Adrenaline
Chapter 1: Pilot
A/N: Hey Some of you may be new to this story and some of you are just re-reading this. Well, I've been re-reading it too and I've found a lot of grammar/punctuation errors. So I edited it chapter 1-6 for you guys Hope you enjoy! And this story is mainly filled with Action, Romance, Criminal and Suspense. I know, not your usual mix you'd find in the Boondocks Archive but give it a try you will enjoy it!
I`ll be more than willing; adrenaline will take a lot of pain out of my shoulder. -Jeff Bagwell
Woodcrest National Bank, Woodcrest, Maryland
Saturday, 7: OO P.M.
Unsurprisingly, the bank was heavily filled with numerous persons from the Woodcrest community, surely inquiring with their bank tellers about setting up their savings account. Nowadays, money was tight. Jobs were hard to find especially with racism, job salaries were low and many people were losing their businesses. Because the economy had been decreasing these days, criminality had greatly augmented. Gangs were formed and their business depended on blood, drugs and prostitutes. Sex slavery dominated the Maryland turf while being kept in a low profile. Uncountable number of mayors robbed the citizens by throwing numerous municipal taxes. Already mentioned, money was tight for the citizens…
The main entry of the busy building opened, revealing a 22 year-old mulatto who was wearing her disguise which was consisted of a whole grey professional businesswoman suit, a maroon Louis Vuitton suitcase, a pair of polished glasses and a pair of black Coco Chanel heels. And to top it off, her curly hair was dyed in the color of onyx and kept in a bun. This was Emerald, in other words, Jazmine DuBois, on her duty.
Earphones were connected to her petite ears, making it seem as if she was listening to music when in truth, it was just a mere modern walkie-talkie. "Yo Cookie man. I'm in the building right now," the supposed-businesswoman hushed nonchalantly to the device as her fierce green eyes scanned all over the area. Judging by the bank's lack of security, this place seemed perfect to easily perform a bank-robbery…just the way Emerald liked.
Jazmine heard her partner's sigh from the other line, mainly describing his disgust to his code name. "Good. Now Emerald, do you see any security guards and security cameras?"
At that questioned, Jazmine's eyes continued scanning all around the area until they found 4 security cameras, one on each top corner of the room. There were also 4 guards; 2 standing approximately by the tellers who were occupied with their busy clients and the other 2 guards who were guarding the door with the word "Manager" plastered in gold.
"Cookie man," Jazmine called out quietly her partner's code name with her secretive talking device. "I see 4 guards and 4 cameras."
"Perfect. In 10 minutes, I'll shut down the security system which will disable the cameras temporarily. In the meantime, take care of the guards so they won't get in our way," her partner informed audibly as Jazmine was observing the guards from afar. Not far from the chaperons, there was a door with the word 'bathroom' written on it which gave the sneaky dark-haired mulatto an idea.
"Hehe, that my friend can be done," she sneakily assured her companion through the earphone-like walkie-talkie as her full lips formed a wicked smirk. As soon as Cookie Man hung up with a 'roger that', Jazmine immediately got to her job. Oh, this will be a piece of cake for her.
The 22 year-old walked around the busy bank area and headed straight to one of the two groups of guards with her hips swaying slowly and sensually and her Coco Chanel heels clicking upon the marble floor. Just as she got close to the two guards who were standing by the manager's door, she sexily butterflied her eyes to the two guards with a charming smile. "Hey boys," she sensually said in a low tone that could any male hormones crazy. The two guards immediately turned their heads to the black-haired beauty and couldn't help but whistle in awe.
This young female was irresistible. Her womanly curves demanded attention and her features were soft such as her full lips that could make all men go wild, her baby face that shined with innocence and natural beauty, and last but definitely not the least, her eyes. Oh her gorgeous eyes. One look at those jades and you'd feel like you had just stepped in a tranquil green wonderland. Still gawking at the babe, one of the guards managed to slip a word with blush domineering his white-tanned visage. "Y-yes?"
Jazmine innocently slid her finger on the poor man's chest, sugar-coating her flirtatious trap. "Do you have a lollipop for this little misbehaving girl," she asked innocently while keeping up with her sexy act.
