Ellova Palava (international mistress of disguise) and Jordan Grainger (getaway driver) waited in the old 1962 Sambabus outside the main entrance to the bank on the Main Road, as requested by their illustrious leader the Dropped Apostrophe (utter nincompoop), both frantically looking for any signs of movement from within the bank.
Jordan noticed an approaching police car in his driver side mirror, and instantly reached into the small glove box at the front of the vehicle to retrieve a folded atlas, the police car pulling in behind them just as he managed to unfold it and turn it the right way up. The policeman walked up to the driver side window, waited for Jordan to wind it down, and asked the expected term is there a problem here, sir, to which Jordan replied “no, not really a problem, but we seem to be lost – we’re looking for Avenue Road.”
“There’s no Avenue Road in this town, sir,” the policeman said helpfully, looking at the map “although you’ll not get very far if there was with that map – it’s for somewhere in Spain.”
“I told you I couldn’t read maps…” Jordan said, glaring at Ellova, desperate for a way out of the situation.
Ellova lowered her dark sunglasses and looked directly into the policeman’s eyes about to say something in Spanish, when the policeman’s attention turned to the bank doors which had burst open and two people ran through carrying open holdalls which were leaking money; the policeman quickly spoke into his collar radio and then, looking back at Jordan, said “you’ll have to move along now, there’s a robbery in progress here…”
‘All a Matter of Timing’ has been written for Six Sentence Stories, where the prompt word this week is ‘Term’.
Part three of this ongoing story featuring the Co-Ordination of Supervillains is here, part two here, and part one, here.
A clever ruse that atlas!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, it was, Chris, but not a well thought-through one, on Jordan’s behalf… although it seemed to work… 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Far be it from me to cast nasturtiums on the competency of the British bobby (although the thought had occurred to me).😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah, but… no! Next time… next time… or the time after that… 😉😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oops! I get the feeling that the Dropped Apostrophe is about to get dropped. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
He always manages to land on his feet, Diane, the Dropped Apostrophe… will he this time, though? Time will tell! 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Clever and hilarious. Love it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Doug. These supervillains are a fun group to write about!
LikeLike
Cue the different perspectives montage,Blues Brothers playing!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Glad you can see the different angles, Nick… this tale isn’t over yet, though! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Good ending! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Reena… but the end is only the beginning! 😁😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Interesting! Would like to know more…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks… the story will be back in a few weeks! 🙂
LikeLike
Look forward to reading it..
LikeLiked by 1 person
Excellent Six
(My ambition: to write a Six with a sense of action while still having fun with the details. You have achieved my dream)
lol
Liked the characters.
LikeLiked by 3 people
😊
Thanks Clark!
These are a fun bunch of characters, easy to write!
LikeLike
ain’t that the best part of this writing thing? When we stumble across* characters who are all, like, ‘Be in your story? Yeah, sure. Why the $(&# not?’**
*of course, for the rogers out there, who have employed the best of tools, and techniques to develop and refine characters…wwell these character are merely a reflection of the skill of the author…lol
**a direct reference to one of my all-time favorite characters, Lou Ceasare (owner of the Bottom of the Sea Strip Club and Lounge) is a ‘regular’ in my Ian Devereaux stories (Case of the Missing Diamond and WIP Case of the Missing Fig Leaf). First time Lou showed up in a scene? Totally owned it. showed up and totally owned the scene
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lou, Lou…I could swear I know the guy! lol
LikeLiked by 2 people
I shall have to look into these stories more! I need to create an extra hour each day as well! 🤣
LikeLiked by 1 person
Call it a lucky break, guess they will be freelancing from now on. Nice six.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Greg. There’s more to come with this tale, so we shall see! 🙂
LikeLike
Well detailed story with a nice twist at the end. I liked the description of Dropped Apostrophe as an “utter nincompoop”.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s a mild description, Frank, but DA always manages somehow to land on top! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sounds like those two will live to make mayhem another day.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh, yes indeed, Mimi… I’m sure we’ll find out what soon! 🙂
LikeLike
Well done. You got them off the hook and maybe they’ll have realized there’s no future in crime.:)
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thanks, Christine. They’re supervillains though, so I don’t suppose that realisation will ever dawn on them! 🙂
LikeLike
Not too much hope for these supervillains if the map that turns out to be of spain is anything to go by!! 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’ll have to wait and see, Icewolf (as will I!), I think there’s more to these supervillains than meets the eye! 🙂
LikeLike
Aha! At least your 2 supervillians know how to keep their cool 😀
Better luck next heist!
LikeLiked by 1 person
They managed to pull it off nicely, Denise… but there’s more to this story (as usual!) 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Excellent! Look forward to their continuing capers!
LikeLiked by 1 person
So clever…wonder if DA takes the money and runs, or meets up with the other two later. Loved this!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Liz… and time will tell! They are villains, after all, so anything is possible.
LikeLiked by 1 person