September 18th, 193?

After a night out in the town Charlie Prince learns from one of his girlfriends that she overheard her brother talking about the Federal Reserve, and more importantly how one of the biggest deposits of the century is being placed. Upon doing some digging for info, he discovered something very important from a man he had been juicing for awhile whom happened to be on the inside. During one of his breaks he over heard in the lunch room some co-workers discussing how there was Thirty-Two million in gold bars. At the end of the break his supervisor informed them all that no one can take a day off on the 27th or 28th as it'll be arriving at 02:00 on the 27th and leaving the same time on the 28th.

September 20th, 193?

At the "Swango's" and Roundabouts Charlie Prince seek out the assistance of Don Swango, who is known for many things including the fact she and her outfit have nearly every city official and realtor in their pockets. That was how they were able to operate so many fronts without a hitch. Upon to two meeting and Prince filling her in, she agrees to get the blueprints...but she has a catch. She wants in on the job, and so it seems the two crews; Wonderland and The Broadway Mob will be working together to plan and execute the largest robbery on American soil to date.

September 21st. 193?

In a back room at the "Swango's" and Roundabouts, the duo Nikki Swango & Charlie Prince gather and await the rest of the members involved in the heist to begin devising their plan of action..

Sitting and awaiting Prince looks over to @Nikki_Swango, "Were you able to secure the blueprints?"

A short man stood outside the bank that he had been hired to steal from. He was surprised that they were blueprints but accepted the job for the challenge. This bank was guaranteed to be heavily guarded and supposedly had no security flaws. So how could someone like him not resist? He walked inside as a golden eagle took roost on top of the building, out of site. 

Once inside he looked around, memorizing the place. He then watched the people around him mill about, all trying to get to an open booth. There were so many people he wouldn't have a hard time going unseen, at least in a place like that. The place he needed to get to was much more secluded. He moved through the crowd of people, easily maneuvering between them. Before he knew it, he was in front of the bathroom door.

The man walked in and wasn't the least surprised to see a man standing beside the door, greeting customers when they entered and handing out towels to dry their hands before they left. "Hey, kiddo." The attendant greeted. He nodded at the man, feigning shyness and walked over to the mirror as if he was examining something. As far as the man knew, he was a kid but that's because he always appeared to be younger than what he was. By this time he was used to people seeing a childish looking figure. So, he made some faces as if he were a bored kid, playing around as he waited for mom and dad to get done. While he was doing that, he glanced back and noticed the man had a gun. Smart to put a guard in disguise where a vent was likely to be. He then walked over to the stalls, making sure the bathroom was empty so there was only the two of them before he entered the stall and locked it. After a couple of minutes, he put a bunch of toilet paper into the toilet. Nothing like an overflowing toilet to cause a distraction. He then flushed the toilet and opened the stall, only having a couple of minutes before water would start pouring on the floor. The short man then started to walk past the attendant as if he wasn't going to wash his hands when he heard the man speak up. "Hey, kid. Your parents ever teach you to wash your hands?" He shrugged before going to the sink. 

At that moment, water began pouring out from underneath the stall. "Damn kid, what did you do?!" The guard asked, causing him to look down like the shy child he was pretending to be. "Now I have to go get someone to clean this up. Stay here because I want to have a talk with your parents too." The man said as he pretended to be scared. When the man left, the mask he put on vanished and he immediately set to work on opening the vent. 

His entry point was above the sink which gave him easy access. The only true problem he would have would be getting on the sink. Fortunately, there happened to be a stool he could use. The male climbed the stool and up onto the sink where he pulled out a screwdriver and quickly loosened the vent. When it was open enough, he tied a piece of string to it and pulled himself up. He then pulled the string with him as he crawled, only pausing for a moment to tape the string to the side of the vent when it had become tight. The male glanced back and sure enough, the vent was in its proper place again.

