It’s Always sunny in California for Heist pt 1 (Patreon)

 part one of new attempt  to write an ilustrated fiction .Enjoy

Young woman walks in self-storage area, seeking the right one unit. She was in age of late twentys and looks very athletic. Her clothes and gear remind sports or parkour gear: blue top , military  pants and boots, and a small backpack. Despite the fact that she was good at parkour and cliffhanging, her main activity wasn’t so legal. After five minutes of searching she finally found needed unit and moved to it. Her companion Theo already knows that she is here,  but girl decide to knock anyway .

-Diana, it’s opened.- answered from the other side of the door.

Diana pushed up door a just little and squeezed in.  Storage unit wasn’t filled by old furniture or  boxes with clothes and other home junk.  By Theo’s skillful hands this storage unit was transformed into computer geek lair. In tandem Theo’s function was surveillance, monitoring , and of course computer  hacking.  

- I’m  ordered as usual.- says Diana, pulling a packages with Chinese food from backpack.- Did our bosses finally  send details of  our  assignment?  Because we're stuck in California for a week now.

Both working on W.I.S. In middle ages this organization could be called as Thieves gild.  Now days this international company called Worldwide Intermediary Services 

-Yup! It’s what I like most. We need to steal some computer data from a retired mobster

- Our Bosses Could Just hire a hacker team.

-Don’t think that is an easy work. The computer is not permanently on the network.  And gangster under FBI witness protection program.

- You have intrigued me. But I need details 

Theo  turn on the big screen and start to show everything that he could dig on this case.

- Have you ever heard aboud the Mesedes cartel?

-Only from news. As I heard they were covered two years ago. In fact they was just big gang: racketeering, drug dealing, cars stealing and much more. 

Theo pressed a few buttons and the man's face appeared on the screen.

- Introducing Carlos Manel. The third person in the Mercedes cartel. He was one of the first arrested members and authorities offered him a deal.He was happy  to agree. 

Theo showed the following photo.

- Josephine Manel, Carlos's wife. Nine years younger. She was not supposed to be related to her husband's criminal activities, but there were rumors that she was the lover of unknown cartel's lieutenant. They both Manels ended up in a witness protection program. 

Have you already made some  reconnaissance? -Diana went to a white board, standing near the entrance and made a few inscriptions with a marker: "Various Information", "Obstacles", "Opportunities".

-I already made a surveillance flight with drones. And we can have problems with breaking in. The Manell House is located the Malone Hills area, an hour's drive from us . This  is a suburbia with villas, lawns, but  no shops or city services. Strangers there will be visible immediately.

-Anything else?

- The Manel’s house  is under renovation. But there working the slowest painters I've ever seen. They have an hourly payment or they guards. Probably FBI agents . At least eight people in the house and two more in the van. Round-the-clock surveillance and territory patroling. One alarm signal from this house  and an army will arrive here. Food is brought by  guarded  car twice a day. A couple has a dog. A German shepherd, friendly but can bark at strangers. The situation is complicated by the fact that in the vicinity there were several cases of vandalism. Local buzybody  organized from district residents something like a militia. At night, they patrolin the neighborhood. 

- You can rush in the house, but infiltrating it  quietly and without attracting any attention will be a difficult task.

Diana settled on the couch and begin to check  all footages provided by Theo ,  discussing opportunities  for infiltration in a process:

- The night is the most dangerous time for infiltration, agents will be on watch and great faith will stumble upon the locals. So I must go undercover during the day. How about replacing the one who delivers food. This also will help to  add something that knocks out the guard

-I have never seen a courier enter the house. And if I correctly remembering  the protocol,  Not every guard  eat the same thing.

Despite the option was not the best, Diana noted it. But then something caught her attention. After choosing the segment in video  that interested her, Diana looked it several times back and forth.

- Those who oppose us, those  will help us – all the sudden she says  with mischievous grin.

- That again! You quoting  films from your  motherland - Theo disgrunted .

-You know Theo. You should watch something other than your casual sitcoms. It helps you think outside the box .