Title: When Chen is Forced to Hide in a Swamp
Author: chanmimi
Recipient: dasidolawa
Pairing/Focus: OT4
Rating: PG13
Warnings: nonsense, unreal events
Length: 2,200+
Summary: Chanyeol likes explosions. Chen is a pilot. Baekhyun loves cherry bubblegum. Kyungsoo is a cat. They team up to rob a money van.
Chen bolts through the hole on the metal fence, wire-cutter in hand. He enters the military-facility-with-surprisingly-low-security with ease, like he owns the place. Shifting his view a bit to the left, he eyes the parked helicopters finding the one to match his style. His lip corner lifts when he finds one machine that has FAB written all over it: stunning reddish camo paint job, big, shiny, and sparkly propellers, and red leather pilot seat could be seen through the window.
“You’re mine.” He says, walking across the plane landscape fabulously like how they did it in action movies. He yanks the (not locked) door open and sits down gracefully on the pilot seat. He turns on the radio and sets the frequency to match Chanyeol’s.
“Captain Beagle reporting-helicopter acquired.”
xxx
“The ice cream truck is outing the castle.” Baekhyun whispers to his hands-free radio.
“Copy.” The answer is heard accompanied by some static noise. Baekhyun clicks his tongue and pops a cherry flavored gum into his mouth.
Chew. Chew. Chew.
Baekhyun can see Chanyeol’s red sports and Kyungsoo’s black, metallic jeep trailing behind the moving vault.
Chew. Chew.
The trio slowly gets into the highway, Chanyeol already maneuvered along the way that he is leading in front. Baekhyun bets the money van driver couldn’t guess that he is being tailed. Two super flashy cars constantly driving around him in a city full of ugly, worn-out sedans won’t raise any suspicion.
Chew. Chew. Chew.
Three cars entering the highway and Baekhyun can already hear the noise of Chen’s baby through the radio.
xxx
“Captain Beagle hovering above the driveway.” Chanyeol hears Chen’s voice in between of blasting music from his car’s ultra-high definition sound system.
“Copy.” He then continues to drive just above the speed limit while keeping the van behind him from overtaking his car.
“Hey.” Another voice is heard from a separate device-it’s his phone that is connected to the car’s front monitor. Kyungsoo is making a video call.
“Sup.”
“Why does that guy keep calling himself Captain Beagle? This time it’s you who planned all the things; and beagle? Are we dogs?”
Chanyeol chuckles at Kyungsoo’s flat tone. “Nah, it’s just what he calls himself as. He dubbed me as Beagle #3.”
“Who is the #2?”
“Baekhyunnie.” Chanyeol says as he swerves sharp to the left lane, the money van almost overtook him who was occupied with the serious conversation. “Oops.”
“Am I the fourth then?”
Chanyeol glances sideway at Kyungsoo’s face on the display, his face as expressionless as ever, focusing on the road. His all-black fashion can be seen clearly by the way the camera shoots.
“No. You’re a cat.”
xxx
Baekhyun sneezes as he sees Chanyeol’s car suddenly swerves left through his binoculars. Their cars are getting closer to where he stands now.
“Someone’s talking about me.” He says as he unpacks his things, preparing for the next step.
“Chenchen, get the grappling hook ready.” Baekhyun aims at a nearby police station.
xxx
“Get the grappling hook ready.”
"Aw, yeah." Chen smirks and adjusts his aviator. "This gonna be fun."
He accelerates until he is right above the money van, and pushes the button that releases the grappling hook.
xxx
"Chan, slow down."
Chanyeol releases the gas and changes his gear.
"Copy. Soo, right lane."
He watches Kyungsoo matching his speed to the van through the rear-view mirror.
"Locked. Kick that ass now, baby."
Right then Chanyeol completely stops, followed by Kyungsoo; completely trapping the van between their cars. Chanyeol gets out and kicks the confused van driver out, taking his place behind the wheel. Seeing that they have acquired the van, Kyungsoo drives off to another location.
"I'm in," Chanyeol locks the door. Out of habit he turned on the van's radio, hoping to find some music channel or the kinds of it. He pushes random buttons on the dashboard waiting for Chen to lift the van. But well, money-carrying vans all have tracking devices for security purposes and Chanyeol seems to have turned on the emergency warning.
"Oh, shit. Chen! Fly me!"
xxx
Chen mentally facepalms as his hands are full handling the machine.
