Day Three: Late Night Surprise

With guns pointed at each other and curses flying, The Swagger and The Muscle were yelling violently, apparently in intense disagreement over something. It soon became evident that they were arguing over which store would be the best choice to rob first. The Swagger felt that Kerley’s Diamonds was the best choice, while The Muscle thought some afternoon holdups would be better to strike fear into the Cops. The two were not lowering the guns, and The Hutt was sitting in the corner goading them on, while The Menace was trying to get in the middle of them, while not putting his life at risk. One shot from those guns could potentially eliminate you from the game, and no one wanted to go home yet. The Drama Queen had not finished down the stairs as the shock from what she saw had frozen her in place.

The Menace slowly faced The Muscle and placed himself in the line of fire. He told the Muscle that they needed to be a team, and accept each others’ ideas, even if they were the Swagger’s ideas. Behind the Menace, the Swagger had already lowered his gun, appearing to want out of this dangerous situation. The Muscle lowered his gun reluctantly. The Swagger quickly handed his gun to the Menace and stalked out of the room, up the stairs past the Drama Queen, and out the door. The air in the hideout was still tense, and the Drama Queen wanted to get out of there, so she followed the Swagger out.

At the Police Station, the officers were still getting their office set up to their liking. Some officers were out patrolling, but it was late so others yet were at their homes sleeping. They had all these routines down to an exact schedule, which with discipline, they were going to stick to.

The following is the account of Officer Phil Siebenmorgan on Day Three.

It was midnight, and Officer Siebenmorgan was organizing files in his desk drawer. Over the past two days he, like the rest of his team, had been walking throughout Paradise City, taking notes on the owners of stores, as well as frequent customers and which places were better to protect. He had normally been partnered with Lt. Wilson, but he was at home right now, so when those currently on patrol returned, he would set out with Sergeant Wells. They had not talked much, but Phil figured Wells was a good guy, and that he could trust him. Even though the Cops were a team, Phil was having a tough time trusting those around him. He had only just met his partners and he knew that they had to work together, but he also knew that they had to split their winnings at the end of the game. Now if a cop killed another cop they would be eliminated from the game, so that option was a no-go, but Phil knew people would find other ways. He could only trust himself, but he still had to work with the team.

The patrol pairs started coming back to the station and Officer Siebenmorgan began preparing to head outside. Lt. Maurice and Sgt. Clements returned, and Officer Siebenmorgan wished them well before heading out the door with Sgt. Wells. They would be patrolling the south-west quadrant tonight to check out the shopping sector, which was always very dark at night, filled with shadows. Captain Hodge and Officer Eby would be checking the north-east quadrant tonight, and Phi wasn’t sure who the other pairing was, and what sector they were supposed to be searching.

Off. Siebenmorgan and Sgt. Wells walked west on the north side of Pewter street and soon they were standing in front of the Hospital. Just yesterday Phil was in the hospital checking it out, learning everything he needed to know about it. If a contestant in the game is shot, but not wounded mortally, they must try and get to this hospital as soon as possible. Depending on the severity of injury they will be given a time limit by the suit they are wearing after they are shot, and if they don’t make it to a hospital bed in that time, they will be dead and eliminated from the game. Phil remembered hearing that the Robbers had their own private doctor, but he wasn’t privy to where that building was. The robbers could use the Paradise City Hospital, but they were open to arrest while there. That would however seem like a good risk if you only had a five minute limit and you needed to get healed. Arrest wasn’t elimination, but it would be as good as if you weren’t rescued by your team.

Soon enough, Phil and Sgt. Wells were walking south across King St. and into the south-west quadrant. Especially in the middle of the night like it was, this sector was easily the most perfect to steal from. Both stores and shadows were abundant, and the Cops had taken note that a jewelry store was located in this sector, and they had been keeping a close eye on it. Upon walking around the corner of the jewelry store, Officer Siebenmorgan saw two figures in the shadows. He pushed Sgt. Wells up against the wall and pulled out his laser pistol. He wasn’t going to make any stupid mistakes, so he merely peeked around the corner, trying to hear any conversation that would appear incriminating. He could only barely make out what they were saying, and they were talking about the best way to break into the building.

Excitement took Officer Siebenmorgan over, and he whispered to Sgt. Wells what the situation was and told him to call the station for backup, as well as the Police car but without using the siren. Phil turned around the corner, pointed his gun and yelled at the two figures to stay where they were and hold their hands in the air. One figure, the male, tried to run but Phil pulled the trigger and shot in the air to scare the robber. The female stayed where she was and slowly the male stopped and put his hands in the air. Off. Siebenmorgan knew that the man would stop. It wasn't worth it for a robber to risk being killed.

So backup arrived in the form of Chief Pitman and Captain Dirks. The cuffed robbers were placed in the back seat of the police car, and Chief Pitman came over to Off. Siebenmorgan to congratulate him on the arrest. This was the first major happening in the game, and it was definitely a plus for the cops. Because of the way the game is set up, as long as these robbers don't escape custody, the Cops just made $150,000. For every robber that is arrested and held until the 30th day, the Cops make $75,000.

Back at the station, the two assailants were placed in separate cells for questioning. The robbers would not give their first names, but through some rigid interrogation Deputy Chief Heidman was able to find out that their robber nicknames were The Swagger and The Drama Queen. They would not give anymore information than that at this point, but more would come out eventually. Officer Siebenmorgan decided to go to his house for some sleep feeling very pleased with himself.

The Legend rushed down the stairs of the robber hideout to tell the others what he had seen. The Robbers were not very pleased that two of their team had been arrested already on the third day of the game. The Swagger’s plan for the jewelry store would not work now. Sitting in a corner, The Muscle chuckled to himself.

Next time on Cops and Robbers: The Robbers retaliate by attemptimg their first robbery.