Chapter 9

𝟏𝟐/𝟎𝟗/𝟓𝟓𝟖 𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫.

It all started as just a normal day, I woke up in the morning, prepared and drank a cup of coffee with a toast before going to the Bank. Since I was a Teenager I've worked hard to get where I am, and now I could enjoy the benefits of my hard work. I had a good place to sleep which I called home, I could eat anything I wanted, my clothes were of the best quality possible, I could travel to other countries from time to time by zeppelins, in short, I was doing better than a lot of people.

But as you grow older, you start to question yourself "Was it all worth it?" When I was young I had a friend called Yeva, we've met because of our parents who were friends, and as time goes pass we started dating when we were teenagers, It was a good time, but it didn't last.

A bit later from when I started dating I applied for a job at the Saint Bank of Krushen as an assistant, I didn't think I would be accepted, I knew a lot of people who were better than me, many years later I discovered that I was chosen because my family is somewhat related to the Saint Borgis, he is my great-great-grandfather, and he didn't hire me because he is fond of family, he just believed that his own blood is more trustful than unknown people.

I am to blame for what happened next, At the time I got very surprised when I was hired, but I wouldn't let an opportunity like that escape, so I worked hard, I would work almost every day sometimes overtime, but I neglected Yeva, and after some time, because I was so focused at my work, we broke up I didn't know what to do I always thought that we would marry and live together, I was desolate so I did the only thing I could think of, to work, I worked even more, got promoted became and attendant, and after many years I became a manager at the Capital's Bank.

I never searched for Yeva, nor had the time to do it, besides she probably married long ago. It took me a long time to realize that romance was like a race and one that I am losing.

At the bank, I worked normally until it was past 6 PM, when the movement was low, it was then when it all started.

I was talking to one of the attendants about something not important, I don't even remember, them Miss Karpov entered the bank, she was a Rich beautiful lady who wanted to open an account a few days before, but she was alone. I called for her to come to my desk.

She had dark hair, and a very beautiful face and her body was the kind that many men would desire, I included, I won't deny.

"Lady Karpov, for what I give the pleasure of your return? did you decided to open an account here?"

"Yes, but I didn't come for that, otherwise I would have to bring my lawyer here." she said.

"So why did you come here?"

"Well... that makes me embarrassed… but I came because I wanted to see you, Ivan." she said hiding her face a bit.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦… 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦?

"because you want to open an account…?"

"No, not like that..." She answered.

"Can we discuss this in a more private... place?" she said and looked to the sides, I looked to see all the attendants and guards looking at us, I got what she meant, but I couldn't leave the building.

"here, please follow me and enter, there are some rooms we can use" I said bringing me to the innards of the bank, I took her to my office, I don't spend a lot of time on it, since I try to work more dealing with clients something which I excel.

"What do you want to discuss?"

"I don't know what to say... the first time I saw you I fell in love at first sight, I couldn't stand anymore and I came to see you." she said and I could see her reddened face, she was cute when she was ashamed.

"I… I think I feel somewhat similar." I answered.

She came to me and kissed me.

Godking I thank you so much for answering my Prayers.

"Why are you crying?" she asked after we stop kissing.

"something felt on my eye"

"okay..." she said, and immediately kissed me again, and those kisses were becoming hotter and hotter, because of us there were many books, documents and other objects falling, and when I began to undress she says...

"Wait, not here in your office, at least somewhere nicer, somewhere we won't be disturbed and with a beautiful view if possible.

"I know the perfect place" I answered anxiously.

I left and immediately returned to my office.

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭.

I took her to the tower entrance, inside there was just the circular ladder that would take us to the top, and the rope that would ring the bell on the top.

I opened the door for her like a gentleman, and after her, I entered. When I closed the door I felt like a small metal rope wrapped in my neck...

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After he opened the door I entered while removing my necklace, when he turned to close the door I was holding the end of the necklace with my both hands, and with my right hand, I quickly enrolled the strings in his head and pulled it.

