We lay John in the back and hook his IV up to the handle on the ceiling of the car. He might not even need the blood. I hop in the passenger seat as AJ drives off. I'm just running through all the shit that's happened since Ghost came back. I knew we shouldn't have worked with him. I should have fought harder to get everyone not to go with the plan. We're close to the airport when AJ informs me we need to stop for gas. I'm glad there aren't a lot of people at this station. The last thing we need is for someone to see John.
I close my eyes and take a deep breath. Ghost was so pissed at us when he got caught. We all should have realized he would want revenge. I'm just shocked he had the balls to engage with Russians and double cross them. They are ruthless. The money he got from the 04 job and the 250 grand I'm pretty sure isn't going to Russians wouldn't be enough motivation for me to fuck them over. I'm guessing he was hoping we'd take each other out. He would need to be going for a bigger payout…
"Shit." I mumble, before pulling out my phone and calling G.
"Talk to me." G says, answering his phone
"We're almost to the airport." I respond.
"Yea, me too." He says back and I run my fingers through my hair.
"Here me out G." I say
"What's up?" He says
"Ghost has had the jump on us from the start right? Why would he take us all out? And then only settle for the money from the 04 job." I say, voicing my fear. Hearing out loud makes it all the more probable.
"He wouldn't." G says
"He's planning on taking all the money." I say, feeling my adrenaline start to pump again.
"Shit, Scott has all the money." G says, as I motion for AJ to hurry up.
"Exactly. We're on the way." I reply before hanging up the phone. AJ gets back in the car. "We need to hurry. Ghost is going after all the money and Scott has it at the airport." We pull out from the gas station quickly and we're speeding down the hallway
We get to the airport and see G's car. I open AJ's glove compartment and bang on the top. It opens up and a little handgun is there.
"How'd you know I keep that there?" He asks and I smile slightly at him.
"I know everything about you." I say with a wink before my expression gets serious. "I need you to stay and watch John." He goes to interrupt, but I put my finger to his mouth. "I need to finish this." He reluctantly nods his head before giving me a quick peck. I jump out the car and run towards the airstrip with my gun raised.
The closer I get, I hear people yelling.
"You got caught, Ghost! You got caught. You knew the game when you were playing it." I hear G say
"You left me back there to die like I weren't shit." I see Ghost say as I come around a truck. It's now or never.
"You aint shit, Ghost." I say, stepping out where they can see me.
"What? I put you in this crew!" Ghost says and I shake my head.
"You didn't put me in anything. Jake and G put me in the group. If it was up to you I probably wouldn't have been in the crew." I say, walking closer to G.
"And maybe I wouldn't have gone to jail. That was your job right? You were our eyes and ears. Where were you when I was running from the damn police?" Ghost asks pointing his finger at me
"Screw you Ghost! That wasn't my fault. I was watching 3 other guys. You are the one that went a different way. You knew the area better than me and you had a shortcut. You were always trying to one up me. Well congratulations, your arrogance landed you in jail. Stop blaming me for something that was clearly your fault." I practically hiss at him. That's what this was all about. His revenge. Well he's not gonna win. Not this time.
"I have a right to be arrogant. I put together one of the best heist crews the world has seen. That was all me." Ghost says, waving his hands
"No, Ghost. We put that crew together. Me and you. That's problem, you really aint shit." G says and before anyone else can talk I hear yelling from behind me.
"Drop your weapons! Drop it! Police! Put them down!" A cop yells. G and I looked at the cop and that's when Ghost pulled his gun out. My body is on full alert right now. Four people all with guns is not a good mix.
"Stay out of this! If you get in the way, I'll shoot you too." G yells at the officer
"You better listen to him." Ghost says, pointing his gun at G.
"For the last time, drop them!" The officer says
"See you." Ghost mumbles, before shooting G. I shoot at him and he shoots at me. G is shooting at Ghost and the cop. The cop is shooting at all of us. I drop to the floor and the shooting dies down. I lift my head up to see Ghost left untouched. How did that happen?
"What did y'all expect me to do? You took my money from me, my bitch from me, you just put me out the group, huh? You thought I was gonna let that shit go?" Ghost asks, standing over us. G is on his back while I'm on my stomach.
"You got caught!" G yells again, trying to get it to seep into Ghost's mind. I'm watching Ghost over my shoulder. I could tell it was a lost cause. He's man looking for revenge.
"Aight, I see now. It was all business for you. Well this shit just got real person." Ghost says pointing at G.
"Ghost." I say and he looks at me. "Lily was never yours. She wasn't your bitch, you were nothing. She never loved you. She wanted the stature. She told me all about it. Now Jake, she loves him so much. That's that epic love. I doubt you know about that." I finish hitting him where it hurts. During my revelation, I'm slowly getting my gun. His face is covered in rage and as he goes to shoot me and I whip around with gun in hand to shoot him. He's taken down before I get a round off. I tilt my head back to see AJ.
He walks to us and kicks the gun from Ghost. I get up and walk over to Ghost. He's not dead yet.
"Don't worry about it Baby girl. Lily aint anyone's bitch anymore." He says and starts laughing. I shake my head at him.
"You are so sorry." I say, before turning away from him. A gun goes off and I look over my shoulder, Ghost has a bullet in his head. AJ lowers his gun and walks to me. He grabs my face.
"Are you ok?" He asks and I nod my head.
"I didn't get shot, at least not again. I just got down while the shots were being popped up. I was hoping I'd get one over him, but then you showed up." I say, with a hint of annoyance.
"Excuse me for trying to save your ass." He says, and I pat his cheek.
"You're excused." I say, grinning. It's that moment I start feeling some pain. I guess my back gunshot wound didn't appreciate the fall I took. I glance toward the officer and see him going for his gun. I walk toward him with mine raised.
"Don't move! Don't you move." I say, kicking the gun away from him. I look at his face and my face breaks out in recognition. "You're Hatcher's partner."
"You're the nurse." He says and I don't acknowledge him. I put my gun away and kneel beside him.
"I hope you know how sorry I am about this. You never should have got involved." I say, and I don't expect him to answer. Shit, I don't expect him to acknowledge my condolences at all. I turn from him and walk back over to the guys.
"Let's go." I say, before taking one last look at the officer before leaving.
