The Techno Bandits

Chapter 10

Harpers POV
I'm at work. I work at an electronics store. Its not bad honestly. I work in parts and services. Fixing technology is what I'm good at, although its hard when its not a gun or a taser. "Harper?" A girl asked. I turned. "Hi Casey" I said. "Stop zoning out on the job" she said with a laugh. Casey is the other parts and services worker. "Right, sorry" I said. "You still have three tablets and two watches to fix. Get to work" she said, shoving me into my chair. She smells incredibly sweet. Like strawberries. "Ill get on that" I said. She sat down and started working on a phone with a busted charger. I started fixing the screen on a tablet when my phone rang. Casey stared at me while I answered.

"What?" I asked. "When are you getting off work?" Pyro asked. "Are you going to call me everyday?" I asked. "Yes" she said. "4:30 just like yesterday Pyro" I said. "Hazel said she found something" Pyro said. "What did she find?" I asked. "I don't know. Something on my dad I'm guessing" she said. "Ok, she can show me when I get home" I said. "Don't make me hang up so soon mommy" she said. My face grew red. "Stop calling me that" I said. "You don't really want me to stop" she said. I stayed quiet. "That's what I thought" she said. "Bye Pyro" I hung up.

"That your girlfriend?" Casey asked. "What!? No, no no no. She's just my friend" I said. Casey chuckled. "The color of your face suggests otherwise" she said. "Shut up!" I huffed.

Pyros POV
Its exactly 4:30. "Where is she?" I whined. "She said she gets off at 4:30. Not that she'd be home then" Pitch said. I stared at the clock on the stove. "Staring at it wont make it go faster" Pitch said. "Shhh" I shushed her. She sighed and shook her head. Seven minutes later Harper came in. I jumped on her. "Hi Pyro" she squeaked. "Hi" I squeezed her. "You can stop hugging me now" she squeaked. I let go. "You're like a puppy Pyro. Holy shit" Harper said stretching her back out. "Come here Harper. I think I have something" Hazel said. We sat down. "This is camera footage from a building near your work" Hazel said. Its a guy getting into a car. "I don't get it" I said. "Zoom in on that window" Harper said. She zoomed in on the car window. A man in a mask was in the passenger and the guy that got in the car handed him something shiny. "What's that?" I asked. "Pyro! You've already seen this" Hazel said. "I did?" I asked. She groaned. "That is some sort of jewelry. It matches the one that we stole for Michael a few months ago" Hazel said. "So how do we know that this is Michaels guy" Harper asked. "Michael and Griffin were working for a big organization. There could be thousands of people. I'm about 78% sure that this is the same necklace we stole" Hazel said. "Where did they go?" Harper asked. "We didn't get that far but we noticed that the car is parked there everyday. Its like they do a check in" Pitch said. "We cant jump to conclusions" Harper said. "We're gonna need more camera footage but there's no way we could do that ourselves. As much as we try, we cant do this without Griffin" Pitch said. I looked at Pitch and then at Hazel. "My dad likes to put things in puzzles. If this car is here than there should be more close by. If we can find them than we may be able to track one" I said. "Good thinking Pyro" Hazel said. We all looked at her weird. "What? For once she had a good idea" Hazel shrugged.

I'm struggling to blow up this air mattress. Harper came up to me and clicked it in place. I looked up and smiled at her. "Could you refrain from calling me names while I'm at work? Now my coworker thinks we're dating" she said. "How did she hear me? Unless she didn't and you blushed" I smirked. She glared at me. "Just stop ok" she said. "Whatever you say mommy" I smirked. She blushed and groaned at me in frustration. I giggled.

Harpers POV
They're right. We cant do it without Griffin. Her job seemed so simple but its actually really important and very hard. Its the next day. "You got all your work done? I'm impressed" Casey said, looking over. We're both done. She's on her phone watching something. "Ima get a snack. You want something?" I asked. "Grab the funyuns out the cabinet" she said. I grabbed the chips and some soda out of the mini fridge. I handed her the snacks. I saw what she was watching. That's me. She cant tell that, but it is me. Its the Techno Bandits. "Turn that up" I pulled over a chair. "I didn't think you liked this stuff" she said, turning it up.

"Fact or Theory? We all know of The Techno Bandits. They pop out of no where and its impossible to figure out where they'll show up next" the guy started. "There's three girls that we've seen in action. However this is where my theory comes in. The Techno Bandits always seem to get into their targets location easily. There has to be some sort of inside help, suggesting that there's actually a fourth that works on the inside" he said. He's referring to Hazel. I didn't know people made videos like this about us. "Now, that theory is widely known throughout the police but this one is new and completely mine" he said. "Bullshit" Casey said. I laughed. "I think there's a fifth. I say this because the Techno Bandits always seem to have the cameras down. They know exactly where to go and they never mess up. Someone has to be helping them from a remote location. But what do you think? Could there be a fifth? Of course this doesn't add to the main question, who are The Techno Bandits?" He said. I leaned back in my chair. There is no fifth. Not anymore. We mess up all the time. He's got his facts mixed up.

"Why are you watching that?" I asked. "I like crime theories" she shrugged. "You like the Techno Bandits?" I asked. "Yeah. They seem cool" she said. I smiled. "Hey, you wanna watch our boss do stupid shit again" she said, typing something on her laptop. "How do you do that?" I asked. "I just hack into his camera system. Look at this dude" she pulled it up. "Is he dancing?" I asked. "Who knows?" she said. We laughed. She's good at hacking... this could be good.

I'm back home. Pyro jumped on me. I picked her up and threw her on the couch, sitting down next to her. "I have an idea" I smiled. They all looked over.