Zodiac

Chapter 6

Capricorn POV

I'm watching tv in the living room when I hear the doorbell. I get up and walk towards the door and look through the peephole but I don't see anyone, that's strange.

I open the door hoping to get a glance at whoever was here. I look around and I'm out of luck because the person's gone, I'm about to close the door but something catches my attention. There's an envelope on the ground , I reach down and pick it up while heading back inside. I open it and it says,

Louis Tomlinson I have a very special job for you, meet me at the museum of modern art in an hour.

My curiosity is killing me, who would send me this? Maybe it's a set-up. After 30 minutes of debating I flip a coin. Heads I go, tails I stay.

I stand outside the museum for about ten minutes when a man wearing a black suit approaches me, he clears his throat " I'm glad you came" he says in a thick russian accent. What would a russian want from me?

"Who are you" I ask curiously as I stare at him.

"Listen somebody recommended you hopefully you accept this deal" he says walking inside as I follow him. I wonder what deal he's going to propose? We walk around the museum in silence until he finds what he's looking for, the original starry night painting.

"I want you to steal that" he says barely audible but loud enough for me to hear it.

"Are you going to sell it" I ask "that painting is worth more than 90 million dollars."

"I just need you to steal it" he says without answering my question. I can tell he's not going to give me any details.

"How much am I getting paid" I ask knowing I'll take the job because I need the money.

"30 million dollars in cash" he says and I know I have a huge grin on my face. That's a lot of money for one job.

"I'll get it done don't worry" I say as we exit the museum. I'm about to leave but I hear him speak and I stop.

"I'll have two men assist you, when the job is done give them the painting in exchange for the money" he says and hands me a piece of paper. We go our separate ways and I enter my car and start coming up with a perfect plan.

A week later I'm ready for this heist. If we do what I planned everything will be perfect, no complications. Night shift switches at 8 PM which means the museum closes and three guards stay behind to ensure everything's running smoothly.

Jack and I enter at 7:00 PM pretending to admire the art. We walk around separately until 7:30 PM. When it's 7:35 we head to the back and find a door that has an employees only sign. We enter and Steve is waiting for us with a bag containing our disguise. We put on our security clothing and get rid of the clothes we were wearing before. We find the men who are supposed to be on duty tonight and knock them unconscious.

"Jack hide the bodies" I say while Steve is guarding the door making sure no one saw anything.

Jack, Steve and William are our fake names for tonight, we're all wearing prosthetic masks hiding our identity. I check the time and its 7:50 PM by now the museum must be closing. Steve walks out and sees one guard locking the doors leaving the back door open for the next shift. Steve and I walk to the security guard so we can switch and he can leave.

"I've never seen you guys before" he says suspiciously.

"I'm usually morning shift I worked yesterday night" I say hoping he doesn't see through my lie. He walks towards the back where the schedules posted and asks for our name.

"I'm William he's Steve" I say and he sees our name posted on the schedule saying we work tonight. That seems to work for him because he hands me the keys and doesn't ask any more questions. As soon as he leaves we put on our gloves and stop all cameras.

Time to get to work

"Steve clean the desk and all possible areas we touched" I demand and hand him the blacklight. Jack follows me until we find the starry night painting and bring it down carefully. That wasn't hard.

"Get the car" I say while carrying the painting. Before we leave I check that all areas I touched are clean from my fingerprints. I tear down the schedule while putting the old one back. We leave the cameras alone so when they check it the screen will remain blank. I keep the keys from the museum, maybe this will come in handy later.

We made it, that was a success. We drive off to a secure place where he can hand me my money and take the painting. When we arrive to an abandoned house I see my car parked and Jack hands me my money. I get in my car and drive off to my house.

I enter my house and there's an envelope on the floor, someone must have slid it under the door. I open the envelope and find a ticket to Washington D.C. I might as well go and keep a low profile.

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Just a reminder the envelope is a note and a plane ticket to Washington D.C. but what awaits them there? Don't forget to vote and comment. Hope you're enjoying the story.