Chapter 5: Part 1

It was four weeks later and Monroe was getting used to living with Ryan, he stopped minding that he would always end up waking up next to him. Ryan every night just entered his room like it was his own and crawled up next to him, not that he fully minded. It was nice to have a warm body to snuggle up to in the cold morning. Today they were heading to the bank to deposit some of the money they had been given. He found it burdomson to have the large bags just sitting around, they had used a bit of it for groceries and when Ryan took him out to a movie or dinner. He refused to call these dates but to Ryan that was exactly what they were. They had traveled into the city to go to a bank that wouldn’t care if they looked like wanted fugitives that were in another state. Monroe needed the money in his bank account so he could pay his bills for the month and Ryan needed to deposit most of it to pay for the rent of his two apartments. Standing in line Monroe noticed a woman eyeing Ryan, she was a beautiful female Alpha dog and she was wearing some expensive looking clothes. But what bothered him was what he could see in her bag, masks, and the hilt of a gun. He nudged Ryan and gave him a look.

“They’re going to rob the bank.” He said softly under his breath to him. Ryan looked and noticed the same thing, he also noticed that there was another man at the front and then a third man who was dressed like a repairman walking out of the back. He put his arms protectively around Monroe as the woman got to the front of the line, pulled on her mask and then pulled out her gun and pointed it at the poor teller.

“Amatures…” Ryan said, annoyed as the guy at the front shut the door and locked it, the guy in the repairman suit walked up behind another teller and pressed a gun to his back.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is a robbery. I suggest you all get on the floor and take out your bank cards and be prepared to hand over any and all cash you have on you.” The man at the door said, brandishing his gun. He was now wearing a mask and he had knocked out the security guard. 

“Very much so, if we were going to rob this place they wouldn’t know it till they went to check the tills and the vault.” Monroe said going down to the floor with him. Other than Ryan, it seemed as if everyone else was a Beta besides the woman and the two men. Maybe the security guard was one as well but he was busy being unconscious and tied up. Ryan kept his arms protectively around him as the tellers started stuffing their duffle bags full of money. Another man came out with a manager, it seemed he was making sure the other’s in the back rooms were taken care of. The guy from the door started collecting bank cards and money, he stopped when he got to them and smiled.

“What a cute little bunny boy, unfortunately I’m going to need all your money and your bank cards.” He said pointing his gun at Ryan’s head. “And maybe for you to let him go.” He added.

“You want to take him hostage?” The woman asked.

“No, I was thinking of trying him out while you three transfer all the money.” He told her.

“That’s not fair, I wanted to try out the puppy.” She told him with a pout.

“The both of you need to keep it in your pants." The one who was with the manager said. “And bring me those cards." He demanded. Ryan handed over his card and so did Monroe, after all they didn’t want to get shot. The one takeing the cards appeared to be a dog and from what he could tell he was the sibling to the woman, the one in the uniform was a monkey and the one who seemed to be in charge was a fox. The male dog took the large envelopes they had with the money they were depositing and then he went on to feel up Monroe. Ryan growled at him as he did and got pistol whipped.

"I was making sure he wasn't hiding any more money you mutt." He told him. Monroe panicked and gently grabbed onto his face and checked to see how bad his cheek was.

"Hey don't hurt him, I told you I call dibs on that one." The woman snapped at him. 

"We're not taking hostages unless we have to." The fox snapped. 

"They can't even work well together." Monroe said under his breath. He leaned forward and licked his reddened cheek. "It's not bad." He told him. Ryan's face went redder, he wasn’t normally affectionate like this and it threw him for a loop. "You're awfully cute when you blush like that." He told him watching the crimson spread to his neck.

Someone nearby mumbled something about them flirting in this kind of situation and now it was Monroe’s turn to go crimson realizing what he had done. He moved and sat next to him trying to relax leaning against him as he watched them use the manager’s card and code to override the pins on all the cards to transfer everything to their spoof account. He frowned as he knew he was losing money. Ryan sat there petting his head and rubbing the tips of his ears. They were going to have to figure out how not to talk to the police and get their money back. The cash would be easy, they could just follow them as soon as they left. He leaned forwards and pressed his face into Monroe’s neck taking in his sweet scent, it seemed a little stronger than normal. He put his hand on his forehead and noted he felt a little warm.

"Roe, are you going into heat soon?" He asked very softly.

"Dun know, my heat has been wonky for a while." He admitted he hadn’t even told his mother about that. "I think it should be due next week, but I've been taking my medication like my doctor told me too. He knows all about it." He told him softly.

"That's good, maybe you are just coming down with a cold, you feel warm." He told him, going back to petting him.

