CHAPTER 21
UNION BANK
"Lucy there isn't much time, the guards are coming back!" Scud's panicked voice rang from the radio. Lucy looked up just from her hole in the ground then up at the stacks of money that needed to be taken out.
"Shit! I need some one to stall them. Scud get Nikki and Janet." Lucy commanded as she began to just push the bags to the hole. Lucy pulled out a flare and threw it down to lit the bottom to see. "Anyone down there?!"
"Boss we're ready to go." One of her workers announced standing under the hole with a crate. Lucy began to kick the bags down quickly as possible by groups. "Some help here would be nice!" she screamed and Amy ran into the safe with the other men. They began to throw the bags in quickly all at once.
OUTSIDE THE BANK
"Janet cover me, I'm going to that bush down to the right." Nikki explained pulling Janet around to face her.
"What? That's too far you'll get killed!" Janet shrieked in protest as they stayed crouched down behind a bush.
"Look if we come from different places we just might be able to take them down. Now don't argue, we need to act fast, more then half the men here are dead." Nikki growled ducking down from the rifle shot that was just about her head. She looked up and around her; the guards were getting bigger in groups and coming closer.
Nikki looked back to Janet nodding at her once they've made eye contact and got up running. Taking that as the cue Janet popped up from her hiding spot and fired out to the guards in front of her. They jolted back trying to dodge the shots as some landed right on to the men. Like Lucy Janet and Nikki has darts.
Nikki looked back to her nodding that she was; ok as she crouched down behind a bush of her own. Peeking out between the leaves she could see the on going battle up the front. Guards were crowed on the front entrance of the wall all spread out ducking for coverage as they shot out. Nikki ducked down lower cringing as a bullet was put out towards her zipping right past her. Just a few inches from her ear, the breeze of the bullet was the only thing left to show her it had actually passed by almost killing her.
Taking one little last glance to Janet she pushed up firing out blindly to the suited men. Janet did nothing but follow shooting out her rounds as well. They took no second to fall back and only rushed forward running to the opening. The darts hitting their direct targets as they went along, Nikki ran up to the guard in front of her and back handed him with her left fist the blow knocking him clear off his feet, leaving him knocked out to the ground.
"Scud the guards are down! For now, tell Lucy to GET the hell out of there! She needs to make that call if she's even a minute late her kids will be having nice bullet holes right in their heads." Nikki screamed in to her radio as she looked down the halls for any more men.
"It's all ready been told we're sending a helicopter to pick her up and lift her out. You just hold them back stay on your feet. More men are on their way." Scud replied on edge from this fast going action.
"Where's Dominique?!" Nikki screamed over the gun fire while she shot out down the hall. Like Scud had foreseen more men had sprinted their way down the halls ready for combat.
"I've send her inside to help Lucy. You just hang in there until it's time to leave." Scud responded Janet had pulled out a bomb throwing the grenade right down the hall.
"Duck!" she shrieked going behind the wall as the bomb exploded shaking the building. They pulled out from their spots shooting out into the dust cloud that surrounded them.
CONSTRUCTION SIGHT
"Max we have a problem." Bobby announced looking into the distance of the high way. She walked over taking a look her self, her expression from aggravation to shock in 10 seconds flat. Right in the distances was the real construction crew truck making it way over here.
"Shit, hurry up." Max ordered out Bobby rushed over to the workers
"There's still more of a load to be let in." Bobby informed
"Well bring them in quicker!" Max growled watching the truck draw in closer.
UNION BANK-INSIDE
"Lucy, we have a problem." Amy announced peeking out to the halls before her. The brunette rushed over to her side taking a look her self.
"Shit they're catching on." She hissed seeing a group of guards running down her. "Scud, where's that damn helicopter?!"
"Just five minutes Lucy, hold on." Scud responded
"I don't HAVE five minutes!" Lucy screamed pulling out her gun and fired. Pushing back two men to slow down the group. "Amy help them put the money in. We have 7 more bags."
