VioxShadow's Contest: Story Entry: The Mission

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Last night, under suspicious circumstances, the data system containing the Army's war strategies went missing. We have done a thorough examination of all possible culprits to this theft and severe endangerment to our nation's safety, and our results have leaded us to a possible suspect, Mr. Howard R. Dalamna. Mr. Dalamna has allegedly been involved with different known terrorist cells and groups inside the United States. There is no evidence as to this allegation, yet the CIA is still in progress of investigating Dalamna. Now, it is time to take matters into our own hands.

Your mission is to enter Dalamna's home in Houston, Texas and retrieve the data system without anyone noticing that you have been in the house. Remember that what we are doing is highly illegal, and most of all, Be Careful.


You sigh as you remove the ear bud from your ear.
Hopping out of the dark car into the pitch black night, you examine your surroundings.
Menacing house. Check.
Dark hazy night. Check.
Overwhelming sense of dread. Check.
The car creeps away leaving you stranded. No turning back, no backing down.
You step softly away from the hard road and finding a large window positioned on the side of the house at ground level, you pick the window open.
Carefully, you step into the dark house.
You feel around the room and realize that you are in the dining room, bad luck. You drop to the floor and remove your shoes, so the sound of your footsteps will not disturb the sleeping owner of this house.
With the shoes in hand, you start toward the threshold of the room which will lead you to the entrance of the mansion with the large staircase.
According to the construction plans that you researched, and found, Dalamna's office should just be up those stairs, and past his bedroom.
You have made it to the main entrance hall, success.
Staring up at the top of the winding stairs, you feel so small as if you could never reach the top of these stairs, even if you tried.
Maybe that was just the fear that was welled up in your heart though.
You take your first step up and over.....
CREEEEK.
You gasp and bite your tongue hard.
You reach your foot up to the second stair.
CREEEEK.
You can taste the blood in your mouth your teeth chomp hard into it.
For a house this new, why were the stairs so loud?
"Okay", you think, “Now if I can just get up the next twenty one."
You drop to your hands and knees to distribute the weight evenly.
Crouching, you looked at the dark flight ahead of you.
You take a breath in.
CREEEEK.
You flinch.
CREEEEEK.
Sweat forms on your brow.
CREEEEEEK.
Your blood races.
CREEEEEEEK.
With each step, you get louder.
CREEEK
CREEEEK
CREEEEEK
CREEEEEEK
CREEEEEEEK
You hear a noise.
Your eyes dart around for a place to hide, but there is none.
Silence.
You pause
and wait.
Silence.
You begin again, even more gently.
CREEEK.
CREEEEK
CREEEEEK
CREEEEEEK
CREEEEEEEK
CREEEEEEEEK
CREEEEEEEEEK
Okay, now you swear that you hear a noise.
You glance upward.
Nothing.
A voice comes out of the darkness.
"Hello, hello?"
You reel backwards.
Louder still.
"Hello, hello?"
You cannot breathe.
"Hello?"
You clutch your hands at your ears and gasp.
You sigh.
"Here, on the stairs." you whisper.
"Agent, be careful," the voice inside your second ear bud warned, "Mr. Dalamna is a very light sleeper."
"I shall." you sigh quietly as the wind.
You look up again at your remaining five stairs and sigh.
CREEEK
pause.
CREEEEK
pause.
CREEEEEK
pause.
CREEEEEEK
pause.
One more step.
CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK.
The last one echoed through the house.
You gasp in air so fast, that you feel as if you could explode.
"Who's there? Who's inside my house?"
Your eyes widen as the silhouette of a man closes in on you.