A bank robbery meant to make history (OPEN)

[Hoch Kreatur]

The screaming from the other side of the car door almost made Hoch smile, it was like when he was eighteen and first brought to Morgan's house for dinner, the chaos shocked him at first but he had grown so accustomed to it all that the warm thoughts it brought him were almost comforting. "Open the door." as Aria shouted her family name as a threat 'be happy that it was I who kidnapped you. Dust would laugh at your threat and stuff you in a box'. 

The car door slid open and Hoch gave a bright, wide smile. "Hello, children!" He greeted, taking a step back with the expectation of Aria taking a kick at him. "This didn't go as smoothly as I had hope but please, don't panic, you're in no danger." He hoped the sight of himself and Dee would calm the two. Hoch would give this entire conversation ten minutes before it was time to move, he had hoped to take them from the city in their own free will by tied and gagged would work just the same. 

[Edgar Absolt]

"Cousin, trust me the less you know, the better it is for you." Edgar said, and then he turned to Neveena. "I trust him. He is a great driver." Edgar was making small talk as he was finishing throwing bags into the back of the van. He ran to the front, as he shouted, "Shotgun." He sat in the seat, and and looked in the back. "We all in? Alright, alright... NOW FUCKING DRIVE COUSIN! DRIVE THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!"

[Morgan Flynn]

Iladar looked uneasily from Neveena to Edgar and felt his stomach start to turn. Something about everything right now seemed very, very wrong and even though he was told he was better off not knowing what was going on his eyes still glanced upwards at the rear view mirror to take notice of the strangers in his van with him. He only need see the splatter of what was unmistakably blood on their costumes and the shining metallic glint of a rifle one of them held and he felt his heart stop. What was going on and what was he doing?! What was Edgar not telling him, who were these people and why did they all have guns - what was in the bags they hauled in with them?

'Oh no. Oh no! They're robbing the bank, aren't they?! Are they taking Edgar hostage?! What do I do?!'

He didn't even want to think of what might happen if he should deny them a ride now. Too scared to ask, too scared to do anything even with Edgar screaming in his ear to drive. Iladar's grip on the steering wheel tightened and it wasn't until the rumbling of the explosion behind them that he did anything at all. He sucked in a quick, startled breath and let out a pathetic squeal, meaning to only set his foot lightly on the pedal but ended up smashing it down instead. The sound of his screeching tires and the burning, rubbery smell his tires left all mixed in with the disaster that was the bank that left many to point up and scream at as it hung on its final threads. Around on the streets people stopped and stared, those in their vehicles in red lights had the mind to climb out and abandon their vehicles and make a run for it.

The minutes passed by like hours and yet still not slow enough, for slowly rubble fell and chipped blocks of stone from the building itself peeled away. Iladar threw all caution to the wind with his own desperate attempt to get out that he didn't even follow the other getaway vans, he took whatever alleyways and side streets there were that he could squeeze by. At one point he even dared drive over the sidewalk just to get out of the vicinity, the whole time he yelled.

"Auuughhh!! Cousin, what is going on?! What is...what is...!!!" he couldn't even get a coherent question out, he just kept yelling in fear.



Morgan could only look back at the bank, the final delight in this plan reflecting in the mirror as he looked up and saw it. Behind them, the entire building teetered without the support from the floors below and in a horrific mess came crashing down into the city block below. With his car speeding off, he was the only one who could look back at the damage and amount of death it surely brought and cackle maniacally.




At the same time with what was hoped to be a lot less traumatic, Hoch opened the door to find the children as promised. Unhurt, though angry and terrified. Matthew glared daggers of his own until his eyes rested surprisingly on Hoch, a face that was not only familiar to him but so relieving. Dee with him did make it even better for the boy, it was a relief but confusing at the same time to have been taken so forcefully from their home and family only to be found by their family. Unless of course Hoch was already here to kick the crap out of the obnoxious men who did this! Yeah, that must have been it!

"Mr. Kreatur!! You did it!!" Matthew assumed happily so that all the bad guys were dead and let his excitement be heard, his eyes brightening, "didja punch them all in the junk?! I bet you did, you probably beat them all up and left them all on the ground crying like wimps!" If he could, he probably would have swung his fists around to emulate it all in how he pictured it.

[Edgar Absolt]

Edgar took a sigh of relief as he got out of the van. He looked around and realized that he had no fucking clue where he is, but no sirens. That's a good thing. He looked around and walked over to the door. "So uh cousin, I need you to calm down." He said as he put his hand on Iladar's shoulder. "Thank you for picking me and my friends from the bank. We had to get out of there because there was a bank robbery, and we just had to get out of there." He walked over to one of the bags and pulled out a small stack of bills, being around 500 Thelos.
"So uh, here is thanks for the picking us up." He said as he put the wad of cash on the chair. "I would wait a while to spend that."