Amy ran back in franticly pushing the bags a long the floor.
"Lucy you better hurry, Max and Bobby are having some problems of their own. You need to make that call you only have 10 minutes left." Scud pointed out
"I'm on it!" Lucy grunted out as she shot, disabling another man to the ground. Completely unaware of the man that was sneaking behind her; his gun already out and slowly aimed to her head. He held a sinister grin on his face for his kill, just about to take place. This mind thinking, The Great Lucy Diamond; about to be killed right in his hands what a victory and a brilliant triumph.
Before he could even be given that victory he was struck upon. A grunt let out of his mouth just as he fell to the ground fast a sleep. Lucy spun around to see Dominique facing her, her face expressionless as always. Lucy gave her an appreciated smile and went back to her own shooting.
"Lucy the bags are in, we HAVE to leave!" Amy cried running in to the hall.
"Your helicopter is set Lucy, race up to the roof it'll land to pick you up." Scud announced Lucy ran out with Amy by her side as Dominique went to fend of the men the best she could.
Their hearts raced, their bodies shaking, lungs burning and screaming for desperate need of air they just couldn't give into right now. They had to reach the top, they had to leave and so very quickly. A man lashed out tackling Lucy head first into a wall. Amy screamed out for her safety at the sudden attack they were so close to the stair well door.
Lucy yelled out from the fist blow to her face, her head spinning and pounding. She blinked to clear her blurred vision and head butted the guy straight in the nose. The satisfying cracking of his nose breaking was pure music to her ears at this very moment. She took his pain as a leeway to break free from his iron tight grip around her arms. She kneed him between the legs getting him to yelp out again and elbowed him in the face.
Losing his balance and let her go, Lucy ran off to the door with Amy behind her, they hurried up the stairs as if their lives depended on it. And it did in a way but most importantly it was for the kids' safety to keep them alive just for a few more days.
The cool night air brushed against their hot flushed faces when they reached the top of the opened roof door. They relished its cool breezed air for only a second and ran to the edge of the roof for their great escape. Only their ride wasn't here Lucy blinked beginning to finally go in a berserk panic.
"Scud where IS our fucking ride?!" she screamed looking around into the thick night sky. She could hear yelling in the halls of the roof door they weren't that far away.
"It's coming its coming!" he yelled back just as freaked out as his best friend. The roaring sound of the helicopter engine and harsh brutally wind of the propellers of the aircraft whipping at their faces was pure joy to their senses right now.
It hovered over the roof and the two women backed away to let it land. At that time the guards from the bank had bust in and instantly fired. They hit the ground just as the sound of the guns went off and the aircraft stopped from its landing.
"Shit!" Lucy screamed looking up to them while laid onto the ground.
"There's too many of them." Amy pointed out Lucy looked up needing to think of a plan.
"The helicopter!" she screamed over the noise. "We can still get on!"
"What?!" Amy cried looking back her at she had barely just missed a bullet from piercing her shoulder.
"We can still get on! It's not that far up to jump on!" Lucy explained pushing her self off the ground and ran over.
"You're crazy!" Amy exclaimed going over her self Lucy jumped up to the ride; her hands latching on to the landing gear of the aircraft.
"Come on!" she urged Amy took a deep breath swallowing back her fear and jumped on. "Go, get out of here!"
The helicopter pulled up as the two held on for dear life as the ride went higher and higher to the air.
"Oh god! Oh god!" Amy pleaded closing her eyes her arms in a bear hug to the poles that held her life.
"Just hold on!" Lucy coached seeing the fear displayed on her features.
"Lucy you have to make that call!" Scud reminded yet again
"Fuck," she sighed out looking up to the rider. "Bring us down!"
Glancing at her watch, Lucy only had 5 minutes to make that call and every second was counting as it easily just ticked away.
"Any one got a phone?!" Lucy asked as the aircraft lowered down to the ground below. That was the big question right about now and they just hung on in prayer for the answer.