Superiority

3 Money Stained in Blood

Three days later. In the cloudy sky, four mini drones hummed and raced toward a bank and two white vans drove to the same destination. Leo, a long-haired man, tapped his boots on the floor as his black gloves grabbed bullets and put them inside the magazine. From his pocket, he pulled a knife and a red mask that was marked with a marker, creating a sinister face. Leo gripped his knife, and he sliced the mask in pieces.

The drones surrounded the top of the bank and hovered.

A brown-haired woman parked near the bank, laughing and smiling as she talked on the phone. She raised her hand on the dashboard, and a gold ring was on her finger. The sun pierced through the clouds, and the ring glimmered. She hung up the phone and grabbed her purse, walking into the bank with a big smile on her face.

A red light blinked from the drones, and a pole stuck out from the top of it.

Through the crosshairs of a sniper rifle, Barry watched the entrance of the bank from a building. In the room, dusty tables and a few boxes laid in the area. A few other people with him watched the bank and guarded the door. Barry grabbed chips with his other hand, and his earpiece blinked. "Have your drones activated the frequency blockade yet?"

Donovan sat in a room with a computer. "Yes, no one will be able to communicate except us."

Barry crunched on his chips and said, "Good, are you ready? You sound nervous."

Donovan said, "I don't like this."

Barry said, "Well, none of us do. We don't operate like this, but we've all been forced because most of our money was stolen that one night."

The white vans drove up in the banks parking lot, and Leo's ear piece blinked red. As he nodded and grabbed his semiautomatic gun, he looked at the men in the van and said, "We go in and grab all quickly. Then we can afford to destroy the Scarlets for their theft." He put on his black ski mask and walked on the red torn up pieces and opened the van's doors.

In the bank, gray pillars were at the entrance, and people waited in line to talk to the bank clerks. The brown-haired woman waited in line and talked with a group of individuals, showing off her ring to a couple. She spoke with her hands, and the couple smiled as they held each other close.

Someone screamed near the entrance, and a man tumbled on the hard cold floor. Men in black ski mask rushed into the building and leaped over obstacles. People ran to the exits, but more masked men blocked the way. Others ran into hiding, and others swung their arms toward the masked men, but the robbers beat them with their weapons.

Leo walked into the building and shot at the ceiling as bits and pieces fell. Leo said, "Shut your mouths. I won't hesitate to fire." They then rounded up the people into a large group.

The masked men opened the vault and ran to the cash, opening their bags and shoving the money inside.

Leo patrolled with others around the group, and his earpiece buzzed. He walked toward a trembling scrawny man and said, "You there. What's the matter? You seem more nervous than the others. Are you hiding something from me?" He stood in front of the man. "No, ok, I believe you. It's only logical not to lie to the man with the gun since your unarmed, right? I mean only a fool would try to call the authorities, right?" Leo frowned and pulled the trigger. The bullet dashed through the middle of the man's head, and his phone dropped.

The people screamed and covered their mouths. Some held their loved ones, and others closed their eyes. Their tears streamed from their red faces, and their bodies quivered.

Leo said, "It won't work. You can't call them, but don't worry. I'm here to give you a proper response." Leo walked around the group with his gun and glared at them through the holes of his ski mask.