The Smoothest of Criminals Ch. 7
Author's Note: Hey everyone: here's chapter seven of Smoothest of Criminals. I know you guys were a little bit disappointed that Jinx didn't make an appearance last chapter, but in all fairness that was Vi's story, not Jinx's. There will be chapters in the future that revolve around Jinx where Vi and Caitlyn are not in appearance. I can assure you that she shows up in this one at the very least. Thank you guys for reading, as per usual give me any feedback you can so that I can continue to improve upon the story for you guys. – Kiba Roberts
Vi paced back and forth nervously in the Sheriff's office. She was anxious and worried, more so than she had ever been in her life. It had been three days since Thane had left the city to go to Zaun and there had been absolutely no sightings of him since. At her desk Caitlyn held her rifle, constantly cleaning it though by this point the thing was absolutely spotless. Her expression was stoic as always but even Vi could tell that she was nervous. The two of them hadn't spoken a word to one another about Thane or the events that had occurred that fateful day when they had witnessed him force a man to take his own life. What was worse was that they had received no major cases in which to distract themselves during his absence, so for the most part they were stuck with one another and their rushing thoughts. The silence of the air was finally ended as the door slammed open revealing an exhausted and ragged looking Thane. He took two steps in and before he could say or do anything he collapsed. Vi ran to him holding him up to discover that he was unconscious. She held him close letting out a deep sigh of relief that he was back. She looked up to Caitlyn who nodded to her. They both knew what had to be done.
***Later***
I groaned softly in my sleep. My trip to Zaun had been a rough one, the weather had been harsh and the fact that I was so rushed to get out of the city had taken its toll on my stamina. I could still feel my tattered cloak around my shoulders and turning over I buried my face in my pillow feeling the cotton rub against my nose. It was then that my eyes shot open, and I realized that my mask was gone. I sat up with a start looking around myself to find that I was not in my home as I had originally thought. Instead I was in a jail cell within the sheriff's office. Clutching the bars was a very relieved looking Vi.
"Thank Gods, you're awake." She said softly as she looked at me. "I'm sorry about this Thane, truly I am. But these were Caitlyn's orders, you have no choice but to face trial for your crimes." My heart stopped beating for a moment and I swung my legs over the side of the cot. I attempted to stand but my numb legs simply caused me to fall back on to the cot.
"How…how long have I been out?" I asked my head pounding in a mix of fatigue and betrayal.
"Nearly two days. We were worried we'd have to rush you to the hospital, luckily that doesn't seem to be the case. You're a lot tougher than you look Thane." I glared at her angrily, as I finally managed to stand up on shaky legs. Gaining my balance again I walked up to the bars holding on to them.
"I can't believe you two. After everything I've done for the both of you, you're just going to lock me up and let me get thrown in prison?"
"Thane calm down…"
"Don't tell me to calm down Vi. You and Caitlyn betrayed me! Hell the only reason I was so tired that you both could catch me was because I was out doing things to ensure that no one else the two of you cared about would get hurt." I gripped the bars tightly, my knuckles white with anger.
Suddenly the door burst open and Caitlyn came in with a smirk on her face as she turned towards the cells. I frowned as she walked up to me a coy smile on her face. "Good morning Thane, I trust your rest was rather well?"
"Let me out of here Caitlyn…or so help me I'll…"
"You'll what Thane? Please do tell me what you'll do. That'll really help your case in court. Everyone must pay the penalty for their crimes Thane, even you. You've impersonated an officer of the law, you've tampered with police investigations, even obstructed justice on multiple occurrences. Of course that's nothing in comparison to the three murders, five burglaries, and sexual misconduct with an officer." I turned to Vi shocked.
"Seriously?! You're charging me for that? It wasn't like you resisted or even rejected that!"
"Thane you need to understand…"
"No you need to understand Vi. This, this is not okay and I promise you when I get out of this cell- and I will get out- I will be gone and you will never see me again. Raine will be gone, I will be gone. And when you're out at night wishing someone had you're back, I'll be watching from the shadows and I won't lift a damned finger to help you." She grabbed me by my cloak and slammed me hard against the bars.
"Now you listen to me you spoiled little bitch!" She growled angrily. "We're doing this for you so shut the hell up and listen to us for five seconds. We have no choice Thane, our jobs are forcing us into this position. I'd love to be able to let you go about your merry way and simply turn a blind eye, but I can't do that Thane. I cannot! So the way I see it you've got two options. Either here out the deal we offer or take your chances in Prison with all of the other pissed off thugs who were put out of business by your thieving."
