Gary whistled happily as he walked the streets of Philadelphia again, he had a few chores that would have to be taken care of before he could fully enjoy his freedom, but was in too good of a move to care. His first task was to retrieve the pistol he had stashed behind a dumpster in the alley by some shitty little dive bar called Paddy's Pub. Earlier in the day he had been fleeing from the police and had decided to hide his weapon there before he surrendered to the police.

As he had hoped Gary found the gun where he had left it and tucked it into his waistband. Gary left the alley and headed back the way he had come, which brought him past the front entrance of the bar. Gary had planned on leaving the bar behind him but as he moved past the door he heard a female voice inside start screaming, the feminine voice was soon joined by a male one and as Gary listened to the two voices argue he became certain that he was hearing the slurred speech of drunken lovers arguing.

"I can't believe that your saying I'm desperate! You had both of your hands on my ass while you shoved your tongue down my throat!"

"Yeah, well you didn't do anything to stop me and your kept brining up the whole thing at the airport."

"I was just screwing with you."

"More like just trying to screw me" the male voice countered as if he had just made the funniest joke ever.

"Oh my God, you do not get to kiss me like that and then pretend like it was something that I did." The latest outburst was followed by the sound of breaking glass.

"Fuck Dee, again with the beer bottle!"

It sounded like an ugly scene inside but to Gary it sounded like an opportunity. Two pass out drunk lovers too busy arguing with each other, would be unlikely to offer much resistance let alone remember his face. Gary reached for the front door of Paddy's to find it unlocked and began to open it slowly so that he could peek into the bar. Inside he saw what he had been hoping for, the only people inside were the arguing couple. With his mind made up, Gary flung the door open and stepped inside, the couple appeared oblivious to his presence as he watched a tall blonde woman advance towards a man with a broken beer bottle in her hand. Eventually the man took notice of Gary and spoke to him.

"Hey buddy, were closed today."

Gary looked towards him and just said "That doesn't matter."

A tense silence took over the bar until the woman turned to face Gary and yelled "Listen, were not serving anyone today so just get the fuck out of here."

In response Gary took a few steps forward and said "I don't think you guys understand why I'm here" as he brushed his suit jacket open and exposed the pistol in his waistband.

"What are you going to rob us?" asked the man is disbelief.

"That was my intention."

"Uh take a look around this place. Does it look like we have that much money here?"

"No, but I need what I can get and if it wasn't you guys, it would be the Wawa around here which has security cameras, or the deli down the street that makes good hoagies. So I'm sorry guys but I'm robbing your shitty bar."

The tense silence returned as the man and the woman stared at Gary with an intense disdain that made them look remarkably similar. Gary did his best to ignore the tension and stepped forward before he said "So are you two love birds going to empty the register for me or…" before Gary could even finish his sentence the blonde woman threw the broken beer bottle at him which he tired to dodge unsuccessfully. The jagged edge collided with his face leaving a large gash along his left cheek and made him yelp in pain as he clutched his face. All too late he realized that he should have reached for his gun instead as the couple rushed him. All Gary could do was utter a "Uh oh" before he felt a fist smash into his jaw.

Sunny

"All right, John Rambo versus Rocky Balboa, who wins?"

"Well I gotta go with Rocky because…hey wait isn't that the guy that was in here with us before" Charlie pointed towards a man in a grey suit who was being lead back into the holding cell.

"Yeah, I think so" answered Mac.

Gary the thief moved through the cell and sat on a bench across from the gang before he flashed them a smile that showed one of his bottom front teeth had been knocked out.

"You just got out of here man what happened?"

"I tried to rob this shitty bar, but some really tall blonde chick and her boyfriend stopped me. It was kinda like being attacked by a female Larry Bird."

Mac and Charlie exchanged puzzled looks and Frank just muttered"Huh."

References and Phillyisms

Wawa is a chain of convenience stores that are centered in the Philly area. The gang makes references to Wawa in a few episode which I always thought must be confusing to anyone not from the Northeast.

A Hoagie is the Philly area name for a deli sandwich that is more commonly know as a sub or hero in rest of the country. As you would expect I like the sandwich.

I sort of want to end the story here but I have an idea for one more chapter, I'll consider writing it if anyone is interested.