Day Sixteen: Time for a Break

The Menace sat at the kitchen table in 41 Maple Drive, watching out the window for some sign of his team. Killing the family that had lived in the house was no problem for The Menace because its only a game, and the staff made very quick time of collecting the “dead” extras and escorting them from the house. The Menace had brought a good deal of supplies with him, but there would have to be another trip to the old hideout to get what he had left behind. All there was to do now was hope that his team hadn’t all been killed or arrested. Suddenly, The Menace saw some movement across the street as he was The Muscle and The Legend rushing towards the house both carrying large duffle-bags. Quickly The Menace rushed to the door, and opened it quickly letting his two teammates in.

Sitting down at the table breathing heavily The Muscle told him that they had merely broken down the front window, cracked the safe and rushed back. An alarm had even gone off, but no Cops showed up at all. They could hear gunshots from down the road, but they were in and out so quickly that no one even bothered with them. They had successfully stolen $80,000 from Garth’s Printing. From out side the house, The Menace could hear arguing and The Architect and The Chump burst in the front door clearly angry with each other. They each had bags as well, but The Stylist wasn’t with them. Apparently to get away from the Cops that were trying to kill them, The Architect had pushed The Stylist into the open and ran away. The Chump was incensed that The Architect would sacrifice his own teammate, but The Architect stood by his action and said he would do it again. So they didn’t know whether The Stylist was dead or arrested, but they had taken just over $100,000 from the Money-Mart.

The Following is the account of Lieutenant Amanda Maurice on Day Sixteen:

Amanda stood outside of the Paradise City Hospital on King St., trying to mediate the argument going on in front of her. It was the early morning and it had been a long night. The Robbers had attempted three different heists last night, and as far as she knew two of them had been successful and a lot of money had been stolen. She had been one of the three that stopped the third heist which ended with the elimination of two Robbers and the injury of Officer Eby. Earlier that day Officer Edwards had been shot, and he was still recovering. Because of the where he had been hit, he would still be recovering for three days. But Day 15 had not been all bad. Along with the deaths of two Robbers, the Cops had arrested a Robber dubbed “The Stylist” who interestingly had been in the station before posing as an extra, and another Robber “The Cold Killer” was in the Hospital where he was recovering from being shot in the shoulder. When he recovered fully, it would just a quick transfer from the Hospital across the street to the police station.

It was the deaths of the two Robbers that had been causing the argument Lt. Amanda was trying to deal with. Chief Pitman and Deputy Heidman were in a heated argument about the fact that he had shot first when dealing with the Robbers at Kerley’s. Amanda had been there and Deputy Heidman had definitely shot first before even trying to arrest the two Robbers. They could have made $150,000 with their arrests, but instead they will never make that money. But Deputy Heidman would have none of it because Chief Pitman had been at the station when the Robbers had pulled off a jailbreak with fake guns. As a Chief, Pitman should have put a stop to that, but in Heidman’s words, he “sat there and did nothing.” Lt. Amanda saw this as a place she did not want to be.

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Matt “The Wit” Binnington slowly walked down Pewter St. past the Hospital. Two Cops appeared to be having some argument and there was definitely a lot of police activity around the building. “The Cold Killer” was in there, waiting to be fully healed so he could be transferred to the Police Station. “The Wit” had been hanging out for a couple days in his new house. He had easily killed off some lady in the housing area, but not close to his team’s hideout. The Wit had been keeping busy planning a couple holdups that he would be doing in a couple days, but he needed a partner. He so badly wanted to get back at The Architect, and he knew it was only a matter of time.

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Lt. Amanda Maurice walked in the front door of the police station, then over to her desk and took a seat. It had been a long night and all she wanted to do was have a nap. Looking around, she saw that Sergeant Clements was sitting at his desk eating soup, Sergeant Wells was behind the receptionist desk and Officer Tyla was sleeping at her desk. Peering into the holding cell room, Amanda could see Captain Dirks seated on a stool talking to the newly arrested “The Stylist.” This was the Robber that had posed as an extra to get a good view of the interior of the Police station Amanda assumed.

The two of them were chuckling together, while The Hutt sat in another one of the cells reading a magazine advertising the latest video games. The Hutt had been in the cell for quite some time now, and he had been the hot topic of conversation these days. He had information about the Robber’s hideout and possibly some of their plans. They knew he wasn’t very athletic so with some hope, Deputy Heidman thought, they could release him after he gave them information, and they would probably be able to catch him again anyways. Yawning, Lt. Amanda Maurice decided she wasn’t going to wait any longer for her nap.

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PIs Pat and Micah sat on the front porch of Pat’s house and sipped cola. The sun was out and it was a beautiful afternoon. Micah relayed his close call a few nights before when he had almost been eliminated after finding the Robber’s hideout. Pat, who hadn’t been very productive so far in the game desperately wanted to know where the hideout was, but Micahwas not going to tell him just yet. It wasn’t because Micah didn’t trust Pat, it was because Micah was planning to use Pat as bait to help him find more information about The Robbers and their intentions. It was a dastardly plan.

