It was a quiet night in Manhattan, not a whole lot was going on and Petah was hanging out in the lounge at The Institution HQ listening to the 'Football' game with Villain. Villain was a huge fan of Juventus, a team from the old country and they were playing a game against Ambrosiana-Inter. They were the top two teams in the league that year and to say Villain was excited about the game would be an understatement.

He had insisted that Petah listen to the game with him and decided he would use it as an opportunity to teach him all about the game. Petah wasn't really into 'football'... it really pissed off Villain that he kept calling it soccer. 

"No no no, its offside if you are behind the last defender before the ball gets to you." Villain tried to explain for the third time.

"Ohhhhh so the last guy back other than the goalie, is like a travelling blue line!" Petah was pleased with himself, he thought he was finally starting to understand. 

"What the hell is a blue line?" Villain asked, somehow managing to look confused and disappointed at the same time. 

Before Petah had a chance to explain the power suddenly went out in the HQ. No lights, no radio... no more football. Wondering if it was just them or the whole block Petah side stepped Villain, who was on his knees screaming at god to give him his football game back and headed over to the window. Sure enough everyone else still had power.

"Oh for fucks sake... this is embarrassing." he muttered to himself as he walked towards the stairs and yelled upstairs. "Hey Amilliah come down here for a minute!"

Amilliah suddenly appeared at the top of the stairs, seemingly still half asleep. "Hey whats going on? You interrupted my beauty sleep." She asked from the top.

"You take care of the finances right? Did nobody pay the power bill?" Petah asked her 

"I did pay the power bill, did you seriously not notice the tree that just fell through the power line out front? Come on I was asleep and I noticed it" Amilliah replied, looking all sassy and righteous. 

"Ohhh, my bad. Villain was teaching me soccer, guess I was a little distracted. Anyways no point hanging out here in the dark.. do me a favour and go grab Mihawk PeterMcNeil and Giovanni" said Petah suddenly looking a little bit guilty. 

Petah had been planning a bit of a test I guess you could call it for a while now. Everyone was doing great on their own, selling drugs, making money, 'taking out the trash'... all the normal everyday stuff The Institution was involved in, but he wanted to see how they could work as a team. He had been thinking of ideas for a while now. A bank robbery seemed like the obvious choice at first, but that had been done too often already. So moving on from that idea he thought maybe they could rob the local casino... he actually had the heist half planned before he remembered it was owned by friend of the family and local bad ass Obito so that idea wasn't gonna work either. Then it hit him, they would rob the Federal Reserve in Manhattan!

It just so happened that Petah had finished the plan earlier that day, so now seemed like a good a time as any. As Mihawk, Giovanni and PeterMcNeil arrived they joined the other three at the table in the kitchen.

"So listen guys, this is not going to be easy. If we pull it off though it could be the biggest payday of our lives. We are going to rob the Federal Reserve tonight! If we can get into the vault we will have more gold than you can possibly imagine."

Petah explained the plan to them slowly and carefully making sure not to miss a single detail. How many employees there were, how many armed guards we could expect, where to park the car and then how we would get in and out. Mihawk was the best driver in the group so he would be the driver, Villain was a wizard at cracking safes so he was going to get us into the vault once we got in there, and all six of us would obviously need to work together for the rest of the plan. 

"Alright I think that just about covers everything, we will meet back here at 9pm.. be here and be ready." Petah threw the keys to a van he had purchased for cash earlier that day to Mihawk. "Its parked at the airport, white van in the north parking lot. Go grab it and pick us up for 9pm"

Mihawk had been given both his instructions as well as the keys to the van. The plan was clear for him, secure a spot near the Federal Reserve where the van could be hidden, then make sure that a clear escape route was available that would hide them from as many eyes as possible.

After collecting plans for the City, he sat down and used a marker to draw all the route options, marking the top 3 as A, B, C. With his coffee in hand, he sat for a few hours prior to the 9pm meet time, doing calculations on times, traffic, civilians on the streets, weight, volume in the van, everything needed to be perfect.

A few hours later...

Picking up his white overalls and placing on a pair of glasses, he lifted a fake identification badge and attached it with a pin to his exterior pocket. For now, this would be his disguise and this would allow him to sit in wait, completely unnoticed. Picking up a small bag, he placed into it various bits of chemical cleaning equipment that would be needed to wipe down the van afterward to remove any figureprints the crew may leave during the operation.

Everything was complete on his side and the plan had taken another step forwards. It was time.

It begins...

9pm struck on the clock and Mihawk made his way to the meeting point. Petah, Villain, Amilliah, Giovanni and PeterMcNeil were all in attendance and ready.

