Title: "Before Her Very Eyes"
Author: Pirate Turner
Rating: G
Summary: He isn't called the King of Thieves for nothing.
Warnings: Drabble
Word Count: 200
Date Written: 31 March, 2012
Disclaimer: Autolycus and Xena, Warrior Princess are ﾩ & TM their respective owners, not the author. Everything else is ﾩ & TM the author. The author makes absolutely no profit off of this work of fan fiction, and no copyright infringement is intended.
"You are lovely," he spoke, his mustache twitching, eyes gleaming, and hands reaching. "You are the loveliest creatures this side of the Nile that these eyes have ever seen!" The beauties shook before him, calling him forward and begging him to rob them of their innocence.
His skilled hands swiftly brought them home. "Tell me. Your father was a thief, wasn't he? I know the mark of a good thief. He always uses the best jewels, and you are clearly the best."
He stilled as a voice sounded directly behind him. Fingernails tapped metal in silent warning; Autolycus blanched. "I was just leaving."
"Sure you were. You'll be a good boy and give the girl her valuables back first, right?"
"Y-Yes. Of course." The belly dancer looked at him in shock as he returned the ruby to her forehead. He turned to leave, but Xena stepped in his way, one hand on her sword and the other on her chakram.
"Oh. Okay." Autolycus pouted but returned the dancer's navel diamond too. Its furious owner shrieked. Autolycus cringed as the angry woman descended upon him, but the dancer's slaps were a great deal less powerful than Xena's blows would ever be.
The End