12 Chapter 12: The Drift
Chapter Synopsis: The lives of the Professor and Lucia are in danger, due to a discussion and to the fact that the police are extremely close to them. Meanwhile, Javiera decides to hand Robert over to the gang, but at the same time use personal tactics against a vulnerable Emily, and Liz's joy turns bittersweet. What will happen to The Professor and Lucia? Will Emily resist Javiera's attacks? Will Liz be happy after rescuing Robert? All those questions will be answered here. In this great volume finale.
Part 1:
I got out of the caravan, and tried to get the tire out of the hole, but it was impossible. Suddenly, a few people from a country house very close to our truck came to where we were and one of them told us:
- You, you are The Professor! - exclaimed
I, staggering, said to him:
- Well .... well .... yes. Indeed .... I am .... I am .... I am The Professor. And she ... she is Lucia.
- The Zeppelins were not seen around here - said another, who apparently was the leader. At that moment I was worried, because I thought they would call the police to reveal our location, but for our good luck he told us- What do you say? Can we help you?
I sighed in relief after hearing that, then I said:
- Yes, yes, thank you very much, that would be wonderful
So, together, we pushed the caravan with all our strength, and Lucia accelerated inside her to get the caravan out, and fortunately, we succeeded.
As a thank you, Lucía took 10 envelopes from one of our backpacks, with 2 million dollars each. And I gave each one an envelope.
- Well, thank you very much Professor - said the one who said my identity at the beginning and hugged me, and I did the same with each one of them.
Then, I got into the caravan together with Lucia, we said goodbye from there, and we continued on our way.
When we got to the exchange area, we left the caravan and got into an ambulance, with a whole system of communication with the bank, and from there, while I was driving it through a forest, I was able to communicate again with Diego:
- Diego, situation?
- I'm glad to hear you again, Professor - he told me - we have the elite command of the police as prisoners.
- I'm glad we have won this second showdown again - I said, and Lucia smiled next to me - now I will contact the police and I want you to do the following that I will tell you
- Okay Professor- he told me
After 5 minutes, the police tent received a call that I had made after giving the directions to Diego, and the one who answered was Javiera:
- Professor? - she asked
- I imagine they are wondering about Suarez and his four policemen - I said to her
- What do you have to say about that? - she asked me
- Well, what I have to say is that their behavior has seemed exemplary to me. I would rate the operation as ... commendable. But ... how to put it? There have been complications. Don't worry, their health is perfectly fine, it would be missing more. In fact, right now, we are sending you a video where you can check it out.
Javiera gave the order to Martinez, who was one of the technical officers of the police, to put the video
- I think the best thing is for you to see it - I added, while I made a red paper bird
And the video showed the five policemen with the Dalí suits on, in chairs and with their hands tied. Colonel Tamayo, seeing that, was surprised.
- I am Inspector Suarez, in command of the Special Operations Group - Suarez said, disappointed at having been captured - we are captives, but I have to say that they are treating us correctly. I ask the authorities to maintain a permanent ceasefire.
- Very good, very good - Diego said stroking Suarez's head - and now, what's next.
Suarez didn't want to do it, but we forced him to do it
- Come on - Diego said - what's next, come on
And Suarez began to sing in Italian and reluctantly:
"One morning ... I awoke .... bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao .... one morning ... I awoke ... I have found the invader"
I made them sing the "Bella Ciao", in honor of my brother, because it was one of our favorite songs, and because it was The Resistance song.
-How romantic -Javiera said- but he is sending it to us, not to the press
And she said the following to the beat of "Bella Ciao":
"I deduce that The Professor wants to negotiate"
- Well, I see that you are a real performer - I said - Look, I offer you something better. I offer you a way out.
She was thoughtful for a few seconds and I said:
- The UN committee against torture is investigating Robert's case - I said - in a few hours they will send forensic experts to question him. And neither you nor the prime minister's office want that.
- Son of ... - Colonel Tamayo said, knowing that they would be in big, but very big trouble if that happened.
- Your only option is to give us Robert
- Haha ... I am not going to hand over a prisoner - she said - the police don't hand over crooks
- Yes, of course there is, but there is a second reason - I said - it is obvious, as your operation shows that you have already decided to kill us, but in custody, you cannot eliminate Robert. However, inside the bank, during an escape or in a chase, there yes
Javiera continued to be thoughtful
- I am offering you a better situation than the one you have now, and third, I will spare you the international ridicule of releasing the video of your elite command singing the "Bella Ciao"
The moment I said that, Lucia and I held back the laughter we wanted to let out.
Tamayo, who could no longer handle all this, said to Javiera in a low voice and already defeated:
- Hand him over - Colonel Tamayo said - we accept the exchange
Javiera was going to refuse, but Tamayo said again:
- Hand him over
And, Javiera accepted and said:
- I want all the hostages and the GEO agents - she said - I need to sell this as a victory
- I give 40 hostages and their elite command, that can already be sold as a triumph
- We will do the exchange at 8 in the morning - said Javiera - I am not going to take 40 people out without knowing what is happening
- Okay, we'll do it at that time - I said and we ended the call
At that moment, Lucia and I looked at each other, and smiled, because we could finally rescue Robert.
Part 2:
It was 7:58 in the morning, and it was at that moment that I decided to call Diego:
- Hello Diego - I said - situation?
-Hi Professor-he said to me-all ready to do the exchange
- Perfect - I said - now, can you call Liz?
- Yes - he told me- Liz, the Professor wants to tell you something
- Okay - said Liz - Professor?
- Hello Liz - Lucia and I said to her, and then I said to her - maybe you want to look out the window that overlooks the outside of the bank, where the police tent and someone special for you is located.
It was at that moment that Liz looked out the window, and she could see Robert, who was dressed elegantly in a suit. Liz couldn't believe it. She was too happy.
Diego and Nick prepared the hostages and the elite command to leave the bank. They were all wearing red overalls and a Dalí mask.
At that moment, at 8:00, William opened the doors, and 40 hostages and the elite commando were ready to leave the bank.
Meanwhile, from a police car, Robert approached the bank, while he received applause and shouts of victory from the demonstration.
- Robert! Robert! Robert! - they exclaimed happily
Meanwhile, I gave the order for the exchange:
- Nick, green light - I said
- Move on! - William told the hostages
The 40 hostages rushed out of the bank, as did Suarez's special forces team.
