What in the hell is up with that kid?'

Jay couldn't get the child back at his dad's shop off his mind.

'He doesn't talk, he acts like a freaking wild animal, he growls for crying out loud!' he thinks to himself, frown covering his facial features.

Jay couldn't figure out the mystery behind the child, and why he cared so much concerned him more. He only needed this kid for one thing and one thing only. To steal for him.

He has been falling behind on his job and his dad has been getting on his ass. He stocks the shelves in his father's store with the valuables he steals off people. The amount of times people have come into the shop and bought their own belongings is endless. He needs this kid to help him steal and to just steal for him when he's too lazy.

But he just couldn't seem to shake these feelings that he has when he's around Kidd that make him shudder in distaste. The feeling he got when he saw Kidd on the verge of crying. The feeling he got when Kidd returned his gesture. The feeling he got when Kidd had that meltdown. These were all foreign feelings to him and he didn't like them one bit.

Jay was tempted to let Kidd go when the child didn't communicate with him and only growled in response to all his questions, but he couldn't bring himself to. He felt the need to help the boy, and it unsettled him to no end.

'Is he an orphan? Maybe that's why he acts like he does, but that doesn't explain the animalistic behavior.'

He thought back to the mental breakdown Kidd had.

'Why did he react like that when I asked about him having a mom? Did she abuse h- what is going on with you Jay why should you even care?! It's the Isle for crying out loud, kids get abused all the time! It's nothing new.', he argued with himself.

Jay stuffed his hands in his pockets and tried to quit thinking about the boy, but he couldn't. The time he found Kidd in the alleyway came to his mind.

He had some respect for the boy. He wasn't timid or wimpy, nor did he back down when those boys decided to jump him. Yes, Jay witnessed the whole thing, from Kidd running into the alley up to Kidd getting the shit beat out of him and the boys taking his bread. He was sitting on top of a roof scouting trying to look into the crowd to see if anyone had anything valuable on them while it all happened. He chose not to interfere. It was a normal thing on the Isle. If you're in the streets it's either jump or be jumped, Kidd just had the bad side of the bargain. It impressed him how Kidd handled the situation though, even though there was no way he would win that fight, he still didn't back down. He even threw a few punches and spit in the guy's face, but he lost and got his bread stolen.

'That kid is pretty tough,' Jay smirked at the thought in amusement. 'He looks no more than ten and he took those punches like a pro.'

The feeling of pride filled his chest, making him cringe.

'Am I actually feeling 'proud' of him?' he thought, disgusted with himself. 'I don't feel pride in anyone but myself!'

Jay continued to walked down the trash covered street, occasionally picking the pockets of those from around him. He got a cracked pocket watch from an old man, a handkerchief from a pregnant woman, and a rusted ring from another woman. He smiled to himself at his pickings and continued to march down the street. It was getting late and the creepier creeps of the Isle started to come out of the shadows, causing Jay to put his guard up some more. The air smelled of smoke and sadness and was cold. People were starting to go inside of their rundown apartment complexes, tents, and handmade houses out of tin and fabric. He heard babies crying and curses of people all around him. He passed a homeless beggar on the street, asking him for some coins. Jay ignored him and continued his journey. After a few more minutes of walking, he finally found what he was looking for.

"Shop Slop" he read on the painted wooden board above the establishment. It was a concrete building with a tin roof, the on the outside he saw the crest "Live Evil" on it and smirked. 'Looks like Mal has claimed another building of her own' he thought to himself and walked in. Jay made his way to the counter and rung the bell on the filthy countertop. After about five minutes of waiting, one of Maleficent's former henchman, Gilbert, came out from the back.

"What do ya want?" he asked in a rude voice.

"Two ham and cheese sandwiches, to go" Jay said while winking at a girl that just walked in. She was wearing expensive looking clothing. ' I will definitely be talking to her,' Jay smirked at the thought, causing the girl to blush, thinking it was toward her.

"Five copper" Gilbert said and held out his hand. Jay gave him the coins and Gilbert put them in his jacket pocket. When Gilbert turned around Jay reached over the counter and carefully grabbed the coppers out of his jacket and put them inside his hat.

