Just Write Day- Action Challenge

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by Cal1018

by Cal1018

The broken glass reflected the moonlight into my eyes. I was beginning to regret breaking into the shop.

"C'mon Jack," I whispered. "We got to go."

I heard him opening the cabinets, looking for the safe. "It's fine, man," he muttered from the other side of the counter. "We'll be out in a minute."

"We've already got the stuff out of the register. We're good now."

"Just a bit more, then we-" Jack stopped suddenly, looking over my shoulder. I whirled around. I got a face full of flashlight beam through the window. "Hey! What're you doin' in there?"

"Time to go," I said. I jumped over the counter and ducked down by Jack.

"Is there a back door?" I asked.

"Let's hope."

We crawled towards the back room. We heard the front door's bell rattle as the security guard burst in. "Stop!" he shouted.

Not for the world.

We stood up and ran. In the back room, the radioactive glow of the EXIT sign shone like a beam from heaven. We launched ourselves through the blessed door.

We stumbled out into the dark alley. "Now what?!" Jack said. "We run!" I cried and dashed down the alley towards the street. Our sneakers pounded on the sidewalk. We ran across the street, not looking. A car honked and slammed on its brakes. Not before I slammed onto the hood. Jack yanked me off and we kept running.

"Stop!" The guard was behind us. There was a whine of sirens and my heart dropped to my toes. This was it.

"Follow me," Jack panted.

He rounded the corner and ran onto the bridge over the rushing river. Signs lined the fencing, warning of rocks and whirlpools. He stopped suddenly. He grabbed my shoulders and looked into my eyes. "There's only one way out of this."

I realized what he meant as his eyes flicked over to the river. I pulled myself away from him. "Heck no! I don't want to die. We only stole some money as far as they know."

"Yeah, but they're eventually going to find out 'bout the other stuff and we'll never see the light of day ever again."

I groaned, frustrated. "But I don't want to die."

"And I don't want you to rot in prison." He shot out at me, grabbed my arms and launched us both over the edge.