"The van is ready and we have our route. I have placed a number of guns inside the van as extra reinforcements should we need them but I am hoping these are a last resort. If things go to plan, we should be in and out within 30 minutes. We need to make sure that they cannot contact the local law enforcement, that would be bad for us and we would be vastly outnumbered. I will drop you guys off outside the Federal Reserve, drive round the back, then wait for you to exit from the rear of the building. We need to load up the van as quickly as we can then the rest I will handle from there."

"Is everyone ready?"

After being summoned downstairs and heard of the plan Amilliah heads back to her leg quarters to prepare herself. She calls her bodyguard Mitchell over.
"Mitchell will you be able to go down to the armory and get me two Colt M1911, sniper rifle and anti-tank rifle."
"Is that the everything Miss Amilliah that you need me to go pick up from the armory? Mitchell says.

As much as I was leaving the room Amelia ask actually
"Mitchell I do also need you to pick up some explosives and meet me at the entrance for 9 p.m. do not be late and  you're dismissed."

Has Amilliah get yourself ready she thinks this idea breaking into the Federal Bank is one of the most craziest idea that @Patah has come up with

8:55 p.m. she walks down the stairs. Mitchell is wait for her at the bottom of the stairs. 

Mitchell "Miss Amilliah here is what you asked for"
Amilliah "thank you. Can you do me a favor seeing that you're not joining us in this mission. Can you head down to the docks and pick a package for form Jean-Guy. and you're dismissed."
Mitchell "Yes, will do." 

As Mitchell leave for the docks. Amilliah grab the bag and walk up to  Petah, Villain, Giovanni and PeterMcNeil.
As Amilliah asks Petah the where abouts of Mihawk. Mihawk walk in.
 

"Crap." said Villain in anger as the game broadcast was cut short.

He was really looking forward to that match, kind of hoping both teams would lose but his bet was on Juventus to win. You never bet against the bianconeri in Italy, unless you want to lose of course. Deep down Villain was a Milan fan, but the shitty results had driven him to try cheering for another team but to no luck.

Anyway, it was time to focus on the main dish that popped up lately. Petah was explaining the plan as best as he could, giving out every kind of information without sparing anything. On paper it seemed like a really easy in and out job, how would it play out in reality, a completely different matter. 

It wasn't something that worried much Villain though, he had done other jobs with Mihawk and besides the other elements, the driving was something that had sticked out. Well, as long as he had his tools and his trusted companion ol' man in a bottle Jack, nothing was impossible!

So basically, he had the easiest job, sneak in while taking care of every single guard, crack the safe under a shitload of pressure, get the guys in so they could take valuable stuff and get out. Easy fuckin' peasy! 

PeterMcNeil was doing his usual, making the money he could near the HQ and tipping up tribute to Petah.   He was beginning to earn his name, but still had far to go.  Suddenly, there was a crashing sound and the lights went out.   He began making his way towards the family base and suddenly spotted the man who’d taken him under his wing - Mihawk.  

“Hey Mihawk” Peter said with an open hand “What can I do for you?”

The instructions were clear.  Be ready at 9pm.  Nothing else was said.  Being a low ranking member of the family he wasn’t privy to the plans, just given a time and told to be ready.  Wanting to make his name and earn respect this was never an issue, Mihawk had always done the best for Peter. 

“Ok, I’ll be ready.  Whatever you need I’ll be there”

As time went on Peter started to think more about what was wanted of him, would it be a simple job of moving some goods, or something more?  His thoughts raced with what could be in front of him.  The opportunity to do something for the family was tantalising. 

Finally 9pm came, the moment was finally here, Peter walked up to find Petah, Villain, Amilliah, Giovanni and Mihawk already waiting.  Suddenly a voice spoke – “Is everyone ready?”

“Yes, I’ll do whatever it takes for the family.” Peter said.  

Peter looked around the inside of the van, there were indeed weapons, some looked brand new but some looked like they were well battle-scarred, no doubt from previous capers.  

Everyone started to crowd round, gearing up for the events a head. 

Suddenly an arm cam around Peter.  "You'll do good Peter, just do what you're told, when you're told and we'll come out of this rich"

As everyone was loading the van up Petah turned around and noticed Mihawk talking to PeterMcNeil. He suddenly remembered that he hadn't filled Peter in yet on where they were actually going or what they were doing, yet here he was ready to go.. no questions asked. Impressive. He figured now was as good a time as any to fill him in.

"Soooo... by the way, we are gonna go rob the gold vault inside the federal Reserve. Don't sweat it too much though, there is only like a 50% chance one of us will be killed. Glass half full right?" Petah said to PeterMcNeil, he was pretty sure they would get in and out no problem... but he wanted to see how nervous he could get him. Before he could continue that conversation though he heard Amilliah shouting from behind him.

"Okay guys I am ready!"

