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"What?! You're telling me you let them get away again?!" An angry voice boomed throughout the police station, hard and rugged footsteps being heard slamming against the newly polished floors and letting out cringe-inducing squeaks as a result. Practically every officer in the building sank back into a seat or corner, knowing fell well they were about to bear witness to yet another furious crash-out from Chief Officer Jenkins over the same damn criminals.
Jenkin's hand gripped the small one in a deathly grasp against his ear, teeth gritting with every stutter that left the other line of the phone. "S-Sir...We've tried and tried for the past 3 months. They're too goo-" The officer on the receiving end was cut off by fuming yell. "Don't give me that shit, Officer Lewis! You're one word away from being fired as we speak!" He continued to stomp down the station corridors. "'Too good' my ass! They're criminals, for fucksake! We are the goddamn New York City Police! No criminal should be 'too good' for us to catch." And with that, he slammed his thumb on the red button, shutting off the call before Officer Lewis could even reply.
This behaviour and furious attitude had been a normal thing for Jenkins these past 3 months. He was normally always quite nice and cheerful before this whole ordeal, cracking typical jokes and being a guy you could go to for a conversation or help with a problem. He was favoured amongst his team, and they all looked up to him for advice, which he gave with a smile on his face whilst still taking his job seriously.
That was all until those 2 showed up.
It all started with a bank robbery. Typical thing for a police department to see and sort out quite quickly. When Jenkins got the call from a hysterical woman who said she was being held hostage at said bank, he figured the ordeal would be over in a matter of 2 or 3 hours. Oh, how wrong he was.
This stand off with the robbers in the bank lasted a total of 6 hours, with the NYPD desperately trying to get the robbers to surrender and even having to result to bribery, only for the criminals to basically shrug them off as they continued to do as they pleased, holding guns to their bodies to keep the police outside. This wasn't some big heist, granted, there was only 2 of them, but whenever the police bribed, threatened or even begged for them to give themselves in, the pair of them would break out into a fit of laughter.
Another, peculiar thing about these 2 robbers, was that they didn't bother to conceal their identity. Both of their faces and characteristics where on full view for the NYPD to see through the bank's various glass doors.
They were both very notably different. One was a tall, slender male, pale skin, pointed features, long-ish blonde hair and piercing jade-green eyes. One's of a predator that could send shivers down any person's spine. He had a constant snarl on his lips that only disappeared when he spoke to his partner, to which then he smiled. The other, however, was starkly different. The other looked much younger, slightly smaller than the other male, more tanned skin and asian but was defiantly not American. He had large brown eyes and more rounded features with short but fluffy ebony coloured hair. To Jenkins, he looked like an innocent and lost 15 year-old who had walked in at the wrong time. But, from the gun in his hand, to the stuffing of multiple stacks of cash into 2 large duffel bags, and the way he laughed and talked to the blonde haired boy with such ease, Jenkins could 100% be assured this was no innocent by-stander.
The both of them looked like you're typical teenager...so what the hell was going on here?!
Eventually, after the sixth hour hit, both of the young males clearly had gotten bored of the police screaming at them through a megaphone from the outside and had gotten the amount of cash that they needed. So, with one long look at each other and a laugh, the pair of them grabbed the 2 cash-filled duffel bags and bolted it to the back of the bank, shooting bullets all around the building in various directions as a sign of victory. Probably didn't help the poor innocent citizens that had been held hostage in a corner for so long on the inside with them.
Upon that sight, every officer there bolted it to the cars or simply ran to the back entrance of the bank to catch the 2 criminals. Not in enough time.
The only evidence of the 2 being there just moments ago was the fire-exit door being left wide open and a few stray $100 bills being left on the concrete.
Ever since that ordeal, Jenkins has been drove round the bend with the 2 mysterious individuals. No matter how many times he tried to find these 2 boy's records, he was left with dead-end results. Not only did he look throughout the whole state of New York for the records, but had gotten state after state to try and find them there as well, to no avail.
There was one and only thing that was found about the 2 boys that Jenkins had uncovered. Their names and ages.
'Ash Lynx - Age: 18
'Eiji Okumura - Age: 19'
After that whole ordeal, everything began to worsen.
News papers and stations across the nation were bombarded with Headliners: 'The Lynx and Rabbit strike again!' was what they typically rounded around. Each week came a new case, from more robbery of banks and celebrities, shops and politicians, to them fully sabotaging multiple political and rich events. Whilst no one was ever hurt, Ash and Eiji began to build a name for themselves. As proven with the news, they started to be referred to as the 'Lynx and Rabbit' duo. They were wanted criminals across the entire country and possibly even the world and you couldn't turn one corner without seeing their 'Wanted' posters or new leaked images of them committing their most recent crime.
