The Heist

The Landlord Emily hands me the keys to my new flat. "Rents due last Friday every month," She said as she walked away. I opened the door to my flat, all my things only took one trip to bring in. The flat came fully furnished. I quickly made dinner, in a hurry to sleep. I have to wake up early for my first day at work. Who knew moving across the country would be so exhausting? I change and head to bed, just as I'm on the cusp of sleep. The loudest noise ever comes from directly above. It sounds like a table or a chair being dragged across the floor. I lay there staring at the ceiling hoping it remains quiet. I relax a little as minutes pass and it remains silent, I'm about to drift off to sleep again when I hear voices murmuring. The murmuring lasts for what feels like hours. I can't make out what they're saying. Then they grow louder and I'm able to make out a word here or there. Bank.....Roof...... guard..........cops.......guns...... security. Those words string a chord with me. They're planning a robbery....or something.



I was outside the flat that the talking was coming from. I could hear everything now. There were 2 males and 1 female, it sounded like. The 2 men were currently fighting.

"We can't go in that way peter!"

"Yes, we can! We enter here-"

"No the GUARDS will be there with GUNS"

It was quiet for a second then

"I don't know what to do then" peter whispered so quietly I could barely hear it.

I came up here to see what they were up to, maybe see if I could turn them over to the police for a reward, but it's clear they have no clue what they're doing. Probably get caught within five seconds. I hear them start talking again but I'm not paying attention to what they're saying I just want to sleep. I stand up and start tip-toeing down the hall. All I'm thinking about is how tired I'm gonna be on my first day at work, and how I wasted my time with this. I step on a creaky floorboard, I hope they were still talking and didn't hear it. The room is dead silent, I don't hear anything. I bolt, down the hall towards the stairs, the elevator would take too long. I hear the door open, just as I reach the stair door I get trapped by the back of my shirt, I swing and connect with what I can only assume is a head. They drop me I yank open the door, and I hear a gun cock.

"Don't move" the female says. I freeze, and I feel the cold barrel of a gun on the back of my head. "You ok," the female asks the guy who was holding me "yeah, give me the gun" I feel a burst of pain in the back of my head, and the world goes black.


I wake to more yelling. I don't care what they're saying this time. The throbbing in the back of my head is getting all my attention. My eyes pop open, and I notice the construction plans for a huge building, the plans drawn there tell me they won't make it five steps into that building. And that I'm fine, they're not going to kill me. "What's your name?" peter asks

"Which one?"

"What do you mean?" the female chimes in

"Nothing" I reply

"What were you doing outside the hall?" the other guy asks

"Just taking a walk"

"Why did you run?"

"You started chasing me"

They look at each other and walk to the other side of the room, they're whispering about something.

"You need help" I announce to the room

"What"

"You won't get five steps inside"

"How would you know?"

"I've done this too many times to count, you want to succeed you need me."

"What do we do first?"

"Sleep"

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