Criminal Record

The Big Day

Clay was convinced by his brother’s advice, and gave a last glance at the bright windows, and then left to his room. He tried not to think about anything that had to do with the heist on bed, and soon he felt asleep without even a hunch. He was waken up by his alarm, it was seven at the morning. He woke them all up to head for the office, “Can’t a bank heist wait till the afternoon?” Kaito asked sarcastically. “Guys, I don’t want you to be nervous. We got this, it just has to be like the first day of school.” Clay said, trying to comfort them, ignoring what Kaito said before. “Tucker and I are going to wear the suits, and both you wear casual clothes, things that doesn’t grab the attention too soon, beca...” Clay stated, but he was intercepted by deep breaths with a loud voice from Zack.

Zack seemed like he couldn’t take his breaths, “Are you alright?” Tucker asked in care. “I don’t think I can do this.” Zack said heavily, and quickly in between his severe breathing episodes. “Hey, hey.” Clay said, heightening his voice, and placing his hands on Zack's arm, “You are going to be alright. Good luck buddy.” Clay said and winked at him. Zack’s breaths slowly started to go back to normal, he was panting, but his changed-face colour started going back to normal, and his breathing was finally balanced.

Kaito looked in shock at both Clay and Zack. “Did your mother used to do that with you?” Kaito asked Tucker, in disbelief, and an awkward gaze. Clay looked back to Kaito, “Which mother exactly do you mean?” Clay asked funnily. “Oh yeah, right, forgot you had diff... ehrmm. I mean, seems your father liked black women a lot.” Kaito uttered, not knowing what to say. “Hey!” Clay and Tucker shouted, and scowled at the same time. “Sorry.” Kaito called out sarcastically.

Everyone giggled unconsciously, but then Clay ended it and started speaking, “You good?” He asked Zack. Zack just replied with a nod, removing the last traces of the smile on his face. “Ok, dress up, and come back to the office. Don’t forget your new ID cards.” Clay said bossily. Everyone left the office including Clay, who left lastly. They headed towards their rooms, and got out shakily, after a short period of time, wearing their heist dress codes. Clay and Tucker looked so elegant in their luxurious suits, which looked identical to the suits of the guards. Kaito was wearing a dirty, green hoody, and black, skinny pants, with normal sneakers. Zack took it so causal, to match with his role of climbing and scaling, he wore a simple t-shirt, sweatpants, and running shoes.

They re-gathered in the office, with their outfits, they looked so cool, and sophisticated to be a criminal squad, they looked more like going to a party, or spending a night somewhere. “Zack, you are going to carry the empty bags to the top, no one is going to see you, Kaito can’t draw any kind of unusual attention by carrying some.” Clay stated. “All of them?” Zack asked. “Yeah, I’ll compress each bag in another, so you will be holding only four bags. Also they are all empty, they are not going to obstruct you, I’ll just fit the ladder in one of the bags, that’s it.” Clay replied logically. Kaito kissed Elsa's lips rapidly, and held his car keys, and turned around. “Hey, leave your car for Elsa, she would need to reach the storage with a car. We will all take the other car.” Clay said, Kaito turned around and laid the keys on a table next to him. “Well, I guess we are ready to go. We got this.” Clay said, motivating them.

Clay opened the door, and lead the steps out of the palace, Zack sat in the driver's position, and started driving the four-wheel-drive car towards the bank. “Hey, park here. We don’t want to be too close.” Clay ordered. Zack stopped the car, they took their breaths silently for a moment. “Alright, here the moment comes. Tucker and I will go first, then Kaito, then you Zack.” Clay said, and tapped on Zack when he called out his name. Clay and Tucker wore their expensive, thick eyeglasses and went out of the car from the back seat, looking classy, as if they were something important. They walked in splendor, with their heads raised, avoiding to look at anyone on the street. They went inside the bank, and still avoided any eye contact.