Unarmed & Unlucky

… I'm gonna need you back in 21 minutes, and not a minute later!" My boss yelled as I made my way to the back of the store and left out the back exit into the alley behind the grocery store.

I shut the heavy metal door and noticed my friend Sushi, whose nickname which would be rather prejudice if he didn't have the words "Sushi King" Tattooed onto his knuckles. Sushi is quite the character, he came from Japan when he was 8 years and went to the same school as me; his English is pretty good but could use some adjustments. Being the typical Japanese student he idolized American culture and watched too many urban gangster movies and thought the way they talked was the coolest thing ever so tries acting and dressing like the characters in those movies, and somehow he is able to pull it off.

… "Damn, I think I reached the final straw. I'm gonna have to start turning tricks, I can't live my life being broke all the time! I said smacking my palms against the building

… "Yo, is that why we're hanging in this alley?" Sushi asked walking up to me from a crossed the alley.

I shook my head and giggled a little "No, I dont think I'm cut out to bang fat lonely chicks on a dirty matress in the back of an alley. BUT! I might know how to get ahold of some big money quicker than pizza being eaten at a fat camp!" I said taking off my bright blue apron and tossing it on the ground.

… "Cool, but let's talk about it while we get some grub, I'm starving like Marvin right now!" Sushi said yanking on my sleeve.

… "NO TIME!" I snipped

I stepped forward resting my foot on a turned over cardboard box "Say, whatever happened to your brother when he robbed that store?" I asked slickly.

… "That fool got 2 ta 4?" Sushi said in a confused tone. "Why are you asking about my bro Henry?"

I put my hand on my chin and raised my eyebrow "I've been thinking of a get rich quick plan!" I said standing up on the cardboard box.

Sushi stepped back and looked up at me "Wait, are you planning on holding up a ma'fuckin store or something crazy like that!?" Sushi exclaimed.

I jiggled my head "I've been thinking…"

… "Yo, I think all the time, I think about if an elevator smells different from a little persons perspective or if sense a tomato is a fruit, would ketchup be more like a smoothie. NOT ABOUT ROBBING A STORE DUDE!" Sushi barked out.

… "Just hear me out first, I got this thing planned out to a "T"! "I said as the box I was standing on squashed down under my shoes.

… "Ai'ght homie, I can trust whatever you got goin on, but I might have to throw in my two cents." Sushi said in his foreign accent while putting his hands in his hoodie pockets.

I stepped forward "It's easy, every Friday night my boss stays late at work, he organizes and counts all the money the store made for the week and gets it ready for the armored car guys to come collect it the next morning, that way it'll be ready for when they come. Sooo" I said taking a breath then looked around.

… "All we do is sneak into the store while he's counting the money, take him down and-" I was cut off my Sushi.

… "YO I AINT KILLIN NOBODY "G"!"

I rolled my eyes "I didn't mean kill him, I just meant tying him up or something, then grabbing the money and taking off, there is only one security camera by the entrance of the store so we don't gotta worry about cameras watching our every move!" I said with a district look on my face.

… "But how are we gonna get it in the store when it's all locked up and shit?" Sushi asked.

I sat down on the smashed up box "That's the only problem I haven't worked on yet." I said looking up at sushi.

… "Eh, we could sneak in through the roof and come through the vents, Mission Impossible style dawg, that would be mad as hell!"

… "I don't think that would work, but maybe I can sneak into my boss's office and find the keys to the store… Then have them copied and sneak it back into his office."

Sushi attitude started to grow from curious to excited… "Anyway way we do it, we gotta be fuckin ninja's! A fly on the wall, no one can know about our master plan!" Sushi said shifting into a karate pose.

Just then a voice came from out of nowhere "I could leave the backdoor open before leave."

The voice startled us and we screamed like little girls as we froze and turned to the person!

It was Levy, the girl that works at the grocery store with me! She stood with her arms behind her back with a very innocent look on her face. Levy was always a nice little girl who was quite; I had a thing for her; I liked that she was innocent and cute with the little freckles on her face and pigtail she always puts her hair in.

… "How long have you been here?" I asked raising my voice

… "The whole time." She said cracking a smile.

Sushi raised his arm and pointed at her giving her the evil eye "No way man, she was spying on us!"

Levy shrugged "I was sitting over there and eating my lunch." She said nodding over to a set of steps behind some wooden racks.

… "She's lying, she was plotting down our master plan and was gonna use it for herself and kill us!"

Levy Grimaced at Sushi "What, I was eating lunch, here's my bag!" She said holding out a brown paper bag.

Sushi snatched the bag out of her hand and searched through it rapidly, "She aint lying, there's food in here." Sushi looked back into the bag "Yo, Can I have your Ding dong?" He asked looking up with a big grin on his face.

Levy walked up closer to us "I want in, I hate our boss and I hate this store, I never got a raise and I've worked here for 3 years!" she said taking back her lunch bag from Sushi.

… "I don't trust her, she can hide behind her looks, IM ON TO YOU!" sushi said while shoving the mini chocolate cake roll into his mouth.

Levy scanned the alley with her eyes "To tell the truth, for some reason I've always want to do something like this, my life is dull and boring. I probably would have just sat and said nothing but thinking about getting payback to the dumb over sensitive prick gets me kind of excited to see what's going to happen!" She said looking back and forth at me at sushi.

… "What do you think guys?" She asked while giving "puppy dogs eyes"

I scratched the front of my scalp, I couldn't say no, I liked the girl and fell for her looks "Yeah you're in, plus going in through the back door is a lot easier than coming through the roof." I said laughing at the idea of us coming down from the celling from ropes.

Sushi pointed at "So are we doin this for real?!" He asked with a big smile on his face.

… "Yeah." I replied.

Sushi ran up to me and gave me a hug "BAAAMMMM!" he yelled out jumping back from me, Levy just stood there and laughed at Sushi.

… "Ok, we'll meet at your house tonight at 10:00 and start planning!" I said grabbing my apron back from the ground and strapping in around my waste.

… "I can't wait dawg, were gonna become famous outlaws, they're gonna make a movie about us!" Sushi said skipping backwards down the alley "But first "I" gotta eat something, I'm dying!"