Nelly and Jake had gone out to find someone who could make perfect fake passports while the girls and I went to with buy all the essentials that we were to need. Because we knew that they were being monitored we covered up what we were doing with basic shopping trips. We bought hordes of clothes that we might need if we were to go anywhere in the world. We bought clothes and underwear for everyone; having Mary and Grace laugh at me when they picked out underwear for Jake.

The clothes were stored in Jake’s house since nobody was ever home. Then we moved on to taking out loans from different banks. Mary and I went to Raven View Bank as a couple, Roose Bank as siblings and Market Bank as business partners. All the while changing our levels of sophistication to match what we needed. Nelly had managed to forge fake bank records that allowed us to get through but lack of passports made it kind of difficult.

By the end of the day, we had taken out six loans worth sixty thousand dollars from six different banks.

We all met in the weapons room that night.

“So did you find someone to make the passports?” Mary asked the guys as they walked in.

“No. And we only have three days left.” Jake said in response. He dropped himself onto the couch and sighed loudly. “How about you guys?”

I placed the bag with the cash on to the table. “We were slightly more successful than you guys.”

Nelly pulled me aside as the rest of the group tried to come up with solutions. “Should we ask Peter or Sheldon?”

“Isn’t that too risky?”

“Yeah, but then we should have a counter plan. Just in case things get out of hand.” Nelly said back in an urgent whisper.

“WE could get them killed.”

“Could, but won’t. We need a way to get out.” Nelly’s voice was firm, and it made me want to trust in him with everything I had in me.

“Fine, I’ll talk to them, but that means that we have to get our makeovers done tomorrow.” I said crossing my arms.

“Okay guys.” Nelly turned to the group. “Nelu has some people that he is going to talk to for the passports. So everything has to be done tonight so that tomorrow we get our makeovers done then we leave on the next flight out of here.”

“Can those people be trusted?” Mary asked me.

“Yes, they can.”

***

One of Grace’s cousins gave each of us a makeover. Paid with five thousand she knew to keep her mouth shut. We had gotten a new look and new wardrobe.

Jake: Dyed his hair black and gelled it back. He was going to go as a young business man. He looked perfect in his casual suit.

Mary: dyed her hair a brown blonde and had it curled. She applied blush and much more makeup to her skin to give it colour. She also went and got herself a very light tan. She changed her wardrobe to more revealing clothes as she was Nelly's girl.

Grace: Dye her hair black and straightened it. Her wardrobe was a nun’s as that was much easier to pull off.

Nelly: dyed his hair black and gave it a wet look. Nelly was going for a biker dude look so most of his clothes were black and his jeans were tight.

Me: I dyed my hair a natural blonde and made it slightly curly. I was going to go as Nelly’s innocent little brother, which Jake commented saying that I could pull it off. I had glasses and slightly baggy clothes to match. No skinny jeans or awesome hoodies. I was actually going to go in a shirt and a pullover, but messy looking hair.

It had taken us the whole day to get our looks ready so most of us just passed out on the floor. Jake, Nelly and Grace went to different loan sharks to get more money while Mary and I packed the different suit cases. I packed a separate suitcase with a few weapons in it.

“You know that that won’t pass customs, right?”

“This isn’t for customs.”

“Did the passports arrive?” I handed the passports that Peter had given me long after we sent over our pictures. He had wished us luck. “They look so real.”

“That’s because they are real. They were done by someone who makes passports. Sort of a back door business.”

“You seem to know more about the underworld than you let on.” Mary commented. I said nothing.

When the others returned, Nelly booked early morning flights for the girls. We were going to fly separate then meet up and Nelly, Mary and I would fly together while Jake and Grace would fly in the same plane but separately.

Mary and Grace’s flight was in two hours so we all went over the plan one more time before Jake took them to the airport. This left me and Nelly alone with time to plan our attack against the institution.

“We can’t do much with Jake still with us.” Nelly said.

“Actually we can. Jake is not a bad shot, we don’t have to make him kill people but just render them immovable.”

“Will he agree?”

“Agree with what?” Jake walked into the room and caused Nelly and I to spin around like kids who were caught doing something wrong. “What are you two up to?”

“We need to buy ourselves some time.” I said slowly.

“Time for what?”

“We aren’t going to take a plan like the girls.” Nelly started. We explained our plan to Jake and he agreed to go along with it. “The girls don’t need to know.”

“Fine, but are you sure we will come out of this alive?”

“If we play our cards right then we will. We have been at the institution since we were born. We know how they work.” I placed my hand over Jake’s.

“Good then let’s get to work.” Nelly grabbed my sniper rifle case from a cupboard under the display cases. He place in a M16 rifle and went to go and get something for himself. He never really used guns but he wasn’t a bad shot. Jake also picked out the weapon he was going to use for the mission. I felt kind of bad knowing that I had pulled Jake and the girls in to my mess.

“Need anything else, Nelu?” Nelly said as he closed my case. I shook my head. I grabbed the previously packed case and my rifle case and walked out of the room. Our suitcases were already loaded in the back of Jake’s Jeep so I just sat with my weapons in the back seat. Nelly and Jake got in the front and we went to on destination.

We knew that the institution had placed a tracker inside my rifle case so we were trying to bait them. We had looked for an empty location that was near the water to go through with our plan.

When the institution had arrived to take us down we were already in place. There were three buildings, all taller than the next. Jake and I took the tallest building while Nelly was on the ground. When the enemy arrived Nelly and I started taking them out one by one.

The guys that went in to the buildings were shot in the legs or arms by Jake while I shot them in the head. We were the perfect tag team. When we manage to get the upper hand Nelly signalled to us that it was time to leave. I grabbed my things and we ran to the water’s edge.

There was a man that we had paid waiting with our suitcases and a boat. As Nelly and Jake got comfortable, I opened the weapons case and pulled out an RPG. With weapons this big my aim was a little off especially now that we were on a boat running from gun fire.

I fired the RPG and it nearly threw me off balance but Jake was there to catch me before I went over. We had successfully managed to get away from the institution with about a couple of million dollars worth in money and I got to keep some weapons that I had grown attached to. We dumped the tracker in to the guy's boat as he would be taking it to Brazil to throw the guys off our trail for a while.

I checked my watch. The girls should be getting off their half way point by now and trying to sneak on to the next plane. I silently prayed that they made it safely.