Bank Attack

By: Ethan Yu

I was watching Youtube on my phone when I heard a gasp from Mom. ‘Liam, dear? Remember the boats we take on Sundays when we go yachting?’

‘Yeah! The boats we use when we compete! I always win!’ I said, A little bit bragging.

‘Yeah, and the rent we paid for is almost expiring.’

‘Oh.’ My heart deflated at the sound of those words.

‘Could you and Dad go to HSBC tomorrow? I have to go to see the Chinese doctor.’

‘Sure! Anything for sailing!’

The next day, I woke up at the sound of my alarm at 7:00. Since Dad and I would go out at 9:00, I turned on my kindle and started reading.

After a while, I looked at the time on my clock. 7:45. Wow! Time sure flew when you were having fun. I took off my pajamas and put on some outdoor clothes. It was a hoodie and a pair of jeans. I brushed my teeth and went out to eat my breakfast. By the time I was finished it was 8:15. As I took my kindle out, I heard Dad say, ‘Let’s go! I also finished early.’ I groaned. So much for finishing early. I thought I could slip in some extra reading time.

Therefore, Dad and I went down and called Uber. The Uber was speedy because Dad and I didn’t have to wait for more than 5 minutes.

The bank that Dad and Mom used was close to our house, so we were there in no time. The line was long, and I thought we’d have to wait for at least 30 minutes till we got to the front. When it was almost our time, something very surprising happened. A bunch of robbers had just burst in! One of the robbers shouted, probably the leader, ‘Put your hands in the air!’I was so scared. My face was as pale as a ghost. I tried to run away with other people. But then a massive robber was blocking the exit. I was shaking like a leaf. They all held guns. One of the male robbers held the security guard at gunpoint. Another aimed a gun at the bank teller and shouted, ‘Take all the money from the main vault and fill it in these bags!’. This one should be a female. The last one was a male who was pointing two guns at all the citizens. I was held hostage by another robber.

Suddenly, a sharp noise pierced my ears. RIIIIIIIIING! I breathed a sigh of relief! It was the police alarm! My terrified feelings began to transfer to the robbers. They all scattered away from the bank and ran away. Just then, the police barged in. Well, the police chose just the right time to barge in. I thought sarcastically. Couldn’t the police choose a later time to come?

The police began to question all the witnesses. A police officer whose name tag said BOB RUID came to me and started bombarding me with questions. ‘How do all the robbers look like? Did you see what the gun model was? What accessories were they wearing? Did they steal any money?’ I zoned out of most of the questions.

My time at the bank was really boring, and since I was bored stiff from the questions, and the police were busy with writing down the answers I told him, I sneaked away and found Dad. I whispered to him, ‘Should we get the money we were supposed to get for today?’

Dad replied, exhausted, ‘Yeah, yeah. Let’s do it.’

We went to the counter and took our money from the safe.

We took the Ulber back home, and as we rang the doorbell, we got rushed by a bunch of hugs and tears. ‘Are you all right?’ ‘Did they hurt you?’

At last, all the bombardment of stuff came to a end, and we had dinner and I got sent to bed early. I shivered in my bed. I oculd never forget the terror in my shoes when I was token hostage.

The End