The exchange was done. Robert entered the bank, and was able to meet again with Liz. She jumped happily into his arms, and he hugged her.
Lucia and I took off our hearing aids and kissed happily, because we had managed to rescue Robert, and we only had to get out of the bank.
- How handsome you are! - Liz said when she saw him - Very handsome, with a tie and everything
- It is the only detail that the police have had with me - said Robert
- I see - Liz said
- You look very beautiful in that red jumpsuit - said Robert
- How are you? - asked Liz
- Better - replied Robert
But what they did not know is that the police had put a microphone inside Robert, and therefore, they could hear his conversations.
- What the hell are you guys doing at the Central Bank of the Country? asked Robert
- We come to rescue you - said Liz
Meanwhile in the tent, Tamayo and Javiera waited for Suarez:
- Let's see what Suarez can tell us now - Tamayo said to Javiera, waiting for information
- There he is - Tamayo said relieved, but trying to calm Suarez - Suarez calm down
- I want to go back in! - Suarez said, crushing one of the tables in the police tent
- Calm down - Tamayo told him
- Give me more men, explosives! We were so close! I'm gonna kill them! - Suarez told Tamayo
- Calm down, please! - Colonel Tamayo ordered Suarez
Meanwhile, on the bench, Robert received applause from the band. And of the other hostages, obviously, by our obligation.
- You're fucking crazy! - said Robert cheerfully to the hostages - You could be out there, living the good life, but you're here, in the fucking wolf's mouth
After saying all that, he went on to say hello and at the same time thank each of the band members.
Meanwhile, in the tent, Colonel Tamayo said to everyone in the tent:
- They have won the battle, but not the war, so cheer me up, for God's sake!
Javiera, at that moment, who hated us enough, and knowing all our tricks, told Colonel Tamayo:
- For every move we make, he already has a reply - she said - we should improve our attacks
Meanwhile at the bank, Robert told us everything he suffered:
- They had me hung in the shape of a cross, they kicked me in the stomach every 10 minutes if I did not give information, they threw buckets of ice water with ice, they beat me on the leg every 5 minutes, in my cell I had to remain standing And if I wanted to sleep I had to do it standing up, and they didn't let me go to the bathroom either - Robert told us - believe me, if I had known your exact location, I would have told the police, Professor.
Feeling worried and guilty of all the torture that Robert suffered, I said to him:
-Anyone would have done it, Robert, anyone would have done it - I told him, and after a few seconds of silence, I said - now, go take a bath, you deserve a "little vacation"
- Thank you Professor - he replied
- Liz? Are you there? - I asked for
- Yes Professor- she told me
- Liz listen to me, it is possible that he has a microphone inside - I said, because it could be a very very probable police move - until we operate on Robert, it is important that you lead a normal life
- Stealing the Central Reserve Bank of the Country, normal life?
- They can't suspect that we know - I told her - talk to Robert about what you have to talk about, naturally. What you have missed, and doing what is logical for you to do.
At that moment, Lucia, who was next to me looked at me surprised
- Are you suggesting that I sleep with him? - Liz asked me - what Robert needs is a hug, not a good fuck
- The police know that you are a couple and have not seen you for two months - I told him - you must believe that you have access to your privacy so that they do not suspect
Liz did not answer, she was unsure of what she should do, but Diego answered and told me:
- They will do what they have to do
And we ended the call, and Lucía got up from her seat with force and got out of the ambulance where we had called the bank in the middle of the forest. I got out of the ambulance too and she told me:
- Really? Was all that really necessary? she-she told me-they have had that poor boy for two months without sleeping in a hole, without being able to go to the bathroom. Thinking that he was on death row, and you use it like that?
- It is time to get a fundamental piece, Lucia - I said - fundamental in all this war, to get control of the microphones, of the position beacons. If they have to have sex, even if they don't feel like it, they should.
- Can't you see that Liz hasn't answered you - she told me
- You are complaining more than her - I said to her
- That's the problem, I'm here, right? - She told me - and you would rather do this by yourself, like a lone wolf. Look, let's speak out for once. What's going on? Joseph, look at me - she said, holding me slightly from my face. What is happening? What's up?
- I feel like I'm betraying the band - I said
- What? - she said
- I'm disrespecting the robbery - I said sincerely - my brother could mix a relationship with all this, I couldn't. It's impossible for me, I can't. I am a chess player. Bobby Fischer would never have faced Spassky with his girlfriend by his side.
- I'm not anyone's girlfriend - she said - I'm here because I know the police much better than you, and much better than anyone in this band
- You know protocol, you know negotiation, but me too - I told her - I beat you Lucia.
- You beat me at this game? - She told me - I must be an idiot, because I thought we had fallen in love. Look, I have my mother and daughter in the Philippines and all the police are looking for them.
- I did not ask you to come - I said
I could see that her eyes were watery, and then she said to me:
- All this is nothing more than revenge, right? From the Philippines - she told me - since you woke up at night dreaming of your brother. And Robert is the perfect excuse to avenge Matias. Is that it? Do you know what happens? That you have already screwed up my life
And she was right, because every night I got up and thought about my brother Matias, I wanted to avenge him, because he was the only thing I had left. He was my only family before Lucia came into my life, and I didn't know what to say to him, I just felt sad about everything I've done.
But our discussion was affected because we heard a buzzing noise, which seemed to come from above us. We looked up and saw that it was a police drone.
- Oh no! - Lucia said
- Go! - I told her
We got into the ambulance and took off at full speed, just to lose sight of the drone.
Part 3:
As I ordered Liz, she and Robert went to a bathroom, and there, while Robert was in the tub, Liz would take off her Dalí suit and on her body she said: "Don't say anything" "You have had a microphone implanted" "We are going to operate on you to remove it"
Liz asked Robert:
- What color do you think I'm wearing my panties?
Meanwhile, in the tent, Antoñanzas, who was a policeman who always listened to what was happening inside the bank, with the microphone that had been implanted inside Robert or whoever watched what was happening outside said:
- Bordeaux
Robert said:
- Black - said Robert - That, or you don't have
- Bingo - Liz said
Antoñanzas was uncomfortable with this private conversation between Robert and Liz. It was then that Colonel Tamayo asked him:
- Is something wrong? - Tamayo asked in a not very serious way.
