There
once lived a man who lived at the corner Milehigh Ave and Rolland Road. Born on
June 10, 1978, Ryan Johnson is a single middle aged resident of the Softborough
neighborhood. The people who live around him believed he was an accountant
working for the Schlongberg banking and finances. This would be but a cover job.
In reality, he is a part of a team of bank robbers on FBI and International
watch lists that has robbed 6 banks in the last 6 years and is planning their
next heist. His cover job at the bank has allowed him to gain inside
information on the inner working of the bank and how its vault works. After a
year of planning, he and his team were ready to strike on Schlongberg banking
and finances.
The
heist begins on a calm morning in the barely awake city of New Mombasa on June
10, 2016. Suddenly it seemed the entire city was awake in a matter of moments.
Home phones rang, radio towers went off, satellite dishes went hay wire, and
cell phones started ringing and calling. And all devices began sending distress
calls to the understaffed Police Station of New Mombasa city. Automated voices
hijacking phones and signals called 911 with fake problems, fake emergencies,
and fake disasters, sending the police force into chaos. The understaffed Police Station would very
soon receive a distress alarm from Schlongberg banking that would go unnoticed
for far too long a time.
Ryan
and his team consisted of 5 people: himself the planner and leader, Alex
Brawnson the muscle and equipment specialist, Jim Nasium the computer and
hacker genius, Adam Clear the deadly accurate weapons specialists, and Sean
Boom the explosives expert. Each member had covers as different workers in the
bank and each member knew the bank like the back of their hand. Together, they
hit the bank minutes after the Police Station was sent into chaos at 10 A.M.
Not wanting to deal with hostages, the team used grenade launchers to send in
gas grenades to knock out any civilians inside and used tranquilizer darts to
knock out anyone still awake. A small pack of C-4 from Sean got them past the
first armed door and into the vault room. 2 more tranquilizer darts and two
more surprised then asleep guards in the room. The vault was protected by a
prized Worthmister vault door that had eye scanners, a password, lock
combination and a steel coated lock that prevented drilling. Too bad for
Schlongberg, Jim Nasium’s job as an engineer had revealed cost cutting plans in
the architecture of the bank that had left the wall just to the left of the
door unprotected. Another pack of C-4 and they were inside the vault packing 50
million dollars an energetic but corrupt business owner had deposited there
into black bags. By 10:30 they were lock and loaded and heading to the 20th
floor of the office section of the building. At this time, the cops had finally
been alerted to the ongoing heist and sent in swat units. Alex Brawnson began
setting his up his hook launcher as swat teams arrived at the base of the bank.
The swat teams arrived at the 3rd office of the 20th
floor to see an open window with a hook and line shot and attached to the
nearby office building across the street. Across the street on the roof of the
office building, Ryan had his team assemble their gear as a low buzz was heard.
The low buzz was their escape helicopter coming in to pick them up. Gear and
money strapped on, they clipped themselves in to ropes dropped from their
escape helicopter and took off. Swat teams were too late and didn’t have the
equipment to do anything about the escaping helicopter. The escaping helicopter
took the team to an unmarked plane which flew them to an unmarked safe house
where unmarked cars took each member to separate locations where they went
their separate ways to spend their share and wait for the next heist.
Great piece there, sounds very similar to a video game i use to play, but non the less a great piece. Loved the detail of the plans of the heist. Could have given a bit more story to the characters before the heist began but other than that a great piece.
ReplyDeleteThanks Austin! I may have gotten some inspiration from some games I play so you are right!!
Delete-Shane Murphy
I love how detailed this story was, from the type of explosive to the type of vault. I also like how you named the explosive expert Sean Boom. -Martina P.
ReplyDeleteI like how you named one of the guys Jim Nasium. This is very creative and all the details made the story really good. Great work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sam!! Tried my best to come up with some funny and creative names!
DeleteCool story I loved how it was action packed and detailed,it felt like i was at the movies.
ReplyDeleteThanks Landon! Who knows, this may be a movie coming soon to a theater near you.
DeleteKudos to you for such a story! All the details really turn the story into a live sequence from an action movie. The puns on the names are hilarious; "Jim Nasium" and "Sean Boom the explosives expert". I have a question though. Are the names of the city and neighborhood random or did you specifically choose them? Great job!
