A Return To The Sun

CHAPTER 2-THE PLAN

Same disclaimer and requests as before. If you didn't read the first chapter, here's a brief summary. Lupin, Goemon, and Jigen are on a plane for Rio.they meet Zenigata.they escape.they meet Fujko driving a baggage cart on the runway.and that's about it. Wow, seems much easier for me to have written that then the 2 or 3 pages the last one was. You'd have gotten the same information. **************************************************************************** *********

Scene: In Fujiko's car, after driving to the short term parking lot.and holding up traffic.

"So, you got a place here?" asked Lupin.

"Yep. Got a nice suite with a view of the water. It's also only around 50 miles to the jungle."

"Only 50 miles? If we're gonna be driving that far, we'd better be making some stops at McDonald's or something. Do they have McDonald's here?"

Fujiko ignored him, and sped up. Lupin's chatter filled the car for all of 5 minutes before Fujiko deftly swerved into a parking garage down the street from the hotel. They walked up to the room, a short time for which Lupin was mercifully quiet.

"Here we are." Fujiko pushed the door open to a splendid suite, resplendent with 2 bedrooms, a living room, and a bathroom, and a large oak grandfather clock. The time read 6:19. "6:19?? Holy hell, my watch must've stopped. No- wait.it's ticking. Oh-heh heh. Sorry. Forgot to adjust it. Thought it was 8 am." Lupin made the necessary adjustments, and flopped into a couch next to Goemon. "So Fuji-cakes, what's the deal here? Where's this diamond?"

"It's in a heavily guarded museum-like place in the heart of the jungle. 2 or 3 lightly armed guards patrol it, because there's some other pretty valuable stuff in there, but this is the prize.unless you like evidence of conspiracy. 2 entrances, 3 exits. We'll be going in and out from the roof, because there are no alarms up there. Boy, you'd think they'd learn. Leaving such an obvious entrance open-sounds like something out of a bad story. Anyway, the guard shifts at 11:00, so we'll be hitting it around 10:45. This way, we've got unaware, tired guards. It should take about a minute to reach the room with the diamond in it from the roof. From there, I allowed 5 minutes for the actual heist, and another 3 or 4 minutes for an escape, in case something goes wrong. So, we should be back at the roof right around 10:55. We wait for the new guards to arrive, then descend the roof, and hop on the van that brought them there. We get rid of the driver and speed away."

"Uh, question. Isn't this a jungle we're talking about?" Jigen asked.

Fujiko nodded. "Yes, it is."

"So.how are we just taking and driving a van out of a jungle?"

"Easy," Fujiko replied. "There's a dirt and gravel road that leads to the building from the entrance of the jungle, so that the guards can get in and out. Then we ditch the van after we reach my car, and drive back to the airport. By this time, we'll have wrapped up the diamond, declared it as some sort of donation to a U.S. museum, and we'll be on the plane for home in no time. First class, too-my treat."

Well, that's all. I don't really expect that it was too exciting, but I had to post it. Plus, just as the chapter title says, it's The Plan. I'm out for now, expect another chapter within a week barring laziness. Peace.