"What deal?!" I growled.
She released me as Caitlyn stepped forward with a sigh. "Thane, while you are, and will most likely be found, guilty of all of these crimes we as part of the city-state of Piltover wish to make a plea bargain. Admit your guilt to us, of ALL charges, and we'll wipe them from your record. Your sentence rather than the normal twenty years in prison will be for you to check in at least once a day and serve out your time as a weapon of the city-state. You will work for us; we will still pay you as we normally have. However, while you are filling this sentence you are not allowed to engage in any criminal activity in the way that you have done so previously. That means everything you do must be by the book. Your sentence will be reduced to a less harsh amount of time: five years; but every day you must come in and work. If at any moment either Vi or myself, feel your performance is unsatisfactory or if you're caught performing any illegal acts, you'll be thrown in prison and you will serve out the full sentence of twenty years behind bars with no chance of parole." Caitlyn removed her hands from behind her back. Clutched in them were a clipboard and a pen. She passed them to me through the bars. "If you wish for us to bring in a lawyer for you…we can. She will verify this contracts contents and examine it."
I opened my mouth to say that I wouldn't need a lawyer when suddenly the doors burst open and a woman with long blue hair tied up in a long braided pony tail came in, wearing glasses and a nice pressed suit. My mouth stayed open as I watched Jinx simply waltz into the Sheriff's office. "Excuse me, but I think you'll find that my client does indeed protest to this unconstitutional treatment Sheriff."
"Excuse me? Who are you exactly?"
She smirked softly, her lips forming into a small wry grin. "My name is Janet Inksblack. I am representing this young man as his attorney. What you're doing Sheriff is text book entrapment. You've all but said that you've rigged the trial against this young man unless he pleads guilty of all crimes, even ones you've no proof he committed and forcing him to work for you. Well I won't stand for it. Now if you'll excuse us I'd like to confer with my client…alone." She glared at the two and Caitlyn sighed, taking back the paper and pen.
"Very well, Vi. In my office, let's give them time to discuss things by themselves." Jinx waited for them to leave the room before turning back to me giving a big grin.
"Hey there lover boy, looks like you're in a bit of a tight spot. Good thing I've kept my ear pretty close to the ground huh?" I looked to make sure the hall was empty before rushing over to her.
"Jinx, I've never been happier to see you in my life. But don't you think that they're going to realize that you're not a real attorney? They're probably checking your credentials right now as we speak. I know you like to think that you're a lot more intelligent than they are, and while that may be true, they're a lot less stupid than you give them credit for."
She giggled. "Obviously. I mean they managed to capture you. As for them finding out about me, you're absolutely correct, they're going to find out in about three minutes that there is no such person as Janet Inksblack. Which means we've got to move quickly."
Vi watched the security monitors in Caitlyn's office as the Sheriff of Piltover continue searching the police database for a public defender by the name of Janet Inksblack. Vi gasped as the attorney grabbed Thane by the cloak and pulled his lips to hers kissing him deeply. Vi felt her heart start to crack and she was about ready to go out there gauntlets on and smash both of their heads in. But before she could she watched Thane shove the lawyer away and turn around to go lay down on the cot. The lawyer visibly dejected turned and left the Sheriff's office causing Vi to let out a sigh of relief.
"What did you find cupcake?" She asked softly as she gently ran her fingers over Thane's image on the monitor.
"There are no records of her existence anywhere. But I ran her image through our database. Take a look." Vi looked over her shoulder and gasped. Brought up was the self-made image of Piltover's most notorious criminal. She groaned facepalming at her stupidity. "Janet Inksblack…J. Inks. Gods how did we not catch that?!" She immediately opened the door and rushed outside with Caitlyn on her heels. The two of them looked either way down the street checking the nearby alleys with absolutely no sign of the dangerous woman. Vi let out an exasperated shout. Once again Jinx had managed to slip through their fingers and make them look like utter fools in the process.
"Well…atleast Thane…" they both paused looking at one another. "THANE!" They both cried as they rushed back inside to find his cell wide open and empty. Vi cursed angrily punching the wall hard.
"I told you Caitlyn…I told you this was a terrible idea! Now he's gone and chances are he won't be coming back! How the hell are we supposed to find him? You said so yourself that we needed him on this team."
"Now Vi…calm down."