"Hey there" the girl from before said flirtatiously

"Hey there beautiful" Jay said grabbing her hand and kissing the expensive looking ring that was on her finger.

Kidd woke up from his third nap he took since Jay left. Well, it probably wouldn't count as multiple naps, more like him fighting his sleep and losing. To say he was exhausted was an understatement, he had a long day. He got his ass handed to him, he attacked a guy five times larger than him, and he is severely malnourished from not eating a meal in more than a week. He couldn't just fall asleep though, he had to always be ready, so he began to study his surrounds for the thousandth time.

He was in some type of room, the walls were concrete, covered in cracks and holes. There was a desk and the chair Jay sat in pushed underneath it. There was a door on the left side of the room that led to God knows where and the air smelled of burnt dust and cigarette smoke.

He tried to get up, but his pain in his stomach was keeping him from even straightening out his body, so waking around wasn't an option. His hunger was growing with every passing moment, the half eaten apple didn't ease his hunger for long. He winced and moaned in pain as it felt like the pain in his stomach was intensifying as it growled. He stayed hunched over for a few minutes, inwardly cursing, and then it stopped once again. The hunger pangs were accompanied by his entire body aching from the incident earlier today. It probably didn't help his body at all when he attacked Jay, but he was desperate and the apple was right there.

Kidd gave up on trying to move stayed in his fetal position on the couch, continuing to fight sleep. Just as sleep claims its victory again, the door suddenly bust open, making kid jump so hard that he fell off the couch.

"Jay! I am sick and tired of yo- who are you?" a girl with deep blue hair questioned, interrupting her own rant she was about to go on.

Kidd quickly backed away from her and stuck up his little fist and bared his teeth.

"Wait calm down, i'm not going to hurt you," she tried to reassure him. When she moved closer to him, he emitted a deep animalistic growl.

The girl jumped back in shock at the sound that came from him. She didn't expect such a beastly sound to come from a small child. It deeply unsettled her.

Kidd saw this reaction and started to stalk towards her, slowly. He knew that she was afraid of him and used that to his advantage. He was on all fours, his legs acted as hind legs as he kept them up with his toes and his arms as the front legs. His backside was raised in air as though he was about to pounce. He approached her as though an predator would approach its prey, not once breaking eye contact. He truly looked like a dangerous pack animal.

'What in the world?!' she thought to herself frantically.

He saw the blue haired girl start to back up as he snapped his abnormally sharp canines at her, growl intensifying.This must have startled her, making her trip over her feet and land on her butt. She started scooting backwards, eyes full of fear, face full of fright.

Kidd noticed how she backed herself into the wall behind her and snarled at her, getting in her personal space and showing off his really sharp back teeth.

"Please don't hurt me." she said, well, squealed when Kidd got extremely close to her face.

Kidd saw that he had her trapped, but his mind went blank. He clearly scared her, but she didn't run off like she was supposed to. He accomplished what he was trying to do, but she didn't run away to get away from him. Now Kidd was the one getting nervous.

The door swung open to reveal a very confused Jay.

"Uhh, did I miss something?", he asked no one as he looked between the two on the floor.

Kidd immediately smelled the food that was inside that bag and ran to Jay, snatching the bag out his hand, forgetting about the whole situation. He ran to the corner of the room, ripped the bag open and practically started inhaling the two sandwiches.

"Jeez Kidd you almost took my hand off." Jay said, chuckling to himself.

Kidd didn't acknowledge him as he continued to greedily eat his second sandwich, not even minding the moldy taste of the cheese of the crunchy texture of the bread. He just needed something in his stomach to ease his hunger.

'Damn, he must've been really hungry.', Jay thought to himself.

Jay tore his attention from the child in the corner and took notice of the girl still on the ground.

"Hey Evie, I wasn't expecting you to drop by." he greeted with a sly grin while plopping down on the couch.

The girl, Evie, snapped out of the daze she was in and looked at Jay like he was insane.

"The child growled at me." she breathed out in shock to the long haired male.

"Yeah, he does that sometimes

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Yo wtf is going on with Jay's head man?

What's up with kid and acting like a fvuckin werewolf?

Keep reading to find out!