His fleshy face and head rested upon a neck that was almost non existent and sat upon a shoulder the width of a barn door.

's, nursing his fifth drink of the day

all the time but people always judged him by his appearance before they'd had a chance to get to

at least on a professional level. It was the one time he did feel like as though he was in charge of his life. The only other time was when he drank as he did now and

e naked brood at the dancing pole, his mi

who always thought they were smarter than the law wa

s of crime, its why they always tried. Even though there were so

lkie in front of him cr

at The Five Palms Casino...suspects last seen fleeing north in a blue color

rugs reasoned quickly, the cop in him already on th

his emptied glass on a ten doll

the days hustle. He ran to his old BMW and prayed this wasn't one

car into the street. The report said they'd headed north, that meant they would

ft he gunned the BMW hard down Fifth Avenue and was glad t

op wouldn't take him for a drunk driver and pull him over. Of course once they saw he wa

knew these goons had little or no hope now of escaping. Every cop in Newgreenburg would be

ighted to find there was no train in sight, th

st already, that was their luck, he thought but he was willi

w minutes passed and soon he could just make out the beginning of the br

e road beamed at him. He was being flagged down. Brugs slowed

expertly from Brugs face into the back seats. He caught a whiff of Brug's load

r immediat

ome robbers running wild, so thi

through this way...I'm gonna need you

d. "...we could lay them out and

red up and Frank heaved a sigh of relief. The further away they could

situations. They had to reach the safe house, ditch the Lexus, hide th

ll the heat died down. Then they planned to

over zealous Trooper who would stop them then find the twenty odd millions lying in

ginnings of the signal lights at the

t began towards the bridge itself. As he rounde

be moving in a crawl across some kind of obstacl

f flashing blue and red lights. This was a police stop and chec

the check itself now and could just see the officer fla

raw the attention of the cops obviously, he'd be long gone before they could get themsel

they were sure to open fire on him but if he caught them off guard, the

o oncoming traffic, nothing that could

wung wildly into the road

h the flashlight suddenly raised his head and no

down, unbutton his holst

proaching vehicle to stop. It wasn't slowin

nts was suddenly alarmed by the sound of g

he dim light he just make out the color, it was blue and it was a Lexus, the suspect vehicle.

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head down!" He floored the Lexus and aimed for

he sped past. Then he felt it and kne

erneath followed by harsh squishing

just wouldn't speed up and steering had become almost impossible. How

ers away and it careened into the nearby bru

to get the hell out of here but it was hopeless. Th

d, flinging his door

n carried a bag. They began to run towards the

d little or no time. He was sure the only way they could follow them through t

ween himself and his pursuers the

he called

uphill ordeal. As sweat streamed down his face it touched the lacera

pain. He managed somehow to create some distance between him and the

hey would be caught now. He sure as hell couldn't log two heavy bags of cash

Marty..." he said between puffs

In spite of the cold night weather, Marty's fac

he asked. "You do

tin said. He was

traight into the grass

ag and ran to him. He

get up!" he said, slapp

e flickering of flash lights. The cops

m up to his feet and the two men continued to struggle through the dense bushe

and studied the scene ahead. There was a road. The sight of the motorway gave his weakening hopes

said. Still sup

t but at the same time the idea of escaping with all that money

y to the main road. Now it was a questi

Flash light in one hand and gun pointing forward in the other,

oon apparent the suspects were in trouble. In their haste they hadn't seen the s

was enough to send it careening several meters into

n footstep there. He followed quickly but carefully, knowing that sooner or later he may have to f

d all but evaporated, leaving him

at some point to catch his breath, he had left a big patch of

here, he wondered. Many camping trips as a boy scout had

roaching a river, or a road. The s

of this vicinity for good, which meant a lot more time and man-

m and others fanned out looking for c

d the vegetation sparse. There w

ing the brushes. It was soon apparen

h the weeds. He could wait for them, that was standard police procedure,

e wanted to have the element of surprise. Slowly but systematically, he be

ven though he could not see

not visible but the rumble was unmistakable and now the headlights skimmed t

ell and knew that certainly they would make th

time and began moving quickly

ble and in its powerful beams, Brugs cou

own. If they got on board they could hold up the driver r

n he was within ear shot

running. The truck driver obviously sensing immediately tha

they were carrying and Brugs found tha

nds up in the air in surrender. Brugs got to him and immediately put him in cuffs. He was wh

across the tarmac and into the d

His target had vanished but he could hear him ahead trash

the most as a Cop, the moment of capture. When it wa

gun in hand, wading through

ct was no where to be f

r road, a dirt track. The man had ob

waste anymore. He h

man clearly, still running. Ahead of him lay a wooden bridge and

pon. "Stop right the

his hands. He was within

g...hands up

certainly didn't drop the bag. He w

id dr

he bridge and into the cold water below. It was the only hand he had to play. The currents would car

ll of the night frightening off sl

o the ground but still tried

wed his light, he saw the damage

diately and frisked him

when to surrender?" Brugs sa

rd, you sh

der to stop. Thats perfect

full with bundles of hundred dollar b

eed all this

ied freak!" he said. He spat his words.

ed the scene. They'd

ptain of Police. "...he woulda got a

medics down here