After we finished our food, we got up and left the restaurant, confident that Nathan was going to get what he deserved, and got in our respective vehicles. I told Jade that we were going to be a little bit late, and to tell Nicki that we would have to reschedule our "meeting", Nicki would know what I meant by that. Nicki was one of the few people that I've known since before I sold my soul to the devil, became a demon, and later met Jack, she and I had a monthly sleepover where we would go out, get some beers, or wine, and hung out, watching movies, and talking about life, we would probably just postpone it a week. I shifted, pulling out of the parking lot, and sped down the road to get back onto I-10, we drove down I-10 for a few hours before we pulled off an exit and pulled into our favorite bar, walking inside Jack asked how long we would be here, he loved coming here but I also knew that he wanted to go to sleep, it was pretty late.
"We won't be inside longer than ten minutes, I'm just picking something up, and if you're so tired wait inside the truck," I said, kicking open the door, and he left to get into the truck, he was probably really tired if he didn't want to go inside.
"Jake! Hey man!" I heard from behind the bar as I walked inside, and saw my favorite bartender sitting there with a shit eating grin.
"What's going on Jessie?" I said, taking a seat at the closest bar stool to her, and asked for a Coors Light. She said an ice cold one in front of me and yelled for the other bartender to come up from the back.
"Yes, ma'am? Oh, hey Jakey," Megan, the annoying wench of the bar, walked up from behind the bar, Jessie saw that I disliked her presence and told her to tend to the other customers while we chatted. Megan left us and we talked about life, she had discovered her mate and they planned on going on a vacation to Massachusetts to visit her family, they were vampires, and spend some time out of Texas seeing as summer was nearing. I mentioned Alex and the progress of the heist, but other than that I didn't tell her much, she had more to talk about than I did. She pointed to a large WWE sized man in the back, he was tough looking, but in a cute way, and said that he was her mate.
"He's cute, mate, you're gonna have beautiful kids," I said, making her blush a light pink, I knew that thinking about being a mom made her nervous because it meant that she would be married, Vamps followed traditions more than any other supernatural did, so marriage before kids was a pretty big deal to her. I told her that I wanted to pick up my Lucifer's brew, and she told me to meet her out back. So I got up and left the bar, Lucifer's brew consisted of Lucifer's cola, mixed with a variety of different liquors and flavoring additives, she invented it, but soon started selling it to the supernatural world as a whole. I was the first person she ever shared it with, and since then I've been hooked, it was like if you took the alcohol content of a beer, and mixed it with the flavors of several sodas, in a way that it all worked in harmony with one another. Granted, I wasn't the only one that loved it, I was just the one that ordered it the most, so much so that we had to do these kinds of "deals" in secret so that no one tries to steal them or threaten her to make them a big batch of their own, she could easily kill them if they tried, but she didn't want the extra attention. I walked around back and sure enough, there she was, unloading a few crates of the stuff, she knew that I liked that stuff a lot, so she always gave me at least a couple crates of it. I handed her a wad of cash, gave her a hug and then started caring the crates to the truck, seeing Jack asleep in the passenger side window I knew I'd be doing it alone, nobody wakes up Jack when he's tired, not even me. I finished loading them into the bed, waved goodbye to Jessie, and got in the truck to leave. Getting on the highway I went as fast as I could, and Jack woke up to see us nearly crash into a semi, making him scream like Michael Jackson after getting punched in the balls.
"You want me to keep that a secret, bud?"
"Fuck. You."
"Sounds like a yes to me," I said and continued driving until we pulled into the driveway, Jack got out and trudged his way inside, and I followed after him, but I had an excuse to trudge because I was carrying a crate full of beer, he wasn't. I finished unloading the truck and gave one of the cases to Derek and Johnny, another to Jade and Nicki, and brought the last two upstairs to my room. When I got inside, Jack was already passed out, I couldn't blame him, I was close to passing out too, seeing as it was 9:30, I put away the beer and lied down on my chair/bed, and fell asleep within minutes. I didn't go to hell that night, I just wanted to sleep, so when I woke up Jack was already up and moving, and so was everybody else apparently. I got up and I could already tell that today was going to be a long day, I was still tired and Jack definitely could tell, among others. I walked over to the kitchen, made some beef and eggs, and met up with Derek and Johnny.
