"That was quite imprssive." She complimented as Shina sized her up to guess what she may be up against.
"Be careful with this one Babe. She's quick." Shenlong called from above the pit. Shina nodded and continued to examine the woman. She was older than Shina by a few years, but much more slender. Her arms and legs were long and appeared to be quite nimble. She wore a red velvet top with one long sleave that exposed her right shoulder and arm as well as her tone midsection; and an open sided skirt went down to her ankles. When she walked one of her leg was completely exposed from her hip down. It was the sort of outfit Jenny would wear, and Shina hated it.
"It's nice to see another set of spots in the pit for once, though I don't think you will be staying very long. Just because the king's your boyfriend don't think you will be given special treatment little girl." The woman teased, but Shina was not fazed.
"Don't you worry about that kitty, just make sure your boyfriend doesn't interfier. He looks like one of those protective over compensating types." She winked at the woman, tilting her head at a muscular man that had moved close to the edge of the pit and was glaring at Shenlong then back down into the pit.
"You don't have to worry about Javier, his spots are much to beautiful to be wasted on the lights of you." She said defensively, not liking for younger women to catch her mans attention. "And the name's not Kitty, it's Scarlette. I suggest you remember that, or you might reget it."
With that, their battle had begun. Scarlette was quicker than Shina anticipated. Even with Shenlong's warning, she had not anticipated the flurry of punches that seemed to come at her from all sides at once. It was all she could do to dodge the ones that would do the most damage, all the other attacks she would have to endur. Scarlette was not letting up and was trying to force Shina against the edge of the pit, but her punches though fast didn't pack a lot of power, so Shina was able to hold her ground for the most part. Shina watched her adversary intently, picking up on her rythem and looking for an opening, and she found it. Every fifth punch, Scarlette had to readjust her footing, and for an instant her vitals were wide open. The window Shina had to work with was small, but she would have to make it enough.
"Whats the matter Marvel, is defend all you can do? Here I thought you would give me some sort of challenge." Scarlette mocked trying to get Shina to make a slip in he defence, but she failed.
'One, two, three, four…' Shina counted the strikes in her mind, carful not to let the older woman know she had discovered the flaw in her attack.
"FIVE!" With that Shina swept Scarlette's legs from under her, then landed a sidekick directly on her diafragm, sending her flying across the pit into the wall. The crowd began to chear Shina on again and her boyfriend gritted his teeth, staring down into the pit.
'It's not over yet Babe.' Shenlong thought, looking down into the pit with a cold expression.
Before the dust from Shina's attack cleared there was a burst of energy and a yellow blur. Scarlette had transformed and launched herself at Shina, connecting with a round kick that dropped Shina on he back. She recovered quickly and looked up to see Scarlet was now a tall, slender cheetah with a long tail and piercing golden eyes.
"Cheetah print is so takey, let me show you something a bit more exotic!" With a roar and a burst of energy Shina was fully transformed and bareing her fangs at her speedy adversary. Scarlette responded with a snarl and a hiss before the two were back at it.
The fight had assended to a whole nother level; neither cat was able to land a decisive blow. Scarlette would easily dodge Shina's swipes and punches, and then counter with a barrage of punches and swipes of her own. Shina would only dodge the most powerful of Scarlettes attacks, and then counter with kicks, punches and swipes. There were countless close hits and near misses; both women's cloths were not but tathered rags at this point. Both of their tops had been shredded completely down the middle exposing them for all to see.
"No wonder you have such a wide range of motion, there isn't much getting in your way." Shina teased. Scarlette was a full B cup in human form and a C when transformed, but next to Shina's full D's when transformed, there wasn't much comparison. Scarlette hissed in anger and ferociously attacked even faster.
Shina's already torn jeans were now barely covering her upper thighs, and three quarters of her skirt had been ripped from her lower body. The two looked like a pair of wild cats that had fallen into a clothing bin, and shredded everything in sight to attack oneanother. The battle seemed to have no end in sight when Shina managed to tag Scarlette in the chin with a powerful left hook, dropping her to the floor. The two were exausted and were forced to revert back to human form, but this fight was still far from over. Being a cheetah, Scarlette was the more worn of the two and he body was expelling massive amounts of heat with each breath in attempt to cool herself down. She looked to Javier and snapped her fingers. Suddenly a wave of cold water rained into the pit and steam literally rolled off of both womens bodies. Javier had thrown a bucket of ice water from behind the bar into the pit, drenching both Shina and Scarlette, cooling them down and prepairing them to continue fighting. Scarlette launched herself at Shina again but was intersected with a knee to the chest that sent her slamming against the wall. She coughed up a bit of blood and without warning Javier was sailing down into the pit to join the fight.