Many raved over their actions and actually became fans of them, whilst others desired for them both to rot in jail.
The shocking thing was, the both of them were clearly not just doing it for themselves. During Ash and Eiji's ongoing criminal reign, many charities, organisations and struggling people were suddenly being sent hundreds and thousands and millions of dollars by anonymous senders, each one being traced back to either an abandoned laptop or library computer. Each time Ash and Eiji committed a crime, they were estimated to be robbing an estimate of $2 million dollars each, to which then would be paid out to a local charity near the crime scene a few days later.
They were both very clever. Both extremely cunning as well, and even with their faces plastered everywhere a person's retina could look, they just couldn't seem to get caught.
'The Lynx and Rabbit' was growing to become this sort of pop-culture moment that everyone was talking about. It became a tradition very quickly to try and live-stream their heists. People speculated on the TV about what, who, where and when they would strike next, where as social media spread the story about the both of them being 'long-time lovers that where forbidden from being with one another, so they both ran away to start a criminal life together'. To be honest, that story, as much as it sounded far-fetched, looked like it was developing to become true as well. It only took a person with basic common sense to see how the two interacted in the leaked footage and videos being spread. From holding hands, to laughing, to gazing at one another or that one time where they just flat out kissed each other after robbing a politician's billion dollar home, before laughing and waving at a security camera. No wonder the whole internet never shut up about them, they were both the equivalent to the modern day 'Bonnie and Clyde'...minus the killing. Even though, the handsome Ash Lynx did come close to nearly killing a few people before, luckily to be stopped by Eiji.
The longer time went on where Ash Lynx and Eiji Okumura roamed freely, the more pissed and angry Jenkins had became. The NYPD had basically become a laughing stock at this point, because how can you have 2 celebrity-criminals who's faces are literally everywhere and you are yet to catch them. Never in his whole career had he been faced with an ordeal like this. He was fully beginning to consider retiring early.
Eventually, Jenkins made his way to the entrance of the board room, slamming the door open to be met with a tired looking Charlie Dickinson resting his head in his hand, yawning as he flicked through the new images taken from Ash and Eiji's new mansion heist 3 hours prior.
With a sigh and another yawn, Charlie spoke, scratching the back of his ginger hair. "The Lynx and Rabbit strike again, huh? I'm starting to lose hope of ever locking these 2 up."
Shaking his head with an angry grunt, Jenkins turned to Charlie with a defeated and annoyed expression. "Seriously? My right-hand man is also giving up?"
Charlie rolled his eyes. "Did those words leave my mouth?"
"Whatever, you initiated it."
With that, Jenkins felt his phone buzz in his hand, lifting it with a scowl before raising his eyebrow at the unknown number. Unexpected. Who's calling him in work hours?
"Who is it?" Charlie asked, lifting his head only to be shushed quickly by Jenkins, who accepted the call and brought it up to his ear. "Hello?"
"Hi~!" 2 very familiar male voices were sounded on the other end, making Jenkins heart drop and his eyes widen.
"Y-You!-"
"Yeah, yeah, it's us, old man. Pretty obvious since our faces are literally everywhere." Ash spoke first, his voice holding an evident smirk and snark in it. "We're practically celebrities now, haven't ya heard?"
"Oo, steady Ashu. That must be an awfully touchy subject for Officer Jenkins to hear, right?" Eiji's overly sweet and innocent sounding voice was then heard, his Japanese accent thick but his tone almost melodic. "After all, he still has yet to catch us~." Eiji's giggle was then heard from the other line.
Jenkins felt his teeth grind together at the mockery upon him, his cheeks flaring a furious red.
Ash then spoke again, scoffing. "Ugh, I can practically hear your balding head steaming from the other end." He then chuckled. "How long is this game of hide and seek gonna go on for, huh pops?"
"You two bastards...I'll fucking get you. I swear! With my own bare hands-"
"Blah, blah, blah, we've heard you multiple times before on the TV." Eiji interrupted him. "Now, if you would excuse us, we've got to prepare for our next round of monopoly. Bye bye!" The Japanese's voice was cheerful, most likely with a large grin on his face.
Ash then spoke quickly and hushed. "Make sure that if you do catch us, that me and Eiji have a cell reserved." The line was then cut.
Charlie stood by the side of the table he was previously sat it, straight faced as to clearly hearing the entire call.
After a few moments of silence, Charlie then spoke, trying to alert a dazed Jenkins.
"U-Uh...sir-"
"FUCK!"