The Caucasian man immediately whipped out a big red lollipop from his pocket and handed it to Jazmine. His African-American partner was shamelessly drooling to the sight of the biracial beauty. Hey, what could they do? Emerald was a total babe.
"Thank-you," Jazmine licked hungrily her lips while unwrapped the sugary treat. Her slick actions also attracted two other guards, so they joined in with their drooling employees. She started sucking the sucker in an unladylike manner which really turned on the 4 men. Her slender tongue played around with the sugar treat with moans vulgarly escaping from her busy mouth. Suddenly, she stopped her action and smoothly cocked one of her eyebrows to the 4 employees. "Wanna do this in the bathroom now boys...all four of us." Once again, she licked her lips, gaining nods from the employed guards. Oh, this chick was good at manipulating people. That's our Emerald all right.
The five adults walked in the bathroom. As soon as one of the men locked the bathroom doors, Jazmine batted her eyelashes. "Close your eyes. I wanna surprise you all with my sweaty body." They obviously obeyed with no objections which got Jazmine silently scoffing in no surprise. They sure were easy perverts all right.
Just when their eyes were well-closed, Jazmine immediately whipped out her deadly kantana from her maroon Louis Vuitton suitcase and chuckled wickedly to herself while taking a last good look of her 4 victims. She placed her dangerous weapon in the air and before she sliced the 4 victims' with just one life-threatening swing, she thought of 6 words; Sorry, no ass for you guys.
...
"Ok, Cookie man. I did the dirty deed. When are we gonna turn off the security system already so that we can get on with the robbing," Jazmine hissed negatively to her earphones as she wore her black comfortable leggings in the bathroom. She changed herself in all black attire with a black ski mask, a black V neck shirt, a pair of black combat boots and a black leather sweater.
"I'm already in my fighting suit! You said it would only take 1O minutes!" she added in a slight whiny tone as she hid her businesswoman disguise in the bathroom vent. "Besides, I'm getting sick of standing here with dead perverts. Don't you know how bad they smell? One of them just farted. Who farts when they're dead?!" The pitiless Jazmine took a glimpse of the 4 lifeless bodies that lied on the floor with their blood pouring out on the white bathroom tiles.
After a brief second of silence and observation, the caller finally spoke, "Ok Emerald. I managed to infiltrate through the security system which means the cameras, along with the alarm system, are disabled in 5..."
Jazmine hurriedly packed her dirty blade in her LV bag while grabbing her M9 handgun from her bra (she tends to keep stuff in there) and hid the fashion carrier in the air vent.
"4..."
As soon as she putted that away, she sled her bullets into the chambers of her onyx M9 handgun, ready as ever to barge out of this crummy stinky place and rob the fucking bank all ready! She's got a life dammit!
"3"
Come on. Come on.
"2"
Dammit. Impatience was seriously killing the eager robber.
"1"
Come on...
"GO EMERALD!"
Jazmine threw a brutal kick at the bathroom door, making it blow open. The sudden kick to the door made all the busy customers and tellers turn to Jazmine's direction in surprise. The gun-holder stormed out of the washroom with her handgun facing up the high ceiling of Woodcrest National Bank's main area.
BAM! BAM!
"Everyone! Get on the fucking floor now!" Jazmine whaled with aggressiveness and dominance shadowing her cold words. "I said get on the fucking floor NOW!"
Just as two shots were released, everyone in the building were screaming, staring in shock or crying. They obeyed her words and got to the floor, which resulted her sighing in delight. She loved the fact she was the dominant one in this situation. Just as she flashed an evil grin to the theory, the bank's main entrance all of a sudden opened, revealing two figures all dressed in black with black ski masks camouflaging their faces. But Jazmine immediately recognized them and smiled smugly. "Took you guys long enough," she mumbled loud enough for her rob partners to hear.
"Hey! Jaz-er- I mean Emerald! At least we her' in time so shut the fuck up," the ghetto blondette playfully whined to her childhood friend as she walked in the area.