- No, sir - said Antoñanzas with a face of nervousness and discomfort without the Colonel Tamayo looking at him
Liz: Robert and I always told each other the truth in our moments where we were together. But you don't always want to hear the truth.
It was at this point that Robert said to Liz:
-Liz-he said to Liz-I can't go on with you
Liz laughed, but Robert said:
- I've been thinking a lot - he said - you've always been ahead and I was behind, like a dog. In that cell I discovered that I am strong. Before I was scared. I was terrified of living without you. On the island, after 3 days you left me there when you left I was like crazy, and I didn't like that. It wouldn't be like that again.
- Robert - said Liz
- Liz, you need this - Robert said, opening his arms, to imply that what Liz needed was action, and going on adventures or partying, not being with him
- No - Liz said
- Yes. And I'm sorry - said Robert - really, but I don't want to live on your roller coaster
Liz: That's where my downfall began. Suddenly I felt like an oil tanker reaching the end of the world and plummeting into the void. And there, as you fall, you can only look up, and see how what you wanted most is getting smaller and smaller. If I had known that this was going to be our last fuck, I would never have let it end.
- You are the person I have loved the most - said Robert with teary eyes - which is not much, is it? With 23 years. But so will you when I'm 70
Liz had a tear coming out of her left eye
- Robert, don't leave me please - Liz said to him on the verge of crying - please don't leave me
Robert hugged her with tears in her eyes and Liz did the same
- Do you hear me? Don't leave me - Liz said sobbing - Don't leave me
- You will find someone much better - said Robert sobbing - you are very good and lined
- No - Liz said crying
- In a few years, we will meet - said Robert - and I will be with two or three children and the shopping bags. And you'll be in a stunning convertible with a Brazilian. Yes
Liz tried to deny all that, turning her head from left to right, but it was all in vain.
- We will have a wine and laugh at this - said Robert
- If I want to go back to the island with you - Liz said still sobbing - no please
And they both ended up hugging each other sobbing, which was their last act of love before parting ways. It was their farewell.
Meanwhile, in the police tent, an agent named Martinez who was in charge of monitoring the geo-locations and audiovisuals, informed Colonel Tamayo about what was happening to Lucía and me:
- Colonel, a drone has located the Professor - informed him
- Does that have a signal? - Tamayo asked him
- Yes - he said
- Put it on the screen - Colonel Tamayo ordered
And so he did, we were in serious trouble. But I already knew that a situation like that would happen, and for that reason, I took a whole camouflage mechanism in the ambulance to be in the forest.
Lucia was getting ready to jump out of the ambulance, she put on her backpack with everything she needed to camouflage herself and meet me again. Then, when we passed through some tall trees that covered us from the drone, Lucía jumped out of the ambulance and managed to escape. Then I put a brick on the gas pedal, because the road was still narrow, then I grabbed my backpack to camouflage myself and jumped out of the ambulance. We tried to mislead the police as much as we could.
In the tent, Suarez told Colonel Tamayo:
- Colonel, give me a helicopter - he said - I'm in charge of this fighter
Colonel Tamayo nodded and said:
-Come on -he said to Suarez
Then, inside the bank, Liz, Nick, John, Emily and William were operating on Robert, to remove the microphone he had inside, they had to do it with great caution.
They succeeded, and fortunately, he only had one.
- Lucia, be careful - I told Lucia before she jumped out of the ambulance
- As they catch you, I'll kill you - she told me
In my backpack I had a lot of money to negotiate if necessary, bottles of water to survive 72 hours, a gun, and a camouflage net.
In everyone's mind there is an idea engraved, and that is that the fugitive flees. But we are not going to run away. The plan was that we were going to stay there, still, whatever happens, and that we would not leave a radius of 500 meters from the place where we were detected. We'll be close to them but they won't see us as long as we hide in the first four minutes.
- How are we going to hide? - Lucia told me when I and she were alone going over the plan
- Seven or eight meters from the ground - I told him because the plan consisted of climbing trees and hiding among the leaves
We would use the same concealment technique as snipers. Perfect camouflage.
- Lucia, you should be in your position by now - I told her through a communicator I had at the time
- I know - she told me trying to climb the tree where she had jumped - but I have a problem
Suddenly, she heard several dogs barking
- Oh no, hell - she said - there are soldiers nearby, I don't have time
- No, no, no - I said to her - stick to the plan
Inside the ambulance, the brick had come out of her position due to a pothole in the road, and that caused her to stop.
- Bring the drone closer - Colonel Tamayo ordered Martinez
He did so, and when he saw that there was no one in the ambulance, Colonel Tamayo yelled:
- Shit! I want the scientific police - he ordered all the policemen - we have caught them in their panties, gentlemen, surely that ambulance is full of evidence. Go!
Lucia ended up slipping from the tree, so she had to run crouching so that the military in the area would not see her.
I was able to climb the tree where I had fallen, and from there, I said to Lucia:
- Lucia, I am about two kilometers northwest of the epicenter - I informed him - there are soldiers everywhere, have you managed to get up?
- No, I had to improvise - she told me
- How? - I worried about her
- There is a farm 400 meters south of your position - she told me
- No, it is the first place where they will look - I worried more
- I have no choice - she told me exhaustedly
- Lucia? - I asked, but I only heard silence
I did not get an answer, because the call had been cut off. And I was left with no choice but to put on my camouflage costume.
In the tent, Javiera said something to Tamayo according to the 40 hostages we released previously:
- According to all of them, this man took 3 of the hostages to work at more than 65 degrees - said Javiera pointing to the photo of Jhon - they are melting the gold
- How do you melt the gold? - Colonel Tamayo asked - don't screw me, Javiera, but what have they set up in there, the Altos Hornos de Vizcaya or what?
- An industrial oven takes up little more than a dishwasher - she said - and they entered with army trucks
- The mother who gave birth to me - Colonel Tamayo got up, crushing the table - they are melting the National Reserve, but for what?
- To remove it - Javiera told him - it facilitates its extraction
- Go ahead with your plan - Tamayo ordered him - let's go for the gold. They can't get a single gram out!
