Luke Detwiler's Story

Ben looked at the bank that he was going to rob. It was just a boring brick building that he was at on a boring day. With the cold and the cloudiness, even the weather was boring. It was almost enough to make the entire situation feel dull. Still, his heart pounded from thinking about what he was about to do. Bank robbery wasn't anything new to him, but something on this level was. There were supposed to be supplies waiting for him in an alley behind the bank. He waited until no one was around, put on his ski mask, and ducked into the alley. Sure enough, tucked in a corner in an area that wasn't visible from the street was a bag. In it were a few handguns, a shotgun, and a taser. He didn't care too much whether anyone lived or died so he grabbed the shotgun. While he waited for the others to arrive, he went over the weapons, checking them.

It wasn't too much later that the first guy of his crew showed up. Ben almost burst out laughing just from the look of the man. It was some pudgy, soft looking guy in a sweater. He looked like he should be a hotel manager instead of a bank robber. The wimp spoke up.

"So ah, I'm Hermes. I take it that you're the leader of our gang? What's our plan? When do we go in? How many other people are coming?"

"Jeez, cool it with all the questions. I'll explain everything you need to know when everyone else gets here."

They stood there in the cold, silently waiting uncomfortably for the rest of the group to arrive.

Luna glared above at the sky in frustration. "Where's a rain storm when you need one!" she taunted. Of course she knew she was going to be doing something today that would definitely not need a rainstorm, she just felt it would be so much more challenging if there was one.
She felt at the mask in her pocket when she grew closer and closer to the bank, and closer to the alley way where she was to meet her "leader" and get her supplies for the job. She was a bit upset when she'd gotten that letter and the trial was called off. She was looking forward to seeing what she would be sentenced to, but now she had something so much more exciting to do! She wondered if her mom and dad would be proud of her... possibly.
At that thought she smiled, and then it was time to put on her mask. She slipped on the glittered masquerade mask she'd bought at a dollar store and secured the thin rubber band around her white hair. It only itched a little, but she thought it was a lot cuter and less stuffy than a black sock. Very unoriginal for robbing banks.
She sauntered through the alley with a slight skip to her step and finally saw two other men in their robbing gear hidden from the street view.
"Why hello!" she greeted as if meeting someone interesting on the street.

Luke's eyes kept darting around, searching for the police that he was sure would pop out at any second. He started to wonder if he had made a good choice by accepting the offer. If he got caught now, he would go back to jail with armed robbery tacked on top of it. Still, he had made his choice and there was nothing he could do. He would have to work with the asshole leader and whatever other criminals were doing this. Someone turned into the alley and Luke was about to shoot his hands up when he saw that it was a woman in a masquerade mask. It wasn't something he had expected, being a terrible disguise. The bad disguise along with the cheery attitude told him that this woman wasn't right in the had. It was quite the crew they had so far.

Ben nodded his head towards the woman. She was not what he had expected at all. He honestly didn't know as much as he let on. The man behind everything just gave him a description of the plan and a few other vague details. Still, it was better to feel like he was higher up on the chain and not just the slightly more important pawn that he really was.

"Well hello there, missy. We just need one more person before we start."

A few moments later, the last person arrived wearing a bandanna and sunglasses. The guy asked what was with the guy in the sweater and Ben erupted into laughter.

Luke rolled his eyes and mumbled: "I guess I'm out of place for not being a filthy, low-life scumbag".

Ben glared at Luke and raised his voice. "Alright, everyone shut up. You can all call me Zim. I'm the leader of this band. That bag over there had some handguns and a taser. Grab whatever you want. Once we're inside, you all just follow my lead. Oh, and don't touch the explosives at the bottom of the bag."

