Two Sides of the Same Coin

Chapter 9

 As you regain coherent thought and control of your body on Friday morning, your eyes snap open and you smile up at the ceiling. Today is the day. You'll follow the Fakes to their location, back them up, keep them covered, and return back to base while they escape the cops. When they join you back at base, you'll patch them up and reveal that you had been there, and that you were just fine, and then Geoff will have no choice but to include you. Once you were a member of the Fakes, you could do more official heists with the crew, and then Ryan will talk to you again. Everything is working out perfectly.

You get up and shower, dressing up real nicely and putting on some make-up since your mood has got you feeling really fancy for once. You feel good about yourself, and you want to show it. Joining the boys in the main room provides you with all the reactions you could have asked for, from blatant ogling to surprise and happiness to see you doing better. You love it. It makes you feel great, because they have absolutely no idea what schemes you have planned.

You hang out with the guys in the main room, occasionally breaking for snacks or bathroom breaks, but generally spending the time with Jeremy, Michael and Gavin. Geoff, Ryan and Jack were all going over last minute plans, trying to make sure they had the best routes for everything. The goal was to get to international waters as quickly as possible. You felt giddy, all excited for the heist. You could tell that the guys were confused about your behaviour, but when they asked, you avoided the question entirely. They eventually just stopped asking, which worked in your favour.

Finally, about half an hour before the heist, Geoff walks in with Ryan and Jack in tow, all three dressed and ready to head out. Geoff claps his hands together loudly, immediately gaining everyone's attention. "Alright boys! Clean up, get your masks and weapons. We're heading out in five minutes! Ryan, Jack and Gavin, you guys know where to go. Jeremy, you've got the ATV again for extra cover. You seem to be the best at it. Michael, you're with me inside. Get ready to go!" He claps again and exits the room, and you sigh heavily, trying to seem disappointed as they all get ready to head out. You wish them all good luck, and tell them to try to minimize injuries. They laugh, though you weren't making a joke.

Once the boys were out, you sprinted back to your room and quickly got dressed, grabbing your shit and heading to the garage all the way on the ground floor. You knew for certain that they'd be gone by the time you got there, since the Fakes weren't typically ones to fuck around during heists. Everything was get the shit and get moving. You grabbed your totally legal and not at all stolen car, checking the seats for your sniper rifle, tracker and comms device. Once everything was checked and double checked, you started up your two little devices, muted your mic and started the engine on your car. You rolled out a few seconds later, following the blip on your map.

You're barely listening to the boys as the bicker, only tuning in when they seem to start going over the plans one last time. You're suddenly made extremely alert when Gavin points out, "hey, why's there a blip behind us? We're all in here, I thought?" You immediately shut your device off, though it means you can't track them anymore. Their car isn't anywhere near you. You sigh and start heading for their heist location instead. You hear them start bickering again, "What? There's nothing there. You're crazy," Michael scoffs. "Wot? I- There was! I swear I saw it!" Gavin squeaks. You hear someone sigh loudly, and Jack's voice picks up, "guys, hush. It was probably a glitch. You know these things have their moments." Everyone settles, and they continue where the conversation left off.

You find a spot to park a little ways away from the objective, getting out of your car and grabbing your sniper. You grab your tracker and stare at it for a few seconds before tossing it back onto the seat and heading up to the roof of the building a little ways away from where Jeremy was stationed. You settle down and let out a breath, checking over everything on the gun and making sure you had extra ammunition before tuning into the conversation with the Fakes again. "Alright boys! We're about three minutes away, so get your masks on, finish up your paint, whatever you need to do. We get one shot at this," he commands, and you watch their car come around the corner, go right by you, and then circle back around again to give everyone time to finish up what they're doing.