The Standings So Far:

Cops:
Two Robbers arrested and in custody
$150,000 split 11 ways

Robbers:
$10,000 from Flower Convenience
$2,000 from Barbulli Shoes
$100,000 from Naysayer Publishing
$80,000 from Garth's Printing
$105,000 from The Money Mart
$297,000 split 9 ways

PIs:
Nada

Day Fifteen: Staying up Late

Beside him, Lt. Wilson heard Officer Edwards grunt as he was knocked onto his back. Forgetting about the Robbers inside the building, Wilson quickly crouched beside his fallen comrade. Steve’s suit had burst open at his lower chest revealing red paint, and suddenly it began to speak. “You have 4 Minutes to make it to the hospital, or you will be eliminated.” Immediately Officer Edwards looked up at Lt. Wilson, then got up and bolted northward towards the hospital. Deciding not to take his chances against the two Robbers in the building Wilson took off towards the Police Station calling backup to his location.

The Legend slid down the wall visibly tired and stressed by what had just occurred. Beside him, his companion The Cold Killer was already laying on the floor, paint spilling out of his left shoulder. His suit was telling him that he had Thirty Minutes to get to the hospital, or he would be out of the game. This was obviously posing a problem for “The Cold Killer” Dan Wylie because the Cops would be at the hospital. They had run away, and The Legend had shot at least one of them for sure. So if the Officer wasn’t eliminated already he would for sure be at the hospital waiting. The hospital was a “no gun” area so there was no chance of shooting the place up. The Cold Killer stood, apparently he had made his decision.

The Following is the account of Damien “The Swagger” Lorefice on Day Fifteen

Today was going to be a big day. The Legend and The Cold Killer should be returning soon with the guns that The Architect had found, and that meant they would have basically unlimited guns and ammo for further heists. Later tonight The Menace would be taking a new hideout, while The Muscle led one heist and The Architect led another. Being out of jail, The Swagger was eager to get going with the heists. He still wanted to get Kerley’s Jewelers, the place he had been scoping out the first couple of days, as that’s where he had been arrested. It was a big deal for Damien to prove to his team that he knew about the precious stones at Kerley’s and that his plan would work. He knew that if he hadn’t been arrested they would have already robbed the place and made a great deal of money.

Abruptly, The Legend burst down the stairs with a black hockey bag full of what The Swagger knew were guns. The Swagger saw this as a huge victory for the team as now they would be able to defend themselves, and hopefully strike some fear into the Cops. Soon though, the team realized that The Cold Killer was not with him, and when inquired about it, The Legend told his team that The Cold Killer had been shot and decided to turn himself in at the hospital. “Being in jail is better than being dead” was The Cold Killer’s reasoning, and everyone pretty much agreed with that philosophy. The worse news for the team however was that they would no longer be able to access the gun storage building. In fact, the mystery buildings as a whole would probably be off limits as the Cops would be swarming it from now on.

So with enough guns to protect their soon to be ex-hideout, The Chump and The Muscle set to defending the houses from the main floors. They had some food in the hideout, so they decided that from now on no Robbers would be leaving the hideout until it was time to leave for good. They would stay put and go over their plans to make sure that they made no mistakes. The Swagger listened intently to The Architect’s plans for the two heists, but when he overlooked Kerley’s The Swagger began to insist that they took out the jeweler. He told them how important it was for him, but The Architect and The Menace wouldn’t listen to him. With the deaths of The Wit and The Verdict, and the arrests of The Hutt and The Cold Killer, the team was down to 8 and they had to work together. This was not good enough for The Swagger though, as he already had a detailed plan for Kerley’s, and he was not going to waste it.

After a long debate, The Architect decided to allow The Swagger to do the Kerley’s heist on his own. Three successful heists were better than two, but The Swagger would have to be careful. Because tonight they would be abandoning their hideout, they decided that every person would be involved in the action tonight. The Swagger asked the team if The Drama Queen could go along with him to Kerley’s seeing as she had a personal vendetta against it as well, and begrudgingly The Architect allowed it. Even though The Swagger got what he wanted, he was getting real sick of The Architect trying to lead the team. So it was set. The Menace would take a new hideout all by himself. The Architect, The Stylist and The Chump would take The Money-Mart beside Flower Convenience. The Muscle and The Legend would take Garth’s Printing, and The Swagger and The Drama Queen will take Kerley’s.

After a long day of getting everything ready, and worrying about being attacked, night finally came upon Paradise City. The Robbers waited for the clock to strike 2 am before setting out in groups quietly through the backyard and out the front doors of the three houses making up their hideout. The Swagger, gun in hand, was so excited for what was about to happen. At 2:30 they were all to simultaneously begin their assaults on their respective shops, so as to cause mass confusion if the Cops ever heard anything. Soon enough, The Swagger and The Drama Queen crouched against the side of Kerley’s waiting for 2:30 to happen, looking all around them to make sure there were no Cops in the vicinity. They had their masks ready, but the plan was not to break in the front, but in the back door. Damien’s training before Day One had been in lock-picking and opening safes. When accompanied with his natural knowledge of diamonds and jewelry, he was a very important part of this team.

When 2:30 struck, Damien set to opening up the lock, while The Drama Queen watched his back. The Swagger heard gunshots coming from the direction of the Money-Mart, but kept working diligently on the lock. He heard more shots but they were much closer, and as he turned he saw The Drama Queen stumble as paint poured out of her chest and side. Coming around a corner from the direction of the mystery buildings were three Cops, but Damien was not about to be arrested again. He pulled out his gun, dove to the side and began firing in the direction of the rushing Cops. He hit the Cop he recognized as Officer Eby in the leg, tripping her up. But the other two Cops, Dep. Scott Heidman and Lt. Amanda Maurice were too much for him as Damien’s torso burst open in a series of red explosions.

Eliminated Today Was:
Amanda “The Drama Queen” Fournie, and Damien “The Swagger” Lorefice