Hey there ! Sorry for my eternal absence but I was stuck since a long time into Ace Attorney Online. That website is too badass ! So I come back and since I probably got unfinished business... I simply decided to present you a new story who popped up into my mind by magic.
I am warning you : this story isn't related directly to any GTA. Even if some references may be found. All resemblances with reality are coincidencial. And also risk of very mature content (sex,extreme violence,children deaths... ). You are warned !
" Daddy,are we there yet ?! "
" Darling,calm down. It's only thirty minutes before we arrive. "
" But I am bored ! I wanna play a game ! "
" You know I can't take care of you while I'm driving. "
" Then we can play some kind of game while you drive ! "
" *sigh* Alright. Well... How about... we do some guesses ? "
" Yeah ! I love guessing ! "
" Alright. So... I am pink,I am fat and I live in Africa. Who am I ? "
" Hmm... Pink,fat,Africa... No,I can't see who it is... "
" A pink elephant ! "
" What ?! "
" Yeah ! It was actually a pink elephant ! "
" That's not fair ! You cheated ! "
" Hey no one told me there were rules in guessing. "
" Alright. You'll see what I prepared for you ! So... I'm invisble,I move fast and I can change forme whenever I want. Who am I ? "
" Huh... Well... Isn't it... The Invisible Man ?... "
" No it was the wind ! "
" Guess I deserved that one. Oh look ! We're arrived sooner than expected ! "
" Hey ! I thought it remained thirty minutes before we arrive. "
" Actually... I told you that because I hope you would sleep fast enough to give me peace. "
" Haha. So can I go out please ? "
" Of course,honey ! But don't get far away. I don't wanna you to get lost. "
" Okay ! I will stay out of trouble ! "
After that short dialogue,father and daughter get ouf of the car,the little girl reaching the mall at full speed,with her father desperately following her at the same speed as a turtle. The girl keeps running,mimicking a plane,while turning around the other people who happily react to this childishness.
Then both get into the mall. The girl keeps running everywhere while interacting with the few people inside,such as little boys,clowns,sellers and also grandmas. Her dad smiles to her each time she has fun. Then he brings her to the greatest shop of the place. They stop by the frozen food section in order to buy a few things for their fridge.
" What do you wanna buy,honey ? "
" All the ice creams ! " She answers,showing the lot of ice creams in the refrigerators.
" Seriously ?! " The adult reacts sternly.
" Just kidding. I would like the strawberry ones. "
" And one box of strawberries for the lady ! "
The father takes the big box out of the fridge and places it into the caddie they brought from the entrance. Then he orders to his daughter to wait for him next to the cashier. He goes to follow the running girl,but something catches his eyes.
An electrician passes by,ignoring everyone,and enters in the staff's room at the end of the room. Normally the man wouldn't question any of this,but he does a little reflexion. He looks at the ceiling and astonishly,all the LED work perfectly. So he doesn't understand why they would need an electrician. Furthermore,this one wasn't bringing his usual tools. Even if he mistakes,he sure knows he should do something about it...
Suddenly,he looks to the left,he looks to the right... No one notices him. Then he takes a glare at his daughter,who is currently talking to a boy who is as young as her. Knowing she is distracted,the father worrily walks to the door and gets slowly to the other side,ununderstanding what he is doing right now.
He arrives into a corridor. Hopefully no one instantly comes to kick him out. So he walks forward,feeling his heart beat at speed 100 and afraid of anyone who might appear from nowhere and blame him. After a few seconds of walk,he arrives in front of the security room door. Surprisingly it isn't locked. He can see the screens' lights coming out of the opening. So he curiously opens the door and finds the room totally empty. The only noise accompagnying him is the screens emitting some malfunction... Then he finds out. The cameras are actually shut down.
Then he thinks that it won't hurt to help the guards to exercise their job correctly. So he quietly goes to turn the cameras on,knowing a little bit about the controls of the cameras thanks to his job. But a big surprise awaited him : the button to trigger the cameras... has been literally rippen off ! Someone intentionally and definitely deactivated the cameras... In prevision of something terrible. The man suddenly fears for his live,but especially,he fears that his daughter might be involved in any kind of danger.