Jazmine sucked on her teeth to her childhood friend's same old rough attitude. "Whatever, C-Merph."
C-Merph aka Cindy McPhearson was the brawn of this group. She tended to get rough when it came to getting what she wants, especially when it's money. Don't let her pretty face foul you. Under that mask, there was a wild hardcore bad ass that could slice your dick in seconds. Not only was she a tough cookie but also Jazmine's best friend; the only friend that would stay by her side no matter what.
"Just get one of the employees to usher you to the back where the money is and Cookie man will accompany you for safety," the black-haired ordered coolly as her eyes snaked all over the hostages for any abnormal behaviors.
"I don't need this nigga's help! I can go do this myself wit'out his supervision," Cindy exclaimed at the same time as she went and grabbed one of the hostages from the ground.
Usually, Jazmine would've forced Cindy to accept her order no matter what but today was gonna be a big memorable day for the trio and she doesn't have time to waist on this robbery. She sighed in defeat and eyed the 20 years-old Caucasian in a rare friendly matter that no one had been able to witness in a very long time. "Fine C-Merph, go on and do your thang," Jazmine smirked to Cindy, who also smiled to Jazmine.
Cindy's smile immediately faltered as she put on her tough thug look and glared to the hostage that she grabbed from earlier. Her ocean-like eyes snaked around the hostage's physical features. The hostage was an average size man who looked like he was around his 3O's. He wore an expensive black suit with his name tag pinned on the on the breast. The name 'Fred' was written on the small name tag. "Fred, take me to the back now!"She harshly ordered as she grabbed his collar and pointed her Silver Colt M1911 pistol to his forehead. "I said NOW!"
With tears of utter horror streaming down his white tanned skin, Fred the teller slowly and shakily ushered the impatient Cindy through a doorway leading to the back of the bank.
….
Simultaneously, Jazmine tried her best to keep an eye on the bank by swinging her gun at everyone else in every second but it wasn't easy when Cookie whispered flirtatious words through her ears. "Come on Jaz. After we're done with this, lemme tap that nice ass of yours," his deep low voice flowed through the concentrating Jazmine's head as he started nibbling on her neck.
"C-Cairo...baby s-stop", she sighed heavenly as she was forcing herself to not give in. Dammit, why did he have to do that to Emerald when she's trying to concentrate now? Ah, hormonal boys these days...
Cookie Man aka Cairo Jackson was the brains of the group. He created all the techno equipments and gets Cindy and Jazmine all the weapons and defenses in order for them to survive in the cold, heartless streets. He had also many connections to each state's best banks for him and his teammates to rob. Not only was his occupation a part-time robber and techno genius but also Jazmine's full time boyfriend.
Still swinging her handgun at random persons in each second, Cairo started smacking playfully her ass. "Hm baby, your ass grew. Can't wait to try it out later…" His vulgar words made Jazmine jump a bit. Dang it, this boy just won't stop huh?
….
Meanwhile at the back of the bank, Cindy kept her gun at Fred's head while he filled her duffel bags with the money."Put all the cheese faster nigga!" she ordered with belligerence entangling her impatient words.
Fred's crying and fear had irritably increased which got the blond robber grunting in annoyance to the cry-baby. Come on nigga! Couldn't he load the duffel bags faster! The popos were probably going to come soon! So she ain't got time to waste dammit. After minutes had passed which seemed like hours to Cindy, Fred finally filled all of Cindy's duffel bags with the dough.
That certainly got our blond thug smirking mischievously in satisfaction. "'Ight, you're done!"
As soon as Cindy pronounced those words, the bank employee fell on the floor and cried and cried with its' sound increasing in each seconds. The blond irked to the sight. She couldn't take his disgusting cries anymore. He was pissing her off. With her lifeless eyes gazing to the man, she lifted her gun to him and two words popped up through her mind before two bullets escaped for Fred's flesh.
For money.
BANG! BANG!
….
