Day Ten: After the Arrests

The Menace stood outside of 53 Logger Court (the robber’s hideout) waiting in the shadows. Looking around he desperately hoped to see some of his fellow Robbers soon. The heist earlier that evening had been going so well, and The Menace still didn’t understand how the Cops found out. He began to think that there might be a rat on his team, but he didn’t dwell on it too much, because he had much bigger things to worry about. Suddenly he heard rustling behind him and turned quickly to find The Cold Killer jumping over the backyard fence. After he caught his breath The Menace walked over to The Cold Killer and asked him if he saw anyone else escape. The Cold Killer said that he was so focused on getting out of the building he didn’t have time for anyone else, but at least he kept his gun.

They went inside believing it better to be inside than outside and waited for someone else to return all the while trying to formulate a plan to rescue the rest of their team. Suddenly they heard the door at the top of the stairs open and The Muscle and The Stylist came down the steps. The Menace was glad to see them, but he really wanted to see The Chump and the money they had stolen. His thoughts became reality when The Chump did come down the stairs with a duffle bag hanging off one shoulder. He had been hiding for a long time because he didn’t want to risk the money, and finally when he had the chance he bolted towards the hideout and the Cops never even saw him. So after an hour passed The Menace knew no one else would be coming back. So that meant the Cops had either arrested or killed The Architect, The Hutt, The Legend, The Wit and The Verdict. With one gun left, The Menace began to worry about his team’s chances.

The following is the account of Officer Lindsay Eby on Day Ten:

The Police Station was full of excitement as the Cops had just had a very successful evening. Chief Pitman and Lt. Amanda Maurice had just arrived with the police car containing three Robbers in the back seat. Officer Eby went over to help get these three young men out of the car and into their cages. This meant that by Day Ten they already had five Robbers caught and in jail. Eby herself had also personally seen one Robber being escorted from the game by officials which meant that he had been shot and eliminated. None of the Cops had shot him so that meant that a Robber had just shot another Robber. They make no money off of a killed Robber but they still made $75,000 for each Robber arrested and jailed until the end of the game. So with all five Robbers they had caught so far, The Cops had made $375,000 already. Now if the game were over today they would have to split that 12 ways, but the game is young and Officer Eby knew by the end of the game she could be the only one left.

So she continued to lay low, obey her superior officers, but most importantly read those around her. The Cops were one team, but every person on this team would like to take a larger share of the winnings if given the chance. The robbers they had caught were eventually placed in their cells and split up as best as possible. There were only three cells and they were all side by side, so The Drama Queen and The Swagger were kept split up and the dark skinned robber was placed with The Swagger and the tall thin robber was placed with The Drama Queen. The bigger, slow-moving robber was placed in the middle cell by himself. The robbers had not spoken a word to each other yet, and Officer Eby suspected that was because they didn’t want to Cops to have anything to go off of, for further investigations. This notion seemed absurd to Eby as she knew these Robbers would never escape, so their games were as good as over anyways.

Just in case any strategy did happen to go on Captain Cameron Hodge stayed by the cells at all times to oversee the captives. For the rest of the day, the Cops that weren’t patrolling (like the always do) would take one robber at a time aside to try and gain information for a little reward. This had been their game plan with The Drama Queen who had apparently given information to Deputy Chief Heidman, but Officer Eby had not been informed yet of what that information was. Deciding to act upon her suspicions, Officer Eby confronted Chief Kyle Pitman to inquire about the “Drama Queen” situation. Sitting at his desk, Chief Pitman told Officer Eby honestly that The Drama Queen was planning on releasing the whereabouts of the hideout when the station got the call from Lt. Wilson about the robbery. When The Drama Queen had heard that her team was in trouble, she shut up and would not say another word. Pitman guessed that now with more of her team in the slammer with her they would have a chance to escape.

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Sitting nervously on a hospital bed, The Wit looked outside the windows to make sure no Cops were around.

Make no mistake about it, The Wit was pissed that he and The Verdict had been betrayed by The Architect. Fortunately for The Wit, his suit had told him that with the shot on the shoulder he had 15 minutes to make it to the hospital. Unfortunately The Verdict being shot in the chest was eliminated instantly. So The Wit had got up and ran for a different stairway than the one The Architect and The Hutt had entered. With some quick thinking he was able to escape the building and make it past the Cops to the hospital. Now sitting on this bed he knew he could be arrested at any moment if the Cops only entered the hospital and asked why he was there. He only had to remain there another hour, and if he was lucky, no one would even know he was still in the game.

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Now that is the end of the first third of Cops and Robbers. I am sooo busy right now, so the remaining two thirds will not begin until January 2006. I hope everyone is fine with that. So in your comments let me know what has been good so far, and more importantly what I can improve upon. I hope you have enjoyed it up to this point and it has been a pleasure entertaining you guys.
Hamilton out.

Day Nine: A Real Heist

Officer Edwards followed Lt. Wilson down into the hole in the floor in the Westernmost Mystery building in the South-West Quadrant of Paradise City. He noticed that the walls and floor of the tunnel surrounding them were plain concrete, and that if they hadn’t had flashlights they would not have been able to see anything at all. Pointing his flashlight down the tunnel in front of himself, Officer Edwards could see that the tunnel extended beyond view. Encouraging eachother to continue forwards Officer Edwards and Lt. Wilson began walking down the long tunnel to see where it lead.