"SHINA MOVE NOW!" Shenlong shouted.
Javier lept straight for Shina, aiming to crush her skull, but Shenlong's warning reached her just in time for her o roll out of the way. Javier was tall, but stocky and heavy with muscle and had long black hair tied in a ponytail. He wore a three-piece suite when an open collar and had gold rings on all of his fingers. He was savagely punching and stomping at the ground, trying to smash Shina, but she continued to roll out of his reach. That is until she reached the pit wall. She was cornered and Javier had her in his sights.
"ENOUGH!" Shenlong stood and shouted from above the pit. His voice boomed though the building and everything came to a hault even Javier looked up to see the King of the Pit was infuriated.
"This match is over. Javier, by interfering with the match, you have forfeited to Marvel and both you and Scarlette will drop a rank for losing to a newcomer. Stand down unless you want to face me next." Shenlong ordered releasing a wave of energy with rage in his eyes. Javier looked down at Shina gritting his teeth and clenching his fist so tight his palm began to bleed. He agreed to the turms of the pit when he and Scarlette were invited in over a year ago. They had quickly moved up the ranks thanks to her speed and his brute strength, but Shenlong was the most powerful fighter in the city and he ran the pit fairly and justly. He started to back down when Scarlette's voice broke the silence.
"You're all talk Shenlong!" Scarlette shouted from the other side of the pit. "Javier, grab her! Even the ruthless Shenlong will back down if some one he cares for is in harms way." Javier moved closer to Shina and started to grab her by the neck, but stopped at the sound of Shenlong's voice.
"Javier I'm warning you. Right now I understand why you're fighting, believe me I do." He looked down at Javier with understanding in his eyes. Javier's stare met his, and then he looked back at Scarlette who had fully recovered at this point and wanted to keep fighting. He looked down at Shina who was ready to fight but clearly had no desire to continue like this.
"Shenlong…" Javier said shakily. "We challenge both of you. Two on two! Do you accept?" He spoke with a heavy Brazilian accent, but was still understandable.
"Shina what do you say?" Shenlong looked to her for the final decision.
"Lets do it!" She stood back up and was ready to start another match. With that Javier walked back across the pit to Scalettes side, and Shenlong lept into the pit. People in the stands scrambeled to place bets and get the best seats for what the announcer called the cat fight of the century. Javier may be unskilled but his strength was formidable, and it would make this fight all the more interesting.
"Javier you fool! We had him by the balls and you pull a stunt like this?" Scarlette growled.
"If you were wrong and Shenlong came after us even though we had that woman, he would have probably gone berserk with rage like I did and killed us both! Or have us banned from the pit if we were lucky!" He said sternly, causing Scarlette to flinch.
"At least this way we still have some honor and won't be forced to leave. We can win other fights and regain our rank, but once someone gets kicked out of the pit, there is no coming back. You must understand this." He looked at her sympathetically. "Scarlette I love you, eu te amo. And I would do anything for you. But now I have to protect us both, so we can be stay here together."
"I understand." She rubbed the side of his faceand kissed him lightly. "If we are going to do this then lets go all out." She said with a smirk before kissing him.
At that, the two transformed and prepaired for the fight of their life. Javier was a large Jaguar a little taller than Shina and just as muscular as Shenlong's beast form. The two roared in unison at their opponants, sending them a clear message. Shenlong and Shina recieved it loud and clear and transformed themselves as well. The teams stared eachother down for a moment then by some unheard trigger quickly launched themselves at one another.
Shina and Scarlette were back in their dead heat while Javier and Shenlong wrestled around in the middle of the pit. Who had the upper hand, seemed to change with every passing moment. One second Javier would be positioning Shenlong for a grapple hold or a joint lock, but Shenlong would break out each time. This went on for what seemed like forever until Scarlette and Javier were reaching the limits of their stamina. They nodded to one another silently saying, 'Lets finish this.' Javier lept into the air to perform his finishing move, and Scarlette ran as fast as she could around the ring building up momentum. Shenlong performed his opening dragon stances and stomped just as Javier came with in his range. He finished Javier off with a Golden double shadowless kick that carried both of them high above the pit before Javier's limp body and he fell back to the ground. Javier lay passed out in the middle of the pit and Shenlong looked up just in time to see Scarlette execute a lightning fast tornado kick square into Shina's midsection making her collapse.
