Answer We'll Never Get With Half A Life

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It all began on a cold night in the mid-west. In a basement a gathering of sorts of an underground get rich quick scheme. The group is planning there next big heist. Our main character Alex carrying a skateboard late as usual to the gatherings. Homeless and abandon by his parents he holds a dark deep oppressiveness about him. The rest of the crew greats him promptly upon his entry. The same as always sorta seems like he's their center piece, their corner stone that held them together. He pays no attention to the greeting and starts in the conversation.2

"What is it tonight?" he asked in a clear voice considering its 35 degrees outside and he just skated 10 miles to get to the gathering.3

"We're planning something epic. Something of a real heist." Said the 5'4" stocky kid they called Java because of his huge amount of coffee consumption.4

"Dude, you'll love this one. I swear to god bro!" Acclaimed the 6'1" kid standing next to our beloved Alex and your narrarator. This one happened to be Alex's best friend and brother named Skyler.5

"Alright..."Alex clears his throat"...what is it?"6

"Well come over to the table and get away from the door and we'll start this briefing." Said the well built 6' monster of an Italian which they called The Freshness.7

They step away from the door and gather around the poorly drawn picture of the city. And start to plan the whole get up. Walkie Talkie's and flashlights equipped. The 13 of them walk out the basement. Mask abandoned in the smoke filled room. They look liked a wild gang out of the 30's in New York. Walking about the streets in dingy clothes and rarely bathed hair. Taking a deep breath as the reached there destination which happened to be a good 30 minute walk across there beloved city.8

"Alright what's the plan? What's our names?" Asked Alex in a leading tone.9

"Fresh"10

"Time bomb" said Skyler11

"Red Fox" said the red head12

"Java"13

"Telephoto" said the short kid much younger then the rest.14

"Diamond" and on down they went through there names. Which came to the plan...15

Fresh ran down the plan. "Time Bomb, Ale(ALEX), Java, Red Fox, Telephoto...Your our best bet in getting in and getting out."16

A slight look around and a nod from the four and back to the plans.17

"Diamond and I will stay here and watch out. And the rest of you take the skateboards and Baseball bats and ravage the other side of town. Give us the sign when they come on to you guys?"18

With that they group went in silence while our main group waited in the cold. Tucked behind a bush. "Time Bomb, you think we can do this?"Asked Alex.19

"Ale I'm positive man. We're gonna be fucking rich."He replied with a smile.20

"I don't know man this is to risky..." suddenly things went terribly wrong. Fresh had been urinating on the building and a patrol drove by and captured his pour soul.21

"FUCK!!!"22

The two jumped and turned to run. When right behind them 2 more squad cars pulled up. They'd been found out but how. First question to cross Alex's mind was who snitched? Who had told the police where they were hiding?23

"What the fuck are you waiting for? A fucking invitation? RUN!!!" Screamed Skyler.24

Alex tried...tried being the key word in that sentance. By the time he got back to a level head. There he was staring down the barrel of two well kept police issues. "fuck" he muttered. The officers said "We need the names of your cohorts."25

Alex spit at the patrol man. "Fuck you!"26

The officers slammed him to the ground and gave him a nice beating. They held him in the city holding facility for 24 hours to see if he'd talked. Promptly at the tick of 24 hours he was released. With conditions of going to court for the damages he had caused that fateful night.27

(...to be continued)28