He was gonna to run to find her,but another strange thing caught his sight : something red gets out from the locker. He takes a closer look and understands quickly... It is actually blood. It isn't the first time he sees blood,but seeing there's no reason that blood should come out,his body begins to shake harder than before. So the only thing reasonable he could do was... open this locker. In consequence,his fears were justified : just when he finished opening the door,he encounter a traumatizing view of the securith guard's dead body,with a huge hole on his forehead.
The man nearly screams but remembers just in time how to close his mouth. He quickly closes the door to prevent himself from puking. All of a sudden,he hears footsteps heading to his direction. He freezes instantly,unable to decide how to react,but too late : the door opens... and the technician from before barges in. The citizen really know he shouldn't be here normally but he hadn't the authority to stop him. So he stays silent and afraid.
" What are you doing here ? " The technician answers in a cold tone.
" S-S-Sorry... I-I got lost... "
" Well get out of here. This is only for the staff ! "
" Alright... " The man stops right next to the exit door and thinks for only three. During those long three seconds,he realizes that this man is surely responsible for the guard's death. Impossible it is a coincidence. So he has to do something to stop him before innocents might get hurt. The mall's destiny lies on his hands. He decides to turn around and confront indirectly the doubtful technician.
" Sir... You're not allowed to be here,neither. " That was the only thing that came out of his mind.
" I have been called by the shop to repair those cameras. They don't work out since yesterday. "
" But yesterday they worked perfectly. Thanks to that,a guard managed to stop a low-tier thief. "
That answer made the unknown man upset and sweats slowly come out from his forehead.
" Is that right ?! Then maybe they got broken this night. Maybe a rat came in and ate all those cables in the command. "
" That's not certain it happens. Everyday,a rat catcher comes in to check that no rat is into the commands. "
" You really think you know my job better than myself ?! Who do you think you pretend to me ?! My boss ?! " The stranger suddenly breaks out and is now yelling at the innocent man. " Well if you really think there ain't rats in those commands,I'll show you right away ! Who do you think you are... " The electrician says to himself while he chills out and heads to that console. He takes off the keyboards and encounters the few cables reliated to each other into a big mess.
The electrician carelessly searches for any rat and,when he found none,he gets up and faces the curious intruder.
" Well... Maybe they ran away when I opened it ! You fuck off ! "
" But you haven't told me why you actually came here,if it's not the cameras... "
" And why do you think I came here,otherwise ?! "
" Definitely not to do your so-called "job" ... "
" SHUT THE FUCK UP OR I'LL PUT YOU WITH THE OTHER DEAD FUCKER IN THE... " The enemy again yells out,pointing at the locker with the dead body inside. Understanding at the last second what he said,he quickly shuts up and,the eyes wide opened,whispers a swear to himself.
" I knew it. You killed him ! I gotta call someone ! " The man,finally sure of what has occured,steps away from the murderer to reach the door. Suddenly,he unconsciously knocks onto someone else. He turns around and sees... it was the rat catcher.
" Sir,careful ! That man is a murderer ! Call the police ! " He warns the rat catcher. This one,despite the situation,keeps his calm and reassures the witness.
" Calm down,sir. Get behind me and I'll take care of him. " Meanwhile,the fake electrician sits down and admires the spectacle he is assisting. He lies his arms and head onto the command and sings something silently.
The rat catcher protects the witness with his left arm while both of them get out. Then after he extracted them out of the room... He turns around and punches the father,leaving him knocked out on the floor.
The rat catcher then drags the sleeping man back into the security room,closes the door and faces the technician who is getting back up.
" BADGER ! What the fuck happened ?! He knows about the dead body ! "
" Sorry,but I thought that no one would come here. I made sure no one follows me. "
" Well seems like you failed. " The leader furiously retorts. " Come on ! Let's clean up your mess ! Go get the rope. " He orders as he grabs the corpse and put him against the wall.
His partner ties both forearms up and covers the man's mouth. Then the rat catcher grabs a bag he was hiding from the witness's view and opens it,revealing two assault rifles coming from the Army,from the look of it.
