Operation Begins

After everyone had entered the janitor room, Lance first asked everyone to check their equipment and pool it in the center of the room. The janitor still remained, and Lance had asked the girls to hypnotize him in turn when necessary.

When they were keeping the pendants on a table, a slight vibration was felt by each and everyone's hands.

On placing the pendants close together, a holographic timer appeared in the air.

On it were 2 times, with one counting forwards and one counting backwards.

Lance posited that the one counting forwards was the present time and the other was a countdown. What would happen at the end of the countdown though was anyone's guess.

The team discussed and decided that it was best to assume the worst case scenario:not completing the mission by that time would result in instant disqualification and failure.

They had 8 hours 22 minutes left and the time was now 7:45 am.

8:00 am.

The sun had risen as usual on what seemed to be a bustling day in the Pentagon. The sparkling waters of the Potomac river flowed incessantly onward as the busy employees and bureaucrats in the building got down to their work. A personal secretary who ran towards a meeting fretting that he was late seemed pitiful as the meeting that he was so worried about would soon be aborted due to tumultuous and his boss would have no time to scold him for his tardiness.

At 8:02 sharp, the team of 5 exited the janitor's room. The janitor went back to his duties and 4 of them headed down one way in the corridor and a lone team member headed the opposite way.

11:06 am.

Meetings and conferences were going on in full swing in the Pentagon when a few personnel noticed the water glass in front of them shaking. Waves formed on the surface of the water as the rest of the people also felt a slight tremor from the building.

This was one of the most highly secured locations in the world. As the largest office building to ever have existed, there were multiple security protocols in place. Everyone waited with baited breath for the earthquake alarm to go off.

12:22 pm.

An announcement came on the speakers which calmed everyone down. An earthquake which measured 3.5 on the Richter scale had been recorded. No damage was reported and everyone was told to continue work as usual.

2:00 pm.

A slight tremor could be felt again but everyone assumed that it was just another small earthquake. To everyone's shock though, the loud alarm started blaring as the whole building started shaking. Many people fell down getting slightly injured while the sirens ordered everyone to evacuate.

In the command room though, it was a different situation.

"External attack:earthquake of magnitude 6.8 detected. Protocol 611 initiated. All key personnel, please proceed to the designated special elevator. As per the protocol, the vault doors will remain open for T-minus 20 minutes."