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Okay, so I couldn't help my self. This idea just came to me after remembering the day I went to see the movie Takers with my friends. I loved that Movie! So, clearly thats where I took the idea from. But it will be different, trust me. This will probably be a fourXshots or maybe even fiveXshots story. I wont be updating until 2011, but thats right around the corner. Enjoy! And I guess some characters might be a little out of character, but its necessary for this plot.

The main Night World Characters are in this. But, they are all human. No vampires, witches, shifters- pretty much no Night World. Also, they are all around their late twenties.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.

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A Way of Living

Summary: Six guys have an easy way of making money. Robbing banks, in a way, it was their dream. However, who knew their dream could bring so much endless drama and heart break.

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He pushed his hair away from his face while his dear cousin placed the last bag of money on the truck. He could hear the gun shots coming from the bank followed by loud screams and yells of mercy. Of course, he knew no one would die today, that wasn't the plan. One of the guys had probably decided to shoot at the ceiling to simply scare the people. They really needed to get a new hobby.

"What's taking them so long?" James asked as he lit up a cigarette and leaned against the truck.

"They've been playing Black Ops lately" Ash commented as he pushed his hair away from his face once again. The wind was starting to annoy him. "Why don't you go ahead? We cant afford to get caught"

James let out a cloud of smoke from his mouth before throwing the cigarette and stepping on it. He placed his small black and white fedora hat on his head before nodding towards Ash's direction.

Ash watched as his cousin drove away the truck that had the money he would be living off for the following summer. A grin appeared on his face, already knowing that they have been successful once again. After all everything had gone like planned.

"Where's James?" the voice of the self proclaimed leader caught Ash's attention. Lazily, he walked towards him as he untied the scarf around his face. The other guys were all coming out of the bank. They still had their scarf's covering their face but Ash could tell they were probably smirking.

"Gone" Ash replied knowing Thierry would understand he was heading towards their checkpoint. "I need a ride"

"Go with Quinn" Thierry replied dryly as he made his way to his convertible. Once inside he changed his jacket and quickly added gel to his dark hair making the front spiky. "Don't make any stops. We are already delayed" he announced before leaving towards the same direction James had taken.

"Right" Morgead rolled his eyes before walking towards his motorbike. He untied his scarf before placing it around his neck. He then took off his sweater before throwing it on the small bag that was tied on his bike. "Fucking cold" he murmured before cursing for not bringing a jacket along. Now he only had the black shirt that the ladies seemed to fancy. "Bye girls" Morgead cooed right before he was out of sight.

"Ass" Smirking, Delos left right after him with his motorbike. He had taken his jacket off, but unlike Morgead, he was smart enough to bring a coat. He had a winter hat on and his scarf was well tied around his neck.

"Didn't you bring a car?" Quinn asked as he took off his t-shirt to put on a white suit shirt. He left the top two buttons undone before putting on a black coat. Just like Thierry, Quinn had a bottle of gel in his car. He took it out before putting some on his hair, Quinn decided to simply push all his hair back.

"I didn't" Ash stated before taking the gel away from Quinn "I came walking, remember" Ash just took a bit of gel before pushing his blonde hair back just like Quinn had. Although, he did decide to leave a small strand of hair to cover a quarter of his left eye.

"Right" Quinn mused "You were the poor civilian" Quinn let out a laugh before entering his Volvo. He waited for Ash to sit on the passenger seat before he turned on the radio and lowered the windows. As the song 'by the way' by Theory of the Deadman Feat. Chris Daughtry played, Quinn hit the gas pedal and drove towards the highest hill in Los Angeles, their check point.

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"Rats" Eric hissed under his breath as he looked around the now empty vault. They didn't even leave a penny. Heartless bastards…

"Eric" as the anger build up inside him he turned around to see Galen standing by the entrance of the vault with a small package in hand. "I have all the security tapes, we should head back and take a look at them"

"Any clues?" Eric asked they both started walking towards their car.

"Nothing. If it wasn't for the millions of dollars missing, we couldn't even suspect anyone entered to rob this bank" Galen let out a heavy sigh. "They are smart, ill give them that"

"Nothing but a bunch of lucky bastards" Eric murmured not wanting to compliment them in any possible way. "Did any witness give any valuable information?"

"They all said pretty much the same thing. Six guys, all covered from head to toe. They had weapons and they seemed to know how to use them. Of course, ill be the judge of that as soon as we watch the tapes"

"Eric" both men turned around as they heard the soft female voice from behind them. Mary-Lynnette walked calmly through the crowd of cops and security guards before reaching the spot where they were standing. "I found something" she informed Eric after nodding towards both men as a greeting.

Eric watched as Mary-Lynnette pulled a small bag out of her front pocket, she offered it to him and he took it without hesitation. "Your offering me a smoke? he asked as he examined the cigarette in the bag.

