Chapter Eight
Chaos theory
We stood outside the diamond store. Inside I could see about five diamond cases, a counter with two registers, six guards, two women behind the counters, and probably twelve customers. In the back was where the manager and his offices were, but more importantly, the safe. No one had noticed that the cameras were no longer blinking. The walls inside were covered in an oak paneling. Paintings hung on the walls and to one side I could see two wooden doors marked "bathroom." The floor was covered in white marble tiles with a burgundy carpet laid across it.
Without another moment Mr. Green and Mr. Spots were through the door yelling. The guards and every one else had their hands up and were forming a tightly knit group in one of the corners of the building. In another moment Deigo had joined them, but he was a bit more relaxed. Me and Randall headed to the back of the place. As we went through the doors behind the counter the manager and two other well dressed guys stepped through a different door, they were probably having a meeting when we came in. They were about to run back trough the doors, but Randall started yelling at them. I proceeded toward the safe with my bag of goodies.
"Oh no way, man! You go join you friends. Don't go back into those offices! I'll blow you heads off, now move it! Come on, come on!" Randall was doing his best to control the three guys. His best was really good. They finally walked out through the doors. I could here the yelling. "Get over here, you hear me? I said now!"
I looked over at Randall; we both knew Spots was getting out of control. "Get Deigo back here, if something bad goes down out there I don't want him getting hurt." Randall nodded; he had been thinking the same thing. He disappeared through the doors and in a few seconds reappeared with Deigo walking next to him. By now I had the equipment out of the bag. In my hands were an electric drill, a detonator, a small bag full of wires, and a two pound brick of C4 plastic explosive. I smiled and began my handy work.
First, I started drilling a hole in the door. The drill made a screeching noise as it slowly began to burrow into the door. The entire room was being showered in sparks. I looked over at the door to the front of the store and listened for a moment. I could hear all kinds of fussing and screaming outside. "Put that gun down, put it down, now! Go get it. I'll do it, so help me I'll do it. Touch the alarm and every body here dies! Get back over here lady, now" I heard a loud thud and then the screaming of a young woman. Someone's noses had just been smashed in with the butt of a gun; I knew just who had done it too. "See what I did, you'll be next if you don't shut up!" By now all three of us understood the severity of the situation, I had just finished drilling.
"Hurry up! It's getting real ugly out there!" Deigo was looking out the door again. "Don't worry, I'm almost done. Just get ready to take cover." Randall and Deigo looked at me and opened the door the manager had come out through. They were ready when I was.
I stuffed half the C4 into the hole and started hooking the detonator and wires into the blob. Within thirty seconds after that the door was ready to go. I set the bomb for ten seconds and looked over at my brothers. "Get in the offices now, go!" With that I grabbed the bag and we ran through the doors to the offices and waited for the boom. We waited for what seemed like an eternity when, finally the ear splitting roar came ripping down the hallway. It rattled the walls and broke the windows. I remember it well; it was like a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin factory.
We ran out the doors to find the scorched vault wide open ready to be looted. I opened the bag and all three of us ran into the smoky room. In a small metal box Deigo found the stones. We grabbed them and stuffed them into the bag. I looked over at Deigo and Randall with a smiled, "This bag is still a little light, don't you think?" Without another word we all smiled and started emptying the other boxes. Then we heard it.
"Don't touch that alarm, don't you do it, I said . . .* BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM* We looked at each other wide eyed, "Oh, crap!"
Deigo stuck his head through the door and yelled back at us, "Spots just wasted every body except Green. They're all dead!" In the distance I could hear the screaming of distant sirens. I tossed the bag to Randall and started slopping the C4 on the back wall.
"What are you doing?" Randall yelled, he was starting to panic. I looked over at him, "We aint' going out the front door alive, so we're going out the back. There's an alley behind this wall. So, we're going to go down the alley, shoot our way to a car and drive back to the rendezvous."
Deigo looked at me, "Good idea, we won't be able to get to your car with the cops all around it. They're probably going to use it as cover if Spots starts a shootout." Deigo looked out the door again, "The cops are already outside, how is that possible, Nice Guy clipped the security system, right?" I didn't know, nor did I have time to think about it.
I stood up and stepped back. I could hear more yelling coming from behind the doors. "Freeze, get down! Get down! Get down now or I'll smoke yo . . .* BOOM, BOOM, BOOM* I knew we had to get out of there fast. Spots had just smoked a cop. I raised my gun and aimed it at the C4.
