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SOPH POV:

I am pulled out of my unconscious state by a constant ringing and a cool feeling on my head. I slowly open my eyes and see a middle-aged woman leaning over me with a worried expression on her face. I try to sit up but my body rejects that idea because I feel immediately dizzy and sick, along with there is a horrible sharp pain at the side of my head and shoulder.

"What the hell happened." I mumble, she gives me a sad smile and starts to tell me what happened.

"That guy was gonna kill you love." She tells me. "He had that gun pointed right at your head with a crazy look in his eyes but before he could blow your head off that guy Jack who seems to be in charge shot him in his arm and that threw him off his aim and he shot you in the shoulder, but the force seemed to have thrown you back and you fell and smacked the side of your head off the table and passed out." She tells me slowly so I can process it all.

"I was shot?" I ask in shock, the truth not really sinking in even though the pain is starting to.

"Yeah, scared the shit out of all of us as well." She says with that annoying ringing still going on.

"How long have I been out?" I ask properly sitting up this time.

"Only about 20 minutes." She says helping me rest back against the wall.

"What's that ringing?" I ask taking a few deep breaths because the pain in my shoulder is getting to me.

"Ever since the gun shots the phone hasn't stopped ringing, I guess the people outside want answers, the amount of police has seemed to have doubled as well." She says looking towards the glass windows.

"Well at least there is some hope for us." I tell her. She smiles down at me and asks if I need anything.

"No, no you've done more than enough." I look around and see that people in the bank are no longer lying on the floor, they are all spread out around the bank, some in groups, some on their own and looking right at me. I avoid their eyes and look to my left and see the small children who were upset cuddled into their mothers arms, the mum looks up and she mouths 'Thank you' with a sad smile on her face, I just nod my head at her in response.

I then look over to the entrance and see all the robbers are gathered in that general direction, the two non-psychotic robbers have moved the tables from the banks seating area and put them on their sides and put them against the windows and are sat on the floor with their backs on them. The Leader Jack is stood in the far corner with the angry guy Zach that bloody shot me they seem to be in deep conversation, Zach one has some sort of fabric wrapped around his arm and has bruises on his face and has a bloodied nose, he looks over at me with an emotionless face but I can see his eyes hold so much anger.

"Hey, are you going to be okay?" The woman next to me asks while rubbing my arm. I glance at her quickly then back over to Zach.

"I hope so." I sigh.

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We've all been sat around for about 45 minutes with the phone ringing non-stop, the robbers have been in deep conversation in the corner of the Bank for 30 minutes, it seems like they are planning their next move, I see the leader Jack nod over to the phone and the others nod in confirmation. I think that he is going to answer on the next ring but they continue talking.

I feel a nudge on my leg and see the women who has been attending to my wounds who I now know is called Francesca but likes to be known as Frankie, she is thankfully a nurse and has bandaged up my arm, she said the bullet just caught the top half of my shoulder so there should be no permanent damage, she also cleaned my head wound but said I will need to have it looked at due to how hard I hit my head on the table.

"How are you feeling." She asks with the same look of concern on her face as she had earlier.

"Yeah I'm not feeling too bad, bit of a headache but I guess that is to be expected when you get shot and smash your head off a glass table." I tell her trying to put her at ease.

"You don't have to put up a front for me you know, if you're in pain you should tell me, I could get something to help." She says with a serious look.

"Look I'm fine, if I get any worse I promise to let you know." I stick my pinky up towards her. "Pinky promise." She just smirks at me and links them.

"Anyway, we obviously have some time to spare so tell me about yourself." I ask her while shifting to become more comfortable.

"Well what would you like to know?" She says teasingly.

"Well why did you want to become a nurse? Are you single? What kind of music do you like? Take ya pick." I tell her with a cheeky smile, which she returns.

"Well I became a nurse for the old cliché reason of wanting to do something good with my life and help people."

I look at her confused at the statement. "What do you mean, it is an amazing career and you have to be an amazing and caring person to pursue it." I tell her as a slight blush appears on her face.

