No Man's Land

The Junkyard

It was the next day, Theo arrived at work, jumping out of the taxi he had called at the hotel he now stayed at. He was still under the alias of Joseph.

Yesterday after getting the restaurant suitable again for dining, Tim let him off for the rest of the day as a reward, for keeping the money safe.

Warren and Felix had also managed to get rid of the three bodies, giving it to Warren’s friend who drove to the garage, put the bodies in his car boot and drove off to an unknown location to dump them.

Back at the restaurant Theo walked into the kitchen, where Tim’s bodyguards were there without him and talking to Frankie.

Once they realised Theo was there, the conversation stopped and the two bodyguards walked past Theo, nodding their heads then walking out of the front door.

Frankie walked up to Theo, ‘’good to see you.’’

‘’What should I start with today?” Asked Theo.

‘’Well, Joseph, you won’t be working in the restaurant today’’ said Frankie.

‘’Why? Is Tim- I mean Mr Quinn giving me the day off again?”

‘’Oh no, definitely not, one was enough. You’re working on something else today.’’ Replied Frankie.

‘’What is that?” Asked Theo nervously.

‘’After a bit of research, Archie and Nathan discovered who the robbers were from yesterday, who they are and what gang they’re from’’ said Frankie.

‘’Archie and Nathan?” Asked Theo.

‘’The names of Tim’s bodyguards’’ replied Frankie.

‘’Oh, well that’s good’’ said Theo.

‘’Listen Joseph, stop with this act." Frankie said with a serious expression.

"What do you mean?" Asked Theo, worryingly.

"You have something about you, I believe you have something more beneath that nice guy persona. Prove me right and do a job Tim has requested of you.’’ Said Frankie.

‘’Listen, please just get to the point, what’s the job?” Theo questioned.

‘’As I was saying, we know the whereabouts of the men. Their names are Harold, Sam, Jacob and Steven. We found that out from a friend of Tim’s on the police force. The four of them belong to the gang of Barbara Wicker, they’ll be in hiding after yesterday’s failed heist and Archie and Nathan witnessed CCTV footage from the cameras at the back of the restaurant, when the men had been standing there for about a minute then a van arrived, they jumped inside and it sped off. Luckily the cameras caught the license plate.’’ Said Frankie.

‘’Where are you going with this?” Asked a curious Theo.

‘’So Tim got this friend of his on the police force, to look at traffic cameras for the exact license plate on a van and sure enough he saw them, the last time they were seen was leading up to an old abandoned junkyard so I predict they’re hiding there. Dumbasses shouldn't have used main roads.’’ Continued Frankie.

‘’So I hope you can see where this is going, Joseph. I’m going to drive you to the junkyard, hand you my gun and you are going to kill all four of the men, plus the van driver if he’s there. You’ll really look good in the eyes of Tim.’’ Frankie explained.

‘’I look good anyway in the eyes of anyone’’ thought Theo, but what he said to Frankie was completely different. ‘’Okay, I’ll do it.’’ He said.

‘’Good man.’’ Smiled Frankie. ‘’Let’s go’’ he said, leaving the kitchen and the restaurant through the front door, leading Theo into the pub car park and walking to his car, a blue Mercedes.