My first fanfic!
~Happy Tree Friends~
"Rob another bank? We just robbed one not even a day ago! Are you nuts, Lifty!?" I say, brushing my green striped raccoon tail.
Crap, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Shifty. A raccoon. That's green.
I wear a hat. A fedora. It never goes out of style.
Lifty is my twin brother. We both get into trouble for a living. Like rob banks and whatnot. We're basically criminals.
More about the details later - we've got things to do.
"Well, I guess one more bank won't kill us." I say, after I thought about it more.
"Sweet - let's go then!" Lifty says, grabbing the car keys out of his pocket.
We reach the truck - an orange pickup which has a roll cage, no roof and an air freshener attached to the rear-view mirror - and I hop over the door into the driver's seat. "I'm driving," I say as Lifty throws the car keys over to me. He gets in the passenger side.
We pull into the dirt parking lot fifteen minutes later - in the middle of nowhere. Literally. There's only the road and the building. That's basically it.
"This time, be careful. Actually, we both should be careful."
I look around for security cameras. They're everywhere. What should I expect? This is a BANK. There's always going to be cameras.
"Lifty, can you take out those cameras with your slingshot?" I ask, still looking at the cameras.
"Yeah...," he says, grabbing the projectile launcher. "Why do I always have to do everything?" I hear him mumble under his breath.
"Actually, can you hand it to me?" I ask, reaching my hand out.
"Sure. Here you go" he says as he hands the slingshot to me.
I reach down and grab a big, round rock - perfect - and set it in the slingshot.
I aim at the camera above the front door of the bank, and fire. Miss!
Crap. I try another rock, this one a little smaller. Miss again!
Dang it, I can't keep missing! I'll raise the alarm.
I reach for a spiked rock. I set it on the band.
I fire as someone opens the door. The rock hits Cuddles square in the face!
"AAAAAGH!" he yells, as he collapses.
"Way to go, Shifty." Lifty says sarcastically.
"If we're going to go, we should just do it now. Forget the cameras. We need the money!" I say, running for the door.
Cuddles is screaming bloody murder, and as I'm passing by, I see why. The rock is lodged into his eye, and there's blood.
Crap, I nearly killed him... I thought, even if he did die, it wouldn't matter. I kill people all the time.
When I reach the front counter, I take my pistol out and a bag and aim the gun straight at the lady there.
"Fill the bag with all the money. Now!" I yell at her, practically throwing the bag at her. "Hurry!"
Lifty joins me at my side.
It takes about two minutes for her to fill the bag.
"Good enough," I say, grabbing the bag out of her hands.
Lifty and I run for the front door, but we can hear police sirens outside, getting closer.
We reach the front door and open it to only hear the sound of a gun cocking to the right of me. We stop.
Standing there is a tall, blue policeman with yellow horns.
"Lumpy... long time no see," I say, keeping my head straight.
"You really think that after all these years I'd turn soft? Let you go? Really forget the past? You're a criminal, Shifty. We all know it," Lumpy says, keeping his gun pointed at me.
BANG! A gun is fired from faraway. It's Flippy! Or should I say, Flipqy.
"What the...?" Lumpy says pulling the trigger.
The bullet whizzes past me, and misses me.
Thud.
I look to my left, and Lifty lies there, holding his chest. Blood appears almost instantly, and Lifty collapses.
"LIFTY!" I practically scream, "NOOOO!"
I fall to my knees, and crawl over to him. I pick him up.
"Don't... let them catch.. you..." he says, and tears flow down my cheeks.
"Lifty, s-stay with me," I say, trying not to scream. "please don't leave me!"
"Bye, Shifty..." he says with a groan.
His body goes limp.
"LIFTY NOOO! Whyyyyy?!" I scream with tears.