Author's Note: I was supposed to upload this Two weeks ago. Oops. Well, enjoy. Not my best work.
Miko blinked in surprise as she looked at the Umbrella Store. "Um… how are we going to find a clue at this place?!" she exclaimed, folding her arms with a huff. The store was small. Apparently it wasn't that busy because there were only two cars in the parking lot.
"Maybe it has something to do with the clues?" Raf asked as Miko glared at him, face palming. What did he say? Why was she so upset? But, before Miko could speak, Jack interrupted.
"Let's just go in," the older teen murmured. He groaned when he saw Miko just run in and burst through the doors. The clerk was a blonde messy haired man with blue eyes. He was wearing a purple shirt with a green scarf, and black pants.
"Welcome," he stated with a smile as Miko raised an eyebrow. The man frowned as he gestured to the umbrellas. "Are you here to buy something?" he snapped. Raf looked at the name tag that was resting on the man's shirt. It started with an 'A' and he couldn't pronounce it, and, his last name was even more complicated.
The man noticed that Raf was staring at his name tag and chuckled. "If you can't pronounce my name, just call me 'A'," he said looking around the place. "Hm… what're you kids doing here anyway?" 'A' asked looking at them with a skeptical look.
"Uh… just wanted to see if anything caught our…. eyes?" Jack answered feeling beads of sweat roll down his face. A's look told the three of them that he didn't buy it. But, lucky for them, A doesn't look into people's business.
"Pick whatever you think seems fitting," A muttered pointing to the rack of umbrellas hanging on the wall. A rested his head on his shoulders but then frowned when he saw Miko looking underneath the clerk counter.
Miko turned her head as she saw a purple umbrella that had a white piece of paper sticking out of it. She giggled as she walked off to the purple umbrella and picked up while bringing it to the counter. "This one," Miko stated as her jaw dropped at seeing that it was $29. 65. Miko groaned, grabbing Jack's wallet. Luckily the teen was too stunned to react. She pulled out three ten dollar bills and handed it to A.
With that, Raf walked out calmly as Jack waved goodbye and Miko just walked out without saying goodbye.
A gave them the change and waved good bye as they left. He turned his head, pushing his blonde hair out of his face. A chuckled as he saw the umbrella they took. "Hm… that one," he stated, a smile forming on his face.
Jack blinked in confusion. "This is in different hand writing," he gasped looking at the paper as Miko wrinkled her nose. The handwriting was different. This time it was in all capital letters. 'Go To The Jasper Nevada Ross Dress For Less'.
Desmond walked up to the umbrella store, delighted to see that the clerk was still in there. Desmond smiled as he took out a sword and calmly walked into the store.