Now all he needed to do was make his way down because he was sure the blueprints would be in the basement since there was no longer a use for them. He crawled in the vent for about fifteen minutes when a section suddenly dropped off. The male peered down and saw that light was shining through. He then proceeded to move into the drop to have a better look. All he could see was a chair and a guard sitting on it, seeming to be asleep. He sighed then used his screwdriver to put a gap in the vent before he took a finer but heavier looking string and fashioned it into a noose. The male then slipped it through the gap and lowered it until it was in front of the man's face. With a little maneuvering, he managed to get it completely around his head before he pulled tight and hard, the sudden lack of air woke the guard up and he began to struggle. The male held tight until the struggling stopped. When the guard was dead, he pulled the string up bringing the guard with it. Then he maneuvered the string in his hands to circle around a few of the slits before knotting it up and let go of the string. The weight of the body was enough to pull the vent lid clean off. He dropped down, using the body to catch his fall. He looked around and found himself in front of the basement door. The male opened the door, after grabbing the string and vent. He threw the vent into a nearby trashcan and put the body back in the chair before opening the door and heading down to the basement.

Once there, he quickly began the task of looking for the blueprints. The basement was full of boxes and papers. Finding the blueprints would be like searching for a needle in a haystack. He looked around, reading some of the boxes before deciding to try his luck in the back. Glancing around, a few tube-shaped object caught his eyes. He looked through them before finding what he was looking for and rolling up the blueprints before searching for a way out. There weren't any openings in the basement so he went back up and passed the body. He then began checking for unlocked doors. When he finally found one, he peaked underneath to see if anyone was inside before entering.

The window in the room was small but it would do. He looked around for something to use as a stool and found some firm storage container. He used those to hoist himself up and open the window where he used the screwdriver to pop the screen out. The male then whistled and was soon joined by his accomplice, the bird. He gave the bird the blueprint and it flew off to safety once again. Replacing the screen and closing the window, he made his way back upstairs, using the stairs. The attendant and he made eye contact for a moment but before as the man could so much as start his sentence, the short man disappeared into the crowd. 

Once outside and out of public view, he was joined by his bird and they made their way to Swango's.

The mysterious man walked into the backroom. "I have them right here. Looks like I've arrived just in time."

Nikki smiled at her unnamed document procurer before turning that smile on Charlie. "Looks that way, yes," she said, spreading the blueprint across the tabletop and securing the corners with beer bottles and ashtrays. She leaned over it, peering over the layout and eventually placing a fingertip on a large square spot. 

"That's it, right there. The vault. I've been in this bank before, using their safety deposit boxes. The bars, that's where they'll be coming and going from," she said before looking up at Charlie. "I'm sorry, should we be waiting on others before we proceed?" 

HerbalTheLeaf walks into the roundabout, this time not just for a drink, but for business. Hopefully the crew has arrived, then we could move forward and put this thing together. The participants were a gradual put together, with minds and skills of almost every level. HerbalTheLeaf passes the bar and nods in greeting as the tender hands him a shot of cognac.

“they are in the back, Good to see ya.”

The tender says as HerbalTheLeaf continues his route to the back room. Not trying to draw attention, he walks with a casual stride. (you would think there was music playing in his head)

HerbalTheLeaf walks through the door with a smile, glad to see his peeps

“Whats good? Who are we waiting on?”

He looks over at @Nikki_Swango and smiles.

“How have you been? Good to see you.”

Reaching into his breast pocket, HerbalTheLeaf pulls out a cigar and lights it.

“Hey @Charlie_Prince, Hows it goin?”

He takes a seat, patiently waiting for everyone to get settle. 

Charlie returned the smile back to Don Swango before handing the unnamed man an envelop. He felt odd calling him a man as in truth he did resemble a kid. Man or kid though he did an amazing job, without him they wouldn't be on track right now. As Nikki laid out the blueprints @HerbalTheLeaf was just joining the party. Exchanging small talk and pleasantries quickly, the group continued on by looking over the blueprints. With Nikki pointing out where the bars will be stored, the next part was figuring out how they would infiltrate the vault without raising alarms or suspicion. It would be difficult though as getting into the vault was one thing, but taking all the gold out with them was another. They would need to bribe all the guards they possibly could and also get their hands on a few uniforms. That part would be a breeze as Charlie already knew the man to get the uniforms from, and only about one fifth of the guards were boy scouts that wouldn't take a fat pay to look the other way..