" Here. Don't play with it ! " He throws the weapon at the man named Badger,who catches it easily like a ball.
" Who do you think I am ?! I never play with those guns ! " Badger responds,offensed but frustrated.
" Tell that to the gun who's got thirty bullet holes because of you ! Are the cameras off ? "
" Yep. I wrecked the "On" button. "
" Good... Let's join the others. They surely began the assaulting. Did you put your gloves on before touching the magazine ? "
" Always. " Badger makes notice his dark gloves he was wearing right before to obtain his rifle. The rat catcher was also wearing gloves since he came in. When they're done checking each other,the duo gets out and join... five other thieves who were leading a massive hold-up. They have managed to make everyone sit on the cold floor,even the little girl who has lost sight of her father. She is hiding into a woman's arms protecting also her young son.
The robbers were a total of seven. Including the rat catcher and the technician,there were five others robbers,wearing very dark clothes and extremely hard to identify. Everyone with a gun watches the hostages,while other persons go to empty the supermarket. They also take the money off the cashiers ! One of the thieves mockingly gives one dollar to the hostage before to join his partners.
As they keep stealing everything,one of them stands up and watches the hostages. Then he sees a 10-year-old girl who was hiding. She is holding a lollipop in her small hands. She was obviously very scared and tries to put some distance between the robbers and her.
But the one walking to her keeps heading forward and watches closely her face. She was terrifed and tears come down to her cheeks. The robber then leads his gaze... to the lollipop.
" Hey beauty ! I didn't eat anything since this morning ! Mind if I borrow it ? " But the girl instead hides further the food into her arms. So the robber opens her arms and picks up the lollipop. In consequence,the little girl cries loudly and wipes her tears onto a woman's clothes. This one screams injustice to the robber who proudly opens up the lollipop and was gonna to eat it. Right before he puts it into his mouth,one of his colleagues calls him out by his real name.
" Marcus ! " Meanwhile this man keeps walking at the direction of Marcus.
" What are you doing ?! Don't use my rea... " He sees then a Desert Eagle taken out from his friend's pocket. His friend points the gun at his face. Marcus couldn't do anything at the instance,instead act surprised about it. As he was continuing to speak,the friend... suddenly pulls the trigger and shoots the thief down,in front of the other partners and the hostages. Then he kneels and picks up the lollipop before to go give it back to the little girl who accepts it. But the older woman quickly protects her from the thieves.
Then the killer gets in the middle of the supermarket and does one single warning.
" Listen up... If any one of you dares to steal something from those gentlemen and ladies,I'll smoke him off. Understood ? "
The crew quietly agrees to that new rule. They then keep their robbing. All of a sudden,police sirens are heard at the exterior.
" Badger... " One of the unknown thieves calls Badger out. " You told us you would cut the cameras down ! "
" I did ! The cameras are off ! I don't know how they know about the heist. "
" There's maybe one solution... " The rat catcher speaks up. He quickly circles next to the hostages... And he finds... the young girl we first knew typing something. The rat catcher quickly takes the phone off her hands... and discovers that she was the one contact contacting the cops.
" Nine years old and she already signs her death wish ! " The man furiously mumbles before to destroy the phone with his gloved hand.
" I suggesy we kill her. To silent her... " Badger asks,while taking out a large pistol and aiming at the girl. But his partner raises his gun down and reasons him.
" Have you forgotten how to listen to yourself ?! Killing a little girl ?! Seriously ?! "
" If it allows me to avoid the jail... Then yes ! "
" Fuck you ! " The man grabs the gun and goes to toss it at the other side of the room but the leader,the man who shot Marcus,comes in and prevents him from doing that by taking the gun.
" He's right. She's compromised us. Listen to the sirens outside ! Do you want them to find out our next move ?! The only thing to do to assure our escape... is to get rid of this pest ! "
" Are you sure... " But the boss has made his choice. Badger holds his friend to avoid some rebellion. The man walks to the little girl who was crying onto a woman's shirt. The leader raises the large gun at her and aims her skull. But the woman protecting her stands up and faces the robber.
