Okay so it's not very long but I'm happy with it however it might tense change...I scoured it and sorted most out but I'm not perfect so sorry if you come across any or too much of it... x)
Anyway, I don't own as per
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Neighbour sees 'Silhouette of man' leave empty house
Naboo sat quietly in the flat with his feet up on the coffee table, the latest copy of the newspaper lying on his lap. He read it slowly and once he'd finished he read it again but a little more quicker, he studied the photograph on the front, it was of a family house with the family stood outside looking a little miserable.
"Tea?" A voice suggested stirring Naboo from the paper, he looked up to see Vince by the kettle starring back at him waiting for a reply.
"Yeah, please."
"What you readin'?"
"Newspaper."
"Oh yeah I can see that, what's so interesting in it today?" Vince noisily made tea in the kitchen; he dropped cups onto the counter and slammed the cupboards and fridge door.
"A family's house got robbed last week while they were on holiday."
"Oh yeah? What was nicked?"
"Stuff…PSP, jewellery, games console…The usual stuff burglar's nick."
"Right." Vince sat down on the couch and dropped two cups onto the table while batting Naboo's feet away "So where did it happen?" Naboo folded and tossed the paper onto Vince's lap then collected his cup of tea and sat silently sipping at it.
Without a word Vince flicked to the story and read it silently to himself until he felt someone else sit down on the couch, he averted his attention from the paper but none of the text had sunk in.
"Anything interesting in that?" Howard asked while putting his own cup of tea down on the table in place of where Naboo's had been.
"Some house got robbed, here. I don't do readin'." He passed it along again and with a sigh, Howard read it aloud.
"Another home was targeted last week while a family of four was away on holiday. A neighbour reported to the police that they saw 'a silhouette of a man' leaving the house in the middle of the night. The neighbour was up at the time attending to her newborn crying infant.
The police contacted the family who were flown straight home to assess the damage, numerous goods were stolen including eight-year old Sam's handheld PSP, the young boy also told police his Lego models had been smashed to pieces." Howard paused and burrowed his brow "Why smash an eight year old's set of Lego?"
"Cos Lego's shit." Naboo replied while starring down into his drink.
"As if it is!" Vince retorted.
"It is when you have Shaman Lego." Vince shrugged and smiled slightly as Howard carried on.
"Among the jewellery and family heirlooms that had been taken, a games console and some of the games were also reported missing. The burglar is said to have gotten into the house via an open bedroom window, it is unknown why they only destroyed Lego and didn't turn the rest of the house upside down. Police are linking this robbery with the one that happened at the Zooniverse before it closed down where money and the Deed to the Zoo was stolen."
"That house is only down the street." Naboo added "I thought it looked familiar when I first picked up the paper."
"What if that guy breaks into the shop?" Howard asked quickly while folding the paper in half in his lap.
"Well you better make sure he doesn't. That's his fourth robbery, assumin' it's the same guy. I'm gonna cast a few spells on the shutters, y'know? Extra security." Howard nodded "And you two can get back to work now while I do that."
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Howard leant against the counter starring at nothing in particular while Vince sat in the chair by the window idly flicking through a magazine. He watched the younger man for a while then glanced around the shop at all the silly trinkets they sold, he walked over to a shelf that sold a few strange but exotic looking things and picked one of the ornaments up, it was a vase that was decorated gently in gold, silver and bronze patterns. It was very pretty but he'd never seen it before.
"Vince?"
"Mmm?" He replied without looking up from his magazine.
"Has Naboo restocked the shop lately?"
"Dunno…Maybe."
"I've never seen some of this stuff before."
"So? He restocks all the time without telling us; most of it's probably from Xooberon or somethin'. Who cares?"
"Well have you ever thought it might be…Y'know…Stolen?" Vince looked up quickly at his best friend with a look of seriousness on his face.
"Naboo wouldn't steal…Would he? You don't think he nicked that stuff from that house do you?" He got up leaving his magazine behind him and joined Howard at the shelves starring at the vase "He couldn't have…Naboo's not like that Howard!"
"No I suppose not…" He set the vase back as the tiny Shaman emerged from the flat with a suitcase in his left hand.
"Right you're in charge, the spells have been cast and only work when you close and lock up shop."
"Okay Naboo. Where you off to?" Howard asked spinning round a little too quickly and nearly knocking the vase off the shelf.
"Shaman meetin'. Dunno when I'll be back but when I am I expect this weeks and last weeks rent."
"Where's Bollo?" Vince asked quickly changing the subject but Naboo just shrugged.
"He's been out all day, he's sposed to be comin' to this meetin' but he's buggered off."
"Oh…"
"Right, I'm off. See ya." As Naboo left Howard and Vince turned to look at each other, Howard spoke first.
"You don't think…Bollo can't be the burglar can he?"