I hid behind a wall and screamed, "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Randall and Deigo jumped back into the offices and I fired. Once again a roaring explosion ripped through the building. In the back of my mind I had feared the explosion would bring down the building, fortunately it didn't. Who ever had built the building knew his stuff. I climbed back to my feet. I dusted myself off and waited for my bothers. They crawled out of the hall and stood up. They both had their guns drawn and Randall still had the bag gripped in his hand, his knuckles were white.
"Let's get out of here, now!" Randall and Deigo looked at me and we all started running down the alley. We had just gotten out and were running down the street when the cops had gotten wind of our escape. They were hauling down the street as fast as they could. I turned around and fired. I hit one of them in the knee and the others dove behind a parked car. "Why'd you miss?" I looked over at Randall and spoke, "I didn't miss." He smiled. Suddenly Deigo saw a black 79' Scorcher coming down the road.
"Come on, this looks like our ride." We ran out in front of the car. I threw open the door and there sat a female monster. She looked about 25; she was covered in neon red fur and had about five eyes. But that wasn't what I was worried about. I was more worried about the .38 Magnum she had pointed at me. I only had about a second to react, which was all the time I needed. I jumped to the left just as she fired. I suddenly felt a hot pain sweep over my head. I screamed in agony as Randall came around and blew her away before she got another shot. Deigo began to drag her lifeless body out of the car.
I put my hand on top of my head and looked at it. It was covered in blood. "I'm shot! She shot me!" Randall looked at me, "You'll be fine, she didn't hit anything, she just nicked you, don't be such a wuss. Don't worry you're fine!" I pulled myself together and we piled into the car. I looked in the mirror, that monster had blown off my part of my front frond. I looked over at Deigo, "It's not bad, but it isn't good ether. You're fine; you just don't have one of your fronds anymore, that's all. It aint that big a deal." He handed me some napkins from the glovebox, "Here, this might help stop the bleeding." I took the napkins and pressed them to the top of my head. "Thanks." Deigo looked at me and smiled.
"Here we go!" Randall yelled as he floored the little car for all it was worth. I looked back at the cops as we sped past. We flew past the diamond store. Cops were every ware. Some of them were hiding behind cars, others were dead. There was no sign of Mr. Spots or Mr. Green. The car went even faster as we went past the cops bullets whizzed past the car. They shot out the windshield and blew out a tire, but we kept going. In a minute we were gone and the cops couldn't catch us. I didn't know what had happened to Al or Fungus, their van was gone.
We stood outside the diamond store. Inside I could see about five diamond cases, a counter with two registers, six guards, two women behind the counters, and probably twelve customers. In the back was where the manager and his offices were, but more importantly, the safe. No one had noticed that the cameras were no longer blinking. The walls inside were covered in an oak paneling. Paintings hung on the walls and to one side I could see two wooden doors marked "bathroom." The floor was covered in white marble tiles with a burgundy carpet laid across it.
Without another moment Mr. Green and Mr. Spots were through the door yelling. The guards and every one else had their hands up and were forming a tightly knit group in one of the corners of the building. In another moment Deigo had joined them, but he was a bit more relaxed. Me and Randall headed to the back of the place. As we went through the doors behind the counter the manager and two other well dressed guys stepped through a different door, they were probably having a meeting when we came in. They were about to run back trough the doors, but Randall started yelling at them. I proceeded toward the safe with my bag of goodies.
"Oh no way, man! You go join you friends. Don't go back into those offices! I'll blow you heads off, now move it! Come on, come on!" Randall was doing his best to control the three guys. His best was really good. They finally walked out through the doors. I could here the yelling. "Get over here, you hear me? I said now!"
I looked over at Randall; we both knew Spots was getting out of control. "Get Deigo back here, if something bad goes down out there I don't want him getting hurt." Randall nodded; he had been thinking the same thing. He disappeared through the doors and in a few seconds reappeared with Deigo walking next to him. By now I had the equipment out of the bag. In my hands were an electric drill, a detonator, a small bag full of wires, and a two pound brick of C4 plastic explosive. I smiled and began my handy work.
First, I started drilling a hole in the door. The drill made a screeching noise as it slowly began to burrow into the door. The entire room was being showered in sparks. I looked over at the door to the front of the store and listened for a moment. I could hear all kinds of fussing and screaming outside. "Put that gun down, put it down, now! Go get it. I'll do it, so help me I'll do it. Touch the alarm and every body here dies! Get back over here lady, now" I heard a loud thud and then the screaming of a young woman. Someone's noses had just been smashed in with the butt of a gun; I knew just who had done it too. "See what I did, you'll be next if you don't shut up!" By now all three of us understood the severity of the situation, I had just finished drilling.