"NO! He was one of us Cait and you had us throw him behind bars like a common thug! Now he's most likely gone forever and it's all your fault!" Vi groaned burying her face in her hands. Warm and bitter tears stung her eyes as they flowed down her cheeks. She hadn't wanted this, she didn't want Thane to feel as if he had been betrayed. She wanted him to join them…to be one of them permanently. But she should have known better. Thane was a wild stallion. You could leave the pen open and every now and then he'd come in and eat food out of your hand. But the instant you tried to close the gate behind him he'd simply hop over the fence and most likely he'd never come back.
I looked at Jinx from behind the bars with a soft sigh. "Alright then, what's the plan?" She smirked softly and gently pulled my lips to hers. I blushed as she kissed me and returning the favor I felt her tongue slip past my lips pressing a jagged steel pick into my mouth. I had to resist smiling at her. I had to admit she was most clever. But I had to continue with the charade. I pressed my hands against her shoulders pushing her away with a frown and shaking my head. This would most likely be the point where Caitlyn finally splurged in the budget to start putting audio in the recording devices of the Sheriff's station. I went back over to the cot and lay down.
"Good luck lover boy. See you on the outside." She frowned softly and hung her head low as she walked out of the Sheriff's office. In due time I could hear her rushed footsteps through the cell window and I knew she had managed to vanish already. Sure enough the two officers fled outside to give chase leaving me alone in the cell. As smart as Caitlyn and Vi were, even I had to admit that often they were prone to giant oversights. Pulling the metal pick from my lips I ran to the bars of the cell and jammed it into the slot. I knew I only had a few minutes before they caught on and came back and with a satisfying click I pushed the doors open. Immediately I rushed to the locker rooms, grabbing my stuff from Vi's desk on the way out. Tying my mask around my face again I opened the steam vent and slid my body through the small window just as I heard Vi's inarticulate shout of anger in the other room. Rolling into the alley way I smiled as I saw Jinx waiting patiently with her arms crossed, still in her disguise.
"Well done Lover boy." She giggled walking up to help me to my feet. "I've got to say very convincing acting on your part; I almost thought you genuinely didn't want to kiss me."
I chuckled softly and pulled her in my arms. Smoothly I dipped her like in an old romance film and kissed her passionately causing her to blush before she wrapped her arms around my neck. I gently pulled her back up with a smirk. "I have to say you look incredibly sexy with glasses." I teased. Her cheeks only became pinker as she undid the pony tail letting her pigtails fall at her sides with a grin. She quickly removed the business suit and tossed it in the garbage.
"Well I guess I'll just have to start wearing them for you won't I?" She teased before placing a gentle kiss on my cheek. "At any rate lover boy, they're going to be out and about searching for you. I fear that this is where you and I part…for now. Don't be afraid to stop by my place…I've been craving some of your loving and let's face it the small fish thugs just don't do it for me as well as you do." Now it was my turn to blush as she turned away tucking the glasses into her back pocket and immediately she slipped around a corner and was gone. Seeing a fire escape I immediately ran up the brick wall grabbing onto the sliding ladder and climbing my way to freedom. Ending up on the roof I watched and waited for Caitlyn and Vi to leave the front door of the Sheriff's office.
"Look cupcake…maybe we should just turn a blind eye. I mean we haven't even reported him yet. For all they know Raine is still just a normal person. I mean we could just say that he was with us when the guy charged in and took me hostage; he managed to talk the guy down before the suspect put the gun to his head and ended it. "
"I am not about to lie to the mayor Vi. Especially not for some thug that just broke out of jail. The only reason I haven't called him yet is because I suspect you can talk some sense into him. He seems to care about you quite a bit and you're his partner. If anyone can convince him to turn himself in it's you." Caitlyn shot back. Vi sighed softly turning to the Sheriff.
"Cupcake. I love you but sometimes you can be a real bitch. Did you have to tell him you were going to report him for sexual misconduct? I gave consent and my Gods woman, if you could feel the things that man can do with his fingers." I could feel my cheeks burning red again as the two women openly discussed my sexual practices.
"As much as I'd absolutely adore talking about this Vi, it doesn't change anything. He's a criminal, and we have to arrest him, end of story."
"Do you really think he'd be dumb enough to go back to his own house though? I mean I'm pretty sure he knows that'd be the first place to look for him." Caitlyn smirked softly as she turned back to her partner gently resting her hands on her shoulders. "That's right. And he knows that we know that, so that we wouldn't even try searching for him there, which is why that's going to be exactly where he is." Vi sighed softly again and nodded as the two of them proceeded down the alleyway. I was surprised by the things Vi had said,I hadn't realized she cared so much for me. I know Cait was hoping that Vi would talk some 'sense' into me, but I bet that if anything I could do it the other way around.