Shenlong walked over to Shina and helped her up. "Lets call this one a draw." He said with a smirk. Scarlette was thankfull and limped over to collect Javier who was beginning to recover. The men gave their respective companions their jackets finally allowing them to cover their chests and all of them exited the pit to a chearing crowd that jumped in applause. Shenlong helped Shina to walk toward the door, and on their way out they simply laughed to one another.
"You still feel up to that boat ride?" Shenlong asked half teasing.
"You better believe it. You didn't think a few bruises were going to get you off the hook did you?" Shina responded shakily with shortened breaths.
"Never crossed my mind." He laughed. After cashing out for the night and a few minutes of walking Shina felt strong enough to walk on her own again. With in another ten minutes, they had reached the pier where Shenlong's boat was teathered. After some prep work and a systems check, the two were motoring out into the night, with the full moon's light to guide them.
Shenlongn cut the motor and dropped anchor about a mile off shore. The lights of the city shined beautifully in the distance, and this far out the moon was fully visable, a sight reserved for the highest points in the city. But even those views pailed in comparison to the view out on the water.
"Well that was an eventful evening." Shenlong smirked looking down at Shina, who had just come up from below deck with a new set of cloths on.
"Aww, and I was really digging the topless look Babe." He said with a wink and a sniker. Shina threw his purple button down shirt at his face and playfully scoffed at him.
"I'm sure you were. Simple minded men are so captivated by these things." She pulled her collar down exposing her moonlit cleavage and playfully bounced her breasts with her free arm.
"Even a little peak will make you drool." She teased. Shenlong was wide eyed at first, but quickly freed himself from Shina's little spell.
"Don't pretend its onesided." He laughed. He slowly removed his tank top showing his excellent muscle tone. The moonlight cascaded over every muscle and even Shina couldn't deny it. He was cut like a diaomand, and twice as strong. Shina couldn't help but stare as her put on the shirt she threw at him but only fastened a few buttons in the middle.
"You can wipe the drool from your face now." He said in a cocky tone, whipping his hair back with his hand. Shina had to blink herself out of her daze, slightly embarrassed that she had fallen into such a state.
"Whatever pretty boy." She strutted toward him seductively, taking control of the situation again. She reached him and pressed a finger to his lips, then traced his jaw before plucking it from his chin.
"How about you grab us something to drink while I mess with the radio a bit." She suggested. Shenlong waisted no time heading below deck, and retrieveing a bottle and two chapagne glasses. On his way back up, he heard the sound of some old school jazz in the air and walking on the ships bow. He got back up to see Shina layed out on the front of the boat relaxing with her eyes closed, and her hands behind her head.
"I never expected you to be into this old stuff." Shenlong said making his way over to her.
"Yea, pops has a bunch of old jazz, blues and R&B records he likes to listen to. Guess I picked it up from him." Her voice was remenisant. Shenlong leaned against the boat rail and poured the bottle of bubbly into their glasses before helping Shina to her feet.
"Here's to one of the best days I've had in ages." Shenlong raised his glass to Shina. They toasted and took a sip as the DJ's voice came over the radio.
Now these young couples don't know nothing bout real love. So this one goes out to the grown folk who found them self a new love or recendled an old flame.
When he stopped talking a melody came over the airwaves for a bit, and then was followed by Frank Senatra's voice. It was his rendition of "The way you look tonight" and Shina couldn't resist swaying to the tune. Shenlong noticed and sat his drink down before pulling he to the middle of the bow and began slow dancing with her under the stars. Though caught off guard, she didn't resist at all. Instead she stared deeply into his eyes as the song filled the night air, joined by the chorus of waves rolling against the boat's hull. Normally Shenlong would never allow himself to be so intemit with anyone, but with Shina he was at peace. He could finally let his guard down, as could she. It was rare for Shina to behave with any form of feminimity. She was always forced to be strong a nd firm; only ever showing her feminie side when safely at home with her father or in rare occasions like this.
As the song came to an end, the two shared a passionate kiss, in a moment that neither of them wanted to end. When they finally pulled away, they laid back on the hood of the ship together. With Shina resting her head on Shenlong's chest and his arms draped over her. The wind bushed his face with her golden hair, and each time he breathed deep taking in her scent along with that of the salted waters around them. Shina simply listened to his heartbeat as she felt his chest rise and fall with every breath; combined with the smooth jazz that serenaded them.
