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It was done, technically done; the only thing dividing Pete from successfully stealing the valuables, was getting away from Louvre. It was supposed to be the easiest part of the heist - he only needed to go down the ladder, mingle in the crowd and get to the van with Andriej and Barbie on board.
Unfortunately, it wasn't that easy; he accidentally set off the alarm by tipping a stand and shattering a historical vase. The guards needed to stop playing dirty games with Angeline and head to the crime scene. She couldn't do much else apart from deleting the camera footage after being left behind in the guard station.
Pete, after scrambling to get up on his feet, started running to the window whilst pushing everyone and everything that was in his way. He Pete almost managed to get to the ladder, when guard grasped him by the hand and started shouting for backup. Though, with his quick thinking and skills obtained in CodeBlocks, he kicked the man, with all his might, in his groin. That hit made the security man scream in pain, roll on the floor and beg for help, though the criminal couldn’t care less and hopped through the window.
The man was a little disoriented and couldn't find the route that had been agreed on during the planning of the heist. Though, due to all of the commotion Jolene woke up and signalled to Pete where the car was.
"I'm back fuckers!" said Pete when he was opening the van's door and letting the woman, that had led the way, first. "I guess that we are rich now. Now hit that gas and drive, Barbie" continued Pete.
They took off and never looked back. Pete wanted to show his companions everything that he had managed to steal and started distributing the goods. “Here is the tiara and necklace with sapphires for our queen” while saying this Pete handed the jewels to Barbie because if she hadn’t been the first one to be gifted the treasures, she wouldn’t show any anger but she would probably send police on them or murder them in sleep . “The next ones are the emerald earrings and necklace for our star.” Reaction of Angeline wasn’t the one he had expected because she didn’t say thank you, but winked suspiciously, which was strange for her. “I think that Jolene is sleeping too peacefully and I won’t wake her up, but she will have the tiara of some fuckass empress and the sapphire earrings". Finally, here is the crown for our king…” saying this Pete was looking for it but there was no sign of it. He was getting increasingly desperate as he looked all over the bag.
“I’ve lost it somewhere…”. The backlash was humungous – Angeline was shouting and crying, Jolene woke up because of the noise, Barbie almost drove into another car, though Andriej was strangely calm, too calm for this situation.
“By doing this stunt you aren’t going to take anything home… It was your only task to get the jewels and bring them back safe but of course you couldn’t even handle that. We have done everything for you: the mainframe was hacked, the guards were busy with Angeline and Barbie was guarding the van...”, “And me!” disrupted Jolene. “Yes, and you Jolene, you have guaranteed that HE could get out of the building by looking after the ladder and showing the exit route.“Due to his fury, Andriej got carried away and only pure hatred could be seen in his eyes. "And you are just a failure that can't even walk straight, swaying from side to side!"
Even Barbie wouldn't have said this so straightforward. She would have used some kind of metaphor and for sure wouldn't have said this looking straight into Pete's eyes, as Andriej has done. Nevertheless, the spark in Pete’s eyes vanished and was replaced by nothingness. The silence that conquered the van till the end of the ride was suffocating and everlasting - no one wanted to break it, or Pete could have not hold it together.
Pete came out of the van first and immediately went into the abandoned building. No one tried to stop him, after the Andriej’s outrageous comments even Barbie felt sorry for Pete. “Why were you so harsh on him?” Angeline demanded to know. “HE DID IT HIMSELF! If I had known that he would do this, I wouldn’t have picked him in the first place. Though, if you want this so much, I can find him and maybe apologize for all this mess. In the meantime, you need to get everything out from this car, later I'm go abandon it somewhere."
Andriej went into the building and surprisingly without any trouble found Pete.
He was sitting on the rooftop and admiring the sunset that stretched over Paris. Andriej knew where to look for Pete because he always sat there to empty is mind, didn't he?
“For me it was pretty believable.” started Andriej, “Yea, I think you did an excellent job." Pete looked onto Andriej and now... there wasn't anything strange between them. "Now, come here and apologise for all these things you said or...” “Yes, I’m sorry.” This comment followed a kiss so skilful that even Pete was held at a chokehold. "wow" murmured Pete. "Did you say something?" asked Andriej, because of being distracted with part of his body having a mind of its own. "Nothing..." while saying this Pete turned his head around to hide the rose colour that has started spreading across his cheeks.
“Do you have everything?” “Yes, and did you activate the time bomb?”, Andriej opened his mouth and wanted to say something but at that right moment a pillar of fire shot in front of them. The black smoke started blocking air from getting into their lungs, “Yes…” and smiled mischievously while coughing like crazy. “Fortunately for us, they were still inside the van. Now, let’s get the hell away from here, before the police comes here and discovers us dead because of this smoke.” said Andriej.
“Alright, but I’m still salty about everything.” “I know, I know; That’s why I was so harsh. I wanted to look as realistic as possible. You know I didn't mean it and I love you, later I can show you that I mean it.”, Pete stopped and looked Andriej straight into his eyes “Stop... it isn't the best time and place for these games but... I love you too King.”