Luna:
She smiled back and forth as everyone exchanged their "pleasant" greeting. She could already tell this was going to be fun.
"Alright, everyone shut up. You can all call me Zim. I'm the leader of this band. That bag over there had some handguns and a taser. Grab whatever you want. Once we're inside, you all just follow my lead. Oh, and don't touch the explosives at the bottom of the bag." the taller man said. The name reminded her of that one character from Invader Zim. The random thought made her laugh, but then she remembered he'd mentioned a taser and her eyes lit up.
"So now would probably be a bad time to say that I don't take orders very well huh?" the guy with the sun glasses said and continued on. "Zim huh? The names Davinci. You know, like the inventor/artist. Speaking of which, I brought my own weapons... unique ones. They're virtually untraceable." he said, putting a thumb through the shoulder strap of my bag, but Luna was no longer really paying attention as she slowly leaned her body towards the bag he's said a taser was in.
She'd finally bent over the bag and was, rather violently, thrusting her hands back and forth through it in search for the weapon. Even with her urgency and spastic movements, she made sure not to disturb the weird looking explosive device at the bottom.
Her small hands finally found the thick box like object when she heard DaVinci's voice behind her.
"So what about you. What's your name beautiful?"
She turned around with a small shy smile and said: "Chaos." With that she pulled the taser on him and laughed with joy when she found it worked! She looked towards Zim and the sweater guy with a proud smile, as if expecting a pat on that back for her work.

Luke muttered "Hermes" after Davinci else had introduced himself. With the way that he had been treated already, he doubted that anyone wanted to hear about him, not that he had any skills worth mentioning that would come in handy with the task at hand. Ben noticed the woman rifling through the bag oddly. She definitely seemed a little crazy, but he didn't think that was too bad. The woman turned around and said that she went by Chaos. Ben was about to explain that he wanted Davinci to stick to the plan when the woman pulled the taser on the man. He and Luke were frozen in place with wide eyes while she tased Davinci. She laughed afterwards and they both looked at each other, terrified, and then back to the collapsed Davinci on the ground. Ben snatched the gun out of her hands and spoke to her somewhat kindly since her smile showed that she didn't seem to think she did anything wrong. It also had to do with the fact that he was terrified of her.

"Hey...Don't...Don't do that. You can't taser people alright? We need to all be in our best condition if we're going to be robbing this back and we won't be if you're hurting people...Uh, alright? Hey, Hermes at least tell me you know stuff. When's DaVinci gonna get back to normal?"

"I'm not sure," Luke said, flustered. "I mean, sure I'm educated, but I was a schoolteacher for God's sake! I don't know much about getting tasered. From what little I do know though, I think he should be back to normal in 15 minutes at most."

Ben tried to run his hands through his hair before he realized that he was wearing a ski mask. Could they spare that much time? More importantly, could they work with this lunatic? He couldn't trust her to hold a taser for more than a second without hurting someone. How could he trust her to constantly have his and everyone else's back during the mission? He knew that he had to go through with the plan, though. There was no way he was going to jail again. He decided to call up the boss for the situation. He pulled out his cellphone and dialed in the number before holding it up to his ear and waiting for the tirade that he knew was going to come.

"No. No we didn't do it ye- Yeah, we're gonna jus- Yes it is important... No really this psy-, lady tased a guy and now we're waiting for him to get better... I couldn't stop her... She was holding a taser there was nothing I cou- Look, it's not my fault alright?! Ok...No...No, I don't want that...No, please...Please!... Alright, I'm sorry! I'll get the job do-... I know... Alright... Please, just don't-... Alright, I'll call you when it's done."

He put the phone back in his jacket pocket and sighed. Both he and Luke went back and forth from looking at DaVinci to see how he was doing and at Chaos to make sure she wasn't going to do anything else.

Ben put the phone back in his pocket and sighed.

