Chapter 10: First Heist
Stephanie and Franklin woke up beside each other, she looked at her light brown skinned boyfriend and smiled. Franklin stood up out of bed and yawned, he got dressed along with Steph. They walked to the door and kissed, he grabbed her waist and she wrapped her hands around his shoulders. "See you later on baby girl." He told her. "Same to you sexy." She replied before kissing him. She turned around and walked outside, as she walked to her car she heard Franklin's phone ring. "Hello?" Franklin spoke inti the phone. After a few minutes he talked into the phone. "That don't sound like a good sales pitch dog, but I guess I gotta start somewhere." He said into the phone. After a few minutes he hung up, Stephanie walked back to him. "What's going on?" She asked. "That was Mike, he needs us for a job. We're gonna get the money for Madrazo, he needs a driver and a gun. That's where we come in." Franklin explained to her. "Fuck yeah!" Stephanie replied enthusiastically. "That's my girl." Franklin told Steph kissing her one more time. She turned around and walked to her car, she got in the car and left Franklin's.
Two days later Stephanie was at the Darnell Brothers textile mill, she was in a room full of guys. Franklin, Michael, Lester the planner, Packie McReary the muscle, Kareem the driver, and Rickie Lukens the hacker. They wore Bugstars Pest Control jumpsuits, Michael walked to the front of the crew. "Now we all know why we're here. The plan is simple, elegant. Listen to Lester pay attention to the details he gives you. If we run into any heat, we don't know each other. We got caught up in a robbery and acted in self defense." Michael told the crew. "The cameras are easy, if I didn't need to be running things I'd disable it myself. The alarm will operate on the same window, how long it's disabled depends on the job you do." Lester told Rickie. "This will go smooth, if we run into any trouble we move quickly and with force." Michael told the crew. He turned around and walked out the door. "S, F come with me, Packie Kareem the van, Rickie I hope you can manage the truck with the bikes." He said as he walked downstairs. Michael, Franklin, and Stephanie got in the sedan that wasn't parked outside the factory. "I'm driving, no discussion." Kareem told Packie as they walked to the van.
Michael drove down the street, Stephanie was in the back thinking about her role. "You good?" Michael asked Franklin. "Yeah I'm good." Franklin replied.. "Because if you use too much gas on these guys you'll kill em." Michael told Franklin. "Man I said I got it." Franklin said defensively. "I hope so, I stuck my neck out for you two." Michael told Franklin. "Man you don't have to tell me this shit again." Franklin replied. "I got faith in you and S, but you're unproven." Michael told Franklin. "Oh so I didn't prove myself when I jumped on the back of that yacht on the freeway hub?" Franklin asked in response "Or when I popped those hijackers in a high speed chase?" Stephanie asked. "Yeah, but these guys don't know you. They see a teenage girl and a gangbanger with an itchy trigger finger." Michael replied. "We ain't gonna fuck this up." Franklin told Michael. "I hope not." Michael replied. "So tell me about these guys." Stephanie told Michael. "Don't worry about the crew, just worry about yourself." Michael replied. "Hey we gonna handle our shit, we just curious." Franklin told Michael defending Steph. "Well the guy going in with us is tough, the driver and hacker are not so good. But hey, how much of Madrazo's money am I meant to give away huh?" Michael replied in an aggravated tone. "Shit, sounds reasonable." Franklin said. "Yeah we'll find out how reasonable in a couple hours. Michael replied.
Michael dropped Franklin off at a construction site around back of the jewel store, he and Steph drove on down the street and met Kareem and Packie at the van. "You ready for this S?" He asked Stephanie. "Yeah, let's do it." Stephanie replied grabbing her carbine rifle out of the van. Michael, Steph, and Packie put on the has masks and walked to the entrance of Vangelico's. "We're in position F, waiting on your signal." He told Franklin on the earpiece radio. "That was it, they going out." Franklin replied. Michael looked in the door, once everyone passed out they made their move. The three stormed the store and started breaking cases, Michael had a system planned that the crew followed. They made a circle around the store smashing and grabbing on both sides, Michael got halfway through the store when Rickie cone on the radio. "Uh dudes, I wouldn't hang around in there much longer. This alarm is gonna go." He told Michael. "You gotta be kidding me! Why did I employ a hacker who can't even run anti virus software!?" He shouted in anger. "Uh ok, you got maybe 30 seconds." Rickie replied. "We hit our target, lets see how high we can go!" Michael shouted smashing a case. They frantically smashed and grabbed, Stephanie took the last of the stones and put them in her bag. "We cleaned em out, let's go." Michael said walking to the door.