- Good! - Javiera said with an annoyed face of happiness
Part 4:
The military spread throughout the forest, and the only thing I could do was call Lucia again, who had hidden on a farm inside a hut, and had gotten into a box of a couple of chickens. I told:
- Lucas is coming, in three hours he will arrive with us - I told her, and by the way, Lucas was another of ours and was Diego's other friend, and he was in charge of some things that had to be done outside the bank , such as monitoring the actions of the police
- Okay, received - Lucia said
- How are you? - I asked her
- Well ... with fear - she said
At that time I remembered moments with Lucia where we went to the beach to have a great time, and we contemplated the sunrise. I had teary eyes, and then I said:
- I'm sorry, Lucia - I said to her - I'm really sorry. Look ... I have been alone for many years and you are the best person I have ever known and my only love. I don't know how to do this, I don't know how to talk ... about this. I just know that I need you in my life. I've been hooked on everything you've taught me. To cook, together in our beautiful house. To bathe dressed in the sea. To help children in need. Lucia, everything is better because you are with me. Because I'm in love.
- You could have told me sometime that you were in love - Lucia said
- I'm telling you now, because I don't know how to say it to your face - I said holding back my tears - and forgive me because ... in the earlier discussion, I was talking about the ... the misfit who does not know how to enjoy life, the Professor. But Joseph, I ... Lucia, what I want is to spend the rest of my life with you.
Lucia was crying because of everything I told her sincerely, and she said:
- I feel very silly here, crying, while a hen stares at me
Two tears fell from my face, and after hearing what she said I laughed and said:
- Chickens bring good luck - I said
- I don't know where - she said - because in the Chinese horoscope, no
And while we were crying, we laughed a little, and then Lucia said to me:
- I think I'll be able to hold out for three hours after all this you've told me
And I nodded my head, and I said to her:
- We will communicate again in 15 minutes, frequency 144, okay?
- Received. I cut the call - said Lucia
Lucia, after everything I said to her, felt calmer, and at the same time happier than ever. But her happiness would not last long because a man, who owned the farm, opened the box where she had hidden and pointed a shotgun at her head.
Meanwhile, on the bench, Liz was listening through headphones that she had the song "La deriva" by Vetusta Morla, while she was drinking a bottle of champagne that she had brought to drink with Robert, but after what happened, after her breakup of love, she drank it alone.
Liz: "Love is two people balancing. When one goes up, the other goes down, the balance is always lost. Due to time, monotony, and if not, for people like me"
While that was happening, Diego informed me of what Robert had inside:
- Robert had a microphone and a GPS beacon - Diego informed him - all extracted and without problems
- Have you managed to isolate the chips? - I asked him
- But of course, dear - Diego said ironically
- Okay, it's time to give you something else - I said - Diego, we started the Alcatraz plan, due to maximum urgency
- The Alcatraz plan? - Diego was surprised - Joseph, what the hell is happening out there?
- We are in an extreme ... situation - I said, and that was enough for Diego to start the plan
Some time ago, I told the group:
- If Lucia and I find ourselves in a critical situation, we will need the greatest distraction maneuver we can generate
- The objective is that the police have to look at 2 places at the same time - said Lucia - And there is only one thing more powerful than capturing the two of us
- Get all of us? - asked Liz
- That you escape is the biggest decoy we can ride - I added - they are going to go crazy
Meanwhile, on the bench, Liz was listening through headphones that she had the song "La deriva" by Vetusta Morla, while she was drinking a bottle of champagne that she had brought to drink with Robert, but after what happened, after her breakup of love, she drank it alone.
Liz: "Love is two people balancing. When one goes up, the other goes down, the balance is always lost. Due to time, monotony, and if not, for people like me"
While that was happening, Diego informed me of what Robert had inside:
- Robert had a microphone and a GPS beacon - Diego informed him - all extracted and without problems
- Have you managed to isolate the chips? - I asked him
- But of course, dear - Diego said ironically
- Okay, it's time to give you something else - I said - Diego, we started the Alcatraz plan, due to maximum urgency
- The Alcatraz plan? - Diego was surprised - Joseph, what the hell is happening out there?
- We are in an extreme ... situation - I said, and that was enough for Diego to start the plan
Some time ago, I told the group:
- If Lucia and I find ourselves in a critical situation, we will need the greatest distraction maneuver we can generate
- The objective is that the police have to look at 2 places at the same time - said Lucia - And there is only one thing more powerful than capturing the two of us
- Get all of us? - asked Liz
- That you escape is the biggest decoy we can ride - I added - they are going to go crazy
At the bench, John began to drill, and it was there that Martinez, in the tent, called the Colonel saying:
- Colonel, the seismic sensors indicate movement - Martinez said - it is possible that they are biting with industrial machinery
It was there that Colonel Tamayo called the head of a military squad to enter the bank:
- Bernardo! - Colonel Tamayo called him and told him - You have studied that subsoil until exhaustion. Tell me, can they escape down there somehow?
- I would say no, sir - said Bernardo - it is an absolutely remote hypothesis
- Remote or impossible, Bernardo? - Tamayo asked
- We would be talking about a civil engineering work with tunnel boring machines and more than a hundred meters deep - said Bernardo
- So what, Bernardo? - Tamayo told him - That we cannot underestimate these people, that they make you the Channel Tunnel and you will not get caught. How many people do you have down there?
- Twenty-five men, sir - Bernardo told him
- Twenty-five? - Tamayo said - but what are we, on sale? Put fifty, put a hundred in each meter, in each puddle, a policeman. That you can't take a step without greeting someone. Get the batteries, Bernardo
-Yes sir - Bernardo told him and then he told his team - let's go!
While all this was happening, Lucía left the box, slowly, and walked forward, while the owner of the farm pointed a shotgun at her and he asked her:
- What were you doing there?
- I was hiking and I got lost, sir - Lucia said, trying to deceive him - I have come here to rest, I'm sorry
- And you get into the chicken box? - he said
- Well, I have knocked on the door of the house, but no one has come out ... Please - said Lucia nervous and with teary eyes
- Do you think I'm stupid? - said the man - I know who you are. Lucia, the Professor's wife
- Ok - Lucia said - I'm going to tell you the whole truth
But in an unexpected moment, she pulled 2 pistols out of her pockets
- Don't sign me up! - Shouted the farmer still with his shotgun in hand
- Take it easy - Lucia told him
- Don't sign me up! Put down the guns! - said the man
- Take it easy - said Lucia - tell me your name, take it easy
- Jus ... Justino - he said
- Ok, Justino, calm down - said Lucia - Now ... you have 2 pistols pointed at you and you ... a shotgun to kill birds. You can hurt me, but if you shoot me, you're dead. So put the gun down. Put the gun down, Justino.
