A thief called Garrett.

Saphire was not used to being insulted so harshly, she supposed Garrett wasn't used to being struck in the face by a woman. Oh well, first time for everything.

She sighed and looked down at her drink in her hands before glancing around the rest of the Siren's Rest, there were very little people in tonight, usually it was full but it seems after recent events of the Gloom and other strange things like the Graven had led to many being afraid to leave their homes.

"I am surprised to see you today chica'."

Saphire smiled at the accent she knew so well and had missed slightly. She looked up as the dark figure came and sat in the small bench in front of her.

"Hey Spider," she called smiling slightly as he smiled back at her. "How've you been?"

"I've been good. A little bit of stealing here and there, climbing up walls and things."

Saphire smiled. "Do you ever stop?"

"No, not really."

"I didn't think so."

Spider frowned at his friend before he tilted his head to the side. "You do not seem to be yourself tonight chica'. Is there something wrong?"

"Hmm… is there something wrong…? well…" she trailed off before leaning closer to him across the table. "Do you know a thief called Garrett?" she whispered making Spider choke on his own drink before he lowered it and looked up at him, his scared side of his face, one singular line running down his eye on the left side of his face all the more prominent at the expression he gave her.

"Do you not know of him?"

"Um… lets say I've only just heard about him."

Spider shook his head. "You can't go speaking his name out like that in public, chica', it'll get you trouble and lets be honest, with our line of work, we hardly need any more."

"Look.. Spider, just tell me who he is."

Spider sighed before he ran a hand down his face, leaning over the table so he could whisper. "I don't know much, but then again no one knows much about the Master Thief."

"Have you ever met him?"

He laughed and threw his head back before he placed forward, shaking it at the same time. "As if I would be so lucky as to meet a legend like him."

"Well… what do you know about him?"

"Only that he was responsible for stopping the gloom somehow… the Queen knows more."

"The Queen?" Saphire frowned before looking back at him. "You mean the Queen of Beggars?"

"Do you know of any others?"

"To be honest, no. Not personally."

Spider smirked. "Exactly, but that's besides the point. You remember the explosion at Northcrest Manor right?"

"Yes."

"Rumours are, it was Garrett who caused it and then he disappeared for a year, before returning. Even killed the Thief Taker General and destroyed the gloom. But that is all that is known about the Master Thief."

"Master Thief? They must be talking about me!"

Saphire rubbed her eyes and looked over at the couple. "I can assure you, a mere pickpocket is no master thief."

The man who had spoken up chuckled. "Now, now, Saphy, no need to be harsh, ain't that right my lovely Dice?" the man spoke turning to his comrade dubbed Dice, who was wearing mostly red with small parts of black, two scars along her eye on the left side of her face.

Saphire had at least been able to keep her face intact when it came to injury.

Dice smiled and sat next to Spider with the man that was obviously her boyfriend came and slid next to her.

"What brings you two here?" questioned Spider.

"Can't two friends come and sit with two of their friends?"

Saphire frowned before raising and eyebrow. "With you and Dice? Ha, yeah right Check. We all know that the only time you two come to talk is when you need help with something."

Dice and Check laughed. "Well… this time it's different… but hey now, why were you talking about the master thief?"

Saphire went to answer when she was interrupted by two voices.

They looked over and watched as Taro and Mystic came over to them, before Taro sat down letting Mystic have the end seat.

"I'm just saying, my cards are right."

"I am not deny that, but the old religion-."

"Which is against the law to practice."

"Is more accurate to cards."

Saphire ran a hand down her face. She always hated these two when they started fighting over what was better, taro cards or mystic's old religion.

Frankly, Saphire didn't care.

"Hey, you two shut up, Saphire was about to answer as to why she is so fascinated in the master thief," Check bit out. Apparently he didn't like them arguing about those two things either.

"The master thief? Taro frowned and looked at Saphire. "Why you so interested in him?"

Saphire sighed and looked at her friends. Well, now was as good as time to tell them. "I worked a job with him."

She almost laughed at the way her friends faces went into a look of pure shock.

"What?" spluttered Check.

"Ohh…" Dice grinned and leaned forward. "Was he handsome?"

Saphire flustered slightly and noted how Check glared slightly at his girl. "I wasn't looking."

"Honey, everyone looks," Dice chuckled making Check rolled his eyes.

"You do know, your husband to be is sitting right here?" he sang in a patronising way.