A jolt of electricity sour through my body. "Agh!" My vision became scatterd and I dropped to the ground. It was probably about 15 seconds or so later that I became aware of what had happened and was no longer incapacitated. I pushed my body off of the cold concrete. "Psychotic b***" I said hoarsey as I reached into my backpack. I heard a click as the gatling braced itself to my forearm. I drew the weapon out of my bag and aimed it at the Girls, Chaos', face. "You do that again and I'll make sure that there'll be nothing left of your face. " I turned my attention towards Zim as I lowered the gun. "Ok boss, so when do we want to start this thing? "

Luna scrunched her nose up then when DaWeenie called her a Psychotic bitch, but she was quickly distracted suddenly when he brought up the question she was also wondering.
"Ok boss, so when do we want to start this thing?" sunglasses asked Invader Zim.
She looked towards their boss waiting for a reply, her fingers slightly twitching with anticipation, and her emotions going from chaotic to very calm and focused. One of the reasons she was quite crazy was her ability to go from tasing a guy to snake like focus a second later. (sorry it's short. nothing to write about now till Towels gets things moviiinn)

Late. She was always late. It appeared to have already started. Well, the beginning was always boring anyway. Was it not? Beatrix Easton swept through the back alleyway. Black the colour of the occasion. It would seem she'd fit in quite nicely, although she was used to working by herself. She supposed she could lower herself enough to work with these vagabonds.

Heels clicking on the concrete as she approached the small group that had gathered; Trixies fingers swept the side of her thigh. She knew her Colt was there, but it was just reassuring to feel it over the black material of her professional looking attire. Besides the damask style piece that covered the upper portion of her face, Beatrix looked like she had just walked out from behind one of the Counters of the bank, having just finished work. A black sleeveless dressed stopping just above her knees adorned with a set of pearls draped around her neck, completed the flawless look.

Hey, just because she was a criminal didn't mean she had to dress like one. Besides, it made it easier to dissuade people of her true occupation or her lethality . . .

So here she was. About to add another felony to her record. Actually, she was quite curious to see how all this would pan out. However, Trixie could not seem to remove the niggling notion at the back of her mind that this was some sort of set up. But either way, she guessed, she was still facing some serious jail time. So why not take the chance? Even though it appeared to be as slim as a sheet of paper.

Plus, if she got out, the next time she hit a Casino, she was going to do it damn right! Time to learn some new tricks and brush up on her art.

Stopping a short distance away from the gathered group of strangers, Trixie fanned her long dark locks forward over her shoulders.

“So, you guys got the party started without me, huh? . . . What I miss?”

(I've talked with Butterfly about the taser and it seems like we've got conflicting information. It doesn't really make a difference whether it was a second or minutes anyway so I'll just keep it the way it is and leave it up to you all to say what happened.)

Ben was startled by the sound of someone approaching and pointed his shotgun at the new person. Then, he remembered that there was one more person they were waiting for and lowered it. He was getting frazzled from everything going on. First there was the fact that he was about to conduct a big bank robbery, then one of his crew tased another member, and his boss used some pretty harsh threats to top it all off. Whoever the boss guy was, he seemed like a pretty bad dude.

"What the hell are you late for? Something like this isn't really what you half-ass. We need to keep everything to the plan to make sure it goes right. That's a message to all of you, by the way. Don't wimp out, don't try to put your own little spin on the plan, don't shoot anyone else, and don't treat this like it's some small time thing, alright? I bet all of you know who I meant by those things. Alright, alright...Just...New girl, grab a gun from the bag and we're going in. You guys don't seem to understand how this stuff works so I'll explain it. Make sure that no one inside can screw anything up for us. That means don't let them get out until we're done, don't let them get on their cell phones, and make sure you do what you have to so they'll listen to us. Beyond that, don't worry your pretty little heads about it. Alright? Can you guys do this?"

Ben paced around anxiously. The group didn't really seem like one he could control, but if he couldn't the whole thing was done for. They didn't have much more time anyway before someone stumbled back there or extra security showed up at the bank or something else happened to screw the mission over. With his luck so far he doubted it would be long before that happened.

Slipping on a pair of black silk gloves, Beatrix peered at the group with the raise of one defined brow.

“You take command like that in everything you do, huh?” Trixie teased, strolling over to the stove of weapons and picking up a handgun. Assuming you could never have too many weapons when conducting a bank heist. “Because I can totally dig that in bed.” She winked removing the clip from the the gun making sure the magazine was loaded and then clicked it back in place.