And Justin began to bring it down slowly
- That's it - said Lucia - you have no chance, I would not risk my life
But then Justino quickly picked her up and said to Lucia:
- They have asked for citizen collaboration
And later, Justino's wife pointed another shotgun at Lucia at her back and said:
- And they give a reward of 10 million dollars, ma'am - she said - put down your guns
- It's okay - Lucia said pretending to surrender - it's okay
But Lucia, in a fraction of a second, stepped to the side and pointed at both of them.
- Drop your weapons - said Lucia - I know how to play this, you don't
- Do you think we're playing, ma'am? - Justino's wife said - you are a police officer, I have seen you on TV. And you will not shoot, but we can, you have entered our property
- And you must have very good aim with both hands - Justino said
- And the shotgun that I have is for big game - said Justino's wife - not to kill little birds, this makes holes
And Lucia had no choice but to remove both magazines from both pistols and leave them on the floor, but she said something else:
- Okay, let's do one thing
She took a pencil out of her coat and tied her hair up and said:
- What do you think if we start to negotiate?
Meanwhile, on the bench, Liz, who had already had two bottles of champagne, went to the foundry floor, and when she ran into Emily, she said:
- Emily! Emily! -Liz said as she hugged her
- Oops, oops - said Emily, who had already realized that Liz had gotten drunk - what's up?
- That we are both single - said Liz
- Yap - said Emily
- Yes, we can go buy the kittens - said Liz
- Yeah, honey, what happened? asked Emily
- Nothing friend, well ... - Liz said - ... that love is over
- Now, now, come on - said Emily holding her arm
- That love is over, love is over - said Liz - I want to take a bath, I need water and a little privacy
By that, Liz meant swimming in the vault. But Emily stopped her, and Liz crying, said:
- But I ... had a good story ... of love - she said - I'm going to bathe
But Mike, he carried her and took her to the elevator, while Emily called William to take Liz
- William, come down for Liz, and take her - Emily said, and then she said to Liz - I'm going upstairs in a few minutes and we'll talk, okay?
In the elevator, Liz said to William, with a tear coming out of his eye:
- I'm pathetic - said Liz - no wonder he broke up with me
William, to console her, said:
- We will have - he said - we entered here to rescue Robert, right? We got in for that, not to save your relationship, and you have achieved it, because you are an incredible woman, but you have to move forward
And Liz, only what she could sadly say was:
- I'll try
Part 5:
- With Robert they will try to sneak in at least a microphone and a position beacon - I told the band some time ago - that we will use in our favor, in the Alcatraz plan
- To make them believe that we ran away - said Mike
- To make them feel - I said - that it is much more powerful
The Alcatraz plan had started. Robert, who had the microphone in a glass of water, said:
- Stop! Stop, John!
John stopped drilling and that caused the police seismic sensor to give no signal.
- Because the sense of hearing coupled with fear is the greatest generator of paranoia - I continued telling the band some time ago - we can make them believe anything. You see, a leak is tension, it is emotion, it is darkness, it is the echo of the cavities, the humidity of the subsoil. They have to feel all of that. And they will.
- Call Diego, quickly - said John
- Emily is missing - Diego said, stepping on puddles of water that had been prepared in the basement to make the police believe that they were leaving.
- It is finishing melting - said Robert
- Let it go down, we have enough - Diego said, deceiving the police - We're getting out of here!
Colonel Tamayo, who had listened to the entire conversation, was shocked and asked Javiera:
- They can melt 90 tons of gold in two days?
- No - said Javiera - it is impossible
Then he went to ask an engineer who was in the tent, helping them in everything that has to do with the structure of the subsoil of the bank.
- Engineer - said Colonel Tamayo - Can 90 tons of gold be melted in two days or not?
- They would need 150, 200 furnaces, I would have to do calculations - said the engineer - technically it is possible, but not probable
- If they did probable things they would rob savings banks - Colonel Tamayo said in response
- Your hearing will be generating so many questions that you will have to seek confirmation in another sense, your sight - I told the group while we were reviewing the Alcatraz plan - and it is right there where the new member of our band will come into play
I forgot to tell you that in the robbery, we would use animals to carry it out. But don't worry, any animal we use will emerge unscathed from the robbery.
The new member was a ferret named Sophia. We put her geolocation chip on it, in a type of pocket ferret suit, and we secured it well so it wouldn't fall off.
Then, Jhon started a boat engine, and put it in a rectangular container with water, to make the police believe that we already took the gold and were leaving.
In the tent, Colonel Tamayo heard the engine in the water, and it was there that he wondered:
- What the hell is that?
- It looks like a four-stroke engine - said Antoñanzas
- A motor? - asked Colonel Tamayo
- It may be a nautical engine started ... from a chain - said the nervous engineer
- But what the fuck chain? - Colonel Tamayo said - They're leaving, damn it! That they are leaving!
- They can only think of one thing, because there is a clear precedent - I told everyone, before the robbery - and they will not like it
Then Emily came over with 2 coffees and said:
- I'm here - she said - let's go!
And Robert, with a tool, began to imitate the sound of supposed wagons, but Colonel Tamayo took it as if they were really wagons:
- What are those things? - He asked himself, and then tried to guess - wagons, wagons!
And it was at that moment, that we unleashed the madness, because we released Sophia into a tube while she carried the microphone and the GPS.
- Satellite confirmation - Martinez said, and everyone thought it was us, but it was actually a ferret - they are moving
- How fast are they going? - Tamayo asked
- At 18 kilometers per hour - Martinez said
- Their holy mother! - Colonel Tamayo said - at that rate in half an hour they are in another city
His mobile phone rang, it was Angel who wanted the Military Emergency Unit, saying it was urgent, but Colonel Tamayo replied:
- Urgent, my balls! They are getting our gold through a tunnel - Tamayo said - The National Reserve in chain-link motor wagons! The MEU stays here!
