First trial

All of the group was now developing their mind. They watched videos to try to better themselves at spotting who would be behind these acts before they happened. They wouldn’t be as good as the actual behavioral analysis unit in the CIA or anything like that but would be better at recognizing facial expressions, movements or anything else that might give someone away. Knowing even if someone fits a profile of a criminal, sometimes it’s the nice looking business man who’s having a bad day who is the real threat. Joseph is called by Jack who is heading to a bank who's silent alarm had activated.

When they get to the bank, snickers and comments are heard but not listened to. Joseph looked at Zackiria “Do you think they can defuse this situation?” Jack insists on waiting for the negotiator since hostages have now been taken and one shot fired. “This is not a training exercise and he’s only five minutes away.” Jack said but Joseph didn’t listen to him once again. He had already started to give orders to Nick, Ryan and Kevin, and calling over three more police who had also undergone the further training from inside the department. Kevin thought ‘I should have stayed back, this is going to go so badly.’ Ryan try’s to take control “I can handle it alone. Sending in a whole team would just cause confusion and mayhem. Plus I wouldn’t have to watch anyone’s back.” Joseph delivered his orders to the team “Nick will run things, he has the most experience.” he turns to Kevin “Your name is Kevin right? You’re new to the field so just stand by and watch. Only do something if you can.” Reluctantly they started to look for a way in. Again Kevin thought ‘By the time we find a way in the negotiator will be here, this should be his job. Why am I doing the job of people who are far more qualified than me?’ He hears a window smash and Nick and the other cop’s go in. Ryan wanted to give them hell for making so much noise but jumped in right after Kevin.

By then the others were making their way to a strategic spot near the counter, Albert asks “What was that noise? Those cops are up to something.” “Don’t worry Goldfinger, they wouldn’t try anything stupid with these innocent people’s lives on the line.” Aldo says. Shane looks at the seven bags they had filled, knowing they were a lost cause, he goes to the manager and asks “How do we get out of here? There’s a garage downstairs right?” Nick tries to get the other cops to get better positions but they’re not listening to him, seems to be going around. They had lost all respect and make their own move, jumping out and yelling “FREEZE! You have nowhere to go, your surrounded now come peacefully.” “Fucking cop’s! What’s the matter with you?” says Richard, then he fumbles with his gun and shoots a hostage, quickly followed by firing at the police, the gun battle erupted faster than anyone could find cover. Aldo was hit in the hip and went down, another hostage got hit in the chest. Shane grabbed a few bags and the bank manager and used him as a shield as he moved to the back area, yelling “Let’s go Blowfeld, take what you can.” Marcus watched him go by, not wanting to take the risk in bringing him down. As Richard was trying to reach for a bag a bullet nearly took off his finger. He returned fire. Finally Nick jumped the desk, where the tellers stand behind, chops Richard in the back of the neck knocking him out, he rushes Albert and does a quick grab throwing him into a pillar. The bank robbers where down but so where several hostages and one officer. Nick curses Joseph and Zackiria as he and Ryan cuff Spectre, only Shane managed to escape. The other police officers take care of the wounded calling in support, five body bags would be needed, including one for the teller who pushed the silent alarm.

Hours later, Jack and Joseph are once again having a heated argument. Jack knows Joseph can’t fire him because the mayor would be even more annoyed at the chief for that at a time like this. The argument is stopped by Delgado who reports another sniper victim, but they are closing in on an area, though be it on a very large scale. Joseph goes out and calls forth the three officers who went into the bank with the others. He made sure he had everyone’s attention, including Jack. “You three fucked up big time and you’re going to accept responsibility. And before you say I shouldn’t have sent in untrained men, I remind you. Only one man was untrained. YOU didn’t work together, YOU rushed in, and YOU fucked up!” He paced around, still fuming but couldn’t find any more words so he returned to his office. Jack hated to admit it but he had a lot of good points there and Joseph clearly told the untrained man to observe. Field training was always a necessary part of training. And the more seasoned men clearly ignored orders.

In the last two days Marco had killed five of Mr. Grado’s men, Jean kind of wishes it was Mr. Grado himself but is otherwise pleased. He says to his men “You know if that guy came in nicely, without all the gunfire and craziness that first day. I would have done business with him but no, he’s got to be stupid about it and let everyone know he’s so bad, bring all that attention to himself.” He ponders for a bit and asks Marco if he thinks they should try to make peace and before he can anwer has another guy make a call to set up a meet.

Zackiria continues the regular training routine for the group. Kevin sit’s at the side just depressed, freaked, sad and going out of his mind with grief over the incredible screw up that he totally saw coming and went along with anyway. Part of him wanted to quit right now but the main part of him hated quitting. He also knew he was doing a really good job with everything else and couldn’t leave the new young guys to face Zackiria alone. Kevin bounced all his options around, the pros and cons of both, eventually Jacob came over and sat near him. Kevin looked at him and slowly pulled out the star medallion “You’re right, I don’t deserve this.” He handed it to Jacob who pushed it away “Why? Because you couldn’t take down a bank robber with a gun? You should have never had to face that problem. It’s not like the actual police did any better.” Kevin held the medallion for a while more “As a fighter, you are at the top of your game. And until someone takes that from you, you hold onto it.” Jacob said. Kevin looks at him “And what if someone comes after it? You for example.” “Then I expect you to fight to keep it. I wouldn’t want to win if you’re not really trying.” Kevin nodded, looked at the medallion again and returned it to his pocket. “Besides” Jacob added “I already told you, it’s not my thing. You’ll have to wait for another challenger.”