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No one likes to hear the click of a gun's safety being switched off near their head. But since almost everyone who lived in the special economic zone known as Mallepa owned a gun, no one was really surprised to hear that click. It still sucked though. This was exactly the situation Leo found herself in, the click of a gun safety near her right ear.
"Really?" she sighed. She really shouldn't have gone out today. Seeing as there weren't many blonde American types in Mallepa, Leo was pretty easy to spot.
"You still owe us money," growled the owner of the gun.
"I don't owe you shit," Leo replied. She turned an annoyed glare at the Chinese gangster.
"You owe us protection money!" the man protested.
Before he could blink, Leo had twisted the gun out of his hand and pointed it between his eyes.
"Do I look like I need your protection?" she asked blandly. "Now get lost before my finger gets twitchy."
Leo watched with a smirk of satisfaction as the gangster ran down the street like a frightened chicken. Tucking her newly-acquired gun into the waistband of her jeans, she walked down another two blocks and turned down an alleyway. There was a little hole-in-the-wall bar toward the middle of the alley and it was here that Leo ducked into.
"Took you long enough," remarked a girl in the corner, also American.
"Shut up Frankie," Leo grumbled. She grabbed the beer the bartender held out to her and slumped in the chair across from her friend.
"So what happened?" Frankie asked, knocking back her own beer.
"Local gang wanted their protection fee again."
Frankie gave a snort of laughter, "Yea right."
"Where's Storm?"
"Still sleeping."
"Lucky bitch," Leo said amiably, stretching and balancing on the back two legs of her chair.
"She needs to go out tonight," Frankie explained.
"Ah," Leo said, "That's good, cuz there's a job we need to do tonight."
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There's really not much for two vampires to do in downtown Mallepa at two o'clock in the morning. This is exactly where Kei and Sho found themselves. They managed to find a bar with an outdoor patio that still had partying 20-somethings. Kei and Sho took a table on the patio and settled in for another boring evening.
A scream from the apartment complex across the street shattered the dullness of the night. The attention of everyone on the patio turned to the unfolding action. A small blonde woman kicked her way out of the front door. In one hand, she held a gun. With the other, she was leading a man twice her size out the door by his hair. A tall redhead followed them out, also carrying a gun.
"That guy's done for," a man behind Kei chuckled.
"What do you mean?" Sho asked.
"Those ladies are two of the leaders of Seraphim," he answered.
"How many are there?"Kei asked
"Three. That's Storm and Leo there."
"Please don't shoot me!" the plea of the man in the street ended the conversation as they turned their attention to him.
"You think we'll let you get away with beating and raping one of our girls?" Leo asked.
"We need to make an example of you," Storm added.
"I didn't know she was under your protection! Honest!" the man whispered.
"Not our problem," they said together.
Suddenly, Leo cocked her head.
"You know, I don't think this scum is worth killing," she said.
"Thank you, thank you," the man scrambled to his knees.
"Not so fast," Leo growled. Putting the sole of her combat boot on his forehead, she pushed him on his back and aimed her gun between his eyes. "I said you weren't work killing. I didn't say we'd let you go."
She lowered the gun slightly and fired. Right between his legs. Kei and Sho winced involuntarily.
"What the hell was that for?" Storm asked, following Leo as she walked away from their screaming victim.
"I felt like it," the blonde replied.
"Seriously?"
"Thought you might want to eat him."
"I don't eat junk food."
Leo shrugged.
"I'm hungry," Storm whined.
"So go eat someone," her companion replied.
"I'll meet you later," Storm said before ducking down an alleyway.
Leo flashed her the peace sign and continued on.
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"My balls hurt," Sho said, still staring at the place the two women occupied only moments ago.
"Yea, mine too," Kei replied.
"They'll do that," the guy behind them said.
"So, they're a gang?" Sho asked.
"Yup. Pretty small, but very ruthless.
"Obviously," Kei mumbled.
"They're not so bad really," the man chucked. Just don't piss them off.
Kei and Sho just nodded.
"You shot him where?" Frankie yelled.
Leo was back at their favorite dive bar and had just finished telling her friend about her night.
"I shot him in the head," she replied calmly.
"Wrong head."
"Well that's the one he was thinking with."
Frankie sighed, "Did Storm get something to eat?"
Leo nodded.
"Good, all we need is a hungry vampire running around."
"God forbid she eat the locals," Leo joked.
"I heard that," Storm said good-naturedly as the ambled into the room. "Most of the locals taste bad anyway. Like the guy I ate tonight. Ugh."
"So Leo really shot that guy in the balls?" Frankie asked.
"Yup!" Storm replied brightly.
"He's probably dead by now anyway," Leo added.
"Oh, well that's ok," Frankie said.
Leo rolled her eyes and smiled.
"I'm going back to sleep," Storm announced. Since their apartment was above the bar, she headed to the bar's kitchen area where the stairs were located.
"I'm going up too," Frankie said, following her friend.
"I'll be up later," Leo replied. "I'm not drunk enough yet."
Yes, another story. If you follow my Beyblade story, never fear, it's still alive ^^