Shina tilted her head up and lightly kissed him before getting up and walking toward the main deck of the boat. He looked up to see her looking back at him lustfully before disappearing below deck. He soon followed and joined her on the bed where their fit of passion continued. "Lets get it on" by Marvin Gaye barreled out of the boats speakers and that's just what they did. Amongst all of their kissing, hugging, rubbing and touching, their cloths were rapidly being removed. They even ripped some of the cloths from eachothers bodies, unable to hold back any longer. That night clean into the earlyest hours of the morning, the two bodies were one. They moved in eachother in an endless heat of passion neither had thought possible before passing out in lustful bliss.
After their night of passion, the two returned to the deck to watch the sunrise from the horizon. Seeming to slowly climb out of the sea, the sun's rays warmed their bare bodies, as the nois from the city could be heard in the distance. A few minutes after the sun was fully in the sky, Shina had finally succumbed to her exaustion. Shenlong carried her back below deck where they two shared a well-earned sleep through the morning.
Shina awoke a few hours later with a stretch and a glance out of a near by window. She was caught off guard by a roar followed by the sound of a loud splash at the portside of the ship. She rushed above deck to see Shenlong transformed and wrestling a large blue marlin onto the back of the ship. Once back on board, he sank his claws deep into the flailing fishes head and tore it from the rest of the body. Shina shook her head as he reverted to human form and began prepping an on-board-grill.
"You could have just used a fishing pole ya know." She said with playful sarcasm.
"Yea I know, but that was much more fun." He grinned at her as he got the fire going and set some lemon slices on a sheet of foil. He grabed a knife and quickly scaled and gutted the fish. He cut a couple large fillets from its side and set them on the foil with the lemon, then cut a large steak from the fish and set that over the open flame.
"Can you keep an eye on those for me so I can put the rest of this bad boy in the ice box?" He requested while cutting the rest of the meat from the carcus.
"Sure, nothing like fresh fish for breakfast. And I don't think it gets any fresher than this." She giggled as her moved the rest of the meat to a large cooler filled with ice. The rest of the remains, he put into a bucked labeled "Chum", and secured that at the back of the boat. He made his way back over to the grill and preaired the food like a master chef. With some seasoning and and a bit of flair to impress Shina, he had cooked up an excellent meal.
"Wow, who knew you were such a talented chef." She said in slight disbelief.
"There's a lot about me you don't know. People would never guess that someone like me actually had any redeaming talents." He joked. After taking a bite of her fillet, Shina's eyes went wide as socers.
"This is freakin delicious!" She shouted with her mouth still full. "Where did you learn to cook like this?" Shenlong could'nt help but laugh at Shina's amazement.
"I told you. There's a lot about me you would never guess." He said wit a smirk.
After breakfast, and some fun teasing a couple small sharks with the chum from the mornings catch, the two shared a shower and decided it was time to get back to the city. While they cruised back to the docks sharing beaming smiles, their fellow zoanthropes didn't have much to smile about.
Yugo may as well have driven straight into the jaws of hell last night, because no sooner than when he had pulled up to Uriko's home to drop her off for the evening, had Mitsuko and Alice burst out of the house to scold her as well as Yugo and Kenji for "allowing this to happen". Yugo was slightly off the hook, because he had not known anything until he arrived at the diner. But Kenji was there that morning Shenlong bumped into them, and neglected to say anything. As for Uriko, there were not enough hours in a lifetime for Mitsuko to vent her rage toward her youngest daughter. Mitsuko had a hard time trusting anyone. The only reasin she trusted Yugo and Kenji is because Alice and Yugo were already dating years ago when Mitsuko adopted her. It took her a few years to trust Long enough to train Uriko regularly, but Shenlong was a different story all together.
In Mitsuko's eye's, Shenlong was a monster, a wild lab experiment without a soul. The fact that he almost decapitated her eldest child without even being conscious solidified that image of him in her mind. Now it was morning, and Shenlong was riding back to port like a proud pirate captain coming home from a successful voyage. But he would have been better off if Davey Jones was waiting for him instead of Mitsuko Mitsuko. She ran the docks with an iron fist, and on this day she was aiming that fist at a certain tiger.
"You know she's going to kill him right?" Kenji said as he walked Uriko to school.