- Suarez, how's everything going? - Angel asked Suarez who was looking for Lucia and me
- We only have two farms left, we are close! - Suarez said
- Okay - said Angel, and then he told the military - Gentlemen, we are going!
And at that moment, I just knew that the woman I loved was in trouble, unless I turned myself in to the police.
Meanwhile, Bernardo's squad was already underground, and Tamayo said:
- You have them next to you, Bernardo - he said - next to!
- 15 meters! - Bernardo indicated
- They're just around the corner!
- 7 meters! - Bernardo said - attentive. Five meters
- Bernardo! - Tamayo said aloud
- 3 meters - Bernardo said - Two. They're here! They're here!
- Bernardo, what is it? What's going on? - Tamayo said wondering where we were because we did not appear on the screen of the police tent
Just then, Sophia appeared through one of the tubes. One of the men in the squad asked:
- What the hell is that? - He said
- Colonel - Bernardo said - it's a ferret and it's dressed as Dalí
Javiera only gave a short laugh when she found out that all this time they were chasing a ferret
- What sons of bitches - said Colonel Tamayo annoyed in a low voice - It's all part of their fucking plan
- Yeah, but he's not the only one who has plans - said Javiera, - it's time to hit them where it hurts the most. We must attack. Directly to the heart. Break them inside. And I know how to do it.
- How? - Tamayo said
- It's already in motion, all of it - said Javiera
Meanwhile, Lucia was trying to negotiate with the farmers:
- I have money - said Lucia
- The police too - Justino said - ten million
- Are you sure you heard my name on the news? - Lucia said
- Yes - said Justino's wife
- Because ... they say they offer ten million but for the Professor - Lucia said - and even that is not true. The rewards have a lot of fine print. I've been a cop, and I know that rewards ... are not paid. Never. Tom Lee, a Michigan businessman, gave crucial information on bin Laden's whereabouts. They offered 25 million dollars. And he's still claiming it. I do not lie. You can look on the Internet. But I can offer you money. Today. And much more than the police offer
- How much? - Justino's wife asked
- How about 15 million? - Lucia said
And the farmers, they were thinking about it.
Meanwhile, Javiera, left the tent with a teddy bear in her arms, and approached the door of the bank.
Emily, who was passing through one of the upper windows, managed to see her in the distance next to the teddy bear.
- What a bitch - said Emily and she decided to go to the first floor
Meanwhile, on the first floor, William grabbed Robert by the arm, who was handing out water to the hostages. They walked away from them and William said in a low voice:
- You are the greatest ungrateful on Earth - said William - we have come to rescue you, and the first thing that comes to mind is to leave Liz
- William, it's a personal matter - said Robert
- Personal my balls - said William - Liz is a time bomb, don't you know? So you're going to ask for forgiveness. You ask him to get out of it again or you ask him to marry you. When you come out of her, you calmly leave her. Not here.
They did not have time to continue talking because Diego went to where they were with Jhon and said:
- A pregnant woman is coming with a teddy bear - Diego said ironically, opening his arms to the sides - Did someone call the fucking circus? What the heck is going on?
- We have to go outside to get that bear - Emily said, but John stopped her
- We do it according to protocol, Emily - said John
- What bug bit Emily? - Diego asked her
- None - she said
Later, John chose a group of hostages to bring the teddy bear. While they were leaving, Antoñanzas, in the tent, told Colonel Tamayo.
- They have ten hostages with rifles on the parapet, sir - said Antoñanzas
- I'm seeing it Antoñanzas, I'm seeing it! - Tamayo said
Then the main hostage took the stuffed animal, and then everyone turned to go back to the bench.
And Javiera finally said:
- The bomb is inside
On the bench, the bear went through X-rays, and John said there was only a phone and something else, but there was no bomb.
That something else was pills, in other words, drugs. Emily, seeing them, closed her eyes, as if she felt guilty about something. And Alicia noticed this.
Then the phone rang and the one who answered was Emily, and she told Javiera:
- Daughter of the great whore! - Emily said furiously - what do you want?
- Make you an offer - Javiera said calmly
- Fuck off - Emily said and cut her off the call
- Ok - Javiera said having noticed that
Emily took the bear, but Diego wanted it to stay with the band. It was Alicia, who offered to go with her, to talk and find out why she was in that mood.
Meanwhile, Lucia continued negotiating with the farmers:
- If they hand me over to the police, you will become plagued - said Lucia - as soon as they have me, they will disappear, but not you. They will be on all televisions. "The marriage that gave Lucia" They will hate you. Because everyone loves us and knows why? Because we have returned to rescue a comrade who was being tortured. And the torturers are the same ones who say they are going to give you ten million.
So think about it, and take the money. They can have it in 2 hours, and no one is ever going to know about this. I give you my word.
- Okay - said Justino's wife
But just at that moment, Suarez and the rest of the police were just steps away from entering the farm where Lucia was.
- Justin, the police are here - she said
- Demons! - Lucia said
Meanwhile, on the bench, Alicia came to where Emily was, and she said to her:
- That little bear belongs to your son, right? asked Alice
- It no longer smells like him - Emily said holding back tears
- They have done this just to hurt you, you know? - said Alice
- Yes, I know - said Emily sobbing - and they have screwed me well because ... now all I want is to smell my son. I am a bad mother.
- No, no Emily - said Alicia - you were the mother you could be. And you paid for it. A lot. And you're still paying.
- You have no idea - said Emily - Do you know what I did with this bear? When they called to pick me up, I took my child and went to the park. I made him handsome. I would sit him in his chair and give him his bear. And Mom, inside the bear, would put lollipops, cocaine, heroin, whatever it took. This is how my child used to go down to the park. I used him ... as a mule. They took him from me. And they took him from me for good reason.
Alicia had a tear coming out of her eye, until the mobile phone rang:
- I have your son - said Javiera
- That? - Emily said
- Axel - said Javiera - is with me
- It's not true - said Emily
- Yes, yes - said Javiera - I have it here, one meter away. As salty as ever. But with nine years. Axel, what do you want to be when you grow up?