"Alright, we got the guns, we got a tank, we got trucks, what else do we need?"
"Nothing, Derek got a shipment of explosives yesterday, and now it's all down to planning it and executing the plan," Johnny said as I ate my burrito, trying to pay as much attention as I could.
"So, what do we have for ideas?"
"Derek ordered a meeting at around noon, we're gonna talk about that very topic, we have the ballpark, but now we gotta narrow it down."
"Alright, I'll see you then," I said and got up, Jack caught up with me, beers in hand, and we decided to go for a walk. We left the house and I opened a portal to the peak of a hiking trail that goes through a mountain range.
"What do you think we should do, about the heist I mean?" I asked him as we started walking down the hill, he was good at this kind of thing, usually.
"Honestly? I think that we should just go and brute force it."
"You just want an excuse to see Alex, lover boy," I said, and got a punch in the shoulder for it, worth it though.
"Maybe I do, what's the problem with that?"
"You know I was joking, idiot," I said and we continued walking for a few hours until I realized it was noon, I used the portal and we got back, just in time to see everyone else heading up to the "meeting room" which was really just a big room with a lot of comfy chairs. We followed them upstairs, Jack still blushing from my earlier mockery, and Jade laughing at it.
"Since when does the big bad Jack blush, Jake?"
"I don't know, mate, we can answer that after the meeting," I said as we got inside 'This is going to be boring' Jack said through our link 'Yes...yes it is' I replied and grabbed a soda from my fridge and took a seat on the couch.
The meeting lasted two and a half hours, I'll spare you the boring details with a summary, and we decided on striking them when they're blind. Miguel said that he knew someone that could help him get into the security system, and make it useless, and although I liked Jack's idea of just blowing everything up, it was shot down because it was "risky". We decided that while Jack and Derek would go in and get the cash, I would ride around the city with Johnny and Miguel, buying time and being a distraction to the cops. Miguel was in charge of frying the security, and after we got everyone inside the truck, Jack would take over the gun and I would watch as they left, and kept an eye out for anything in the air trying to stop them, and when they crossed the bridge leading to the road that we were using to escape, I would blow a series of explosives that would destroy the bridge, preventing any pursuit. That was the plan that Jack was a big fan of, he liked the idea of him being able to shoot the big gun with explosions behind him, he just wasn't a big fan of not being able to stick around continue shooting shit. As we were leaving, Nicki caught up to us and asked when I was cool with a reschedule for our hang out.
"Umm, how about the Friday after the heist? Does that work?"
"Yeah, sounds like a plan, and we still need your help with Derek's proposal."
"I know that I just don't know what y' all need me to do," I said, they had reminded me since forever about his proposal, but never fucking told me my role.
"Oh...okay, once we get back from the heist, you need to lead Johnny to the garage, Derek will be there waiting on you, I'm going to blindfold him and Derek is going to pick him up. Apparently, that's it and he will record the actual proposal and show us, he said he was going to take Johnny to the place where they had their first date, and get the same thing."
" That's pretty cute, not gonna lie," I said and looked over at Jack to see him blushing and avoiding eye contact "and judging by Derek's face, I'd say he thinks it's cute too."
"Shut up, Jake," he said and we all laughed, Miguel was working on his security shut down idea, and Johnny was leaving with Ashley to double check our escape route plans. Jack went to the range and I walked over to the garage and decided on spending some time on my own. I got in my pickup and left the garage, 'Gas station, Alamo, then whatever else I see that interests me' I thought as I left the area and got in the highway.
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The criminal's alpha
Werewolf"NOW!" I yelled into my radio after I set everything up, the big rig left the garage of the tall building and the driver floored it down the street, cops on their tail. 'Let's hope this works' I thought as they reached the bridge. "BOSS! YOU SEE US...