[Aria Flynn]

Aria's foot came a slamming down but her heel impacted the air and not Hoch, who she was expecting, would have been some sort of ugly henchmen from stories with wort covered faces and rotten teeth. She couldn't have been more surprised to see the tiny figure and sat there with her mouth gaped and her eyes widen.
But unlike her brother who was cheery and happily, assuming to be thinking that Hoch was their hero of sorts, Aria was boiling with anger. Hoch did this? HE kidnapped them? "YOU!" Aria practically snarled, latching forward. "YOU DID THIS? HOW DARE YOU!" Aria screamed, feeling betrayed beyond words. She flung a foot out but really wanted her hands free. The little guy better be glad.

"We've trusted you and you kidnap us? How could you!" She spat and sat down, turning her back to the door and flopped down. She held herself up high but tears were streaming down. "We trusted you." She kept muttering, wondering if Hoch was a good guy or not. She suppose it can't be worse than living with her father, but at least Aria KNEW what her father was capable of. Suddenly, with Hoch, she had no clue.

She was scared for her and her brother, seemingly to think that only bad could come of this. She never thought for one second that Hoch might be saving them, but then when you're bound and kidnapped it is hard to see how any good of it.

[Hoch Kreatur]

Hoch flashed Matthew a small smile, I just one of your enemies to death... Hoch thought to himself as Aria lurched her feet forward at him. Well she figured out pretty quickly, Hoch thought to himself as he slipped his hands into his pockets and resisted to roll his eyes at her words. "I'm the one thing in this world protecting you." Hoch finally said as she finished her rant. 

He took one closer step to the car, still out of range from her feet but close enough. "The way your father is going about fighting his enemies will get you all killed. I'm taking you out of the city, to be reunited with your sister and safe from this entire mess. You'll have the life of your dreams - a normal life. No boyfriends will be thrown in the pool and you'll never be shot at again. This is best for you two... it's also not an option. So are we going kicking and screaming or calm and collective?"

I'm very much okay with any of the two.

[Morgan Flynn]

Even Iladar wasn't aware of where he had taken the gang. When he stopped the dented and scratched up van there was very little people in the area and they were certainly nowhere near a major street - that was bad, that was very bad as Iladar immediately thought that surely they were going to be murdered by these people dressed up funny. However Edgar took it all nonchalantly and even threw down some money to him, an offering that was baffling and gave Iladar an almost sick feeling as he desperately tried to talk himself out of asking and yet feeling the desire to.

"Cousin! Edgar! I am a man and any man can be fooled. They say much more about us Dwarves as well but this Dwarven man is not fooled by this, I tell you!" he spoke once he had his voice, a shaking finger pointing accusingly at Edgar's 'friends' as he scrambled from the driver's seat of his van, "these people robbed that bank! They are no friend to anyone! They..." he caught himself as he warily eyed up the armed men around him and trembled slightly. For the comfort of it all he turned his gaze back to Edgar.

"Cousin...did you do this, too? Say you are not part of it!" he pleaded, he hoped with every fibre of his being that Edgar was only a victim in this as well.





And despite Aria's whimpering and crying about how Hoch betrayed them, Matthew remained as enthused as before. He was happy to see Hoch, he took his words "you're in no danger" very easily, what was the problem? Girls were weird, making enemies just because like that.

"But I like when Aria's boyfriends get thrown in the pool!" Matthew had spoken up the moment the idea came up that that would no longer be happening. This was a lot to be taking in at once. They were moving again and they'd be with Tanya, an idea that Matthew was indifferent to but wasn't necessarily thrilled about. Still, he wasn't going to argue it. He didn't know what he wanted, aside from a warm bed and being able to go home after school to play his games like he used to.

"I'll behave," he insisted firmly, though gave his fuming sister a wary glance, "does it matter if Aria does? Because it's not fair if she screws this up for both of us. And what about my mom? And our sister? You forgot our little sister, are they coming, too?"

Dee said nothing as she listened to the boy ask about the 'other sister', though she frowned as she thought of it. She hated Gillian with what she swore was every beat of her heart but as of late she'd been a lot more present in Morgan's business, supposedly showing some more loyalty to the man and it angered her even more to think about it. She kept Morgan happy apparently and why? Because she was a stupid, lost puppy who went to him for everything, that's what Deadra thought. Matthew and Aria were abducted from her care and the woman remained untouched and perhaps that was for the best, surely wherever Gillian Flynn went Morgan was going to follow somehow.

