Chapter 1
It was a clear day in Short Beach. Rush hour was over, and the streets were crowded. Over at the Bank of America, it was packed.
It was about 80 degrees. A girl about eighteen, with long black glossy shoulder length hair and amethyst eyes, wearing a purple hoodie and baggy black chained cargo pants walked into the Bank of America at the corner of Maple and Main streets in downtown Short Beach.
The goth girl walked up to the teller and held up a tek-9 for all to see, then fired several volleys. She then spoke, but in a monotone voice, " Everyone on the fucking floor , right now! this is a robbery, and if anyone tries anything stupid, you die. "
The robbery took only two minutes. It would rapidly turn into a hostage situation.
Everyone in the lobby screamed and dropped to the floor, even the security guard. Nervously, the young female teller handed the girl three big bags loaded with cash. The goth girl then stuffed the money into her large backpack. To make a point that she wasn't kidding, she said, "My name is Rachel. By the end of the day, everyone in America will know my name". Unbeknownst to Rachel, the teller had pressed a silent alarm which alerted to police that the Bank of America was being robbed.
Rachel walked towards the door and opened it, but suddenly she heard sirens. She ducked back into the bank. Rachel could hear police sirens get closer. She looked in bewilderment towards the two tellers, who were now standing. A look of rage crossed her face.
"I said that anyone who tried anything foolish would die", Rachel said in a low growling voice. "WHO pressed the silent alarm?" she then asked. The tellers didn't respond. Rachel leveled the Tek 9 at one of the tellers and screamed ominously, "WHO PRESSED THE FUCKING ALARM BUTTON?" The young female teller meekly raised her hand. "GET over here", Rachel told the teller. The quivering woman timidly complied.
Once in front of Rachel, she slammed the female teller across the face with the Tek 9, then shot her dead. Rachel then turned towards the employees and customers.
"Thanks to the stupid bitch here, you are now hostages". She then shot three people, point blank in the head just to get her point across. A woman screamed.
The first of the police cruisers pulled up. An officer ran to the door, but found it locked.