Leaping from rooftop to rooftop I began to make my way to my home, where I would wait for them to arrive. When I came closer I noticed that something was wrong almost immediately. Parts of the metal rail around my balcony were melted and there was a strange green fluorescence coming from my room. I could see footsteps burned into the ground leading inward and a feeling of dread came over me. Whatever made these was not a normal person, and if Caitlyn and Vi were to come in and weren't able to handle him…well…I didn't want to consider that option. Immediately I leapt onto the balcony rolling into my room. The glowing green substance was nowhere to be found as I entered slowly looking around the room carefully. I could hear a dripping noise somewhere in the distance and I began to follow it carefully reaching into my pack and drawing one of my throwing knives. My footsteps caused the floor to creak softly under my weight, meaning it must have been weakened since I'd been gone. I felt something drip onto my shoulder and there was a hissing sound as I turned to see a drop of green liquid eating away at the cloth. Immediately I tore it off of me and threw it away as the acid continued to eat through the cloth. Within seconds the thing had been completely dissolved. I looked above me to see a hole had been burned through the attic and I gasped as I saw the face of a man through the whole but instead of skin he was covered with powerful acid. What was worse was that I recognized the face…it was X. "Ten…"
"Seven…" The man said as he burned away the rest of the hole, sliding out into my room. "You look well." I smirked softly.
"A hell of a lot better than you look. Last I saw you, you weren't a horribly ugly green freak. Let me guess, you paid Mundo a visit after I left you my little note didn't you?" The man frowned as he stared at me.
"The doc has launched our gang into higher places VII, I don't know what your problem with him was but whatever it was it can't be enough to reject that the man had helped us a lot." I laughed.
"Look at yourself! You're covered head to toe in acid because of him. You will never be able to touch IX again and it's all because you were stupid enough to associate yourself with him like a fool, despite my warnings." I could tell that I had struck a nerve as X's skin began to bubble furiously.
"Don't you talk about IX. Don't you say one damned word about her. You don't know the things I've had to do in order to help protect her! After you left she got very sick and I had to give up leadership just to convince the Doc to keep her alive!"
"Let me guess, now she just sits there; quiet as a mouse. Doesn't speak…doesn't eat…just sits there staring blankly into space. Every now and then she goes missing, and you don't know where only for her to show back up with blood all over her mouth and no explanation of how it got there. Am I right?" X growled again his skin beginning to bubble even more furiously.
"Shut up! You don't know anything." Suddenly the door opened up behind us as Caitlyn and Vi came up the stairs.
"Vi, Cait! Stay back!" I yelled turning back to X who smirked.
"Ah I see…so these are your friends then VII? Well allow me to go introduce myself." He quickly flowed around me and began heading down the stairs. I could hear Caitlyn charging upwards to arrest me.
"Thane we know you're in there. We're coming up for you, you'd better surrender yourself or else you may get hurt!" Caitlyn called up. Not knowing what else to do I threw a knife down the stairwell narrowly missing the acidic X and hitting Caitlyn in her shoulder causing her to shout in pain.
"I've got more! Get out of here!"
"Thane please!" Vi begged and I looked as X turned back to me with a smirk. He sarcastically drew a little heart taunting me for her affection. He was going to go after her first and to my shock his body began to become translucent, and soon he had vanished.
Immediately I slid down the banister of my stairs leaping in front of Vi as I felt him punch my cheek. My flesh sizzled and my clothes began to burn away before I pushed him away causing the stairs to start to burn. I looked over my shoulder revealing the minor burn on my cheek from where he had touched me. "I SAID RUN VI!" I shouted and immediately shoved her and Cait out into the street drawing my throwing daggers. I stumbled out after them as I saw the door open to some unseen force. How the hell was I supposed to fight this guy when he was invisible? I watched as he stepped out and looking at the ground I could see shallow grooves forming in the ground. They looked like…footsteps! That was it!
I leapt back hurling two of the blades at him. I watched shocked as the steel knives vanished almost instantly as they passed through his invisible body and the footsteps just seemed to keep coming. I heard Caitlyn gasp behind me as she watched my knives vanish into thin air. "What the hell was that Thane?"
"Does it matter? I'm trying to save your life here!" She glared at me.