There was a guard outside the store harassing Franklin. "Hey man I'm not gonna tell you again, you gotta move these bikes." He told Franklin. "Get the fuck outta my face." Franklin replied. Michael cone up and grabbed the guard, he threw him onto the ground and looked at him. "We forget a thousand things every day, make sure this is one of them." He told the guard. Stephanie got on the back of Franklin's bike, Michael put his bag around Franklin's shoulder. "Meet you at the river, go." Michael told Franklin. Franklin drove down the street, he saw Kareem turn a left. "I'm driving blind back here!" Franklin said into the radio. He saw Kareem and Packie turn right. "Wr can do with some directions Kareem." Stephanie told Kareem. Franklin followed Kareem through the city, he drove through a tore down wall onto the freeway. Franklin followed them into a tunnel, he toggled his headlights and rofe through the tunnel. Stephanie hung on to her boyfriend as he flew at full speed through the narrow tunnel, she noticed the bikes were struggling on the mud. "I didn't know about the mud!" Kareem shouted. "Hey these are the wrong bikes, couldn't you get scramblers?" Franklin asked. "I was thinking speed, nobody said anything about scramblers." Kareem replied.
Franklin kept navigating through the tunnel, he followed Kareem until they come to a fork. "There's a split, I don't know." Kareem said going left. He followed Packie through the right tunnel. "The river better be here." Kareem shouted. "You ok back there babe?" Franklin asked Steph. "I'm fine." Steph lied as she was nervous. "Uh dudes, the cops might know where you're coming out at the river." Rickie told them as they exited the tunnel. Stephanie saw a lot of cops, and she saw Michael behind them driving at full speed toward the cop cars. "Don't worry, I got bullbars on this truck. I'll take care of these cops." Michael assured the crew. He ran into a cruiser disabling it, he kept hitting cars left and right. The bikes were trying to get away from the cops, Michael, kept disabling the cars. When the cops lost sight of them Michael sighed. "High five we lost em bro." Rickie told Michael. "Okay, we got a window. Stop at the end of the river and I'll pick you up." Michael told the crew. Franklin, Packie, and Kareem parked at the end of the river and Michael pulled up. They drove the bikes into the back of the truck and Michael closed the door. Michael got back in the truck and drove off, he got out of the flood control and back on the main road. "There gotta be more dude around the way." Franklin said. "We did not just get away with that shit did we?" Stephanie asked. "You know what, I think we did." Michael replied. "Fuck yeah!" She yelled. "Alright!" Michael yelled too. "I'm doing some rails tonight. "Packie said. "What kind of social media you guys on?" Kareem asked. "I think I found my calling bros." Rickie said excitedly.
Michael pulled up to the alleyway where they were gonna store the truck, Lester was waiting. "Park it under the canopy." He told Michael. "Call your gem guy Lesty baby 'cuz we got merchandise!" Michael yelled. He parked the truck and covered it up, the crew exited the truck and gathered round. "Okay split up, they're gonna be looking for a crew." Michael told the crew. Franklin and Steph stood there after the crew left, Michael looked at Franklin. "Look Lester and I got some things we gotta clean up, come by the house later we'll celebrate." Michael told Franklin. "I'll wire your cut once the rocks have been sold." Lester told Frank and Steph. "Sounds good." Steph replied. "Wanna ride home babe?" Franklin asked Stephanie. "Yeah let's go." She replied taking Franklin's hand. "See you uncle M." Steph told Michael. "See you, good job both of you." Michael replied. Franklin and Steph left eh scene and left Michael and Lester alone.