Galen chuckled as Mare shook her head in annoyance. "I found it in the back. One of the security guards informed me that the six of them had left through the parking lot located behind the bank. I believe this could have belonged to one of them and-"

"We could do some testing's, I'm pretty sure it still has saliva on it. Good job" Galen had been the one to interrupt Mary-Lynnette as he took the small bag. "I'll take care of the testing's, if I find anything I'll let you know" Mary-Lynnette nodded, appreciating Galen's kindness before she took off to talk to another security guard.

Eric rolled his eyes as he saw Galen's eyes never leave Mare "Aren't you dating someone?" he asked as he started walking towards his car once again, Galen soon following.

"Broke up" he said after a moment of silence. Eric could tell he wasn't in the mood to talk about it so he decided to let it go. They reached the car after talking to a few co-workers. Galen sat at the back organizing the tapes as Eric drove. The drive back was silent, but they both had a lot in their mind to even care.

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"Eighty-five each" Thierry announced once he finished going through the bags. "The rest goes for donation."

Ash shook his head not understanding why Thierry even bothered donating. Quinn had once mentioned he thought it was because that way he felt like he was doing something good after committing such a crime like robbing a bank. Even so, Ash thought it was pointless.

"Sweet" Morgead mused as he collected his share "I need to pay the rent"

"Which reminds me" Thierry caught everyone's attention once they had all taken their bags of money. "We need to meet back at the club in an hour, I want to talk about the houses"

They all nodded in agreement before they found themselves talking about their many ideas in ways to spend their money. It wasn't until Delos announced he was leaving to pay a small debt he owned that they all decided to leave the conversation for later.

"Remember. Club in an hour" Thierry spoke clearly before hopping back inside his convertible and leaving.

"Where do you think he is of too?" Morgead asked as he leaned against his bike. It was the same model Delos had just with the difference that his was Black while Delos owned the red one. Both were Hondas.

"Where else?" Delos rolled his eyes as he fixed his messy hair. "To meet up with his breathing source" with those last words said, Delos left to pay the debt he owned leaving Morgead laughing hysterically as Ash and James both rolled their eyes.

"Speaking of breathing source" Quinn mumbled "I better go see mine, do you need a ride?" the question was obviously directed to Ash. He simply shook his head as he took a cigarette from the pack James had in hand. Quinn shook his head in disgust before getting in his car and leaving without saying another word.

"Don't they say bye any more?" Morgead questioned once he finally stopped laughing. He got on his bike before stretching out his arms. "I'm going to drop my shit off, I feel uncomfortable carrying all this money on my bike" Ash and James both nodded at Morgead's words to show him they were listening. He smirked before fixing the scarf around his face and driving off.

"You sure you don't need a ride?" James asked after stepping on a cigarette he recently threw.

"I rather walk then get in that killing machine you call a ride"

James laughed as he got inside the 'killing machine'. He rolled down the window once he was inside and he offered Ash the middle finger before he drove off. Ash simply shook his head as he smoked the cigarette in his hand. He walked towards the road and stood there with his bag filled with money.

Silently, he waited for a car to pass. He hoped it was a girl, then maybe he would get a ride for free. He sure as hell hoped it wasn't someone suspicious about the huge bag he was carrying around- he didn't want to pull out his gun, not today. It had been way too long since he last used it, and after the long successful day, dirtying his hands with innocent blood would only seem like a waste.

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"You need eat something"

Poppy managed to shake her head after she made herself comfortable on the couch. She felt her stomach make funny noises but refused to acknowledge it as hunger. She wasn't in the mood to eat. "I ate last night"

"A piece of cake, for heavens sake!" Thea exclaimed as she dropped a plate of rice with chicken on the table in front of Poppy. "Eat" she ordered as she made her way back to the kitchen.

"I'm not hungry"

Thea came back with two bottles of water, a fork and a pack of chocolate chip cookies. "Yes you are" she stated as she gave Poppy the fork and dropped the pack of cookies next to the plate of food. "Eat"

"Thea" Poppy whined as Thea happily forced her to sit up. "I really don't want to"

"I know your in pain right now" Thea told her distant cousin softly before she took a sip from her bottle "but you cant starve yourself, Poppy"

"Why does it have to be like this?" Poppy asked knowing Thea would understand what she was talking about. "Maybe I made a mistake-"

"You didn't" Thea interrupted as she offered Poppy the other bottle of water. "You did the right thing"

"But then why does it hurt so much?"

"Because you love him" the words made Poppy's heart stop for a second. She knew that already, she has always known how deep and intense her feelings for James are, but hearing someone else tell her that made it sound so fairytale like. Especially if the words were coming from Thea. "You did the right thing- even though I still think telling him the truth to the reason why you left would have been a smarter thing to do"

"I was scared" she simply whispered as Thea hugged her tightly. "After I found out- I don't know. I just got scared and I-I didn't-"

"You didn't know who he was any longer" Thea finished the sentence for her already remembering the day Poppy had told her everything. She had to admit she had been taken completely by surprise. She never imagined James would be that type of guy. "If he was James, the business man you fell in love with or James, the criminal"

Poppy nodded not really knowing what else to do. She sobbed silently before finally deciding to eat the food Thea had cooked. She thought off James as she ate in silence after Thea had decided to leave. She still couldn't believe she had discovered his past. A past he never bothered to mention or even drop a hint that it existed. She even knew he was planning on proposing- what was he thinking?