- Firefighter - said Axel
- Que? -Javiera said, bringing the phone closer to her son so that Emily could hear him
- Firefighter - repeated Axel
- He wants to be a firefighter - said Javiera
- You're lying, I'm going to hang up - Emily said sobbing
- Don't hang up - said Javiera - I have something to offer you. But, first of all, I'm going to show you that I don't lie
- I don't trust motherfuckers - Emily said crying
-Ya, neither do I-said Javiera and then she told Axel-come on Axel
She gently took him by the hand and said to Emily:
- I'm going to do one thing - said Javiera - I'm going to go out there with him, and you're going to verify that what I'm telling you is true. After we talk, what I have to tell you is important
After saying that, Javiera hung up the call.
It was at that moment that Emily leaned out of a window. And indeed, what Javiera said was true. Javiera had her son.
She was crying with a smile on her face after seeing him after a long time.
Then, Javiera looked to the side, because in a nearby building, there was a sniper, pointing at Emily, without her knowing it.
- Permission to shoot? - said the sniper
- My son - Emily said crying
- Shoot - said Javiera
- Emily, get away! - Alicia shouted who knew that this was a bad sign
Emily with her jousting managed to turn her face towards her, when the sniper fired. And unfortunately, the bullet landed in Emily's chest, not before going through the teddy bear of her son.
Emily fell to the ground, and Alicia tried to help her but to no avail:
- Emily. Emily. Quiet, quiet, quiet - said Alicia, as she tried to find out if the wound was deep, and unfortunately, if it was, and when she saw that enough blood began to flow from her chest, she had no choice but to scream for help - Help ! Help! Come here!
Meanwhile, Lucia was still with the farmers:
- Please, hide me somewhere - said Lucia - please you have to hide me
- Twenty million - Justino said
- Yes, it's fine - Lucia said - I have two in my backpack, as soon as I get out here I'll give you the rest. I swear
- Don't listen to him - Justino's wife said - there's no time, Justino!
Then, Lucia took out a radio to communicate with me and she said:
- I want you to listen to this - she said - Professor, I'm Lucia, I'm surrounded. I need to give 18 million to some people to help me. It's possible?
- Of course - I said - we will give it to you with the utmost urgency
- Do you see it? -said Lucia-He never misses his word and neither do I. Twenty millions. Do you accept?
But Justino's wife, peeked through a hole in the farm gate, and said to her husband:
- They have dogs - she said - they will find her. They will put us in jail, Justinoo
-We have the hatch under her -Justin said- I can cover her with manure, the dogs won't smell anything
- Please, Reni - Justino said
- Please! - Lucia said
- No - said Reni
When I heard this, I came down from my hiding place, since the military had left, and I decided to run to where Lucia was, ready to give myself up as long as they didn't do anything to her.
On the bench, Emily was still bleeding:
- Please help! - Emily said dying
- Emily! Emily, please. Hold on - said John worriedly, leaving his gun aside and running where Emily was - hold on please!
- I'm really screwed, John - said Emily
- It's okay - John said, pressing on Emily's wound, while her hand filled with blood - It's inside, not bad. We will get it out. Gauze! Gauze! Give me the gauze
In the tent, with her evil plan successfully concluded, Javiera said:
- Now they will be playing doctors - she said - Let's go with everything, right?
- The time has come - Colonel Tamayo said - Gentlemen, we launch the attack! Let the armored advance. Let's break down that damn door.
While that was happening, I was running, to try to save Lucia:
- Lucia - I said
-Come on -Justino said to Lucia, who did not agree with his wife and wanted the 20 million dollars
- They are going to hide me in a basement - Lucia told me
I kept running through the forest, trying to get to the farm, in case they caught her
Justin opened the cellar door from him, which was quite hidden. But neither he nor Lucia realized that Reni, Justino's wife, went outside the farm, and she notified the police:
- Tall! - exclaimed a policeman
-Lucia is in here -she said- and she is talking to the Professor
At the bank, things were getting ugly too, as Mike walked in and saw Emily bleeding, while the others tried to save her life:
- Morphine! - said Mike
- They have blown me up - said Lucia sobbing - I am destroyed inside
- No - Liz said
At the farm, the policemen yelled at Reni:
- The gun down! Drop your weapon! Against the tree! Against the tree!
- But if I have not done anything - said Reni - but if I have not done anything please
- Javiera, do you hear me? - Asked Suarez, who had called the tent
- Yes, tell me - said Javiera
- We have Lucia - said Suarez - she's in communication with the Professor. What do you want me to do?
Javiera, smiled wickedly, knowing that she had won
- Quiet! - Justino said, pointing the shotgun at her again
- No, Justino, no - Lucia said raising her hands
- On knees! - Justin yelled
In the bank. Emily was still dying:
- I'll put you morphine to get the bullet out - said Mike - you hold on
Liz put both hands to her face to cry silently, because it seemed that Emily had no chance to continue living because of her injury.
At the farm, Lucia, on her knees, said to Justino:
- Justino, help me - Lucia said
- I can't - Justino said
- Policeman! - shouted Suarez
On the bench, William looked out the window, and saw the armored squad of police with a tank, and it was there that he shouted to the others:
- Guys! Guys! Guys! Guys! Guys! - he shouted worried - they come with the fucking tank
He decided to go downstairs, where Diego was going to communicate with the Professor. On the farm, the problems continued:
- Policeman! - shouted Suarez
- There is nothing to do - Justino said to Lucia
The police entered the farm, and Suarez yelled at Justino and Lucía respectively:
- Put the gun down! Hands where I can see them! - Suarez shouted while Lucia was crying silently
Then Suarez said to Justino:
- You out of here - he said
- Why are you sending him out, Suarez? - Lucia said, then there were 3 seconds of silence and Lucia said to Justino:
- Don't go out, Justino, don't go out!
- She is dangerous - said Suarez - I order you to leave
- What are they going to do? - Justino said worried
- Suarez, I'm giving myself up, I'm unarmed - Lucia said - What are you doing?
After Suarez, he sent Velasco, who was a member of his squad, the following:
- Velasco, get this civilian out of here! - ordered Suarez
- What are you going to do? - Justino asked - What are you going to do?
- Don't go, Justino, don't go! - Lucia said
- What are you going to do? What are you going to do? - Justino kept repeating, while Velasco put him next to the tree, like his wife
- Suarez, I am not a threat - Lucia said
- You are the biggest threat, damn it - Suarez said pointing a gun at her head - you sold us all, traitor!