ReplyDeleteGood imagery and imagination. The details you used made the story vivid and the creativity of the names and scenarios made it interesting. - Taylor Powers
ReplyDeleteGood Imagery and imagination. The details you used made the story vivid and the creativity of the names and scenarios made it interesting. - Taylor Powers
ReplyDeleteThe plot is well thought out which is further emphasized by the amount of details that helps illustrate the storyline.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness I love this story! When I was reading this, I felt like this should definitely be a movie! I love how specific you were with the background and each of the characters from their names to their roles in the heist! I especially love how the story ended with the bad guys winning in the end and it was not the typical good guys catch the bad guys, the end. I loved the twist, and the entire story in general!
ReplyDelete-Gabbie Boo
Thanks Gabby! I always like to have a twist in my stories to make them interesting!!
DeleteThis was a really great piece that consisted of many imageries. The main thing that stood out for me was the details that you used in this story. Great job
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-Benjamin C
Creative use of references and puns, an entertaining read.
ReplyDelete-Connor S.
Thanks Connor. You know me, always gotta be Punny.
DeleteYour piece was playing clearly in my head as I read it. I really loved the characters names especially because they added a light hearted feel to the story.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the voice you used as the speaker of this piece, it reminds me of the voice of a detective!! The choice of detail allows you to picture the scene in your head without killing readers with excessive descriptions.
ReplyDelete-Vanessa Lai
This read made me feel like I was actually there due to this story being so detailed. I really enjoyed how creative you were with the names of the team members. The ending of this was quite a surprise because normally, you would expect the police to catch the bad guys but not in this story. Great job! -Nour Ghonim
ReplyDeleteThanks Nour!!! Glad to see you liked it!
DeleteI've never been a big fan of action movies or stories or anything of the sort, but what I liked about this is the descriptions of the characters and the setup of the heist. I felt like I was in on the secret.
ReplyDeletei really liked it and it made me think of the T.V show "White Collar" so props to you because thats my favorite show.
ReplyDelete-Rachel Smith
Your story is really well detailed! I enjoyed the references to tropes you would find in actual heist movies. The imagery was descriptive, the heist protocol was interesting, overall great piece!
ReplyDeleteReading the piece was very interesting because I had images popping in my head it was great. I love how it was action and very well written.
ReplyDeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteAs others have similarly commented, I don't watch action movies (or movies in general) and thus have nothing to comment on your plot except that it is intriguing and riveting!
Yet, (again, just like others) I was much amused by the puns you used in the story, from "Schlongberg" (some rather droll thoughts come to mind when I hear that word), to "Jim Nasium!"
This story made me think someone has a plan to rob a bank! The details and the plan to keep the police occupied was really smart. The story shows we are so busy we often don't know who your neighbors or coworkers really are or what secrets they may have. I like that the robbers had a plan that prevented any violence during the robbery but I didnt like that all the cops went sent on fake 911 calls. Really could horrible for someone in an emergency but it did keep the cops occupied.
ReplyDeleteI personally enjoy action movies and stories so your passage was really entertaining and fun to read. The story really demonstrates your creativity. I especially liked the names of the heist members and the details you included when describing the heist. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThe tone of the poem is fast paced and aggressive. Reading the piece is like watching an action movie in words. As an action movie lover, visual and auditory imagery came essence in describing the picture. Each scene of the piece vividly appeared in my brain while reading.
ReplyDelete- Raymond Chiang
I'm really pleased at how well Ryan and team cooperated! It goes to show how long they're worked together in order to execute bank robberies with absolute ease and precision.
ReplyDelete- Rachel Callejas
The puns in your story were very funny and although I am not a huge fan of action movies I really enjoyed the plot of your story.
ReplyDelete-Ashlyn Barron
Your story was very well detailed and the use if imagery was great!
ReplyDelete-Dominic F.
I enjoyed reading this piece, it's rare that I read pieces that involve heists like this, mainly because many people can't think of a compelling enough story that could last an entire hour, and because they're actually scripts, but this could be turned into a script, just find a way to get into their motives, backstory, and probably have realistic mistakes happen throughout the script. It would've been better to get to know the characters throughout the story than describe them before anything happens, it just makes everything that more interesting and really hooks you into the new characters.
ReplyDeleteShane, to be honest you should write a music script because I felt like I just watched a scene from Batman and now my brain is spinning. But that was very creative and the amount of detail put in your work was great, I delve deeper into your mentality and now I want to experience this type of life because his job does not seem half bad.
ReplyDelete-Vincent Santos
Great job!! I felt like I was readin a script, I love action and this was sure full of it. It was really fun to read and full of detail!
ReplyDelete-karina lopez