Her eyes fell sadly and in a moment Deadra found herself further conflicted. She hated Gillian more and more but was it only for the woman, or was some of it displaced anger she had for Morgan?

[Edgar Absolt]

Edgar looked at Iladar as he was pointing at the gang, and saying stuff. He took a deep breath, and hope that he could possible save Iladar's ass from being capped. "No, they are.... they are..." He said, then he sighed. No point of lying if the cat is pretty much out of the bag.
"Yes, cousin, yes. They robbed the bank, and I helped them. Look, it wasn't easy to get worked after that mishap with the family. I got work with them. I was able to make money Cousin. I was able to stay afloat. And you know what they say cousin, that coworkers become friends. But you are family, Iladar. My last true family I have in this world. And as family, we have to trust each other, even if we don't understand it." He then turned to the other men with him. He put his right hand into his pocket, grabbing a small jar that had 30 bees, his reserve, in case they would want hurt or hush him.

[Morgan Flynn]

Iladar placed a hand over his heart at Edgar's words. No, he wasn't touched by anything Edgar said, he was actually more mortified that his cousin would turn to a life of crime to sustain himself, that somehow he would toss away all of his beliefs and values...well, if he had some before (the family incident he spoke of was pretty terrifying) that is.

"Edgar, this makes no sense at all! I am saddened to hear you would do such things to support yourself. If you were having troubles, you could have called. That is what family is for, to help when you are down and need a hand back up," he spoke sadly, "I do not want your money. I do not want this. I want you to solve this and do the right thing, I don't know what you can do from here because when they find you what will they do to you? Thelotia will not go easy on the Dwarves for thieving from them, this judgement is not going to be easily passed on you. What will you do?"

"Edgar, this guy's holding everything up, we gotta get the loot back to Boss and get the hell out of here!" one of the guys yelled out to Edgar then, interrupting Iladar's little speech.

"Yeah, make him shut up. He's gonna squeal, ain't he?"

"We should just take him back to Boss, let him deal with him."

"Yeah, Edgar. Let's just take him back with us - this guy might be your family but he's got 'snitch' written all over him!" the one gentleman said and pointed his gun on Iladar.

[Aria Flynn]

When Hoch started to explain things she started to calm down, breathing heavy like a horse and just siting there in her distaste. She wanted to believe Hoch, but the binds where making it very hard. "TO TANYA?" She screamed her thoughts going to a new set of horror. Green eyes widen to an extra length, her stare went from every face around her. "YOU CAN'T--" She started and then trailed off as Matthew spoke. He was always the reason of calm, thoughtful, intelligent thinking. Often times Aria marveled at the very relaxed and ease he always seemed to have, even when he was angry. She thought he had a lot of their mom's features in him, only with their dad's back bone. Matthew's fire was a silent one...Unlike the two sisters that could break glass by the sound of their voices and heat stoves as well.

So when he started to talk, it was a default for her to just shut up. But when he started to point verbally shoot daggers at her, she glared deeply and gasped loudly. "I DIDN'T LIKE THAT!" She shouted at Matthew. "He dumped me after that and told the whole school I had a begged him not to leave and sobbed over him!" She told Hoch and frowned. "Which...was true but still! That isn't a laughing matter Matty!" She shouted, kicking him in the shin.

"I don't want to live with dad but I'm not going to live with HER again. NEVER AGAIN." She confessed in a normal voice, wishing she had her pink velvet blanket she had since she was three and huddle up in just to shut the world out for a bit. "This isn't fair." She whispered.

[Hoch Kreatur]

Hoch pulled himself up into the van and decided he would brave the chance of getting kicked by Aria. He walked over to Matthew and began to untie the boy, "Nah, you're cool. Do you like road trips, Matthew? We've got a little journey we're going on and I know you'll enjoy it." Aria's frustration barely registered with Hoch, he would have pulled 'she's family' card but he knew that would be counter productive given the fact he was stealing her away from her parents.

"Tanya loves you both and she'll take good care of you. Besides, in a few years you'll be old enough to live on your own Aria and I've made sure there is enough money to set yourself up nicely. It won't be that bad, I promise." He was a brave little Minor as he walked right up and put a hand on her shoulder, "So why don't we give this a try, okay?"

[Edgar Absolt]

"Hey!" Edgar shouted at the hooligans, as he turned and looked at the one with the gun pointing at Iladar.
"I don't like yer tone, buddy. He drove us away from the cops and away from the bank. At least what you can do is let me handle it before you make this into a standoff. In our family, we don't believe in squealing. We believe in honor. If you want me to take him to the boss, I will. However, it is going to be without guns in our back, capice?"