This guy was going to blow it for all of them before they even got started. Beatrix mused with slight annoyance. His constant anxious pacing was already rubbing her the wrong way. She supposed she had the most experience dealing with high pressure situations. One had to keep their cool at all times. This guy, did not appear to know the meaning of cool . . . Or calm for that matter.

Plus, she didn't take commands from anyone well. She supposed she could always shoot him later, if the occasion called for it. And if this shit didn't pan out like it was supposed to then Trixie was going to make adjustments to the original plan. And those who wanted to join her could. But the rest of them didn't have to know about that right now.

“Names 21 by the way.” Trixie informed them as she turned and began to walk towards the doors leading up into the main floor of the bank. “Shall we get this show on the road, ladies and gentlemen?” Twirling around. “So, you guys coming or what?” She smiled and then continued on towards the doors.

Luna tipped her head back then, looking up at the sky (because we're outside :B), and then back towards 21. Her cocky attitude was already starting to make her teeth grit slightly, but she didn't say anything. Later, if she was still acting this way Luna would teach her to "find her place". She smiled menacingly, but then her face became calm and stoic again.
She turned and smiled sweetly to Invader Zim.
"My head is definitely... well partially on straight for this game, but since we're starting this thing could I have the taser back please?" she asked calmly and held out her small hand.

Ben was worried by 21's relaxed attitude. She didn't seem to understand the severity of the situation or the authority that he had been given. He started to go after her to explain the situation, but Chaos approached him first and asked for the taser back. He sighed and handed it to her before running off after 21. He stepped in front of her so she couldn't blow him off. Sadly, he would have to level with this woman if he wanted to convince her to listen to him.

"Look, maybe you don't get it, but I didn't just decide to lead this thing and I have a reason to be nervous. I'm the one who got put in charge by the guy pulling the strings on this thing which means I have the burden of controlling you guys and I'm the guy who's gonna get his balls chopped off is this thing goes south. We both want the same thing right? I'm just following the plans that the boss guy gave me and he has to be smart to be doing all of this. So please just listen to what I say so we can all do this thing and move on with our lives."

Ben knew that he couldn't go back now. They had waited long enough and now they were out in the open. He would have to continue quickly from there. He stood in front of the door to the bank for a few seconds, took a deep breath, then violently threw the door open. He stormed inside and fired off a shot from the shotgun at the ceiling. The line of about ten people immediately turned around to see him. Luke came running into the room a moment later with an apologetic look.

"Alright, I'm sure you all know what this is! Get on the ground and don't do anything stupid and you can all get out of this just fine!"

All of the people waiting in line got on the ground. One of them started to pull out a cell phone and dial something in. Ben kicked the suited man in the stomach hard. Luke pointed his gun at the different people on the ground while muttering something under his breath.

"What did I tell you? If any of you other people try something like that, I may be less forgiving."

"Alright, I'm sure you all know what this is! Get on the ground and don't do anything stupid and you can all get out of this just fine!" I reached in my bag for my emp Cannon. "First things first..." I aimed it at the security box and pulled the trigger. The circuits began to sizzle and the screen went blank. "Huh, it's funny ain't it!?" I said outloud. "This damn piece of junk doesn't seem to work. " I said banging on the security panel. "Its to bad really. No secret call to the cops, no cameras feed, no security. This place might well not even exist. "
I drew up the gatling gun and aimed it at the frightened souls. "Now don't move, otherwise I may have to shoot you. I aimed the emp Cannon at each n person. Right at the last person the Battery of the emp Cannon sparked, electrocuting me. "Ah! Damn it! " it was broken one again. "Useless piece of shit!" I said throwing it back in the bag. As far as I was concerned, I had disabled all the cellphones, but there was a slight chance that I missed one after the emp cannon shorted. "Ok , boss," I said with a strong hint of sarcasm. "Security's down. This should be a piece of cake now! " Despite my cocky attitude, I had a strong feeling that I missed something. A strong feeling something would go wrong...