" If you wanna this girl,then you're gonna have to kill me. "
" Haha... No problem. " Just like that,he shoots her down with a single shot to the belly.
The girl cries more tears as the woman falls on the ground and covers her bleeding belly. But she's progressively stopping moving. The baby girl tries to hide but the man raises the pistol at her head and prepares his trigger... But the father comes back from nowhere and tackles him down. Then he waits him to get up to chain punches despite his hands are tied. Suddenly,he receives one gunshot to the left knee. He falls down and stares at his shooter : the technician Badger,holding a smoking Desert Eagle.
" Should've done that the first time I saw you. " He exclaims with pure hatred.
Meanwhile,the leader gets up,heals his jaws before to go into rampage mode : he is chaining soccerball kicks to the poor hostage. He kicks his head,his torso,his belly,his left knee and even his back. His daughter avoids watching the horror of seeing her father beaten up to death. Meanwhile Badger smiles to it while the rat catcher feels himself somewhat ashamed. After one entire minute of beatdown,the boss grabs his gun and puts two bullets into the skull.
The girl instantly cries loudly. She couldn't believe her father died shot like a dog... She unconsciously runs to him,but Badger shoots her down with his Uzi. The girl,full of wounds,falls on the floor and stops breathing. The rat catcher,shocked,grabs his hairs and stays traumatized by what he just saw.
" Killing a young child... That's... Impossible... "
" We had no choice. " His boss suddenly slaps some sense into him. " If he didn't do it,we would be already behind the bars. " Then he friendly grabs his left shoulder and shakes him to give him courage. " Brave yourself,son ! When this will be over,you will have enough money for your issue ! Remember ! "
" Yeah but... You shot a father and his daughter !... "
" It's normal to be shocked. But in the crime,we are now forced to do horrible things to survive. Such as... This... " He shows the three dead bodies lying on his feet. At this exact moment,another masked robber comes to talk to him. This one has a rough female voice.
" Boss,we took everything. We are ready to go ! "
" Good ! Everyone,move ! Forget the hostages ! " The boss,Badger and the rat catcher reassemble their gear and get out of the mall by the rescue exit.
A few minutes later...
Two giant trucks are awaiting our six robbers; Marcus has been killed inside. The drivers gesture to the crew to get in. The boss and two unknown robbers get to the first truck filled with beer bottles. Badger,the rat catcher and the female robber go inside a smaller black van. The three vehicles flee the crime scene in extremis,before the police enters in the mall and finds the hostages,the empty room... and the dead bodies.
Meanwhile...
Inside the van,the three robbers are discussing to each other.
" And just like that,the boss shot him down. Two bullets. To the head ! Then the girl wanted to cry on his poor dead body,but I,Badger Williams,stopped her with precisely fifteen shots of my Uzi ! "
" Wow ! You surely traumatized everybody in there ! " The woman responds jokingly.
" Of course we did ! They would need an entire life of therapy for that... Adam ?! "
Badger calls out the robber disguised as a rat catcher,who was staring at the outside. He has short messy blonde hairs with a medium beard,blue light eyes,some freakles and also wearing glasses. Badger slides next to him and puts his arm onto the shoulder.
" Adam... I assure you,I already saw all of those shits. From where I was living,I saw a lot of shits,grandpas dead,kids dead,a lot of blood... "
" Badger,let me ask you a question... Did that please you ? "
" Of what... " Badger hesitantly asks,afraid of Adam's sudden demeanour.
" Did you enjoy... Killing her ? "
" Honestly... Yes. " Badger doesn't make any effort to hide the truth. That's his quality but also his default.
" That's what I thought. " Adam,hearing this response,stands up,faces Badger,waits a few seconds - while Badger questionably looking around him - before to punch him out of nowhere.
The woman instantly stands between both men,separating them and preventing Badger from unleashing his rage on his friend.
" One man,one woman and a girl die ! AND YOU,YOU JUST CELEBRATE ALL OF THIS ! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU ?! "
" I'M BADGER WILLIAMS ! AND I WILL CELEBRATE YOUR DEATH RIGHT NOW ! " The man goes for him,but the woman keeps holding both of them back.