"Well thank you, anyway I really do enjoy it and Friday nights in A&E are always fun. So yes I am single, recently single actually due to being cheated on but I'm better off. I love older music like The Smiths, Clash, The Cure, The Doors, Joan Jett and of course David Bowie. Anymore questions?" Frankie asks with a smile.

"I could only imagine how mad a Friday night could be. And might I say that he is an idiot for cheating on you, and also can I say I love your taste in music, there is nothing like Joan Jett that pumps me up in the morning for a 8 hour work day." I tell her with a bright smile that she happily returns.

"Well what do you do for a living Sophie?" She says.

"Oh I'm a middle school teacher." I tell her with a proud smile as she looks on at me fondly. "I teach Year 3...8-year olds are just so fun to be around ya know, life is still fun and their imaginations are still in full force. Kids just brighten up my day." I tell her.

"I know what you mean, I love kids, I look after my three-year-old twin nieces almost every weekend and it just makes me so happy to see them." She tells me with a megawatt smile.

"I completely agree with you, there's something about whe..." I'm cut off with me sentence by the phone ringing again and the leader Jack actually heading over towards it. He looks back over to the other three robbers and they nod towards him. He takes a deep breath and picks up the phone.

"Yes?" Is all he answers. I'm sat too far away to hear what the other person is saying but there have been no outbursts so far.

"Everyone is alive, there was just a small accident, no one is really hurt." He tells the other person while looking over me briefly.

"The children are fine, we aren't monsters." He sounds offended saying it.

"What exactly will we get in return for letting them go?" He asks, I assume they're talking about the children, I'm very glad the outside is focusing on helping the children first.

"I guess that could work I don't want people in here to starve and I doubt the staff fridge has great stock in it, but listen to me and you listen good, we'll have someone bring the children out but they have to and I do mean have to come back in or there will be trouble. Okay good." Thank god, he's agreed. Jack puts down the phone and turns to all of us.

"Well as you can see I've spoken to the woman in charge outside and we've agreed that the children can leave and they will send us some food in. Also someone has to take the kids out but they must come back inside and it can't be the mother, we can't risk it." He informs us all, I look over and see the children's mother shed a few tears in relief.

"Why doesn't the hero sat over there do it, seeing as she is so bothered about the kids." That psycho Zach says glaring over at me.

"What a dick." Frankie whispers next to me.

"Mhm." I hum in agreement.

"Don't be such an idiot all your life. What a great idea that is lets show all the police out there the hole in her shoulder that you put there, oh and lets not forget the giant cut on her head that is there because you shot her." The woman robber says to Zach. I hadn't even noticed has taken her mask off along with the last guy in the mask, they are both brunette with intense green eyes. They're a bit like siblings.

"She's right Zach, how will it look with her walking out there bandaged up and caked in her own blood. So we need someone else" Jack says.

"I'll do it." I hear Frankie says loudly to everyone.

"What are you sure, something could go wrong." I tell her feeling worried for her safety.

"I'll be fine and I would feel a lot better with it being me taking them out and making sure they've safely left the building." She tells me quietly.

"Okay come over here, we need to talk about what is going to happen." Jack says.

She pats me on the leg and gets up off the floor and heads over to where the four robbers have gathered in the corner of the room. I'm glad that Frankie is the one taking them out and she has the courage but I can't help but have this horrible feeling that something bad is going to happen.

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SIAN POV:

I've been stood outside the bank with a few of my colleagues trying to call inside the bank for about 50 minutes to arrange to have the children out of the building but there has still been no contact with the inside.

"There still not answering." A newbie police officer Matt says from his spot next to me.

"Yeah no shit Matt thanks for pointing the obvious out to me." I snap at him, he just frowns at me. "You know what you go and be a dumb ass somewhere else, I don't have the time or patience for you today." I tell him, he huffs and storms away from me. I turn back towards the bank and take a few deep breaths. I look to my far right and see almost every news channel lined up.

"Great the whole world will be watching by now." I mumble to myself.

"Hey how ya doing?" Say's my friend Jackie.

I turn round and she is stood there with a sympathetic smile and I steaming hot cup of coffee. I give her a smile and happily take the coffee. "I'm doing good Jacks, I just want these asshole's to bloody answer."

