The National Bank
The bank was very busy and everyone in the bank had a purpose or reason to be there which tied in with banking. Whether it was being a customer, having a security job or having a banking job. Except for one person. She was sitting on a chair next to the water cooler with a schoolbag on her knee. She was dressed in very inconspicuous clothing and was doing something very inconspicuous. No one noticed her, even when they were getting a drink from the water cooler. And why should they. Why should you notice a young schoolgirl with shiny blonde hair wearing grey school uniform with her grey schoolbag resting on her knees. She suddenly moved her head to the right and a few people looked at her. For a few seconds. Then they went back to there business. She was only a schoolgirl. Nothing important there.
“ What is it?” She hissed quietly. Everyone around her was oblivious to her existence and when they did notice her it was only for a few seconds. Just a schoolgirl. Nothing important there.
“ I’ve done it.” A small voice sounded in the girl’s ear.
“ The camera’s aren’t recording? There isn’t a tape in? Or have you erased both of us from the videos and recordings?”
“ Erased us both.”
“ Well done. You’re better than my last partner. You know what he did when we had an operation like this?”
“ What did he do?”
“ He made sure the camera’s weren’t recording. And my first partner on operations like this one took the tape out.”
“ And I thought I had the worst partners.” The girl giggled silently.
“ Operation is going ahead. Meet you on National crest.” The girl stood up and swung her bag so that it was on her shoulder. She stood in front of the water cooler and put her bag on the floor. She unzipped the bag and brought out a small nozzle. She carefully and quickly attached the nozzle so that it was on the water cooler. She took a cup and filled it with cold water from the blue nozzle. The white nozzle was for warm water; the blue nozzle for cold water and the black nozzle, the girl had just attached, was the most important of the three. She took her small plastic cup filled with cold water and unzipped bag back to the chair she had been sitting on previously. She sat on the chair again and sipped at the water. Her hand shot into the bag and brought out a small translucent plastic bag of brightly coloured sweets. She selected several red ones and popped the sweet bag back into the schoolbag. She zipped up the schoolbag and swung it over her shoulder again as she stood up. She held the bright red sweets in one hand and as she walked over to the black climate control box in a secluded corner of the bank dropped several of them, each in different places. No one really noticed the sweets, they were too busy. When the girl reached the climate control box, she opened it and twisted the temperature dial until it read 40 degrees. She closed the box and walked over to the giant National crest on the floor in the centre of the bank. As she went she dropped the sweets until there were none left in her hand. As she reached the crest a door opened on the other side of the bank and a blonde haired young man also wearing a grey school uniform made a beeline for her. When he reached her he gathered her up in a hug. As she was being hugged the girl looked up at one of the numerous clocks on the banks walls and cried out.
“ We need to get home quickly!” She said hurriedly.
“ Why?” Asked the young man.
“ Look at the time. If we’re not home in 10 minutes Mum is so going to ground us for the rest of our lives.” The young man looked at the clock and yelped. He grabbed hold of the girl’s hand and they both ran out of the bank. They sprinted down the street until they rounded a corner onto Queen Street. They both stopped and the girl peeked round the corner so that the bank was in full view. There were several loud bangs and black smoke billowed out of the banks front doors at an alarming rate. The girl smiled and looked at the young man.
“ Operation Blank Schoolgirl successfully completed.”