Amilliah was standing there holding two hand guns with a sniper rifle on one shoulder and some monstrous looking rifle for god knows what on the other. On top of that she had several grenades attached to her belt and what appeared to be a samurai sword on her back.

"What in the name of... well I guess you came prepared at least. PeterMcNeil, just stay close to this nut job if shit hits the fan. You'll be good." 

Just then the van doors closed and Giovanni and Villain let them know everything was ready to go. Mihawk was still wearing his outfit and hopped in the drivers seat. The coveralls he was wearing were all Mihawk's idea but it was brilliant really, this way if anyone spotted the van he would just look like a repair man of some sort. The rest of them climbed in the back, it was a little more cramped than expected once Amilliah and her weapons squeezed in but they would be fine, the drive wasn't too long. 

While sitting in the back of the van Amiliah notices  PeterMcNeil staring at anti-tank rifle.
"So why did you bring an auntie tank rifle?"
"Oh that that is for if villain can't break the lock in time, I'm just going to put couple holes in it and then open it that way" Amilliah says. PeterMcNeil look at villain and seize the sweat buildup. Mihawk says "no pressure"  as everyone laughs

As the crew loaded into the van, he removed a few Colt M1911's from the sides of the van, handing them out to ensure everyone was prepared. Amilliah didn't need any though since she seemed well equiped already to fight an army by herself.

Putting the keys into the ignition, he started up the van and began their drive to the Federal Reserve. This part of the journey was easy. The plan was in place and everyone knew their roles. Get in, secure the location, open the vault and pack the bags, then escape via the back where he would be waiting to help them load up the van. Upon checking the plans of the building and surrounding area, he noticed a local carpark which would serve as his waiting point while the operation was in place. This gave him a good view of the front of the Federal Reserve plus all the adjacent roads leading there. This meant that in the event of any law enforcement being on patrol or making their way down, he would see them well in advance and have the upper hand.

"Petah, you guys are likely gonna have 30 minutes tops. When you reach that time limit, get out of there asap. If you need to leave behind a bit of loot, it's better off us escaping with something rather than the whole operation going to shit cause we got fucking greedy. PeterMcNeil and Giovanni should be good with loading the bags and keeping watch, just keep an eye on Villain cause I know he will likely put a bullet in someones head just for looking at him funny!"

Villain was loaded up with enough dynamite to take down an entire block and this was alarming to put it lightly.

As they arrived at their destination, a small alley close to the Federal Reserve, he jumped out the van first to make sure the coast was clear before opening up the back of the van to let the others out.

"Everyone knows the plan. I will be waiting here to support you and be your eyes on the outside. Keep it quick and keep it clean. We want the funds, not a bodycount to brag out. Good luck."

It dawned on PeterMcNeil how big a gig this was.  This wasn't going out and rolling a drunk, or raiding a liquor store, this was the big leagues.  The boss had put a lot of trust in him and he wasn't going to let Petah and the crew down.  Plus, if anything, being the bag packer must have some benefit.  A bag full of gold would probably be a fairly decent way to stop a bullet in a pinch. Just as he was contemplating what was to come Mihawk thrust a Colt M1911 into his hand.

"Take this, only use it if necessary" said Mihawk

Holding the cold steel in his hand Peter gazed upon it, how many times has this been fired?  How many times has it hit somebody?   Peter subtly shook his head

"This is no time to think about this nonsense, keep your head in the game" he said in his own head

Suddenly the van stopped.  It was time.  This was it.  Now or never.  Peter was closet to the door, he reached for the handle and gripped it tight.  Mihawk had just told everyone good luck and he could feel himself pushing down on the handle, adrenaline racing, with the light starting to pour in from the street lights nearby.  

Make or break time.

The five of them approached the building and headed in through the front door. There were two guards just inside but Amilliah had somehow disarmed them both before they even realised what was happening. Impressive lady that one. Petah then threw Giovanni and PeterMcNeil a rope and some duct tape each.

"Tie them up and throw them in here before they ruin this whole thing, tape up their mouths and empty their pockets... you know the drill" Said Petah as he open the door to a near by janitor's closet. Just before they closed the door Villain smacked each of them in the head with Amilliah's snipe riffle and they were out cold. "Hey... I would have just shot them but i know how sensitive you get about 'innocent people' and making too much noise..." he said when he noticed Petah starring at him. 

They headed to the back of the building and into the staircase... the vault was a few floors up and looking at the building plans they had decided the stairs were probably the safest way to get there. That floor was bound to be heavily secured with a lot of security. They headed up the stairs and gathered outside the locked door.

"Hey Amilliah... you know what to do get that thing open. Everyone else get ready. Show time!"