- Suarez, put the gun down - Lucia said crying
- Where is the Professor? - Suarez asked
- Lucia, tell them that I am going to surrender - I told Lucia through the radio - buy time until I arrive. Lucia tell him
- Where is the Professor? - Suarez asked in a louder voice
- I don't know where the Professor is - Lucia said
- Tell him, I'm going, Lucia - I said again to Lucia, while I ran through the forest very worried about her
- Where is the Professor? - Suarez asked angrily
- I do not know! - Lucia answered
- Are you sure? - Suarez said, loading his pistol - Because I'm only going to ask you one more time
- Get out of there! - I yelled to Lucia - Get out of there!
- Where is the Professor? - Suarez asked him one last time
And Lucia, with tears in her eyes, scared, and determined not to give me away, answered:
- I don't know where the Professor is - said Lucia - I don't know
- wrong answer
Lucia closed her eyes, while 2 tears came out of there. Suarez rested her weapon on his next to Lucia's forehead. Lucia opened her eyes again, ready to accept her fate.
And I kept saying:
- I'm going - I said to Lucia - tell her, get out of there, get out of there!
Until, immediately, I heard a terrifyingly loud shot, and stopped suddenly. I couldn't believe what was happening. I had been frozen and in shock, but then I heard another shot echo through my head. There was no question. The woman of my life had been taken from me. I felt, in slow motion, how I fell to my knees to the grass. And second later, I could only scream by lifting my head up. My eyes were full of tears, I was heartbroken, I was without strength. I felt like my entire happiness disappeared in a second. He kept screaming. I hadn't been able to save her. I have not been able to save Lucia. While I screamed and cried with sadness, pain, frustration, anger, I could only hear Suarez say:
- This has been in self-defense, understood Solana? -Suarez said to Solana, who was another policeman from his squad-She fired first. She takes the gun and wipes the prints, put it in her hand.
While I was crying over the death of Lucia, Diego contacted me
- Professor, Diego here - he said
But I couldn't answer him. I was very devastated inside.
In the tent, Colonel Tamayo was preparing the attack:
- Ready for immediate intervention - Tamayo said - As soon as we knock down that door, we enter with all the troops
Diego told me the same thing again:
- Professor, Diego here - he said - do you copy me?
But I still didn't answer anything to him. Because I couldn't believe what had happened
- Joseph! Are you there? - Diego said
But I still couldn't answer anything, until he called out my name:
- Joseph!!
And it was there when he managed to get me out of my current situation, and I replied:
- They have executed Lucia - I said seriously and sadly
Diego could not believe what he had said, he had been worried. And then he told me:
- Emily has been shot here - he told me - A sniper. She is in grave condition
- Hold on - John said to Emily
- I've seen my son - Emily said to John crying, while the others were sobbing - right now, and he's fine. He's fine.
- Diego! Diego! - William shouted running where Diego was - they come with a fucking tank. They are going to burst the door
- We received an attack - Diego told me
The Joseph, who one day I went, was gone forever. I don't know if he would return, but Lucia's execution was the last straw. And it was for that reason that I told Diego:
- Diego ... this is no longer a rescue - I said to him - ... or a robbery ... or a pulse to the system. This is a war. Act accordingly.
- Sir ...- Diego told me, knowing what that order meant -... it was an honor to be under your orders
And then he yelled:
- DEFCON 2! - he yelled - come on William
In the tent, Tamayo said:
- Be forewarned!
And Emily, who couldn't take much longer, said to John:
- When he is 18 years old, you give him the money, and tell him who his mother was
- No - said John crying
- Swear to me - said Emily
- Yes - said John
But Liz, who was trying to be positive, told Emily:
- Look at me, look at me. You're going to give it to him - she said - Okay? You're going to get out of here, and you're going to do whatever you want
Emily could only laugh, until Diego arrived and said to John:
- John! DEFCON 2 now!
- Diego, not now! - said John - now I'm with Emily, Diego
- I am going! - Liz said
And Diego, William and Liz began to go to the first floor of the bank.
Meanwhile, a man who was inside the tank, said to Tamayo:
- We are prepared for the assault
And Tamayo yelled:
- Now!
And the tank next to the armored one, began to go to the doors of the bank
At the bank, Robert decided to support William, Diego, and Liz. So he ran and made his way quickly to the first floor.
Liz was carrying a military box where there was a missile launcher.
Meanwhile, Robert brought the other
And when they were both in position, Diego was waiting for the tank to be as close to the bank as possible.
- Wait - said Diego - wait
In the tent, Colonel Tamayo had an evil happy face, because he believed that we were already lost. And when the tank was close enough, Diego gave the signal to open the doors:
- Doors!
William opening the doors of the bank. As he did so, William turned and covered his ears with both hands.
And Diego gave the final order:
- FIRE!!
It was then, when Liz and Robert, pulled both triggers that released 2 missiles at an incredibly fast speed. And when they came into contact with the tank, they blew it up. After a second, only a loud explosion was heard and a large amount of fire was seen in the center of the city, which shook the police tent. As if it were a tremor. Colonel Tamayo was shocked to see what we were capable of doing as well. It was there that William closed the doors of the bank again. The hostages were scared.
Tamayo put his hands on his head because he couldn't believe what had happened. Seconds later, the policemen who were inside the tank came out screaming and moving agitated, because they were on fire.
I was still devastated by Lucia's death. At the central bank, Emily closed her eyes, and the rest of the gang began to worry about her. The tank policemen, who were on fire, fell to their knees to the ground, screaming in pain. The demonstration stopped defeating us, to observe everything that had happened.
Liz: "But there was something the Professor didn't know. Because Lucia was still alive. She was in a locked up police van. The Professor had fallen into his own trap. That generator of paranoia that is the ear. What had really happened on the farm is that Suarez asked Solana to cover Lucía's mouth, while Suarez shot the ground twice. Then he took Lucia's GPS and radio, and put it in a bucket of water."
-Pretend that you are executing her-was what Javiera said to Suarez before her supposed execution-the Professor will be listening
Liz: "It was the card that Javiera had played ... to destroy us"
And then, the war started.
This story continues on: "An Impossible Rescue 2: The Chaos". First 6 chapters now available