"Stupid kid."
He lets the hook down and grab the van, then proceeds to lift higher until the van floats in the air.
"Woohoo! I'm flying!" Chanyeol's excited voice muddles up with the sirene sound and gunshots that slowly dissipates. "Let's fly-y-y-y~"
"To the beach it is! Let's go to the beach-each--"
xxx
Baekhyun yanks his earpiece out in annoyance. He is up here eliminating pesky cops and those retards are merrily escaping while singing overrated pop songs. A black chopper is taking off from the police base and Baekhyun aims at its tail. He misses.
Putting back his earpiece, Baekhyun sends an alert. “A chopper is chasing you two, be fast and pass ‘em to Kyungsoo.”
“We’re close. We don’t see any Kyungsoo.”
“Soo, where are you?!”
"On my way to the beach. Where do I park again?"
Baekhyun gets up from his spot and massages his temple. “I told you. Any place near the beach you can run fast to and have minimal traffic on the way back.”
“Okay.”
xxx
"Watch out!!" Kyungsoo hears Chanyeol hollers from somewhere above him. As if he doesn't notice them yet from the noise Chen's baby makes. After parking his car he ran south to the shores, waiting for the duo.
Chanyeol lands down beside him generating an eyeful of white sand dust.
"Ugh, why are you even here? It was supposed to be the van only." Kyungsoo coughs out.
"No, I need to make sure Chen delivers the cash safely."
Kyungsoo scoffs. "Being careful now, Mr. Clumsy?"
"Hah. It's just because it's him," Chanyeol tightens his shoelaces. "Chen. Something about him."
Kyungsoo is caught in his thought as Chanyeol moves bags of cash to his motorboat. He wakes up when Chanyeol pats his shoulder.
"Take care." With that Chanyeol runs off somewhere, leaving another cloud of dust.
xxx
Chen looks down as Chanyeol drops the last bag. That's the cue for him to take off and lead the cop chopper away. Where should I go...? He ponders.
The black chopper is nearing, so he takes an impulsive turn to the left. Wrong move. He finds three more cop helicopters surrounding him. The only way out is the way north to the mountains; risky narrow gaps between the walls, tall rocks stack up blocking the view--can he fly through those? Well Chen is no pilot, but there is no turning back now.
"There is no tomorrow, don't hesitate, Chen." Humming his recent favorite song, he takes off to the north.
xxx
Baekhyun packs up his sniper rifle and walks in downstairs out of the rooftop. The last pair of stairs lead him inside a conveniece store. He sees the cashier sitting idly behind the counter. Cute, he thinks. Might as well give him my number. Baekhyun walks around the aisles and rips himself a new cherry bubblegum. He pops it in his mouth with a click.
"Hey cutie," he says, putting down the ripped package on the check-out counter. "How much is this?"
The cute, sleepy cashier ('Kai', the nametag reads) scans the barcode and says the price. Baekhyun nods puts down a quite amount of bill. Taking the payment, Kai begins counting the change when Baekhyun throws him a big duffel bag.
"Excuse me--" Kai stops at the click sound of the handgun Baekhyun pointed at him. His eyes widen in fear and he instinctively holds up his hands.
"Now sweetheart, put my change and the rest of cash inside or else."
"Or what?" Kai seems to have lost his mind, talking back under the threat of a gun.
Baekhyun rolls his eyes in frustration and opens his mouth to answer when the door opens loudly, startling both of them.
xxx
Chanyeol steps down the gas pedal deeper, accelerating the car--no, the truck. He is driving a fuel truck, the nearest vehicle he could land himself on. He didn't think twice to take it, not even concerned about the risk it could brought (Chanyeol loves explosions, anyway).
Midway, he suddenly realizes that he doesn't really drive to a specific destination. He slows down to facepalm and--
Oh, that's right! He suddenly remembers. I have to fetch Baekhyun!
With that, he turns his way to the tall building down the road. And hey, it has a gas station in front of it! He is doing a good deed by delivering this truck to its rightful place!
xxx
"FREE FALL!!" Chen shouts as he jumps down from the helicopter that is flying straight to a hill. Bullets are being shot at him, its speed generating air waves flashing around his body. Chen can only hope that his luck still remains to dodge all of those shots.
xxx
"Baekhyunnie!" Turns out that it's Chanyeol, panting harshly with a grin on his face. "Let's go, we're almost done!"