In the start he didn't quite understand what was happening, and he panicked, he has unable to breathe and shout, he was desperately trying to grab the strings with his hand to be able to breathe again, in his last moments he tried to hit me with his elbow, but he didn't have the strength to stop me.

After a few more moments he collapsed on the ground, but I kept holding the Strings for a while, he could be faking it.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳? 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵.

I took the necklace that I used. it was actually an heirloom of my mother, it wasn't a beautiful necklace, but it was very thick and made of steel so it became a good weapon for me whenever I needed it.

𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦!

I went to the top of the tower and cut the top of the rope carefully so as not to ring the bell. The rope was quite thick so it took a few minutes.

𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦.

I went to the base of the tower to await there. I took from my purse one of the guns Levi bought for us.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭...

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We were waiting nearby the bank, a bit hidden from the people when we saw at the top of the Bank's tower bell someone waving her arms.

"It's time, let's go as planned." I said

The first team is composed of me, Rotciv, Werewolf, and Iron. the second team is composed of Altar and Steel, and the Third team is composed of Mockingbird and Child.

The first team will make a frontal assault, rendering the guards, attendants, assistants and anyone inside, the second team will enter by the back exit in order to ensure no one else escapes. And the third team is not as much operative as us, but they will be important later, they will stay outside the bank preparing our escape.

When we entered the bank, we were all using masks and normal clothes that any poor commoner would use.

"This is a robbery! lay down if you want to live!" The people inside didn't quite understand what was happening they looked at us with doubt on their faces, one o the guards came near us.

"LAY DOWN" he ordered again, this time knocking a guard who came with the back of his rifle, this made all the others lay down.

𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘉 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

We were all armed with rifles or revolvers, subduing the guards and clients who were at our side of the desks wasn't a problem.

As soon as he said those words I jumped the desks to ensure no attendant or assistant escapes, I was assured that nothing would happen if they tried to escape through the back exit or ring the bell, but more safety is never too much. As I imagined some people tried to crawl to the door being behind the desks, they thought they could make it before we found out.

We tied all of them and put cloths in their mouths to keep them immovable and gagged then we closed the bank door with keys that one of the attendants gladly gave us after asking gently... with my gun pointed at his head.

We divided the First team, me and werewolf went to search for other people hiding in the entire building while the other keep the surrendered guards, and attendants in check. I choose to go with Werewolf since he is bigger than anyone here and he will be needed later.

Leaving the entrance hall there was a corridor that would take us to an intersection, If we took right and walk a bit it would take us to the Vault's ladder, so I choose to go to the left instead.

We both were walking and entering every door and found four more people hiding in the rooms inside the bank, I would always tie them and keep them walking in front of us as guides, we even find the room where they kept the money for daily transactions, It had a lot of money inside, but it wasn't our goal yet.

"Stop right now if you don't want to be shot!" said one voice I recognized when our guides walked into a corridor.

"They are with us, don't shoot guys." I said

"it's you boss, good we were beginning to get worried" We were avoiding saying our codenames here for obvious reasons.

At his side, there were three more bank employees kneeled, tied and gagged.

"Seems like those four guided us to the exit, were you planning on trying to escape when we opened that door?" I said pointing the gun to the back of the head of the employee who was guiding us"

"No, we wouldn't!" He said without turning back, still looking to the exit.

"why do you think I would believe in you?"

"I swear on my life!"

"I don't care for your life, and I think it's time to make an example."

For you and for those on my side.

"No, wait, pleas… hhhug" he said before I put some cloth at his mouth

"whoever shouts or do anything will be the next!" I said.

I kicked him on the back of his knee, and he felt on his own, with the back of his head in front of me, I punched his head with the back of my revolver making him lay in the ground, but still alive and awake. I started to kick his belly until he turned sideways them I stomped his neck, them again, and again until I heard the 'crack' sound I was expecting, his neck was broken.