"Will you stop saying that? My mom's not going to kill him. I doubt she will even be able to find him. Isn't that part of what all of you hate about him so much, that nobody really knows anything about him?" She gave him a cross look. Kenji looked away bashfully at first then met her glair with a smile.
"Actually Uriko, after yesterday I kinda like the guy." Kenji said lightly. Uriko's deminor completely changed. She was surprised that her boyfriend's opinion about Shenlong had changed.
"I know it's weird. But after the time we had at the diner with him Yugo and Shina, I really started to look at him different. Plus, after your mom finished ripping our eardrums out, Yugo told me how cool he was. Turns out Shenlong helps out a lot at the gym where they box." Kenji finished with a small smile on his face.
"See I've been telling you guys all along that he's not bad. Now if we could just convince my mom and Alice." She sighed.
"Yea… I don't see that happening in the near future… or any future for that matter. Especially after he bit Alice and almost slashed her up." He said making a clawing motion with his hand.
"Yea, but she happened to leave out the fact that it was her own falt!" Uriko said folding her arms and a pout forming on her face.
"I literally begged her to stop, and I warned her that he was half conscious and wanted to protect me. But did she listen? Of course not, she never listens to what I say, and this time it almost got her killed. He and my mom have got to change or I'm going to lose it! I don't know how much longer I can take it." She was gritting her teeth and shaking her head. Kenji put a hand on her shoulder and gave her a warm look to calm her down.
"Hey, relax. None of that matters right now. Today's your last exam, and then you will be free from school. We can deal with your family issues after that's taken care of." He laughed. Before they realized it, the two of them had reached the school and it was time for at least one headache to come to an end. The down side to that, was that now her family had all day to baby, lecture and all around annoy her. Uriko almost wanted to fail on purpose and go to summer school, but her pride would never allow her to do something so stupid.
"Oh goody…" She said sarcastically.
"You've got this in the bag hun. I wish you could come with Yugo and me this summer. We're traveling for the annual national boxing tournament. It's going to be great!" Kenji said in an excited tone.
"When are you guys leaving? I might be able to go if I leave right after the test." She said with a gleam of hope in her eyes. To her disappointment a green jeep pulled beside them.
"LETS GO BRO!" Yugo shouted out of the window with a grin. "Oh. Hey Uriko; glad to see Mitsuko actually let you out of the house." He finished with a laugh and gave the young girl a friendly hug.
"Yugo, do you guy's have to leave now? Give me a couple hours and I can tag along." She pleaded.
"Sorry Uriko, we gotta make it to Chicago by five and that means we gotta hit the road NOW!" he finished shooting his head at Kenji.
"Besides, I'm in no hurry to have your mom hunt us down in front of the whole tournament." He said with a nervous laugh.
"Yea but…" Uriko was interrupted by the school bell.
"Try to have a good day hun. I'll call you when we reach Chicago." Kenji hugged her and kissed her lightly before jumping into the truck with his brother. Uriko waved as the two of them took off down the road. She siged, as she sulked on toward her last day of school.
"You know she's going to kill him right?" Jenny looked to Gado with a concernted yet intrigued look in her eye.
"Yea, Stripes is probably a gonner for sure, but that's not my problem." The large man smirked as they drove a tractor trailor around the outside of the city to get to Shenlong's loft with out dealing with city traffic.
"On the bright side, Shina's working all day so she wont find out that Shenlong's new place is right above her head. Though I have to admit, that would be quite the show." Jenny said sadisticly. Gado gave a smirk as they pulled the truck infront of Shenlong's building. They didn't have to wait long before Shenlong walked up the siewalk.
"What the hell happened to you Stripes?" Gado asked with a raised brow. Shenlong's cloths were torn and he had a fist size bruise on his cheek.
"Damn pig…" He spat some blood out of his mouth onto the street. "Just let me change and we can load everything up and get going.
"Well, well, well. Looks like I was wrong. She didn't kill you after all." Jenny said lightly kissing him on the cheek as he sulked past her. Shenlong simply grunted and slamed the door behind himself. After about 15 minutes, Shenlong reappeaded in the doorway refreshed and carrying a couple large boxes.
"Sorry about that you two. Good idea bringing a big truck. We could have filled at least three of those little punk ass You-Haul trucks with this stuff." He smirked putting a box in front of the door to prop it open.
"Yea, I figured as much." Gado scoffed as he walked into the building. "You know not all of this is going to fit in the condominium. What are you gunna do with the crap you don't keep?" He asked looking over his shoulder at Shenlong who was stepping out of the trailor.