Steve Edwards thought that they must have been walking north towards Pewter Street, and soon the passageway split off to the right. Deciding not to split up, the two Cops continued forwards deciding to wait for the other passageway until the way back. Suddenly there was a stairway to the side. The passageway continued north, but there was definitely a hatch at the top of the stairs right beside them. Together they decided to try this door to see where exactly they were. They reached the top of the stairs and saw that there was a sign on the bottom of the hatch there was a sign that read “Pontoon Inc.”


The following is the account of The Hutt on Day Nine

Four hours the ten remaining Robbers sat at their table in the hideout. At all times they had one member outside of the hideout watching for Cops or whoever would be coming after that dreadlocked man had found their hideout. For the time being they needed to stay here before finding another hideout. The Robbers had been sitting at the table going over The Hutt’s plan of robbing Naysayer Publishing. Again they would use The Stylist as a distraction. She would go in and ask the receptionist about the building and what hinds of things they did there, and eventually ask for a tour. When The Hutt had been there before he had found the control room for the security system, so The Stylist had been taught how to take out that system once she found it. The Stylist would then kill the receptionist and hide her in the control room.

After this was done the rest of the Robbers would come to the building and together they would take the staff hostage and steal all the computers as well as all the money in the company safe, which was a lot. All of the Robbers stood up from the table at The Architect’s word and the heist had begun. The Stylist went up the stairs and out of the hideout while the rest of the team put on their masks (which they had made out of black stockings and such) and made last minute preparations to leave. The Hutt knew the team had a long walk and they didn’t want to attract too much attention. They would leave one at a time when the sun went down, which would be soon. It was about eight at night so Naysayer would be closing in about an hour.

After a long wait, The Hutt was the last to leave the hideout for Naysayer. He knew that he wouldn’t be as useful in whatever confrontation may occur, or for the lifting of computers and such. That plan for Naysayer was not an in and out job because it will take a long time to transport the goods, and they wanted to leave as late as possible to avoid being seen. So the most important things was keeping the staff in line so no one can get word out. The training they had before the game had taught The Hutt how to cut the telephone line and he had made sure The Stylist knew how to cut both the telephone line and wreck the surveillance equipment. Still, as he walked slowly north-west towards Naysayer he worried that something would go wrong.

Eventually The Hutt was walking on Reed St. up to the front doors of Naysayer Publishing. The Legend was standing just inside the doors keeping an eye out for anyone that shouldn’t be there. As planned, the main indoor lights were off (as it was after nine) so the building would look closed. He walked inside and asked The Legend how things were going so far. The Legend informed him that everything had gone unbelievably smoothly. The thirty staff were being held hostage on the second floor with the lights out by The Cold Killer who had one of the guns, while the rest of the team were organizing the loot and trying to find the safe. The Hutt couldn’t be more excited that his plan was successful as he got in the elevator headed for the second floor to find The Architect.

Meanwhile, Lt. Wilson and Officer Edwards were still in the tunnel system searching all the places this tunnel lead. They had found a passage into the Hospital as well as Pontoon and PC Jewelers. They were now standing on the stairs looking at the hatch above them that was marked “Naysayer Publishing.” Like every building up to this point they slowly opened up the hatch and peered out onto what appeared to be the first floor of the large building. The lights were off but they could see a man standing by the front doors wearing a black mask clearly standing guard. Slowly shutting the hatch Wilson and Edwards just looked at each other in disbelief, before Lt. Wilson got out his radio.

Exiting the elevator on the second floor with his mask on, The Hutt was greeted by The Architect who was all smiles. Through a doorway down the hall The Hutt could see The Cold Killer standing guard over a group of people sitting on the floor. The lights in the building were off, but The Hutt could see members of his team hurrying around opening doors and exiting with CPUs in their arms. The Hutt asked The Architect if they had found the safe and he replied that The Chump had found and cracked the safe which contained a cool $100,000. Down the hallway to the right The Hutt could see The Wit and The Verdict piling CPUs onto a cart happily and that made The Hutt happy. This had been his plan and it had not only been successful, but everyone seemed happy as it had brought the team together.

Suddenly, The Hutt heard a siren and ran to the window to see what was going on. The Police car was turning onto Reed Street from Orion Road and it had the siren on. And from Lantern Lane he could see three officers running towards the building. The Architect radioed The Legend but there was no response. Knowing they had to get out of there fast The Architect quickly radioed The Chump (who had the money) and told him to hustle out the back door as quickly as he could, avoid any eyes, and run as fast as he could back to the hideout. He told him too if he was in danger of being caught to hide the money somewhere quickly.

The Architect yelled to The Wit and The Verdict to follow them down the back stairs. The Hutt followed if a little slower than The Architect. And then before they got into the stairwell The Architect stopped to wait for The Wit and The Verdict and said something that confused The Hutt. He said, “Trust me, this had to be done.” The Hutt’s response was limited to “What do…” before The Architect pulled out a gun from behind him, pointed it at The Wit, fired, then pointed it at The Verdict and fired again. Because the suit each contestant wears simulates impact when being shot, both The Wit and The Verdict fell down stunned at what had just happened. Before The Hutt could say anything else The Architect ran into the stairwell and started down the stairs. As The Hutt was about to ask what just happened two Cops appeared at the bottom of stairs pointed their guns at The Architect and yelled at him to surrender. The Architect surrendered immediately, and was forced against the wall and cuffed.

As the Hutt was being cuffed he wondered who if any escaped from Naysayer Publishing tonight, and if the game was over already.

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Question of the Day: Who if anyone do you think was able to escape from the Cops?