an eyebrow. "And what about you?"

"I am going to distract them to give you enough time to get Evie. Don't worry, I will be fine. Go now." Lily said while hugging her and pointed towards the lift. "Hurry now."

She returned the hug, sighed and walked towards the lift. As soon as she was there, she opened the door and walked inside it and pushed a few buttons. Lily looked after her and waited until she was gone. "Right, let's see." Lily said, looked around and walked a bit closer to the hangar. Making herself visible.

A man walked past her and she poked him from behind. The man turned around and looked confused at her. "Is there a specific reason as to why you have poked me?"

Lily looked closely at him and smirked lightly. "I need your help. I will pay you generously." She whispered in his ear.

"And what do you need help with?" The man answered.

"I need you to go check the hangar and the entrance to the room 101. Tell me if there are any suspicious people hiding there, waiting for something. Once you have done that you will get your payment." She explained to him.

The man nodded and walked towards the hangar, looking behind crates and ships.

***

Meanwhile Amelia reached the second floor and went to the first door, room 201. The door was of course locked and she pulled out a picklock to unlock the door. "Let's see if I am still good at that." She said to herself as she started to work on the lock. Minutes later the lock made a weird sound and it slowly opened. She sneaked inside and noticed a man standing near the bed, obviously reading something important. Surprisingly he didn't hear the lock. Slowly sneaking she went closer, pulled out her pistol and hit him on the head with the back of the gun. He fell immediately to the ground and lost the consciousness. Amelia sighed and walked towards the air duct, opened it by kicking against it and crawled inside.

---