BULLET-CITY

Part-15

 

"This is the FBI. We know you're in there. Come out with your hands behind your head Detective Kato or we're coming in," commanded Diana.

She crashed through the door along with the now, several other police officers. Trapped, both Vince and Laura put their hands up.    There was nothing left to do, but play the game.

"Look, we're innocent, we had nothing to do with those murders. Besides, why would Laura trash her own apartment?" Pleaded Vince.

Diana looked at them quizzically for a moment as if thinking it all through. She began to lower her gun when out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Imma on the floor looking very dead. Diana's eyes widened and she lifted her gun again.

Instinctively, Vince reached back for his gun, and Diana, feeling threatened opened fire. Vince pulled Laura down to the ground. Vince ran behind a nearby couch and tipped it over. Vince frantically looked around again for something to pick the lock.

"I can't believe you don't have any tools in this entire apartment. Sheesh! You don't even have one of those cheap little hammers that K-Mart sells."

"What do think this is, Home Depot? I just call the Super with any problems!"

Vince stared at Laura as she spoke. It made her self-conscious and angrier that he was not listening to her. For a second more he just stared at her. He put his face close to her and reached out his hand.

"OUCH!" Screamed Laura, rubbing her head.
"AH-HA!" said Vince, holding up a tan bobbie pin. Ignoring Laura's anguish, Vince went to work...

"The way a handcuff key works is simple. The key gets inserted into the lock to its stopping point. The stopping point is just enough to allow the key to slip past the handcuff housing and turn free in the lock.
When the key is resting in its proper position, a turn towards the cuff's direction of travel will release the single lock. The reason we state "towards the cuff's direction of travel" is that the direction to turn (clockwise or counter) varies with each cuff.
The double lock is set by taking the opposite side of the handcuff key (pin-like end),inserting it into the horizontal slit in the cuff, and pressing it away from the cuff's direction of travel.
This engages the double lock and prevents the single lock from releasing until the double lock is unlocked. To do this the key must now be turned away from the cuff's direction of travel.
Once the double lock is unlocked, the key cannot be turned towards the cuff's direction of travel to release the single lock.
When the double lock is unlocked the bar slides back over and the single lock can be released again.
To mimic the key unlocking the double lock, insert the pick into the upper cut out of the lock as the single lock, but this time point the pick away from the cuff's direction of travel.
What must be done is to maneuver the pick under the handcuff housing and turn in the direction the key would turn to release the double lock.
The double lock takes more pressure to move and thus requires more tension against the pick. What happens is the pick, when in the right location, presses the bar on the double lock and releases it."

"Got it!" Said Vince triumphantly after one last click.

Finally, the cuffs were off. Vince put the cuffs in his pocket and began to crawl towards the bathroom. When he noticed Laura wasn't following he reached out his hand and waved for her to come with him. Laura quickly glanced back in the direction of Diana, who was now reloading, and then back at Vince.

The look on her face showed she was clearly nervously awaiting her next move. Finally making a decision, she crawled towards Vince, but not before she opened a small, cheap, combination lock safe laying sideways on the floor and pulled out a small bulky gray purse.
Diana and the police officers began moving forward through the house. Vince and Laura ran into the bathroom and closed the door.    Vince began piling everything in front of the door.

"What do we do now?" asked Laura.

Vince raised his eyebrows up and down a few times and opened the bathroom window.

"Ladies first."

Laura was reluctant, but the banging at the bathroom door helped her make up her mind quickly. She grabbed some spare clothes and sneakers on the floor and with the help of Vince she climbed through the window.
The window led to a fire escape and several black pull-out railings. Vince loosened the bars to bring the rungs down. They scrambled down as fast as they could. When they reached the bottom, Vince dropped first and then helped Laura down. Once they were off the landing they hit the pavement. Looking down from the third story, Diana called for reinforcements.