Suddenly voices were heard in the distance. Collin ran and hid behind the rock and saw the six, armed men with bags stuffed with money. They appeared pleased with themselves. The men spent 10 minutes sharing the money before putting the rest under the plastic. They changed clothing and dressed as Catholic Priests. The 'boss' of the men, approached Jeff and said, "We bought you a good meal, lots of chicken and beverage because just before sunrise, you'll be history."
Collin waited about 10 minutes, then ventured over to Jeff and shared his 'last meal'. Collin tried to open the pad-locks to no avail. The boys tried all night to open the locks without success.
Jeff started to lose hope and said "tell my mom and dad that I love them and that I appreciated all that they have done for me and tell my friends at school ..." Collin interrupted and shouted, "Stop talking like that Jeff, we still have time, just have faith." Suddenly, the dreaded sound, the voices of the men returning.
Jeff started to cry. Collin decided to confront them because he couldn't fathom the thought of his friend being killed. How could he tell anyone that he and his friend Jeff went to Australia in a box, ended up in a cave and got killed? It was now a matter of seconds before the men would arrive and the boys are sweating and shaking.
"Go on Collin, leave. It doesn't make sense that both of us die, you will have to finish the job of helping to bring peace to the world," said Jeff. "No Jeff, I'll defend you," said Collin. "You can't. These are men armed with guns, so run," shouted Jeff. The men heard the dialogue and pulled their guns getting ready for the kill.
Suddenly, a familiar face appeared to Jeff and pulled the padlock, took him out of the cage, took the box out of Collin's pocket and placed them both inside. By this time, the men had their guns trained on the boys, but before a shot could be fired, the boys had disappeared with the box. Their Angel friend had rescued them.
The men were confused. They couldn't believe what they had just witnessed.
"We've got to leave here, we've been discovered, the cops could be here in a few minutes," said the boss. "But how are we going to move all this money now?" asked one of the men. "Maybe those boys are still here; they could be hiding under the money, they couldn't just disappear," said another man.
"All right guys, calm down, " said the boss, "we will take what we can now and wait for two days. We'll watch this place from outside and if the cops don't show up, then we come for the rest and find another location," he said.
By this time, Jeff and Collin had reached another location with the box. They were so relieved to be home again, trying to explain to their parents and the police about their disappearance for the past two days was the least of their worries.
However, when they opened the door of their box, they saw that they were in another room filled with money. A vault.
"Oh no, not again! This looks like a real vault, I thought we were going home," said Collin. "The box was still programmed to bank vault and so we are here," stated Jeff. "Let's just leave now, we don't want to get into any more trouble," said Collin.
Jeff decided to exit the vault and look around still fresh in his mind was what happened to him about two days ago. Exiting the vault, he saw office desks and cabinets.
There were voices coming from another room. It seemed like a meeting was taking place in another room. There was a discussion about how the bank and other banks were robbed by men breaking into the vaults. Jeff and Collin, on hearing the conversation, came up with a bright idea. Maybe they could help the banks recover the money. But how?
"We have to make ourselves known to them," Jeff said. By this time, the box was folded and placed in Collin's pocket. Suddenly, two security guards burst into the room where the boys were, with guns drawn, because their security system was showing that unauthorised persons were in the vault.
"Put your hands in the air and lie on the ground," said one guard. "Please sir, don't shoot, we are here to help you all recover the money that was stolen," shouted Collin. "Yeah right, and my mother is the queen of England," mused the guard. "You kids have a lot of explaining to give the judge because your little game is now over," said the other guard. "Almost three years we've been searching for you guys, the 'bank vault gang' and now here you are.
The meeting, which was being held in the next room, was disrupted, as news spread that the 'bank vault gang' was captured. The boys tried explaining that they were not the culprits, and that they could recover the stolen goods for them. The management insisted that they tell them where the money was. "We can't tell you where it is because we don't know, but we have the technology to find and retrieve it," said Jeff. "If we are arrested, we can easily escape because of the type of technology we have," stated Collin.
The police were called in and the boys' fingerprints were taken their fingerprints didn't match those of the 'bank vault gang' members, they were arrested and placed in a maximum security prison. They were placed in a cell together, and in a few minutes they escaped with the box. The security guards at the prison were in frenzy. How could the boys escape?
The managers at the bank were shocked to hear of the boys' escape, and started to believe their story. The Angel friend of the boys persuaded them to return to the bank with the promise that all would go well. The boys returned and met with the management, who apologised to them and promised them a handsome reward.
Jeff and Collin, with the help of the Angel, recovered all the stolen money and returned it to all the banks that were robbed. They captured the six 'bank vault robbers' and took them to Box Island and were transformed into beautiful people.
- Allan Lewis