Everything was happening so fast, this really was the big time.  Petah tossed rope and duct tape to Peter, he knew just what to do.  Grabbing the guards each one he fastened hands with the rope, each let out a wimper as the rope constricted their wrists.

Moving up the stairs Peter pulled out his gun, if there was ever going to be a shot it was now.  Amilliah was going to be first through, crazy as it was, Peter figured that was the best way as Amilliah had always seemed to have a finger on the trigger.  Suddenly, it all started again, like another phase in this high risk plan.  Amilliah fired a shot at the door blowing it open, the lock removed with a violent thud, it seems not not can withstand the high caliber round of an anti-tank rifle, and with that everyone poured into the room, guns up ready to take charge of the room.

The guards were started instantly, they looked immediately afraid, but it was like instinct kicked in and they went back to their training... within nanoseconds every single guard had a hand on their side arm.  

As everyone's gun pointing at each other.
"Are you sure you guys want to die here tonight guys? If I were you, I would just put the guns on the ground and walk home to your wives and children or it's going to be a bloodbath. I will give you guys five Seconds to decide." Amilliah says as she pointing her rifle at the supervisors torso.
Amilliah starts the countdown "five, four, three." 
PeterMcNeil says. "She's a crazy one! If I were you guys I would listen." 
"Two and."
Supervisor yells. "drop your guns." As his finger pull back on the trigger
Amilliah says "One"
Villain and Amilliah and PeterMcNeil pull on the trigger shooting the guards.
Petah yells "Hold Your Fire ! this wasn't supposed to be a bloodbath we were just supposed to knock you out the guards and not kill them." Amilliah turns to towards Petah and says "but" 
"there's no buts! That wasn't the plan now the whole building her that we're here trying to rob them. PeterMcNeil and Amilliah both of you protect the hallway. Villain and I will try to crack this safe" said Petah angrily

Meanwhile...

-Outside the Federal Reserve-

"What the fuck was that!" Mihawk shouted from within the van.

"They weren't meant to shoot anyone, fuck!"

Opening the van door, he stepped out and moved to the streetside. Looking around, fully inspecting who was around and ensuring the streets were clear, he pushed his immitation glasses up and smiled, they were lucky this time. "Any more slip-ups could cause us a huge fucking headache" he said to himself.

Just at that moment, he noticed two men inspecting his van, local guys from one of the nearby businesses who seemed interested in the van contents. They mentioned something about expecting a delivery and being cheated the last time so they wanted to see the full stock first. 'This could be problematic', he thought. The van was completely kitted out with guns and stuff for the heist so it was paramount that it remained a secret.

Inviting them to the side furthest away from the main street, he quickly removed his silenced pistol and dispatched of both men. No witnesses, no information that could be leaked. Placing his gloves on, he moved both bodies and placed them behind the dumpster, a place they would surely be hidden until a time where their discovery no longer mattered.

"Time to get to the rear of the Reserve. They will be needing their escape vehicle soon".

Placing the keys in the ignition, he started up the van and began the short journey, keen to get this job moving as quickly as possible.

Well this certainly was not going according to plan. On the plus side the floor was empty now and if anyone showed up it was PetermcNeil and Amilliah who would have to deal with them. Amilliah seemed to be particularly fond of killing people lately so he still liked their odds...

"I just hope she doesn't shoot Peter, guys like him are hard to find... anyways, common Villain it's your turn to shine. Get us into this vault and lets get rich!"

The two of them headed to the back where the vault was. Villain took out his tools and got to work and Petah kept watch to make sure nobody came. They would need to get through Amilliah and Peter first anyways, but you can never be too careful. Especially when you are robbing a gold vault right in the middle of Manhattan.

"Pssst, Villain, not to interrupt you or anything but.. any idea where Giovanni went? I would have sworn he was right here a few minutes ago..."

"Oh come on, why do you get the best part of the job?" asked Villain as he got into the vault room wanting to shoot more people.

Well it was time to get this thing opened, and Villain had brought exactly the best stuff for this case. Proper tools and proper dynamite. Arranging them accordingly in their place so it can work smoothly, Villain takes out a cigarette and asks Petah for a light.

"Really, smoking at this time with all of that exploding stuff around you? You're insane."said Petah as he handed a lighter over. 

"Anyway, where did Giovanni go? He was supposed to help pick up the goods."

"And in 3, 2, action!" said Villain as a noise which sounded like farts came out of the bathroom. "Hope that answers your question."

Time to get this thing opened.

Doing all he could to make it run smooth, this bad girl just wouldn't give it out without a little difficulty. It was one of the new versions after all, with all the latest crappy locks and safe alarm security in case it got cracked without the proper key. And just as he said that a crack noise was hear.

"We're in boys"

And as soon as he set his foot in, as fucking always.

The freaking alarm set off.