"Don't know yet. What ever doesn't fit I'll sell off, or donate to the gym." Shenlong replied as he and Gado headed in to grab furniture. Jenny moved a few small boxes into the truck, but most of that had been taken care of by movers hired by Shenlong's agent. She flew atop the trailor to watch the boys work. Within about two hours, everything was packed, stacked and secured in the back of the truck.
"All right now that that's taken care of, I say we stash this thing in an alley and grab something to eat." Shenlong suggested rubbing his stomach. Gado palmed his head shook off the suggestion.
"We can eat when the job is done Stripes. You should have spent your morning eating breakfast instead of playing with Mitsuko at the docks." Gado climbed into the drivers seat and started the engine. Suddenly, two men ran up from across the street. One pulled a knife and the other had a small gun.
"Alright old man, out of the truck now!" The gunman shouted. "You guys loaded some pretty nice swag back there; we should get some nice coin for tha…" He was silenced as a large fist plowed into his face. Gado caught the gun as the idiot dropped to the pavement.
"Hey Stripes. Hurry up will ya." Gado said in an annoyed tone.
"Yea, yea, I'm coming Mufasa." Shenlong responded climbing into the truck as well.
"What the hell. Alright old man, you're gunna pay for that one." The knife weirlder started to run up to the truck but was snatched into the air by Jenny.
"W-what… what the hell is this?" The man shouted looking up at the bat woman that was now carrying him into the sky. She simply licked her lips and gave him a sadistic look.
"Oh look, something to play with. Finally I can have some fun." She flashed a toothy grin that made the man's skin crawl.
" L-let me go you monster! You freak!" He started squirming and struggling in her grasp. Jenny found all of his struggling to be amusing, but his complaining was more than she cared to put up with.
"Fine tough guy; have it your way." She grined at him menacingly.
"W-wait… no... NOOOOOO" Jenny had got so fed up with his squirming; she dropped him into a tree from about ten stories up. The man cried and screamed the entire way down, then groaned as he bounced off of the flimsey branches in the tree dropping his knife to the ground some 16 feet below.
"Jenny lets go. These guys are starting to piss me off." Gado called out of the window, while emptying the bullets from the gun.
"Alright love, we can get going. He was no fun anyway." Jenny purred landing atop the trailor again. But the man wasn't done with his complaining just yet.
"Hey! You freaks cant leave me up here! Get me down! I know you can hear me! I said get me dow…." He was cut off as Gado threw the empty gun at his face, knocking him out of the tree.
"HEY! SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!" Shenlong called from the truck.
"Enough of this; lets go." With that, Gado drove toward the middle of the city. "Hey Stripes. Does your building have a service elevator like mine? That would make moving the bed and couches a lot easier."
"Yea, but its in the back of the building. There's enough room back there for us to pull through, but to get there we have to take an alley from the main road. I'll show you when we get there." Shenlong said while playing with the radio until he found a jazz station. That was something he and Gado could agree on. Within about 45 minutes, Gado was manuvering the druck down an alley at the end of the block. Shenlong was walking ahead of him, moving dumpsters and garbage out of the way so the truck could go through smoothly. After creeping along for a while, Gado managed to pull up to the back of Shenlongs building.
"Finally!" Shenlong griped. After three hours of unpacking and organizing his stuff. Gado refused to stop until every thing had a place to go. Either it was going inside, into storage or gotten rid of. In the end, they had set the place up pretty nicely, and the stuff to be donated could fit in the back of Gado's Suberban. Jenny decided to leave a couple houres ago, saying she wanted to have some more fun in the city.
"Alright Stripes. Lets drop the stuff off at the church and return the truck. After that we can eat." Gado said thumbing for him to take the wheel of the rig while he retrieved his own vehicle.
"Yea ok…" Shenlong was a mix of hunger and fatigue. After they put the charity items into Gado's truck, Shenlong had to clear the rest of the alley all the way to the next raod so they would be able to get the truck out safely.
"Remind me why we didn't just park on the street again…" He griped, but as he looked out on to the street he saw a number of busses, garbage trucks, cars and a street sweaper go by. "Oh yea… that's why." He climbed into the rig and made his way to the next road where Gado was waiting for him. Just as they said, they first made their way to the St. Julian's Babtist church to drop off the charitables, and then they made their way to the edge of the city to get rid of the truck.