"My lord what do you see in him Vi?! Thane you're an utter idiot! If you're going to stay as a part of this team you're going to have to stop playing hero!" I stepped back further as X continued advancing on me causing the other two to do the same.
"Part of the team?! You threw me in a cell! You were trying to blackmail me into joining you when I was already joined with you! Don't you think that's a little idiotic Caitlyn?" Vi looked to us both.
"Will both of you please just shut up! We've got enough of a problem fighting whatever the hell this is. Let's find out how to take it down first, then we'll discuss which of you two are the bigger of the idiots." I could hear X's voice coming from thin air.
"Well, well, well. Isn't this just like an old family reunion. How's it going VI? Still playing for the other team I see." Vi gasped turning to me.
"Thane is that…"
I nodded. "Vi say hello to our old boss…X." He let out a sinister laugh as I saw his footprints start to form faster and with a loud crack of thunder I saw Cait's bullet pierce him. He winced slightly before chuckling again the bullet simply dissolving even more. This was bad. If his acid was powerful enough to do that so long as it kept contact I couldn't touch him for more than a second or two. The acid was strange though. It didn't seem to change its reactivity time based on the substance it was touching. Acids vary in strength depending on their pH balance. His was very powerful meaning it had a very low pH, but even though it was such it still burned weaker things at the same rate. Meaning it would take it just as long to dissolve a square inch of steel as it did to dissolve a square inch of flesh and so on. This is highly unusual in an acid and it may be able to be used to our advantage.
"Face it VII, you and VI and your little gun-girl there aren't in my league. You hate Mundo but I'm about to show you just how powerful he can make us!" I growled and reaching into my pack I continued to throw flurries of knives into him. As they continued to dissolve into his body he simply laughed even louder. "Why are you wasting your time VII you know that I'll dissolve anything you throw into me."
"Because I know something you don't know!" I grinned as he came even closer. We were almost there; I just needed him to take a few more steps. We stumbled back a little bit more now just past the refueling station as he advanced closer.
"Oh and what's that?" He cackled.
"You're made of acid. And I learned chemistry from your precious Dr. Mundo." I threw one more knife severing the gas line of the pump causing a huge stream of gasoline to rush out blasting X full force. He roared angrily and his body began to reappear turning a deep scarlet color.
"What?! What is this?!" He yelled as small trails of gas began to sizzle from his body.
"Methanol Orange. It's commonly used in the making of Gasoline and reacts heavily with acid to make it turn red. Oh and all those knives I was throwing into you…they're made from steel. Which means that manganite was used in their production. When you mix enough manganite with acid well…"
I threw another dagger into him and his body began to bubble violently he let out an agonizing scream of pain as he collapsed to the ground. He clenched his head as it began to boil, his body starting to swell. A light layer of pink foam began to bubble around his body before he exploded causing him to pool with the gasoline. He was dead…the threat was over. Just about. The foam began to reshape, taking his form once again. "You bastard! That really hurt!" He continued to advance towards us but I just stood my ground. He punched me again and again but now that he was just a weak base it was like being punched by liquid soap. "Why…won't…you…burn?!" He growled angrily and I smirked at him.
"You're a base now…you won't be burning anybody…but I on the other hand…" I raised my foot kicking him square in the chest and knocking him into the gasoline. "…will be sending you to the inferno once and for all." I flicked open my lighter causing it to light before I threw it high in the air. Immediately I turned and ran towards Caitlyn and Vi, grabbing both of them and dropping the three of us to the ground. I shielded them and myself with my cloak as gigantic explosion rocked the very ground beneath us causing bits of fiery liquid to rain down on us. Feeling my cloak ignite I quickly ripped it off and threw it aside as it quickly burnt up in the fire. Caitlyn rolled over and seeing the gas station completely on fire sighed before grabbing her radio. "Dispatch, we'll need an incendiary team at the gas station on Clockwork and Industrial. There seems to have been an accident resulting in the refueling station catching fire." I mouthed a silent thank you to her and she smiled softly to me.
"You'd better get out of here." She said softly as she clipped the radio on her shoulder. "Otherwise they'll be out to arrest you when they get here." I smirked softly.
"Oh please, don't think I didn't hear what you and Vi said when you left the Sheriff's station. You haven't even told anyone that Thane was the one who put down II. Besides…" I gently stroked my cheek, now visibly scarred from the acidic punch I had taken earlier. "Perhaps you're right…maybe it is time for Thane to retire." Caitlyn smiled at me and I stood up helping both of the ladies to their feet.