Jazmine froze as she heard the sound of police sirens approaching. She cursed under her breath, not wanting the authorities to catch her and the team. Her head turned urgently to Cairo who understood immediately that they must leave. Right on time, Cindy stepped out of the back of the bank with 6 heavy duffel bags being carried with the help of her surprisingly strong but petite hands.
"We gotta go!" she hastily commented, gaining nods of agreement from her rob-mates.
Cairo along with Jazmine swiped two duffel bags from their blond teammate's grasp and immediately went for the exit back door of Woodcrest' National Bank. Just as their way out of the building came in their sight, Cindy ran and threw a brutal hard kick to the door, bursting it open. That's our C-Merph, a hardcore thug!
Stepping outside, the police siren came closer and closer, getting the trio running with full speed in a dark, mysterious alley that was not far from where they were. While Cindy and Cairo were on their deep focus on getting to the other side of narrow passage, Jazmine was being overpowered by a familiar feeling. It felt addictive to her body. To her, it was like drugs. The way it rushed through her veins. The way it made her felt alive and untouchable. The way it made her heart speedy and jumpy; as if it was in a sugar –rush state. How she adored it. That feeling was…
Adrenaline.
That was the only thing she felt at the moment as she continuously ran deeper in the alley which was located in the deep downtown city of Woodcrest. With both of her hands holding two heavy bags, Jazmine continued getting deeper and deeper into the shallow alleyway until she spotted some light. Perfect! She's not far from the exit! "Hey, we're not far from the exit!" she pointed it out to her fellows who were following her direction, keeping up their pace.
They just completed their robbery! They just stole millions from US' famous bank; Woodcrest National Bank. Just thinking about the money made her smile like an idiot. Her intense desire to succeed escaping with the big lot of money increased as she dashed closer and closer to the light. This was it for her. Emerald was finally gonna complete her most notorious robbery ever and no one could stop her...Until;
BAM! BAM!
Jazmine's mind went completely blank as she felt the bearable pain poking by her abdomen for about five seconds. She could feel her adrenaline decreasing as it was fending off itself to the pain during those seconds which felt like minutes to the hurt lady. Pain rose sharply as she felt an unbearable headache coming. She thought her brain was gonna go overload. She dropped her jaw in shock as Cindy McPhearson, her EX-best-friend and Cairo, her EX-boyfriend were right before her hurtful green eyes with their guns pointing towards her. They were smirking sinfully and shamelessly started making out.
Everything went slow-mo from her view. Jazmine couldn't do anything but wonder why…why her so-called friends did that to her. She couldn't process the fact that they had betrayed her. Thoughts such as these kept replaying in her head: What? No! Why did they do this to me? Why? The betrayed lad managed to stutter a word out of her cold lips as her vision was starting to get blurry with pain growing rapidly through her body and blood spilling out of her abdomen. "W-why?"
Cindy tsked and went by her once best friend's side for the bags of money. "For money," she answered with no remorse and grabbed the two bags of cash from Jazmine's cold grasp.
"Got any last words Emerald?" Cairo questioned smugly with a sinful smirk.
Jazmine could tell from his voice that he held no remorse to his actions. He didn't seem to give a shit to her. It was as if he was proud of getting rid of her; as if she was a mere gum that was stuck on the bottom of his shoe. She didn't know what was hurting her more... Was it the piercing bullets? The heartbreak? The betrayal? Hm, she guessed it was all of the above. Soon, the injured DuBois fell down to her knees, unable to support the major loss of blood. Even thought her vision was getting blurrier by the second, Jazmine glanced up to the betraying duo.
"I will kill you both...Go to hell," she spat with her last bit of energy before completely falling on the dirty concrete surface and slipping in a dark abyss of unconsciousness.
A/N II: This was edited. I really prefer the text now; there are less grammar/punctuation errors and I've added a load of description so that you can get the idea of the characters' actions, feelings and their environment. So tell me now if chapter one is well-edited/well-written?
Aside from that, this is the prologue of Adrenaline ^-^! Hm, our little Jazmine (or should I say Emerald) has been betrayed from her trustee friends…This will be a start of an escapable dark adventure where her path will be connected with everyone else's. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Remember, reviews are love and hot Cheetos :3