"Hurry up! It's getting real ugly out there!" Deigo was looking out the door again. "Don't worry, I'm almost done. Just get ready to take cover." Randall and Deigo looked at me and opened the door the manager had come out through. They were ready when I was.
I stuffed half the C4 into the hole and started hooking the detonator and wires into the blob. Within thirty seconds after that the door was ready to go. I set the bomb for ten seconds and looked over at my brothers. "Get in the offices now, go!" With that I grabbed the bag and we ran through the doors to the offices and waited for the boom. We waited for what seemed like an eternity when, finally the ear splitting roar came ripping down the hallway. It rattled the walls and broke the windows. I remember it well; it was like a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin factory.
We ran out the doors to find the scorched vault wide open ready to be looted. I opened the bag and all three of us ran into the smoky room. In a small metal box Deigo found the stones. We grabbed them and stuffed them into the bag. I looked over at Deigo and Randall with a smiled, "This bag is still a little light, don't you think?" Without another word we all smiled and started emptying the other boxes. Then we heard it.
"Don't touch that alarm, don't you do it, I said . . .* BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM* We looked at each other wide eyed, "Oh, crap!"
Deigo stuck his head through the door and yelled back at us, "Spots just wasted every body except Green. They're all dead!" In the distance I could hear the screaming of distant sirens. I tossed the bag to Randall and started slopping the C4 on the back wall.
"What are you doing?" Randall yelled, he was starting to panic. I looked over at him, "We aint' going out the front door alive, so we're going out the back. There's an alley behind this wall. So, we're going to go down the alley, shoot our way to a car and drive back to the rendezvous."
Deigo looked at me, "Good idea, we won't be able to get to your car with the cops all around it. They're probably going to use it as cover if Spots starts a shootout." Deigo looked out the door again, "The cops are already outside, how is that possible, Nice Guy clipped the security system, right?" I didn't know, nor did I have time to think about it.
I stood up and stepped back. I could hear more yelling coming from behind the doors. "Freeze, get down! Get down! Get down now or I'll smoke yo . . .* BOOM, BOOM, BOOM* I knew we had to get out of there fast. Spots had just smoked a cop. I raised my gun and aimed it at the C4.
I hid behind a wall and screamed, "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Randall and Deigo jumped back into the offices and I fired. Once again a roaring explosion ripped through the building. In the back of my mind I had feared the explosion would bring down the building, fortunately it didn't. Who ever had built the building knew his stuff. I climbed back to my feet. I dusted myself off and waited for my bothers. They crawled out of the hall and stood up. They both had their guns drawn and Randall still had the bag gripped in his hand, his knuckles were white.
"Let's get out of here, now!" Randall and Deigo looked at me and we all started running down the alley. We had just gotten out and were running down the street when the cops had gotten wind of our escape. They were hauling down the street as fast as they could. I turned around and fired. I hit one of them in the knee and the others dove behind a parked car. "Why'd you miss?" I looked over at Randall and spoke, "I didn't miss." He smiled. Suddenly Deigo saw a black 79' Scorcher coming down the road.
"Come on, this looks like our ride." We ran out in front of the car. I threw open the door and there sat a female monster. She looked about 25; she was covered in neon red fur and had about five eyes. But that wasn't what I was worried about. I was more worried about the .38 Magnum she had pointed at me. I only had about a second to react, which was all the time I needed. I jumped to the left just as she fired. I suddenly felt a hot pain sweep over my head. I screamed in agony as Randall came around and blew her away before she got another shot. Deigo began to drag her lifeless body out of the car.
I put my hand on top of my head and looked at it. It was covered in blood. "I'm shot! She shot me!" Randall looked at me, "You'll be fine, she didn't hit anything, she just nicked you, don't be such a wuss. Don't worry you're fine!" I pulled myself together and we piled into the car. I looked in the mirror, that monster had blown off my part of my front frond. I looked over at Deigo, "It's not bad, but it isn't good ether. You're fine; you just don't have one of your fronds anymore, that's all. It aint that big a deal." He handed me some napkins from the glovebox, "Here, this might help stop the bleeding." I took the napkins and pressed them to the top of my head. "Thanks." Deigo looked at me and smiled.
"Here we go!" Randall yelled as he floored the little car for all it was worth. I looked back at the cops as we sped past. We flew past the diamond store. Cops were every ware. Some of them were hiding behind cars, others were dead. There was no sign of Mr. Spots or Mr. Green. The car went even faster as we went past the cops bullets whizzed past the car. They shot out the windshield and blew out a tire, but we kept going. In a minute we were gone and the cops couldn't catch us. I didn't know what had happened to Al or Fungus, their van was gone.