"Oh calm down, I wasn't thinking for me, I was thinking for her," explained Dice as she pointed at Saphire who's blue eyes winded to such an amazing proportion you wouldn't believe.

"I'm sorry… what?"

Dice smiled. "You need to find yourself a man, Saphire and I was thinking Master thief kinda suits your taste."

Saphire blinked in disbelieve. "Okay… right first you don't know my taste in men and second… just no. Not ever going to happen."

"Why not?"

"I… sort of almost drowned him."

Spider burst out laughing. "I'm sorry… did you just say you almost drown the Master Thief."

"Yes, yes I did."

"Oh my, how embarrassing for you," chuckled Check.

"Not as bad as the time the watch caught you."

Check flustered before turning away.

But Dice was ever persistent. "So… what did he look like?"

"He had a scar on the right side of his face and one of his eyes was brown and the other, the same side as the scar was blue almost turquoise colour that glowed."

"Was he handsome though?"

Saphire sighed and gave her friend a bored look. "Yes, yes he was."

"Then what's the problem?"

"Problem?" Saphire chuckled. "Oh well.. there is the fact that he's the most self centred, arrogant, dishonourable person I have ever met in my entire life, not to mention he's untrustworthy and a complete and utter egotistical annoyance who's rude and only values himself as any thief that's actually good at what they do."

Suddenly a bag of coin was dropped in front of Saphire and she slowly turned to see Garrett standing at the front of the table, all of her friends were staring at him too, but Saphire gulped. Just how much of that conversation had he heard.

"Your pay," he stated bluntly.

Saphire gave him a weak smile. "Oh… I knew I forgot something."

"Not bad for a self centred, arrogant, dishonourable, untrustworthy and egotistical annoyance hmm?"

"Umm…"

"You should consider yourself lucky that Basso was able to convince me it was a good idea to bring you your pay and not just take it for myself."

"Well I…"

"And as for egotistical… I suppose I am, but I have every right to be."

"Except you can't swim."

"And you can't steal, so there we've both found something we can't do."

"I can steal," Saphire growled.

"Just because you know how to brake into peoples homes instead of their pockets does not make you a thief."

She glared at him and stood up from her seat. "If it wasn't for me, you'd still be sinking to the bottom of the sea."

"If it wasn't for you the boat wouldn't of capsized."

"There were crossbows on the shore."

Garrett smirked. "Afraid of being hit by a bolt?"

"No. I just wasn't in the mood to be struck by one."

He gave her a smug smirk before he pulled the bandana around his face again, his right eye glowed slightly before he turned to leave.

"Umm… Garrett?"

The man stopped and tilted his head to the side to show he was listening.

"Thank you for bringing my pay."

"Word of advice, don't ever forget it again. Some fences aren't as nice as Basso."

"I'll keep that in mind," Saphire called gaining a nod from Garrett as he left the Siren's Rest, out of the window.

"Saphire," she turned to look at Dice who looked at her seriously. "You go and apologise to him right now."

"Who are you? My mother?"

"I seem to be, yes," Dice growled. "Go and apologise, it's not everyday a thief will give the other their pay instead of taking it for themselves. If you ask me, all of those things you described him as, he is not."

Saphire glared before she rolled her eyes. "I hate you."

Then she out of the Siren's Rest and catching up with Garrett, who was still up on top of the thief's high way, peaking inside windows, debating if it was really worth the risk to go and steal the valuables inside, if they even had any to begin with.

"I'm sorry."

Garrett for one pleasant moment looked startled before he turned to look at Saphire and he raised an eyebrow curiously.

"What?"

"I said I was sorry for calling you those things and for… almost drowning you… as well as capsizing the boat."

Garrett watched as Saphire stood uncomfortably in front of him, it seemed like she didn't apologise often, something he could relate to.

"It's fine. I doubt we'll be doing another heist soon."

"Why can't you swim?"

"Some people just can't."

"Yeah but.. there has to be a reason… right?"

Garrett shot her a glare before he rose to his full hight, wich for all intense and purposes was not very high, but he was still taller then Saphire.

She gulped nervously and took a few steps back. "But it doesn't concern me so I don't need to know."

Garrett seemed to relax after she said that and turned away from her, walking along the thieves highway, intent on getting as far away from her as possible.

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Note: Sorry this took so long! :( Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter! :D