Edgar kept the bees in his pockets. "Now, if you don't mind we are going to see the boss. Since you don't feel comfortable with my cousin, you all can walk." Edgar walked into the van, "Cousin, let's go, shall we?"

[Morgan Flynn]

"Honour? What the hell are you smoking?"

The gang had no idea what Edgar was getting at for they figured that stealing and killing was anything but honourable, though Edgar's words were enough to shut them up as Edgar turned back to get into the van and leave the crew behind. One of them wanted to argue but Edgar was known for...well, releasing bees on people, and for little to no reason at times. Now wasn't a time that they wanted him to have a legitimate reason for doing so. And with that, they stayed put while Iladar blinked and whipped his head to and from Edgar and the men dressed as peanuts. He followed Edgar quickly back into the van.

"C-cousin, I don't know who is this 'Boss' you speak of but I beg you, I do not want any more to do with this! I want us to go home, I want us to somehow...somehow forget this is a thing that we have done here today," he whimpered to Edgar in the van, out of the earshot of the prying gang members outside.





"OW!" Matthew yelped as Aria gave him a brutal kick to the shin. The event was enough to make Fin and Dee standing outside of the truck to both cringe at the sight of it and Fin was only a step away from reaching out to Hoch to try to convince him to not get anywhere closer to the fiery Flynn girl. Matthew certainly wasted no time in scooching himself further down the seat and away from Aria the moment Hoch had him free, his left hand reaching down to rub his sore wound from his sister's deadly heels.

"Tanya does love us, she just has a really weird way of showing it, I think," he added to Hoch's argument, "Tanya is weird. She and Dad like to keep secrets and get mad when we don't listen to what they tell us to do. She kind of is a lot like Dad but she only fights with Aria and not everyone, so I think she's better that way. Tanya also remembers birthdays and Dad never does, she thinks of us - Aria, don't you think that's nice? Tanya is nicer than Dad. If you want a boyfriend that badly I'm sure she'll allow it. I probably wouldn't, though. If Dad isn't going to be around to weed out the scum that tries to date my sisters then I have to be, right?"

Hmm, that was an interesting thought. Matthew didn't want to leave their mother or their developing sister behind, though he wanted nothing to do with their father. Living with Tanya would be good because he didn't want to lose Tanya, either. Surely if the three of them were together some day they could visit, at least. And without their father around Matthew was the only man in the family, someone had to scare the boys into treating Tanya and Aria right. He found his sisters extremely frustrating but he loved them, and enough that he was going to make sure that only the best and most well-behaved boys got to take them out on dates. This was kind of all happening so fast, he didn't realize the day he became a man was going to happen so soon! Though he was going to take this with dignity and to start off, he fought off the tears he felt well up from when Aria kicked him. Good Gods of the Eight could she ever wreck a person when she wanted to.

[Aria Flynn]

Aria gritted her teeth and practically snarled at Hoch. "I don't need your help." She spat, which was an out right lie. Even Aria could admit that things were getting unbearable at her house, to be exact a 'I'm not sure if I'm going to wake up tomorrow to my alarm or a gun.' Kind of unbearable. And to further add to the pile she could admit to, she knew Hoch's plan was smart. But all these things wouldn't be admitted out loud, no no, Aria's pride and stubbornness would be the death of her.

When she said those words she turned away, jerking out from Hoch's touch and not bothering to look at Matthew. She didn't appreciate him scooting away from her as if she were some sort of uncontrollable monster of a person. Almost as if she was like her dad. Aria couldn't meet Matthew's eyes and wanted to feel ashamed but couldn't muster it up. Aria simply isn't a person to abide by others orders.

"Am I going to get untied or is Matthew special?" She spoke with snide and hate in her voice, not bothering to mask the hurt and frustration she was feeling. She knew she couldn't do anything but follow Hoch's word, but that didn't mean she wasn't going kicking and screaming -literally- all the way. "I want to be let go," She spoke softly, holding her chin up high and looking down at Hoch as if she were the Empress herself.

[Edgar Absolt]

"Cousin, I don't think there is a way out of this. I mean yea, it suck, but the boss is cool. Who knows, he might be able to find you a better job than what you do with that place with the T in it's name." Edgar said as he adjusted him sitting in the car, and looked into the side mirror. "I mean, if worst comes to worse, we can leave... really really fast, and maybe you might have to have a gun." Edgar said, with a cool head. He was a bit nervous of taking Iladar to Morgan, but if he didn't, then they would be in more trouble because Morgan would not want to ripped off, and he would hunt every one of them down.