"Are we gonna do this or not?" Victoria as from behind her brother in the small alleyway. They had been standing in the alley for over ten minutes and their curfew was in less than an hour. Nathaniel had had a feeling that they were cutting it close too, and clearly, he had been right.
"Yes, we just need a few more seconds, and then we can grab them and go." Her twin replied, leaning forward to peek around the corner again. "Plus we still have about forty minutes...and the show has just begun" he whispered to reassure his sister before quickly giving her the signal.
As a small boy about their age quickly ran by their hiding spot while being tailed rather closely by a very angry Asian man with a wet rag. They both took that as the signal, "Now." Victor snapped before raising forward while being closely followed by his twin.
They both knew how this whole situation worked since they had stolen in groups plenty of times before. But every once in a while there was always something that would set them just slightly farther back than usual. This time being no different than the others.
Victoria quickly circled around the food stand followed by Victor so that they were on the curb. Before breaking the lock and entering, leaving Victor outside to keep watch. She grabbed all the food that they had pre-ordered and quickly began to pass it outside to her brother. Who seemed to become more anxious as he handed it to one of the three handlers.
"Hurry up!" he hissed as he noticed the owner coming back. Making the girl move just a bit faster, until she had just barely gotten the last set of boxes out. Which was when the owner had finally noticed what was going on around his truck and begun to yell at them in a different language, causing the last handler to run for it. While Victor quickly ran into the truck and yanked her out. Nearly knocking the man over in the process as they ditched the truck. He tried to grab her but instead only managed to grab the bag of food. Which she quickly let go of, in the process.
Victoria couldn't help but frown knowing full well that Nathaniel was still going to give her an ear full for losing tonight's dinner. But with Victor around she figured that he probably wouldn't get that far, he had always protected her after all.
When arriving at the end of the street they quickly turned left and ducked behind one of the many dumpsters in that alley. Waiting just a moment until the food truck owner past, before using their combined strength to shove the dumpster out of the way. Where a small crouch hole, just big enough for the both of them to fit through seat bellow.
It was covered by a piece of wood and had lead into one of the many tunnels to their home since they were about seven. Victor motioned for her to drop down first before following close behind her, after shoving the wood back over the hole as much as possible.
This had always been their routine, of course not by choice. But it was either that or be split up, which neither of them wanted, after experiencing it one time.
They had both been sitting in the front yard of the orphanage. When a beautiful rich couple had suddenly pulled up and looked over the entire orphanage population before their eyes landed on them. They had both been so excited that they had raced and packed their suitcases. But just as Victor had finished packing his, the headmistress of the orphanage had informed her that she alone was going with the couple rather than her and her brother.
Which was why they had joined the large gang of children under the city called the duct rats, who also didn't want to belong to a family, without certain propositions put in place.