Let's count to a million!

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As blank_dvth approaches the scene of the explosion he sees a body on the ground that looks like it rolled out of the van just before it exploded. He approaches it cautiously, unable to tell who it is, but before he can get too close, the person jumps up and darts off into the wreckage. blank_dvth is pretty sure he caught a glimpse of aln’s face as he starts his pursuit

Queen of Ice approaches the remains of the van, checking for survivors. Surprisingly, aln is inside, seemingly unscathed, but as soon as he sees Queen of Ice he sprints out of the van, clutching the remaining platinum and mustard. Queen of Ice starts off in pursuit.

She calls over the radio “platinum thief suspect fleeing on foot. I’m in pursuit”

blank_dvth is confused when he hears this as he also thought he was pursuing the platinum thief, but he’s getting really close to catching him so he just keeps going. He sees his quarry disappear around a corner and rounds that corner moments later and sees…

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lol I don’t know much about catalytic converters either, just that they have platinum in them. The fact that mustard and platinum react strongly with each other was a fun twist :D

Also in case it’s not clear, one of the alns is not aln. Who could it be and which one is the imposter? (I know which one I’d pick but I’m leaving that up to the next person who continues the story)
 
33,278 ( A aln has asked me to continue...)
Here is your soundtrack:
Play as you read the following:
The sound of ticking can be faintly heard by the bystanders on the bridge
Unfortunately, it cannot be investigated as both Sherrif blank_dvth and Cpl. Ice are off-scene chasing ... the same person? The van, formerly driven by oey, continues to emit the sound of faint ticking and the crowd begins to grow restless.

You see, dear reader, most human beings have incredible senses of imagination, yes yes, and said senses often grasp for the most interesting or worst possible scenario. If we were to tap into the mental conversation a bystander, colonoscopist Sturm Bruder, is having with himself, we would see what I'm talking about, dear reader indeed.
Sturm: "What am I looking at right here?"
Sturm: "A smoking wreck of a car."
Sturm: "What happened to the car?"
Sturm: "Some thief stole and wrecked it after stealing some other things."
Sturm: "Is this a moral person?"
Sturm: "Probably not."
Sturm: "What am I hearing?"
Sturm: "Ticking."
Sturm: "Conclusion?"
Sturm: "Bomb."

You see, dear reader, this is what I am referring to. The human psyche will take even the most apparently innocuous of sounds and turn it into a crisis!
As other bystanders come to the same unfounded conclusion, the whispers of "bomb" begin to circulate through the crowd. Among the bystanders is the former city police commissioner, @Mayhem Death, who knows that if there is indeed a bomb, Police Chief Immaculate would know how to defuse it. Unfortunately, though Police Chief Immaculate has flown away to give Sherrif Blank_dvth the overwatch he needs to pursue his suspect (leaving Cpl. Ice to chase her quarry herself).
The ticking begins to slow.
The stress of the crowd rises and some more skittish folks begin to press against the crowd, vying for an opening to escape through.
The car rests on a bridge with crowds of people at either end, making escape rather difficult.
One particularly frightened person who will remain unnamed jumps over the edge of the bridge into the frigid Los Santos water below.
If this is a bomb and it goes off... many people will be injured and the bridge, the primary method of transportation to and from this district, will be destroyed. Unfortunately, all police forces are focused on the thief... and are completely unaware of possible danger.
The ticking begins to move faster...
 
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…as the ticking speed increases, it becomes drowned out by the sound of a motorcycle approaching. And who might be riding that motorcycle? None other than Oey!

Oey jumps off the bike and disappears into the wreckage of the van and gets to work diffusing the bomb. But he can’t see very well in the low light inside the wreckage, so he pulls off his mask to reveal… it’s none other than Police Chief Immaculate!

Immaculate knew something was going down today so he had Deputy Police Chief Scarox93 take his place in the chopper with full disguise so no one would suspect. He then disguised himself as Officer Oey who he was pretty sure was up to no good, and his suspicions had been confirmed. At first Oey was doing everything you’d expect of an upstanding police officer, but after the van crash Oey had shown his true colors by disguising himself as aln in an attempt to confuse the police

Time was running out so Immaculate had to work quickly to diffuse the bomb. It was very complex. Cut just one wire in the wrong order and the whole bridge would collapse. Immaculate began to sweat under the pressure but his fingers remained steady. Snipping wire after wire, he was almost done. Just 2 wires to go when the whole van shook. A distant rumble followed a few seconds after the shockwave but by the time the sound came it was too late. Immaculate had already slipped and cut the wrong wire!

But instead of a giant explosion, mustard cascaded out of the bomb, squirting into Immaculate’s mouth and completely covering him in the stuff. Cursing, Immaculate tried to get up but everything was too slippery

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Minutes earlier

Cpl. Ice was still in hot pursuit of aln with the platinum and mustard sack. He was darting in and out of traffic and was proving hard to catch, but she was pretty sure she could nab him as soon as he took to the surface streets. Scarox93 (disguised as Immaculate) radio’d from the chopper, “take a right on 14th. There’s a shortcut”

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blank_dvth was also in pursuit of a different aln. Just as he was sure he had him, he had rounded a corner just to find aln having completely vanished without a trace. He looked around for a bit with no luck, but when he heard “Immaculate” radio to Ice about the shortcut, he had an idea of where he might find aln so he headed off in the direction of 14th st. Ice and blank_dvth nearly ran into each other as they got there, searching for different alns but somehow winding up in the same spot. And it happened to be exactly where aln was.

But it seemed too easy. Aln was just sitting in the middle of the intersection with no indication of offering resistance or fleeing. Ice and blank_dvth approached cautiously, intending to arrest the thief. “Hands up! You’re under arrest!”

To their surprise, aln complied. blank_dvth was pretty sure this was the imposter aln (notice this aln does not have any platinum or mustard on him) so he tried to pull off the imposter’s mask as soon as aln was in cuffs. But no! This was the real aln. The imposter had made off with the goods!

Except it was a setup. Of course it was a setup. It had been too easy. A flash bang threw Ice and blank_dvth off their feet. Oey (still disguised as aln) emerged from the smoke and quickly delivered a few choice blows that rendered Ice and blank_dvth unconscious. Oey then pulled off his mask and got to work on aln’s handcuffs. The two had been in cahoots from the beginning

But there’s no honor among thieves. As soon as aln was free he grabbed the bag of mustard and platinum, pulled out a grenade-looking thing, tossed it in the air and bolted

Boom! (That’s the explosion that caused Immaculate to cut the wrong wire)

Aln took off with the stolen platinum leaving everyone else as good as dead…

(I assume no one is dead but I’ll leave that up to future writers)
 
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