Hacked

Ramen

I shut my laptop and walked to the kitchen, I opened the cupboard and peered inside, Empty. I sighed and walked across my apartment to my bedroom, which I rarely slept in, I was always up late doing work. I always slept in either my chair or the couch on most days. It was uncommon when I had a day where I wasn't bombarded with assignments from both my school and from Discord. you may have heard of it but its a secret organisation that is against the twisted government. which I am all for. I grabbed my wallet off of my bedside table and opened it, I didn't have much cash on me but I was getting paid soon, and ramen is pretty cheap anyway. I slipped my hoddie over my head and sliped my wallet into the pocket. I grabbed my black facemask that covered from my nose down and hooked the strings behind my ears and headed out.

I reached the store and stepped inside, it was pretty empty with a cashier leaning back in their chair reading a book and a few meek people sorting through the assortment of products on the shelves. I made a b-line to the noodle section and grabbed a couple packages of Ramen and made my way back to the cashier. I stopped dead in my tracks, the cashier who was once peacefully reading was now slowly opening the register and piling money on the counter. there was a person slightly shorter than me with a gun pointed at the poor man's head, edging him to be faster getting the money out of the register. his eyes locked onto me, his eyes pleaded for me to do something, but all I could do is stare, the person turned to me and I noticed that they were female, their eyes were a dark orange and they had curly black hair peeking out of the hood they were wearing. I hadn't moved since I had noticed the woman with the gun. she grabbed the money off the counter and stuffed it in her bag, she looked up and shot the cashier in the side, he fell limply on the desk holding his side. I looked around and saw about 5 customers huddled in a corner paralyzed by fear, the woman walked over to me slinging the bag over her shoulder. she shook her wrist and pointed the gun at me "No witnesses" I stumbled back suddenly my paralysis gone. she continued to walk forward and I stumbled back I dropped the packages I had been holding and fell onto the ground. I  got up and ran into one of the isles. I saw a metal water bottle and grabbed it. I signaled to the other customers to stay calm, I remember my job was to take care of this, but I was never assigned to do it in person. I gripped the bottle and hid behind the end of the isle and listened to her footsteps, when she was in range I ran in front of her and hit her with the bottle. she dropped the gun in pain and held her head, I grabbed the gun and unloaded it before throwing it across the room. the customers slowly came out of their hiding spots "call the cops" I said breathing heavily. I picked up the packages of Ramen and put the money back into the register and added the amount for his food. I checked to see if the cashier was still alive and he was, I walked over to the first aid kit on the wall and patched him up, he expressed his thanks as I left as soon as I saw the red and blue lights. I made my way home.

I was half way home and it was getting dark when I saw the girl again, she was running down the sidewalk, she looked scared. she started to cross the street and I she was lit up by headlights, I heard the blare of a truck horn. the girl froze in fear, A deer in headlights. Time seemed to stop and I saw the drivers face, a number appeared above his head and a number above her. I felt my heart sink. I dropped the bag I was holding and sprinted for the street.