"We've got multiple potential hiding spots, most of 'em behind huge steel doors or in huge steel vaults. All of those vaults look like they're armed with alarms and possibly other defenses like electrical defenses and even poison gas projectors. No mechanical locks - which wouldn't even be useful anyway because I don't have my TTK as a myth and it's not like any of us have a lock-picking kit. It all looks like retinal and fingerprint scanners. Brands were near useless. It maaay be in their facility but we barely got a read, let alone enough of one to pin down which vault or door. They also have their own security force and while it's small, they look well-armed."
He went on, "So we'd have to somehow figure out which door or vault - and the doors might also have vaults or more steel doors behind them - sneak in, somehow disarm the defenses, somehow break through, and get out with it before the security forces pin us down. Walls around the doors aren't sheet-rock or anything punchable either. I dug my fingers through the paint to see what was there. Not even concrete - it's all metal and it seems just as thick."
He gestured to himself and then to Cassie. "Right now you and I aren't as strong and durable as we are back home. Doors are too thick for us to do a quick Kool-aid man through. It'd take at least fifteen to twenty minutes, bare minimum, and that's if we don't mind breaking a few hand bones while we're at it. And while we're still bulletproof, that's enough time for the security guys to get heavier artillery. If they have anything like rocket launchers or neural stim darts, we don't have enough of our usual invulnerability to hold out."
He shook his head. "If we were back home, it'd be easy peasy, but we don't have enough oomph as myths since we lost powers instead of gaining 'em. Even with Raph and Nico on defense while we work, there's no way we can pull it off, especially if don't choose the right door the first time. The only possible smash and grab is - like Raph said - a hex and grab. Seeing if Nico's magic can pin down the right vault or lab and maybe do a little 'open sesame' spell. If that worked, we could maybe pull it off if I'm already inside the facility. If we know where it is, the defenses are down, and it's open, I can superspeed in, grab it, and get out."
He shrugged. "But that's our only shot at force. Otherwise we're gonna have to get control of one of the higher ups somehow to get a vault open and our best chance of that is going along with the story."
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He went on, "So we'd have to somehow figure out which door or vault - and the doors might also have vaults or more steel doors behind them - sneak in, somehow disarm the defenses, somehow break through, and get out with it before the security forces pin us down. Walls around the doors aren't sheet-rock or anything punchable either. I dug my fingers through the paint to see what was there. Not even concrete - it's all metal and it seems just as thick."
He gestured to himself and then to Cassie. "Right now you and I aren't as strong and durable as we are back home. Doors are too thick for us to do a quick Kool-aid man through. It'd take at least fifteen to twenty minutes, bare minimum, and that's if we don't mind breaking a few hand bones while we're at it. And while we're still bulletproof, that's enough time for the security guys to get heavier artillery. If they have anything like rocket launchers or neural stim darts, we don't have enough of our usual invulnerability to hold out."
He shook his head. "If we were back home, it'd be easy peasy, but we don't have enough oomph as myths since we lost powers instead of gaining 'em. Even with Raph and Nico on defense while we work, there's no way we can pull it off, especially if don't choose the right door the first time. The only possible smash and grab is - like Raph said - a hex and grab. Seeing if Nico's magic can pin down the right vault or lab and maybe do a little 'open sesame' spell. If that worked, we could maybe pull it off if I'm already inside the facility. If we know where it is, the defenses are down, and it's open, I can superspeed in, grab it, and get out."
He shrugged. "But that's our only shot at force. Otherwise we're gonna have to get control of one of the higher ups somehow to get a vault open and our best chance of that is going along with the story."