She told him how much she hated liars and yet he had been lying to her since the first day they met. It made her furious to the point that she thought she would go insane. Did he honestly think they would have a wonderful future together with her not knowing anything about him. Or at least the most important part of his life?

Poppy felt the tears on her cheek as she grabbed the bottle and chugged down some water. Every time she thought about this she eventually ended up thinking of revenge. Telling Eric would be good, seeing how he was an FBI agent but then again, if Eric found out Thea knew about the whole thing they could end up breaking up.

They were engaged, she couldn't do this to them. So she decided to stay quite. What did it matter anyways? James was out of her life. He had promised her he wouldn't look for her. Pfft. Poppy scoffed. That's only because he thinks your getting married to a model.

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"Pass me a bottle" Keller ordered as she took out her wallet to pull out a fifty dollar bill. The bartender tenderly obeyed Keller's command before he took the bill she offered. He tried making conversation with her but she decided to ignore him seeing how her body was currently boiling with anger. Eventually, the bartender took her silence as a sign and left to serve a few shots for a couple that had just entered the bar.

"If looks could kill" she heard someone mumble from behind her "the bottle would be dead" a small chuckle followed the manly voice. She already knew who it was, but decided that if she ignored him, he would simply go away like the bartender had.

Of course, she lost hope as she saw him pull the chair next to hers before he sat down all the while facing her. "What do you want?" she asked already uncomfortable feeling his eyes on her.

"To keep you company" he replied as he called the bartender over with his fedora hat "tequila" he told him before putting the hat back on.

"I don't want your company" she replied before chugging half the bottle of beer.

"Easy there Keller, I don't want you puking on our special night"

"Get lost" he laughed at her harsh words as the bartender handed him his glass of tequila.

"Let me guess, boy problems? You know I can always help" upon hearing those words, Keller snapped. She turned to face him with her bottle in hand. She shot him a cold glare, one that usually send people away, before she stood up.

"Get lost!" she yelled loud enough to catch half the people in the clubs attention. "Go cry over the fact that your girlfriend left you for a better dick!"

The last few words triggered the anger and despair he had been hiding for so long. He stood up to face Keller. Of course he was taller then her but they still managed to keep eye contact as his gray cold eyes tried making holes through her gray eyes. The silence seemed endless as he tried to control every part of his body- he wouldn't hit a girl. Never.

"Enough" the sharp voice of his friend caught his attention as he turned around to face him. "Let it be, James" Quinn told him as he walked towards Keller with Rashel by his side. James scoffed before chugging down his tequila. He then glared at Keller one last time before leaving.

Satisfied with the result of the small conversation James had started, Keller sat back on her seat before taking a drink from her bottle.

"That was low, even for you" Rashel told her sister as Quinn ordered two tequila shots for both of them.

"Get lost" Keller simply said as she tried to finish the bottle fast. She wasn't in the mood for any more arguments.

"What's wrong with you?" Rashel asked as she sat on the seat James had occupied before.

"Get lost" Keller mumbled as her lips never left the bottle. She called the bartender over so he could hand her, her change.

"Keller" Rashel spoke as she tried grabbing Keller's hand only to feel a tight pain in her heart when Keller stood up as soon as Rashel touched her hand. "Keller" she said again surprised by the cold glare she was giving her.

"Get lost!" This time Keller yelled the words out. Rashel flinched before Quinn stood in front of her. The bartender was handing Keller her money just as Quinn managed to speak up.

"What the fuck?" He asked confused by his future sister-in-law's behavior.

"Both of you" Keller hissed "Stay away from me."

Rashel tried to react fast so she could grab her sister's hand before she left but she wasn't quick enough. Keller bolted out of the club before she could even manage to choke out a 'stop'. She looked at Quinn who looked just as confused as she was.

It wasn't until the bartender made a small joke about boy problems that Rashel understood what was going on. She closed her eyes softly as she let out a heavy sigh. She then pulled Quinn's hand a gesture meaning she wanted him to follow her. Rashel had to explain this to him. He had to know the huge sacrifice Keller was making for them.

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Okay, thats all for now. Thanks for giving this a shot.

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Ps; A little random but recently ive been dying to read a fanfiction with mixed soulmates. Unfortunatly I only found one- kind off. It was a Thierry X Jez fic, rated M for lemons. I liked it even though at the end she still ended up with Morgead (The story is not complete yet). I think people should start messing around with the couples a little. I'll probably end up doing that in a future story, but who knows.

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