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A Hostage Situation

I shot at the police car as it screeched toward us. i wasn’t shooting to kill, just to warn them that we were armed and dangerous.
“Steve get inside!” I muttered, as I backed towards the bank’s door. It had been a simple bank heist. All we had to do was walk in, pull a gun on the clerk, and tell her to give us all the money. But as soon as we walked in an alarm sounded. At first me and Steve tried to run, we panicked. But, as we walked out the door cop cars were already rolling up.

Why had the alarm sounded so early? Somebody must have snitched. But who? He and Steve were the only ones who knew.
“Marcus! What are we supposed to do with these guys?” Steve asked, pointing his gun at a few customers and clerks.
“Goddamn I don’t know! Take ‘em upstairs!” I yelled. I couldn’t believe this. We just needed some money. Now, we were in a bank surrounded by squad cars, and we had hostages.

This was getting out of hand. And fast.

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