The Vents

I turned to my right to see an air duct, an absolute classic and staple of any good spy. I lifted off the grate that was covering the opening and began to crawl my way through. It was a bit of a snug fit, but I managed to squeeze and army crawl my way through. Thank goodness I chose the vents when I did, as I heard some DOOM henchmen open up the door and start talking.

I crawled through those vents, looking around. "Hey, Babs, do you read me?"

"Loud and clear, Roxxie. What's up?"

"I'm in the air vents. Can you guide me?"

"No problem!" I heard her typing on her keyboard. "Take two lefts, then a right, down, and then left."

"Thanks Babs." I crawled forward, hoping that the sound of me thudding through the air ducts wouldn't alert anyone. "This is so much louder than the movies make it seem."

"You can't trust everything you see online," Agent Babs said.

"What? You're telling me that all those stepsisters don't actually get stuck in washing machines?" I said in the most sarcastic voice that I could. "What other lies have I been told?"

"Cute, Roxxie, but remember to stay focused."

"Of course," I said as I took the vents downwards. "Uh, we got a bit of a situation, Babs." I looked in the direction that I was supposed to head, but there was a large fan in the way that was spinning rapidly. "There's some kind of huge fan in the way. What should I do?"

"You need.... then just..... have a ..... drop ...... down ...."

"Babs, there's static. Can you read me? Hello? Babs?" Shit, I was flying solo right now. Still, I wasn't about to be able to get through the fan, and I couldn't reach my tools while I was in here. "Guess I'll just have to try another way and hope that drops me near where I need to go." I crawled forward for what seemed like forever, taking twists and turns, descending and ascending in various spots. "How long are these damn vents?" I saw a few spots where the vent opened up to drop down, but all of them were way above the ground. If I tried that, I'd go splat without a question. I kept wandering the air ducts randomly until I finally came across one that wouldn't have left me a stain on the floor.

I peeked in through, making sure that there weren't any DOOM henchmen. Once I was sure the coast was clear, I popped off the grate and swung myself down. I looked around quickly to see where I was. Based on the sign nearby, I had somehow made it all the way down to the first floor. "Shit. Way off course."

"Roxxie, is that you?"

"Ah, Babs! Finally," I said, breathing a sigh of relief. "There was a bunch of static in the vents. I couldn't hear a damn thing."

"I can't get a signal from your tracker right now, and it's taking me a bit to hack into the security feed for the museum. Where are you?"

"First floor. It looks like I'm right in front of some kind of Ancient Egyptian exhibit."

"Okay, so, find your way to the lobby from there. It should be an easy find."

"Alright, let's g-" As I began to make my way towards the direction that the signs said lead towards the lobby, I heard a voice stop me in my tracks.

"Hey, I thought I heard something over here." I saw multiple shadows approaching the hallway.

"Shit! DOOM henchmen! Looks like a bunch of them. Way more than I could fight off. Babs, what should I do?"

"Find some place to hide. I bet that Ancient Egypt exhibit has plenty of places where you could hide from some simple guards."

I headed into the Ancient Egypt exhibit and looked around. The room was filled with different artifacts and pieces of art work that came from the Ancient Egyptian times. I'm talking miniature pyramids, a model of the sphinx, a wall just covered in hieroglyphs. All sorts of good stuff. I am just so glad that I didn't have to protect any of these things. But, I did need to hide with them. Three things caught my eye about where I could hide.

"Hey, I think I heard someone go in here!" The footsteps were getting louder and closer. Shit, I really didn't have much time.

The first was a sarcophagus. An absolute classic for this type of theme, but it might be what they are searching for. The second was a part of the exhibit that was about the Nile River. I could hide among the reeds there and hope they didn't find me. Third, that pyramid looks like it has a sort of door in it. I could probably quickly open it and get inside.

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