Chapter 11

They had a busy morning after that since the heist will take place the next day. No one knew what happened between Zara and Theseus even though Dylan had noticed Theseus was glowering at his sister every time they were in the same room and the fact that his sister was smirking and making jokes about ice. 

The prize cars were all ready to test and were lined up at the runways in front of the headquarters. Theo, Ezra, and Zara were all inside the cars, driving around the headquarters, and testing the cars to pull an old abandoned oil truck that Leon managed to obtain from the local village's garage. Sienna and Matt had already made preparations for the possible route that the INTERPOL will take during the trainspotting. 

"There will be three routes," said Sienna, explaining to Dylan with her laptop, "But all of them will end up meeting at this main road that will take them straight to the Customs Port,".

"The distance is like twenty kilometers and since they will be driving a truck, the estimation to arrive there from the main road is half an hour," said Matt.

"And of course, there will be like dozens of police cars accompanying them," said Sienna.

"We'll take care of that," said Theseus, "I'll tell my men to wait at the location and we'll take down every car patrols, giving you guys time to make the heist,".

Dylan and Megan looked at the picture of the cargo container and the road that they will be taking.

"How long does it take to disconnect the INTERPOL Tracker?," asked Dylan.

"Just two minutes tops," replied Sienna, "I've already explained that to Harvey, he'll be doing it from Zara's car,". 

"Alright then," said Dylan, nodding understandingly, "But we're not going to take the cargo to this headquarters,".

"Why not?," asked Jake.

"Too risky for my family," replied Dylan, "We're taking it to our safe house,".

"You have a safe house?," asked Theseus.

"Sort of," replied Dylan and took out his phone, tapping the Google Maps, "Here's the coordinate. It's just for transit until the police search died down after we made the heist. Or you can tell your men to wait there so they can empty the container first when we arrive,".

Theseus nodded, agreeing to the plan and started giving orders to Jake and Freddie to tell their men in their command post at their mansion. As promised by Megan and Meera, they had Indian food for lunch that day with the help of Karan Malhotra who prepared Awadhi Biryani, Rogan Josh, Aloo Gobi, and Tandoori Chicken. 

"We need to do grocery shopping tomorrow, honey," said Megan at Dylan while they were having lunch, "The refrigerator's nearly empty,". 

"Sure," said Dylan smiling at his wife, "And our weekly date too. That means, you guys have to eat outside after the heist,".

There was a murmur of agreement as the family continued with their lunch. Theseus threw another glance at Zara but she was in a deep discussion with Sienna, Miranda, Raven, and Meera who all of them were sitting at the end of the table. After cleaning up the dining area and the kitchen, they had another go with the cars and this time they trained like it was real, and tested all the cables making sure that they attached well with the cargo container. 

They finally finished with the training and after getting full confidence with the cars, they were done right before the Iftar for Meera. Jackson and Harvey stayed for a while to do a last check on the cars and an hour later, they both entered the dining area and started eating with the others where they had Italian food for dinner that night. They recite back their plans while having dinner and by the time they had done, they had memorized it by heart. 

"Alright guys, the INTERPOL will transport the cargo at exactly ten in the morning," said Dylan, "I want everyone to get a full rest tonight. Did you inform your men about tomorrow?,". 

"Yeah, they will wait at the location for a few hours before the INTERPOL passes," replied Theseus.

Dylan nodded and continued with his food. Theseus on the other hand looked at Zara to catch her eyes but she was concentrating on Sienna who was explaining something about the plan. Both her and Miranda were focusing and at one time they nodded understandingly on what Sienna said and sometimes they both poured out their ideas as well. What Theseus and the other three hunters don't know is that they were all acting for Plan B, and so far, it goes well. 

Once they finished cleaning up, all of them headed towards the apartment complex, and bid everybody goodnight. When the Hunters got out on the first floor, the elevator went to stop at both the second and the third floor but nobody went out. The door opened and Ezra who was near the button pressed the open button to let the door stay open for a few seconds so that it looked like people came out at each floor. But when they reached the fourth, they all poured out of the elevator and climbed up the stairs that took them to the rooftop. 

