The Robbery (short story) |finished|

The robbery

'Okay, this is it. No turning back, no second chance. Do it or die.' 'James, what was the plan again?' 'Ugh Jo, why do you keep forgetting these things? So here's the plan once again. Me and James run into the store and take the manager in hostage. Once the co-workers give us the jewellery we're done here. But if they try to ring the alarm, you snipe them. If it all fails and the police comes in, then, but only then, Jay and John will come in and we'll blast 'em all out. All clear?' James explained. 'Yes it is, sir.' The four other man said. 'Now take your places and wait for my sign. I'll make it clear when we need you - Jay and John.' 'Copy that sir.' They said.

While Jay and John went to the van, Jonathan went to the apartment building across the street and laid out his sniper. James and jack went to the front entrance. 'We're going in now!' James said trough the transceiver. Slowly they went inside. James was looking at the watches, while Jack sneaked trough the store to the counter. 'Hey, I'm from the inspecting company. May I speak to the manager, please?' He asked calmly. 'Of course!' The woman behind the desk said while shouting a name that sounded Polish. A surprisingly small man in a suit came to the 'STAFF ONLY' door. Gotcha, Jack smiled and looked at James. He nodded his head. At that moment the robbery began.

'Hello I'm-' He saw Jack move his hand. With a swift movement Jack's hand went into his pocket, grabbed a gun and pointed that at the managers head. 'So, as you probably can guess, this is a robbery.' He had a sly smile on his face. 'You behind the desk grab the diamond over there. Then bring it to me.' 'Why should I?' She asked in shock. 'Well, I think you would like your manager without a bullet hole in his head.' Meanwhile James took care of the other customers while he said 'One, just one single move and you're dead. Do you guys understand?' He said. One old man, probably from around the age of sixty-five, said 'You dare do this, you-' He stopped speaking after a dry 'click' of the gun. James had fired his gun. 'If I wasn't clear', he continued, 'Move and you'll end up like him.'

Someone came out the 'STAFF ONLY' door. It was a long, thin man. You don't have to be an expert to see he was shocked. Immediately he ran to the alarm button. He had already his finger on it. Just when he tried to pull it, he fell dead on the ground. Shot by Jonathan. Although he was dead, the alarm still went of. He probably could still trigger it. 'You fucking idiot.' James sweared to Jonathan over the receiver. 'If the police doesn't kill you, then I will.'

'Jay, John, now it's your time.' James said over the receiver. 'Right away sir.' Jay answered while they both came out the van with an AK-47 in their hands. They entered the store and asked James 'What do we do with the workers and with the rest of the people?' 'They might do a very good job as human shields.' James replied smiling 'Everything is more then well under control.' 'So here is the plan. Jack will take all the hostages an positionate them. I'll grab all of the stuff here. John and jay will take cover behind the hostages and shoot the cops. Jo will shoot the police cars.' James told over the receiver.

In the distance they already heard the first sirens coming. Then a loud honk. Jonathan had shot the cop driving. The guy fell on the horn. They heard the sound of squeaky brakes. At that moment, the whole front parking lot of the store was filled with police cars. 'They are armoured with hostages, we need as much backup as we can get.' One of the cops shouted through his radio. At that moment he fell on the ground. Jay had shot him. Now he was reloading his weapon. 'Go, go, go.' Was shouted from inside a car. Five cops came out. Hold it right there!' James said. 'It would be sad if one of these innocent people lost their lives.' 'Well, actually, I already think you have came too far.' He shot a cop and then a hostage. 'Jack, replace 'em! I'm going to take on this stuff.' he smashed a display case and threw the watches in a bag.

The saw more police cars coming in. Six cars and one police-van, fully loaded with cops. 'James, I think we have a prob-' Before Jay could finish his sentence, James answered 'Then you'll kill them, so we won't be outnumered anymore, I'm almost done with these things.' Jay and John took positions. As soon as the new arrived cops stepped out of the car, they begun shooting at them. At that moment another police sergeant stepped out of the car. 'Men, it is allowed to kill if it comes that far.' Then he went to the hostages, saying 'I am truly sorry about this, but this is the only way we can end this.' Then he turned back to his men an shouted 'NOW'. All the cops fired. Most of the shots were missed, or fired at the hostages. 'James, we don't have cover anymore!', Jay shouted. 'It's fine, you can hold yourself against these bunch of amateurs. Right?' 'Fire!' The sergeant shouted again. 'Yeah, of course we-' John stopped talking while looking at his chest. He was shot, and bleeding very hard. 'Yes, of course. They are just too many.' He corrected himself. Then he fell on his knees and then back over. Dead.

'NO' Jay screamed. He was furious. 'Why are you so upset? This only means more money for yourself.' Jack said with a grin on his face. 'How cold hearted are you?' Jay asked while the tears dropped down his face. 'It's so clear that you're the rookie in our group. Let's stop crying and kill those men out there, or they will kill us, will ya?' James walked to John and grabbed the AK-47 out of his hands. Another series of bullets flew past James, Jay and Jack. 'Jo, we could use a little help you know!' Jack shouted over the reciever. 'Do you mean I need to grab the-' 'Yes of course you damn idiot! Jay may bet he rookie, but I have the idea he already know more then you!' James shouted back. 'Right away sir.'  

The cirminals were having a hard time in the store. Lots of bullets flew inside. All of the hostages were dead. 'Jack, come here.' James was squatting behind the counter. Jack immedeatly came. 'We need to keep 'em busy 'til Jo is done. We need to buy him as much time as possible. So now there are no hostages anymore, kill those cops will ya?' 'I'll try my best.' Jack answered. He stood up from behind the corner and immedeatly shot three cops. 'Like that?' He said with a foul grin on his face. 'Exactly like that.' James also came up from behind the desk and fired his gun. Four cops and the sergeant fell dead on the ground. 'But it can be a bit better.' He supplemented.

Meanwhile on the apartment roof, Jonathan was setting up a rocket launcher. It was a hard job for him since he only had time to practice it twice. 'That stick there, and the munition there.' He said to himself. After a long five minutes and a lot of shouting through the receiver for James, Jonathan had set up the rocket launcher. He took some time to aim it the right way until he was sure he would hit the cars. Then he pulled the trigger. At that very moment, a small rocket flew through the air. 'Ka-boom.' Jonathan said to himself.

In the store James already was ready to go, as soon as he saw the cars fly high up through the air, and the flames on the van, he knew it was time. 'Run, run, go.' He shouted. Jack and Jay immedeatly left and runned to the van while James covered their back. 'Jay, you'll drive. We'll sit in the back.' He commanded. Jo is coming from the rooftop, but I have some things to discuss with him. Make sure we can get away ASAP.' James said. When he saw Jo running down, he pointed his gun at him. 'What is this treason? Why do you want to shoot me?' Jonathan asked afraid and surprised. 'Someone was supposed to snipe the people that would pull the alarm. Did you forget about that? And also the price I'll get divided by three is more then the price divided by four. So, goodbye.' James emptied his magazine on Jonathan and jumped back in the van. 'You may leave.' He said.