Baekhyun sighs in relief and then turns back to Kai.
"Get them inside, fast!"
Kai hurriedly does what Baekhyun says, seeing the new creepy accomplice he has (coughs, Chanyeol) that might carry another threatening weapon. When he is finished, he slides the bag back to Baekhyun.
Baekhyun smiles in return and blows a kiss at him. "Thank you!"
Seeing that, Chanyeol barges in and pulls Baekhyun back out. "Don't do disgusting things to strangers!"
"Ah, I haven't given him my number yet!"
"Aish, let's just go!" Chanyeol starts to whine.
Baekhyun frowns. "Why so hurried?"
"I might have or might not have planted an explosion on the fuel tank I've driven here." Chanyeol says in one breath. Baekhyun stares at him blankly.
Then realization hits him.
"You what?!"
"Well, I love explosions!"
With that they hurriedly jump on Baekhyun's motorbike and rides out into oblivion.
xxx
BOOM!!!
Kyungsoo wavers a bit on his boat. The vibration from the loud sound comes out quite strong that his hearing is dead for a second. Exhasuted after a series of hide-and-seek with the police, Kyungsoo rides out of the coral reef complex and heads to the pier near Chanyeol's condo.
Turning off the motorboat, he rings Chanyeol up. A few minutes later Chanyeol comes out in a wifebeater and boxers, looking disheveled as if he just got out from bed. Well, it's already three in the morning, and Kyungsoo himself hasn't slept in 40 hours. This operation really takes longer than expected.
"Who's in?" Kyungsoo asks as he passes Chanyeol the bags.
"Baekhyun and I. Chen's not with you?"
"Haven't seen him since the beach." He slings the last bag on his shoulder and then walks by Chanyeol's side. "He really hasn't contacted anyone yet?"
Chanyeol nods. "Baekhyun traced his position, though. The last transmission shows that he was somewhere in the mountains before losing contact."
They go up in silence, the only sound coming from the beeps everytime they pass a floor.
"Have you tried searching for him?"
"Well... not yet. Baekhyun is dead tired and--"
"That's it. We drop this here and go back out to search for him."
xxx
Dear friends,
First of all, I would like to thank you for all the efforts you all put into this operation. It really means the world to me. 92line jjang~!
You know, I think the best part of this successful operation is the helicopter. Stealing money from a bank van by lifting it completely off the ground? Who even do that? Only us, my friends, only us.
So when I was chosen to do that important job, I complied right away; since I’m the only one who can fly a chopper and all. I do it for us, man.
I delivered the cash to Kyungsoo, as planned, but unfortunately for me things didn’t go so well as expected.
I was surrounded by four cops. Four. The cornered me to the mountains. I almost crashed into a hill, dodging between their shots, but in the end I didn’t. I didn’t crash.
I jumped off while my baby crashed into pieces. I’ve always secretly fled her everywhere, sneaking into that military base. But twelve hours ago, she passed away.
They kept shooting at me so I hid in a swamp. I got down, covered with mud and wet leaves. Can you imagine how un-fabulous that is? I dirtied my brand new Gucci and Versace. It’s freaking limited edition!!!
I waited for almost 7 hours. Those cops were still there, I hoped one of you would come and save me from that hell. But you didn’t. I bet you guys slept here, sweet and soundly, not even a thought of ‘where did that one guy go?’. Ungrateful bastards.
So with this, I’m taking 90% of the share. Compensate for my designer clothes. I still have mercy for you guys; I gave you 10, which is about three times your salary.
Well, see you in a week! I’m going on a shopping trip to Paris. Don’t search for me. You had your fucking chance.
With love,
Chen.
xxx
“That whiny bitch.” Baekhyun says between chews. “After the time we spent searching for him, we came back to find this useless note?!”
“Well, I think he is overreacting. The ones at fault are you guys, why drag me along? I spent so much time floating between coral reefs! No food, no sleep!” Kyungsoo fights for himself.
Chanyeol takes a gulp of his red wine. He chuckles. “The most important thing is this plan worked. I’m a genius!”
“Shut up you dork.”
“Hey! At least it’s fun, right?”
xxx
A/N: Thank you to N for helping me reading through this! And thank you for the Chinguline mods for being so lenient with my irresponsibility TT