"We strike on their lunch break. The only people not on lunch will be those just finishing up their shift that will have been there all night and hopefully exhausted. If we can't paid them off then we'll have to 'take care' of them" Prince says before taking a pause and reading the expressions on everyone's face, "Once we do that we'll have two people stand guard outside the vault while two others are inside loading the gold onto the cart. Once it's on we'll throw a tarp over top and wheel it out. We'll only have thirty minutes to do this so we'll have to be fast. If we get stuck in a shoot out we won't make it out, well at least not without being in hand cuffs.."

Pointing at the blue prints and tracing a path with his finger, " This is the route we'll take. It'll take us out to the back alley way where the guards occasionally go to drink and have a smoke without the bosses catching them. We'll need to have a car there ready and waiting. Once we are out there it's all about getting the gold into the back and getting the hell out of dodge. Thoughts?"

The man hummed thoughtfully. "Why don't we poison some of the guards? Slip it into their drink and cigarettes? I know of some that will be quick and impossible to be detected." He said, looking at Charlie. "It wouldn't be hard to do and it would lower the risk of being betrayed."

HerbalTheLeaf listens in on @Takum's Idea. He pauses..  

"We need a distraction, something more suttle.. Peep. Uniforms will be on deck, right? All we need is a few girls to hang out with the guards while they are out back drinking and smoking.

While the carriers are in uniform moving the product to the truck like a regular delivery. 

We have the truck on deck, right?"

HerbalTheLeaf takes a puff on his cigar as he waits for everyone's opinion.  

Nikki grinned..she did, in fact, already own a bank truck. The casino heist she and Torretta had pulled had netted her one. The only hiccup was getting it here,  but that was something easily arranged with a phone call or two. 

"I can get a bank truck. Give me a day or two to have it driven here. Anything else? Charlie, can you get some of your...girls?" She grinned, having heard of his latest business venture.

Charlie chuckled before nodding in reply. With that the group scattered to finish up all loose ends of the plan..

It was the day. The hours were clicking away and it was time to act. Nikki already had the bank truck prepared, and the girls were just around the corner from the Federal Reserve sitting in a car waiting for the go. @HerbalTheLeaf, @RichardDallas, @Nikki_Swango, and Charlie_Prince all were dressed in guard uniforms. @Takum was a dear friend of Don Swango's whom had employed the one who brought the blueprints to the meet, as well as provided two associates. One to drive the girls, the other to drive the bank truck.

The plan laid out by the group is simple. On lunch break the group will slip in with the help of a guard on the take. Once inside they need to grab the cart the guard will provide and head to the vault. It'll be left unlocked for the gang, but they only got a half hour window. Herbal, Charlie, and Nikki will load the gold while Richard keeps six in case a guard finishes early. Once the gold is loaded Herbal is to sneak out the way they came and head to the pay phone across the street. He needs to call @Takum to have the driver of the girls give them the go signal so they can clear the alley for the drive to pull up, and also to have the driver sent into motion to make his way over. Nikki will take lead as her and Richard help escort Prince and the cart of gold safely to the alley before they all proceed to load the truck and make their departure.

Standing outside the entrance point, they all look at one another one last time. Charlie knocks on the door in a rhythmic way to signal to the inside man it is him. The doors opens a smidge and the gang proceeds to enter on by one. As the last member enters the guard begins to walk away leaving them on their own. Grabbing the cart, Prince begins to lead the group to the vault. Not a guard in sight as they made their way to the vault and just as promised it was unlocked. Swinging it open, the three went to work inside as Richard close the door behind them and began to keep watch..

  Richard's heart was pounding out of his chest. He stared at the back of Charlie's head as they went along. Trying to focus on anything but is nervousness. This was the biggest job Richard has ever pulled, and fuck if he wasn't nervous. His job was easy. Keep an eye on their six and deal with anything that goes wrong while they're inside. Easy Peasy, yeah?

  Once they arrived at the vault Richard hung back to assume his position, watching as the rest of his team slid into the vault and out of sight. He counted the seconds as they went by.  Before long the seconds melted into minutes. Richard paced back and forth, eyes glued to the entrance.

 "Fuck, is it supposed to be taking this long?" 