"Well, this is it. Ben and Karan, everything settled?," asked Dylan looking at the two of them.

"Yeah, everything's cleared and done," replied Karan while Ben handed everyone their fake passport. 

"Leon?," asked Dylan, turning to his youngest brother.

"All done," said Leon.

They had a last minute run through on their plan before heading to bed, praying that everything goes well.

'May the force be with us all..' 

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They woke up early the next day and everyone was strangely quiet, even on breakfast. 

"Is it normal for everyone to be this silent on the day of a mission?," asked Matt looking around.

"Oh yeah, we like to focus the plan in our head," replied Shane who was sitting next to him, "The talking sometimes can be distracting,". 

"Ezra and Sienna already left?," asked Jake.

"Yeah, an hour ago," replied Harvey who got down together with his sister, "They're going to scout the place,". 

Few minutes later, the remaining Phoenix siblings plus Jackson, Megan, and Raven arrived in the dining area, discussing as they sat at the tables and taking turns pouring cereal in their bowls. 

"We're going to run some errands while you guys are gone, anyone wants something?," asked Megan casually.

At once, there were a rustle of sounds of people scrambling out of their seats and giving their lists on a piece of paper to Megan and Dylan. 

"Four boxes of condoms? Really, Leon?," asked Dylan looking at the lists and to his younger brother. 

"I'm not the only one who's using it," replied Leon darkly, "You can ask Ezra for that,".

"Painkillers? Are you alright, Miranda?," asked Megan worriedly as she checked Miranda's list.

"Period cramp," replied Miranda, her hand rubbing her stomach.

"Damn.. We're going to have angry Miranda for a few days," mumbled Shane.

Miranda glared at him and he quickly looked down and spooned his cereal. After that, they got ready for the mission and headed to the garage where two of the prize cars were parked and fully tuned. The Hunters on the other hand went to their own cars and watched them from afar as they huddled together in a group hug.

"This is it, it might be the last time we see our home, but it's not over," said Dylan quietly, "We will find a way to come home even if it takes years,".

"We might not see each other again after this so I just want to thank you for accepting me in the family," said Karan looking at all of them, "And I love all of you,". 

"We all do," replied Megan, "We're a family after all,".

"Alright, guys.. It's time," said Dylan as he gave a tight hug to his sister, "We have an hour before the Hunters men arrive here. May the force be with us,".

"May the force be with us," they all murmured and started to spread out.

Zara and Harvey went inside the Dodge Viper while Theo and Miranda headed towards the Mitsubishi Lancer. Theo quickly grabbed Meera's arm and kissed her on her forehead, whispering something in her ears making her blushed. He smirked back at her before giving her another kiss and this time on the cheek before getting inside the car. Steven and Shane will be following behind with Steven's Maserati Alfieri as a backup just in case one of the prize cars gives them a problem. 

The Hunters will be in charge of taking down the police cars that will be accompanying the cargo container while on transporting. Jake has already informed their men and prepared their weapons. They followed behind the three Phoenix's prize cars, leaving the others watching them as they exited the gate. As soon as they disappeared, the remaining Phoenix quickly got to work. Leon, Raven, and Karan were in charge of 'packing and cleaning' in the warehouse, while Dylan, Megan, and Ben went to Dylan's car and headed to the city to clear up everything involving their accounts and identities. Jackson, Meera, and Sam on the other hand were in charge loading all of their luggage which was packed with only necessary things inside Zara's McLaren which will drive by Jackson, Ezra's Ford Mustang which will drive by Sam, and Theo's Nissan GTR where Meera will drive. The cars will be separated from each other and go to another secret location.

It took half an hour for Leon, Karan, and Raven to wipe everything and after making sure everything was clean from evidence, they all took Leon's Audi and drove out, leaving their home, not sure when they will ever come back. The headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix is now completely abandoned.