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might have the opposite containment problem to hers. She sucked in heat; he emanated it. They might be a better match than just fire and ice, hot and cold. They each had what the other wanted.
     

Chapter Seven
     
     
    A bank robbery underground at a seed vault required all of their efforts, and for Fire Fall to steer clear of the actual seeds.
    Rox put on her uniform as quickly as she could, and when everything was in the right place, she grabbed her trident and joined the others as they piled into the shuttle. Jump seats folded down and allowed them all to take part in the briefing while Devnin flew the ship.
    The seeds in question were high value and being sent to a world beginning its own stages of planet development. They were literally power plants, and that made them exceptionally valuable.
    The bank members were identified, and those holding the hostages until they could get into the seed vault were equally easy to spot. Ideas for an attack were held, and finally, it was decided that Rock Wall would seal them all in, Pleska would coax her insects into breaking the lights and environmental systems down, which would allow for Lady to cool the temperature dramatically to force folk to sleep, and Walking Darkness would take care of those working to break into the vault.
    Fire Fall was there to bring everyone around the moment the coast was clear. He would counter Lady’s cooling and everyone would wake up.
    They all had emergency duties if anything came up, but Lady really didn’t want to do it. She wanted everything to go smoothly.
    They landed on the meadow near one of the few surface structures on the surface. Peacekeepers surrounded the main and rear entrances and that is where their small group of armoured and costumed warriors headed.
    Walking Darkness took point and led them into the building while Rock Wall sealed the entrance behind them.
    Lady looked into the building and found all the living beings. With two taps on her shoulder from Fire Fall, she stepped forward and pulled the heat out of the beings in the building.
    They were all adults or she wouldn’t have been so aggressive with it. When they huddled together for warmth and the ambient temperature in the building started to rise because someone had fiddled with the settings on the heater, Pleska made a small sound and sent the gnawing beetles she had carried in a case into the wall.
    When the temperature of the building started to drop, it was time to move. Pleska stayed back to control her creatures and Lady moved with Fire Fall and Walking Darkness into the dark and cooling structure.
    Fire Fall kept his hand on her shoulder, and they moved quietly through the building.
    She continued to consume the body heat of those within until they all slumped over and were immobile. “They are down. We only have a few minutes before it will do damage.”
    Walking Darkness dropped the shadows around them so they could move at speed. They moved into the gallery that overlooked the main lobby, and the hostages and villains alike were slumped down and breathing softly.
    Walking Darkness gave the signal to let the peacekeepers into the lobby and Fire Fall warmed the hostages.
    Walking Darkness looked over at Lady. “Are you ready?”
    She nodded. “I am. Three took shelter in a sealed room. They are less affected then the others and might put up a fight.”
    She led him to the door in question, and the heavy vault closure loomed in front of them. “Can you get that open?”
    Walking Darkness activated his com. “Requesting authorization to bring down the vault door.”
    “Authorization granted.”
    Walking Darkness pointed at the door. “Do what you can.”
    She looked at him and blinked. “Okay. When I say hit it, hit it.”
    “I wait for your signal.”
    Lady squared up in front of the door, lowered her trident and pulled the heat out of the metal. It took several minutes, but when she heard the crackling and there was nothing left for her to take, she