BEFORE THE COUNTDOWN

I stood inside the elevator and pressed the button for the ground floor first because you needed to be in the ground floor before you could follow the procedure to access the sub level floor.

*DROP*

The elevator began to descend from one floor to the next with the lights above the door flicking on and off  with each level reached and as I got to the ground floor it stopped.

I stood close to the door staring to the right and under all the designated floor buttons was a gold coloured protruding rectangle shape with the emblem of wings on it. 

The protrusion was conspicuous and blended with the rest of the panel which was also gold in colour with matching colored buttons as well but with a luminating blue coloured ring surrounding each one and unless you knew what the protrusion actually was or were just stupidly curious about elevator panels you wouldn't notice anything different about it.

I extended my hand forward and raised the protrusion from under exposing a black button underneath which was the button for the sub floor. 

Before I could press it I heard a voice which stopped me on my tracks 

{What are you doing Amanda?} Divia asked 

"That voice!?" I tried to remember where I heard it from before I flashed back to earlier in the morning

"Shit! I forgot about that one" I trembled "What do I say?" I whispered

{Amanda? Can you not hear me?"}

*TSK*

I looked up at the roof of the elevator to where Divia's voice was coming from

{Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to press that button} Her voice left the top of the elevator and started coming out from the gold panel

"Huh!?" I was taken aback by the sudden change

"Umm! I was just... umm... 'Common think of something' I saw the shinny gold wings and wanted to play with it before the button underneath showed up" I smiled nervously

'How did she notice me anyway? I thought I took care of all the cameras including the elevator cameras' I thought

{Is that right? Okay, but the question is how did you get into the elevator? I didn't see you leave Brian's office}

'She didn't see me leave Brian's office? Wait! Does that mean that she's seeing through all the cameras just like the monitors of the security room but unike the monitors her feed hasn't been altered?' I scrunched my eyebrows in doubt

'I doubt that, she must also be receiving her camera feed wirelessly via the secondary data box, the same data box that is getting it's feed from old footage from the storage cell therefore altered footage so that would mean—'

"Hmm!" I cleared my throat

"Divia? How did you know that I was in the elevator? Are you looking through the cameras?" I looked up to the cameras then I looked back at the panel again awaiting her response

{There seems to be something wrong with the camera footage as from what I'm getting from them you aren't currently in the elevator... I will have to check with the security division about that}

'I knew it, she doesn't see me, so how?' I folded my arms to think while bitting my finger in the process

"Alright Divia but before you do that, if you aren't able to see me through the cameras then how did you know I was in here" I smiled

{Your body rhythm, when we met earlier I downloaded your body rhythm and added it to my records which also includes everyone else's and at every moment I shoot waves in a straight ripple that covers the entire ground floor to the security check outside}

"So that would mean that those waves must have hit me and like the echo location of bats you instantly knew that it was me inside the elevator based on how my body reacted to it, in essence my body's rhythm to it, right?" I asked with a smile to show how impressed I was

{Yes}

"I think I will have to update Sylvia one more time" I smiled

{Who is Sylvia? Amanda}

*SCOFF*

I chuckled

"Nothing, don't worry about it, I just talking to myself" I lowered my head

'There's no two ways about it, this was a total burst. Well, at least they didn't see me working on the ports earlier and I can just chop my being here as to a factor of the cameras not being able to see me leave Brian's office'

"I guess that I will just have to lie about Eunice not being able to see me leave and that I needed fresh air, well, whatever" I looked back at the panel *SIGH*

{Alright Amanda, if you would just press the button and head back to the fifth floor while I inform the security division about the cam—}

*RAISE*

I had began to raise my hand towards the button for the fifth floor when all of a sudden

{—Powering off. Have a nice day Amanda} Divia shut down

"Huh? What just happened? Divia?" I called out

{...} She didn't give a reply

"Why did she shut down? Did something happen? Divia?" I pondered

"Lemme try again" I took my hand down and raised the protruded rectangle shape again and brought my fingertip close to the button in expectance of a response from Divia but still there was no response.

"Okay? What the fuck! Oh well" I shrugged

*CLICK*

I pressed the button and it went inside then the space created was covered up and I let go of the protruding rectangle to go back to its original spot

"At least something good went my way" I grined

[Place an authorized ID over the emblem] a faint voice spoke

Immediately, the emblem lit up a blue colour which in essence was demanding I place a form of authorized identification on it in order to continue downwards, authorization like Brian's personal ID card but I didn't have it and I didn't need it.

The ID card that Brian had to access the sublevels floor would only get scanned by the crystals on the elevator door before entrance and once scanned it would give full elevator access to the bearer of said card which included access to the sub levels but since I took the scanning process away then no matter who got inside the elevator would not discriminate and I was the only one who knew this

Not placing anything on the light was part of the procedure of differentiating those authorized and those who weren't just in case of stollen ID

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After seven seconds of flashing the light in the emblem died down then the elevator continued to descend. It took thrity seconds to get to the sub level floor.

*BEEP*  *ZOOM*

The elevator stopped then the doors slid open and I stepped out then the doors closed back behind me and went back up.

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There were two rooms I needed to get passed before the Black room so I had two sets of security panels to bypass before my destination. A very straineous task for the things I had to work with 

The first room I was currently in had many large boxes and devices behind plastic wrappers.

*STEP*

I moved around the room opening some of the boxes as I went along. I had about 50 minutes before the cells gets wiped of their stored footage memory which was enough time I needed to quench my curiosity and get to the Black box then go back up if everything went according to plan.

*PULL*

I pulled down the plastic of the first box I came close to and opened the top exposing the machine inside

"A neural remodification radiology machine? What is this doing down here?" I said placing my hand on top the exposed part of the machine then I bent to the sides to inspect the box the radiology machine was inside.

My inspection lead me to find the exact same Wings emblem on it. 

"What is this logo supposed to mean anyway? This is my second time seeing it here and from knowledge I know that this isn't any company logo from when I'm from... weird" I pondered

I had a vast knowledge of company logos and emblems but none of them matched the one on the box and not just that box but it was also on all the other boxes in the room.

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Tired of looking at boxes after five minutes since I started I went straight for the panel and took off my backpack. 

I brought out the smartphone first followed by the screwdriver from my pocket then the USB cable and then I went to work. 

It was a simple password protected panel which was split into two sides; the display/screen by the left and the circuit board panel to the right.

*SCREW*

I removed the covering case by unscrewing it exposing the circuit board which had a USB port in it used to maintain and update the panels overall program. With the phone and the USB cable and some conductors I made a connection and started running a series of passwords with a program.

My program communicates with the IC in the panel suggesting different password combinations and when the correct one comes up the IC confirms it.

Since I wasn't using a system meant for hacking passwords it took more time than usual and hundreds of combinations working at an incredible fast rate before my program got the confirmation from the IC and after it did the correct password was displayed on my phone's screen.

*TAP* *TAP*

I inputted the password myself on the panel's display then the doors unlocked. *CLICK*

*ZOOM*

The doors slid open and I gained access to the next room. I recoupled the panel back to its origin state then I grabbed my backpack by the open zip and covered it with my grip as I went into the next room.

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The second room was completely empty and white all over with just me and the panel in attendance. This time it was a biometric scanner, both fingerprint and blood sample needed to be inputed before access could be granted

This time I needed the screwdriver again, the tape, chalk, the boxes from my backpack and something else as well, Amanda's hair ribbon.

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While I was preparing everything for my next hack several tens of meters up something else was happening and in the security floor no doubt