"Well we're making progress at least, our IT guy arrived a little while ago so we're getting pretty close to getting into the security feed and finding out the situation inside. We're going to get them out Sian." She says putting a comforting hand on my shoulder.

I just nod in her direction and call inside the bank again but there is still no bloody answer, I glare daggers at the phone but try it again. "Come on. Come on." I whisper with the phone to my ear. I start to lose hope again but then there is finally an answer.

"Yes?" A gruff manly voice answers.

"This is Detective powers, I'm the person keeping the guy's with guns from charging in, and I would like to know what is happening in there. We heard gun shots, is everyone alive? Is anyone hurt?" I demand, showing him I want answers.

"Everyone is alive, there was just a small accident, and no one is really hurt." He tells me not giving much detail but I know that someone is hurt.

"What about the children are they okay?" I ask.

"The children are fine, we aren't monsters." He says sounding very offended.

"Well that's good, let's keep it that way or better yet let them go? They don't need to be in the middle of this." I ask him. And everyone around me nodding, the children being everyone's priority.

"What exactly will we get in return for letting them go?" He asks me. That's a good thing as he is at least thinking about it.

"Well I'm guessing the bank doesn't have a great food and water supply and you said no one is really hurt, but that tells me someone is hurt so we will send in some more medical supplies." I tell him

"I guess that could work I don't want people in here to starve and I doubt the staff has great stock in it but listen to and me and you listen good, we will have someone bring the children out but they have to and I do mean have to come back in or there will be trouble." He tells me his voice getting more sinister towards the end.

"We can deal with that." I tell him quickly just wanting to make sure we keep the children and the other hostages in the bank safe.

"Good." He answers then the dial tone.

I breathe a sigh of relief because we have just got a great start, we've got the children on their way out and now I know I'm not dealing with a sadistic murderer.

I look over towards Jackie and see that she is in the van with the headphones on, I know she has heard the conversation, I motion her over and a few other officers, they all gather around me and I inform them of out next move. "Right everyone we have ourselves of to a brilliant start so we do not want to blow it by doing anything stupid, right now the children are our main priority. So we get the children out and food inside there, then when the cameras are up we can fully assess the situation, we don't want to go in there blind." They all nod at me in agreement.

"Good I'm glad we are all in agreement. So the plan for now is to get food in there so Smith and Kemp I want you to head to the nearest pizza place and get 10 boxes of pizza. Jones and Ward go to a shop and buy 30 bottles of water and head over to and ambulance and ask for some medical supplies." The four officers I addressed nod and head off to do what I asked.

Jackie walks over to me and gives me a slight smile. "What do you think we're dealing with." She asks.

"Well I'm guessing the man I spoke to on the phone is the leader and he didn't have any hesitation about releasing the children so he isn't that bad but there was still gun shots and he did admit that there is someone or multiple people hurt." I say worriedly.

Jackie and I have been talking about idea for our next plan of action incase this starts to go bad for only about 10 minutes when the officers arrive with the pizza's and water.

"Hey James, that was pretty quick." Jackie says to Officer James Smith.

"Yeah well everyone knows about the situation, so they already had some food ready to go for all the officers but happily made a few more when we told them we were taking it for the hostages." James tells us.

"Right so we're ready to get to get into contact with the inside?" I ask them all and they all nod in confirmation. I pick up the phone to ring the bank and Jackie heads back to the van to listen in.

I ring the bank and it is picked up within the first few rings and it is the same man that answers. "Everything is ready on this side what about yours?" I ask him.

"Same here, we have a woman bringing out the two children but as I say again she will have to come back into the building and I mean it detective if she doesn't I will kill one of the hostages and the blood will be on your hands." He tells me with anger laced in his voice.

I look over Jackie in confusion, this man's changed his tune but for now I must agree with him and get the children out of the firing line. "I understand and we will stick to our side of the deal, a person brings the children out and you will get food and medical supplies." I tell him with confidence.

"Okay we'll send the children out soon." He says and hangs up the phone.

As soon as he hangs up I walk over to my officers. "Right everyone let's get into positions." I tell them. We all break off but I can't help but have this horrible feeling that something bad is going to happen.