"Oh, well, maybe it could be stress too." He pointed out. "Police should be showing up shortly." He said looking at the large clock. He knew the bank had a system where if the bank's computer tied to the alarm system didn't respond in 10 minutes the silent alarm went off at the police station. 

"Will you two quit flirting already?" The monkey asked, annoyed.

"Sorry my mate just doesn't want me to stress and go into heat, then he'll have to fight you off and he is very much so a lover not a fighter, and I don’t want to see him hurt." He fibbed a bit.

The monkey leaned in and whispered to the fox who looked at him. "Hey are you going into heat?" He snapped at Monroe.

Monroe shrugged. "I shouldn't be but this isn't a good situation and I'm a rabbit. We don't handle stress well." He lied. 

"Take him and put him in an enclosed room." He snapped at the dog. "And come right back." He added.

"You heard the fox, come on, bunny boy." The dog said roughly grabbing his arm and pulling him to his feet before Ryan could react. Monroe let out a whine but gave him a little wink. "Don't you move." He said putting his gun to his head. Then he pulled him into an empty room and put zip ties around his wrists. "You are going to stay here until we are done." He told him. 

"But my mate is out there, I want to be with him." He whined.

"If you are a good boy and stay here, I can be your mate." He said feeling him up. His pheromones leaked and asulted his nose making him involuntarily wrinkle his nose in disgust. Why was it only Ryan’s pheromones smelt good to him? 

"But I have a mate." He said, slipping his hand free of the first zip tie.

"I would make a better mate." He told him caressing his chin he then grabbed him by his throat like a dominant Alpha would and pulled him back against him. Monroes instincts kicked in and he stomped on his foot hard and before he could yelp in surprise he jabbed him in the throat and then bashed him over the head with the person's name placard sending him to the ground and out. 

"Never ever touch an Omega like that." He said as he pulled out his zip ties. “And never use these like this, you do it like this.” He said, as if he could hear him. He tied him up making sure the ties were nice and tight, then he pulled out the duct tape and covered his mouth. He wondered who would come back here next? His money was on the Monkey, then it was just the Fox and the Dog woman. He looked outside and saw police had circled the front of the building with unmarked cars. He waited 10 minutes before the Monkey came back to the rooms to see what was going on, Monroe let out a small bit of his pheromones making it seem as if they were doing something naughty.

“Aw come on man, you know you’re not supposed to be doing the rab-” he said opening the door.

“Hi, say goodnight monkey.” He said as he bashed him over the head with a large book. He crumpled to the ground with a thud and then he took the zip ties and tied him up as well. This leveled the playing field now it was just the Fox and the female dog. He slowly crept out and made his way to the lobby where the fox was getting snippy and telling the manager to hurry up. Looking around the corner he saw the female dog had Ryan pinned and was forcibly kissing him. He instantly saw red, how dare she touch his Alpha! He came charging out at them and punched her in the face knocking her to the ground where he stomped on her head before she could even react. “THAT IS MY ALPHA!” He yelled angrily at her. She didn't respond. He'd stomped on her head hard enough to knock her out. Ryan grabbed him and pulled him back before he did more damage to her. During his outburst the manager took advantage of the distraction and he swung the keyboard at his head and knocked the gun out of the fox’s hand and then he hit him in the head knocking him to the ground where he stomped on him.

“Someone call the police.” he said as he stopped realizing the fox was out cold.

“They should already be outside.” Ryan said holding Monroe who was still struggling to kick the woman. The other 5 people in there looked relieved and the teller made the phone call.

“What happened to the other two?” The manager asked Monroe as Ryan held him and was attempting to calm him down.

“I tied them up in the office with the Zipties.” He told him as it started to work. 

“They want you to open the door.” The teller told the manager. 

He did just that and a few minutes later the police came in and started asking questions and getting names, the 4 thieves were checked on and taken out in real handcuffs. Bank Cards and any cash were returned. When they came to question Monroe and Ryan they paused.

“I’m sorry, my mate is going into heat, I need to get him somewhere safe.” He told them. Monroe had calmed down but it was like a switch was flipped and he was clinging onto him and mumbling how he felt hot and his hands were under his shirt feeling up his abs. 

“There’s a hotel across the street, they’ll let you into a room quickly.” The officer said, letting them go.

“Thank you.” He said picking Monroe up and quickly carrying him out the door. 

He covered him with the jacket he was wearing and b-lined it to the hotel. It took them 5 minutes to put him into a room. Monroe had his medication on him and took it as soon as they got to the room, it had made him tired and with Ryan’s help he had stripped down to his boxers and crawled into bed. He whined as Ryan told him to go to sleep and he was going to sit on the couch. He didn’t want him to be apart from him right now, he wanted to sleep next to him as he admitted it was the most comfortable thing right now. He gave in and only taking off his shirt he crawled into bed and let Monroe snuggle into his chest.