  Thirty minutes was their window, and thirty minutes had not passed. Richard paused to wipe the sweat from his brow. He needed to calm himself. Everything is set up. This is the easy part. Once they clear the vault the real challenge begins. Richard checks his watch and grins. He runs over to the vault and raps on the door, signaling that they're in the clear, for now.

After hearing the signal. HerbalTheLeaf was to Get his carry together, go out and alert Takum that the distraction could be set off. HTL looks at the others as they get their carry together for the last leg.

“Be right back. I am gonna have Takum distract the guards”

With a smooth and casual stride, HTL walks to the signal point unnoticed, with the look of a guard needing a break. As he approaches his point to signal Takum, one of the guards tap him on the shoulder. Startled but still cool, HTL turns with a curious look. The guard speaks in a friendly manner.

“You comin around back for quick break? Tito said he has got a surprise.”

He belt out like a kid at a candy store.

HTL responds as to be all in,

“I am already set, just have to drain the.. You know. I will be over in a sec.”

The Guard walks off as to prepare himself for the break of his lifetime. HerbalTheLeaf looks down the street. He scans the area to make sure no one is looking his way. He belts out a straight outta da hood whistle to alert Takum that the light is green. From that moment he slips his way back into the vault readying himself for extraction of the product. He enters the vault that was slightly cracked,

“I sent him the signal we can give it just a sec or so, let them start mingling and then we can go”

Just outside the vault you could see the guards outback preparing themselves for the ladies just arriving.

When the male heard the signal, sighed in relief. He was glad it was time because the girls were starting to get on his nerves. During the wait, the girls had decided to make a game out of trying to get some form of interest out of the obviously uninterested man. Just as he was about to tell the girls to get out, one girl decided she was going to try and turn the childish looking male's head for a kiss. Said man, quickly grabbed the wrist that was about to grab his chin. "Stop wasting your charms on me and go after people who would actually be interested. And don't forget to use what I handed to you earlier." He said, getting out to open the door for the women. Once all the women were out of the van, he told them where the guards were before following the group from behind.  

It didn't take long for the women to seduce the guards. They were professionals after all. Once the men were enthralled, they started to become noticeably tired. Some of them began to rest against the back of the building or in the arms of their new lady friend. Each woman soothed their partner into a sleeplike state before he signaled the driver to pull up and to help to throw the men in the van where the short male would tie them up and inject them with a stronger dose of the sedative that the prostitutes had administered during their make-out sessions, via lipstick. 

A couple of minutes later, every man was tied up inside the van and put under. The women were inside as well, to be dropped back off at their individual corners before the guards would be dropped off in various other places around the city.

The short male nodded at the driver before watching the van disappear around the corner. He then went inside, signaling for the next stage to begin.

The threesome inside had been busy loading the cart with the gold bars for several minutes. The stack seemed endless, and Nikki couldn't help but fondle the occasional one; the shimmery exterior and unexpected weight was seductive, indeed. With a nudge from Prince, she got back to business, stacking as evenly and carefully as possible. Things were going beautifully as the last bars were put in place and the group made their way out, joined by Dallas as they quietly made their way out of the vault and out the service entrance and to the waiting van. 

As the cart rolled out into daylight, the four were already grinning at each other when a uniform appeared at the mouth of the alleyway, another guard, it seemed, late or unaccounted for somehow. He crushed out his cigarette with a patent leather shoe as he came to a halt near them. 

"Hey. Sorry I didn't show up yesterday, figured I'd come today and make up for..." He stopped then, realizing he recognized not one face. "Who the fuck are you people? What's going o-" was as far as he got before Nikki picked up one of the gold bars and clocked him in the head with it. They all stood staring down at the fallen employee in silence for a moment before Nikki snorted and wiped his blood off the gold brick on her pant leg. Without a word, the team set to work loading the van with an efficiency even the real guards would have admired before they all climbed in and sped off to the warehouse where the spoils were to be divvied. En route, Nikki couldn't help but roll down her window and toss her uniform cap out the window, releasing her hair in the process and leaning out while shouting.

"STAY BOLD, STAY GOLDDDDD!!!" A poke to the ribs from Herbal shut her up, but her grin never left her face.