Never Meant It - h.g

20

Hayley // Pistol

"You guys ready?" Harum said as he loaded his gun. Everyone nodded & insured their weapons were secure.

"Okay we meet back at the cars in?" Harum asked.

"Twenty minutes," Cube nodded & everyone split up. Cougar & I put our weapons in our jackets & tried to leisurely fit it with the crowd. That was the thing with this heist. We didn't look like bad guys because of the entrance benefit.

"Your gun is kinda showing," Cougar motioned to my pocket.

"I know what I'm doing. Thank you," I gawked.

"Just tryna help," she scoffed.

"Look, a whole lifetime will pass before I ever need your help," I shoved past her & walked into the centre as she followed behind.

"Look Hayley," she uttered.

"How the hell do you know my name? I don't even know yours," I scoffed.

"Mine is Angela," she blurted out.

"That wasn't a queue to tell me," I rolled my eyes & stood outside a jewellery store.

"Well listen I don't like the way you treat me little girl. I've been in this game since I was thirteen & I will not let some fresh meat scum bring me down. Now I don't know if you're jealous of Harum & I or not but I would appreciate if you stopped your shit. Otherwise I will personally shove this brass knuckle so far into your neck, it will slice the veins that barely pump blood," she gave me an evil twitch. This girl was crazy. People just had no idea.

Just as I was going to respond to her crude threat, the madness began. The boys & girls started hitting the spots & already made their way downstairs. I just ignored Cougar & ran into the jewellery store to take as much as I could. Cougar was taking out people behind me as I stacked & clutched my gun closely to my body.

"Don't grab that shit it's useless!" she yelled behind me.

"Just keep punching people princess!" I yelled & ran out of the store, across to the electronics hub where I took a few gadgets.

"No! You're doing it all wrong!" she yelled again & I tried to ignore it. Someone was about to jump me from the side but I shot him in the head.

"What the hell! You're useless at your job! Useless!" she screamed & that's when I even felt a vein burst in my body.

"I'm going to kill you!" I screamed with a voice of ache, a voice I had never heard before.

I dropped my bag & jumped on Cougar. I tackled her to the ground & started hitting her head against the tiles. It was a blurry vision of anger as she punched me with her brass knuckles & spat on my face.

"I'm gonna kill you, you pig faced whore!" I yelled & kept punching her. Her hands quickly wrapped around my neck & got me in a choke hold. Deeper & deeper her fingers pressed on my neck, I struggled to breathe. I rolled off her as she pulled onto my hair & took the bag & ran out of the store. I stood up with a limp & hurried out of the store with my pistol in my hands.

"Oh fuck no!" I yelled & aimed at her. All the girls & guys looked in disbelief as they watched us brawl.

"You are never gonna be enough Pistol!" she mocked me. I aimed steady at her & just as I was about to shoot, all hell broke loose.

The SWAT broke into the place from the ceiling & the force had all of us surrounded. My finger slipped & pulled the trigger & I missed her by an inch. I started to run as everyone else made a break for it. We all got to the cars & made out getaway.

"Babe are you okay? You're bleeding!" Benz yelled.

"I'm fine. Stooge drive faster, they're on your tail!" I yelled. The car sped up as we both made separate turns.

"We're gonna meet them later right?" I asked.

"Um, no. We're being separated for you & Cougar," Benz tried to calm me down but I was freaking out.

"Harum is gonna be so mad at me. I messed up again," I started to cry. I was so frustrated.

"Baby," he cupped my cheeks & rested his forehead on mine, "it's gonna be okay. I'm here. I got you," he whispered & kissed me.

"Hang on guys!" Baby face yelled as we went on a rock route. We were basically tossed & turned until we were safe. The cops had lost us again & we were in the middle of nowhere.

"Everyone okay?" Stooge asked. We all nodded & assured him.

"I think we all need to cool down. Let's not go home just yet okay," Benz suggested.

"Yeah. Good idea," Cube agreed & we spent the whole night driving.

There wasn't much conversation on the ride but they did ask me why I hated Cougar so much & why I almost shot her. I didn't know why. Part of it was the fact she called me useless & threatened me but it was something larger than my thoughts. I really felt like I was going insane.