" Guys ! GUYS ! " She then shouts.
" Listen,Amelia... " Badger tries to talk his way out of this but Amelia quickly cuts him off.
" No ! You listen Badger ! I understand you both are tensed,but right now,this ain't worth fighting. We just stole $300,000 and a million of ressources from the supermarket ! All that matters is that we accomplished our mission ! Can't we just get over this ?! "
" Getting over killing young kids ?! " Adam rudely questions the woman.
" Adam,you know how the boss is ! You know him since day one ! I already knew we would come to this... Did you forget the promise he did to you ?! "
Adam introspectively stares at the ground and remembers something personal. Then,massaging the back of his neck,he looks at Amelia with his perturbed eyes and responds.
" No... No,of course no... "
" Hey,listen Adam... " Badger interferes,this time in a more understanding tone. " I'm sorry I smiled to that. If that really bothers you,we should talk to the boss... "
" No. It is to me alone to do this. This isn't your business. " Then he shakes Badger's hand as an excuse for the punch. " But thanks for the excuse. "
" No problem. " As Adam was gonna to sit back,Badger pulls him to him a last time and whispers to his ear,in a joyful but threathening voice.
" Just... Make sure to not punch me again... Or you might get hurt too... "
" Is that so ? " Adam teases him. " Then I'll think about breaking your nose,next time. "
" I'm waiting. " Everyone finally sits down and is more relaxed now.
" Hey,guys ! Do you want me to tell you how I nearly got killed after making love to a top model ?!... "
In the other truck...
The boss has taken his mask off. He is a black man,pretty tall,with shaved black hairs and a black and white big beard. He is now talking in a strong and low-pitched voice.
" Gentlemen,today is a great day ! Our plan is starting with this big heist ! By stealing those furnitures,we will be able to sell them very expensive in the black market ! And after that,we will becime very rich ! Richer than the president himself ! And of course,you will be rewarded as you deserve... "
" Rewarded like we deserve ?! My ass ! " One of the thieves speaks up. He is a white man,who is pretty tall too and has shaved brown hairs,pink lips,a tattoo to the neck (Angel and Demon) and a scar to the right cheek.
" What do you think you're doing right now,Carlos ?! " The other thief questions his disrespect. He is smaller than him,with long black hairs and a little goatee. He looks like he came from the countryside.
" Did you forget what you gave me last time ?! " He quickly stands up.
" May you explain yourself,fool ?! " The boss loudly orders.
" Last heist,I did the biggest job ! I took the biggest risks ! I nearly died or lost an arm ! And what was the only thing I got ?! $300 dollars ?! "
" Did you forget ?! This same time,because of you,one of our best men died in the hands of the cops. I couldn't reward you after this ! "
" Well then... If this time I don't get what I deserve... I quit. Simply. "
" Getting what you deserve ?! " His friend,sitting down,repeats before to deliver a light laugh. Meanwhile,he is drawing something on the wall with his index finger. Then suddenly he gets up and qtands between both men.
" Boss... He is right. Ryan here has done the biggest job for us,then and now ! He has nearly lost his life and make the greatest things than the rest of us ! I'm sure he deserves his reward. " All of a sudden,the talker winks to his leader before to lean on the wall,armscrossed.
" You know what... " The black man thinks for an instant then smiles at Ryan,who seems pretty relieved. " You're right. " He taps on his shoulder,as a friend. " I'm sorry for angering you. I should have given the amount of money you deserve... Actually... I will do it right now. How many do you want... 900... 1000... I know ! $3,500 ! What's your opinion ?! "
" $3,500 ! You serious ?! " Ryan happily shouts.
" Yes,serious ! Now,you could have had $3,500 right now... But since you decided it otherwise,the only thing you will have instead... is this ! "
He points at the other man who suddenly takes out his pistol and shoots him down to the heart. Close to the door,Ryan suddenly falls onto the road,rolling over the ground before to stop and die alone. The killer closes the doors and celebrates with his leader.
" I hope you will never become like him,James. "
" Don't worry. I will never question your leadership. "
" So tell me... Wanna some beer ? "
" I was born to drink beers. "