WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG?
Chapter 4
Author: Sandersgirl
-"Captain Brass!"
Brass turned to the source of the voice and saw a young officer handing him a phone.
-"It's from the store."
He sighed and took the phone.
-"This is captain Brass from Las Vegas Police Department, who am I talking to?"
-"You can call me Joe," replied a calmed voice.
-"Okay, Joe. Is everybody alright in there?"
-"Yeah."
-"Good, now listen. There are six armed cops out here, so you have two options. A: free the hostages and come out; or B: we get in there. And believe me, that's not the best option. Nobody should get hurt."
Brass could hear Joe laughing.
-"Who do you think you are talking to, captain?" His tone wasn't calmed anymore. "I'm not retarded. I know how this works, I was a cop myself, you know?"
-"Really? Where?"
-"You are a really funny guy Captain, but we are no going out yet. First of all, I don't wanna go to jail, and neither do my friends. Can you promise me that?"
-"Free the hostages first."
-"Okay. To show you that I'm cooperating, I'm going to free the women."
-"Good. I'll call you later, after making sure they're okay."
-"Fine with me. Bye."
Inside the store...
Foxy hung up the phone and signaled his friends to approach.
-"We are freeing the women, ok?"
They nodded.
-"Good, that kid's cries are giving me a headache", King Kong said.
Piggy glared at him and then turned to Foxy.
-"Is this going to work?"
-"I don't know. If we don't get anything after freeing the women we'll have to take plan B."
-"And what's that?"
-"Get out of here."
-"How?"
-"We can take a hostage. They won't shoot us if one of them is with us."
They approached the group of hostages and Foxy spoke.
-"Okay, everybody, listen up!"
They all looked up, minus Greg who was lying on the floor, resting his head on Sara's lap.
-"Hey you! This isn't place to take a nap!" he said, kicking him in the stomach.
Greg moaned in pain.
-"Leave him alone!" Sara shouted angrily. "He's not okay."
-"What's up with him?" Foxy asked, crouching down to their level.
-"Your friend hit him in the head and he has a concussion", she replied.
-"Oh", he said simply, "he'll survive". He stood up and spoke again. "Okay guys, this is the deal. Women out, now!"
Lily and her mom hurried to the door. Sara didn't move.
-"What are you waiting for?" Foxy asked.
-"I'm not going anywhere unless you free my friend too," she stated firmly.
He looked at her and then at Greg.
-"Okay."
Sara looked relaxed visibly.
-"Stay if you want", he added, walking away.
-"Captain Brass! Two hostages are out!"
He saw the woman and the little girl being attended by an officer.
-"Give me the phone!"
For Greg the last hour passed in a blur. He was on and off like a switch. He opened his eyes and had to close them again, the light was too bright and his head hurt. He opened them again trying to get used to it. He was feeling dizzy again. He looked around. Where am I? Is this the 7-11? Who are those people?, he was very confused and couldn't remember why he was there.
He sat up in an upright position and then he felt a hand on his shoulder.
-"How are you feeling Greg?"
He turned and saw Sara. Had he been sleeping on her lap? He couldn't wait to tell Nicky and Warrick about it...
Greg looked around again and then he remembered.
-"Greg?" she looked worried.
-"I'm fine. It's just that for a moment I couldn't remember what was going on," he replied, rubbing his temple.
-"Does it hurt?"
-"Not much," he lied.
Then the phone rang and everybody froze.
In the parking lot Brass was waiting for Joe to pick up the pone.
-"Captain, I did my part. Now it's your turn."
-"Sorry Joe. You know that I can't let you go."
-"I knew you were gonna say that. That doesn't leave me many options."
'Joe' didn't talk for a while, and Brass knew that he was thinking.
-"Joe?"
-"Ok Captain, you win. We'll go out."
Brass hung the phone and talked to the officers situated behind him. Another group had arrived a few minutes ago.
-"They're coming out", he said, "Have your guns ready in case they try something. Don't shoot unless I give the order, ok? I don't like this guy at all, be prepared."
They all nodded.
Inside the store everybody was nervous now, Greg and Sara could notice
it. You could smell the tension in the air.
Then the three robbers lifted them from the floor, they didn't put up any fight, it was useless. But the third hostage suddenly had a panic attack and begun screaming and kicking.
-"Noooo! I don't wanna die! Please, leave me here! Pleeeease...!"
His shouts were interrupted by a hit on the back of his head, and he fell to the floor.
-"We don't need him, two are enough."
Then they left the store hurriedly, taking Greg and Sara with them.
The cops were pointing their guns towards them from behind their cars, waiting for a signal from Brass to shoot. He was about to give the order when he saw who the hostages were.
-"Oh God..."
They saw how they get in a grey van and they speed away, leaving a stunned Brass behind.
-"Don't follow them, they would kill them", he said. Then he took his phone and made a call.
-"Gil, you're not going to like this at all..."
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