Vi smiled at me and threw her arms around my neck hugging me close. "Don't worry Thane…I think I have a solution that will work out for the both of us." Caitlyn said with a sly grin. "Let's make a deal. Vi and I will turn our back on your nightly patrols on one condition."
"What's that?" Caitlyn smirked.
"You Thane are no longer available for hire. The only time you are able to do anything illegal is when it involves a case and if you are caught we will deny any knowledge of your actions. Should I discover however that you've gone back on this agreement and have taking a client, I will personally find you and throw you in prison. In exchange…you will be allowed to work with us still as Raine, and I'll excuse all of your past crimes. Does that sound fair?" I thought it over and smiled softly.
"So that means I'm off the hook for 'sexual misconduct'?"
Caitlyn laughed. "Yes."
I gave a sly grin. "Is it illegal to fraternize with a higher ranking officer?" Caitlyn looked at me puzzled but shook her head.
"No I don't believe there is something in the code about fraternization."
"Good." I turned back to Vi and pulling her into my arms I kissed her deeply holding her against me. She gasped into the kiss before wrapping her arms around me and returning it holding me close. I sighed softly into her lips before gently pulling away from her. "Well Vi…I suppose you get your pick. Do you want good guy Raine or bad boy Thane?" I teased as I gently stroked her cheek. Her cheeks turned a bright red and she smiled softly.
"I suppose I have no choice but to take good guy Raine. I have a feeling the Commissioner would frown upon me dating a master criminal. But I do have one thing to request." She leaned in softly where Caitlyn couldn't hear and whispered into my ear. "When we're alone you better be a very bad boy for me…"
I blushed softly and smiled at her gently placing a peck on her cheek. "Whatever you say copper. You'd better bring extra handcuffs if you want to keep me tied down. I can be pretty crafty." Vi smiled softly.
"Well then…you'd better leave Thane. We expect to see Raine show up bright and early tomorrow. Be sure to get something on that burn of yours." I nodded softly as I slipped down an alley way heading back towards my house. Of course had I been less distracted I would have noticed the blue haired shadow standing speechless on the roof as she looked down at me. As I came closer to the house I heard the click and hum of a shock gun behind me. Turning over my shoulder I saw Jinx pointing her weapon at me.
"Thane…" she whispered softly, tears in her eyes. "You've got quite a bit of explaining to do to me." I could see the hurt and betrayal in her eyes.
"Jinx…I…" She stepped closer to me with anger on her face.
"I saw you Thane! I saw you and fat hands sucking face. What the hell was that Thane?" I sighed softly.
"Jinx…please let me explain." She stayed there pointing the gun at me.
"Go on."
"You're right. See a few weeks back, when you saw me rescue her from the warehouse and you told me I had made a mistake? Well I took her back to the Sheriff's office. Well while there through some unfortunate circumstances I ended up being drafted as an assistant detective. Raine…as you know him. You were right when you smelled the wolf's bane…it was me. But I wasn't watching from the roofs, I was the man you kissed." Jinx stared at me a tear rolling down her cheek.
"So when we…" I nodded.
"Jinx, you said that it didn't mean anything to you…which was fine with me. I do care about you, and don't think that I don't appreciate everything you've done for me." She walked closer to me grabbing me roughly and jamming the barrel of her gun under my chin.
"Of course I said that! What sort of criminal goes around blurting out her true feelings to every person she sees huh? Maybe I do care about you Thane! Maybe I care about you enough to wish you were mine! What would you say to that hmm?" I blushed softly as I looked at her.
"I'd say you can have me…" Jinx blinked.
"What?"
I smiled softly to her. "I told Vi she had to choose between Raine and Thane. That she couldn't have both. Well…I'm giving you the same choice." Jinx looked deep into my eyes the frown still on her face.
"I don't like this Thane…not at all. But…If you're going to give me that choice over having no one…well I'd much rather have you anyway…" I sighed softly as she pulled the gun from my throat. "But Thane…I expect you to visit me tomorrow night understand? And you're going to make it up to me one way or another." She smiled softly as she wiped away her tears with the back of her hand before kissing my lips roughly, gently sucking on my bottom lip. "I'll talk to you later lover boy. Don't you dare forget about me alright? Otherwise the next time I see you making out with fat hands I'll shoot your balls off." She quickly vanished into the alley ways leaving me to stand there stunned. Hadn't even been three days and already I was back to leaving another double life…Gods damn it!
To be continued….