Breaking someone's neck by twisting it is not as easy as the movies are shown, it's actually almost impossible, I choose to broke his neck because it's a gruesome scene to witness, I could have killed him by choking, but it wouldn't have the same effect.

I closed the exit with the keys and we took everyone to the entrance where everyone was being held, but Altar and Steel kept there to avoid anyone escaping.

"Is there anyone missing here?" I asked one of the men who saw how violent I can be"

"no there isn't!" said the man I asked.

𝘓𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦... 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴...

"You made a terrible choice to lie to me, I know more people are missing, turn your back!" I ordered him to

"Wait, wait." he said before I aimed my gun at his head.

"three people, the manager, and two attendants" he confessed.

I already knew it was missing three men from the bank because of our investigations before, but I wanted for him to say, I didn't know if there was one client who was taken to somewhere else before the Heist.

"it's so difficult to say the truth?" I've made a rhetorical question.

"Well, sometimes it is Pr...Boss"

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸.

After this little scene I and Werewolf went hunting more people again, but this time we went right, when we entered the first door we found two men holding their heads on the wall, and one passed out on the ground. And sitting above a few blankets on the stair there she was Kathleen

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"Good, it took more than fifteen minutes, I was starting to think you have forgotten me here." I said.

"Never." said Werewolf.

"We will be taking those guys to the entrance, take him." Levi said pointing to the man on the ground.

"Gotcha"

"Should I keep here?" I asked

"No, those are the last ones. I will call team two who are at the exit, the next step is the vault, I will meet you there."

We delivered the three men to the hall and went directly to the Vault, we arrived there before Levi and the others.

"Should I start?"

"I think there would be no problem, but let's wait for the boss even so."

It didn't take long for him to arrive.

"What are you awaiting? you know what to do!" He said.

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

Werewolf took a construction hammer from his back and hit it… the wall at the side of the Vault.

"If it's impossible to break the Vault door, let's just break the wall"

Werewolf hit it again, and again… he was begging to sweat and while the wall was being very damaged it wasn't open yet.

𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴.

After half an hour, one of his hits broke through the wall, then he focused on that opening expanding the hole until it was the size a person could pass.

Levi passed through the hole first and we followed then, actually, Werewolf had to break it a bit more before passing though, the hole he created was too small for him to pass.

The other side was just a corridor with three doors on both sides at regular intervals, making a total of six. Levi walked to the first door without waiting for the rest to pass.

"Holy shit." Said Levi when he opened the first door and frozen on the spot.

I got curious and went to see, and inside the first door there was Money.... a lot of money, piles made of notes of kales to the height of my arm, piles in the plural, it could easily have more than a hundred million just in this room.

I went to the opposite side of the corridor and opened the door… another room made for money. I run a bit further in the corridor of the vault to see the other doors, in the next right it was filled with many small wooden lockers, and at the left, it was filled with ingots of gold and silver. The last two rooms were filled with works of art, such as paintings, statues and busts.

"With all this money the entire city could be rich" Said Altar looking to the first two rooms"

" And those are the only two first rooms…" I said.

"What did you find?" asked Levi

"There are two rooms filled with money, one filled with wooden Lockers, probably jewelry, one with gold and silver ingots, and two for works of art"

"It's... too.." said Levi

"good," said Werewolf trying to pass through the hole in the wall

"too much" I completed

"Let's empty this place, or at least try it. Put all the money inside the bags" when Levi said that Altar and steel began to put money in our bags.

𝘞𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.

"And the Lockers? I think inside there is jewellery and gems! Werewolf can you break it?"

"Of course just let me pass through here" he broke a bit more of the wall in order to try it again

"No, we can't"

"what, why?"

"the ingots, the jewellery and the works of art are indeed very valuable, and it's tempting to take them, but we won't be able to sell, at least not now. We would need to try to sell it in the black market or abroad, and it would cost us a lot of money just to keep it safe, we need easy money."

"I see your point"

"But we won't be leaving all those things for the Godking and the saints."

"What do you mean by that"

"We will adapt a bit our escape plan…"