A/N: Alright team LAV are about to do their first job... How hard could it be? Enjoy!
Chapter 11
"You boys ready?" I asked as we approached the warehouse door, "I guess." Arthur said as he made sure his wrist guards were in order, "Let's do this boss." Viktor said as he fist pumped the air. I opened the door and headed in, like last time most of the warehouse was pitch black except for a spot in the middle where it was lit by a florescent light, but unlike last time, Garnet was standing where we could see him.
"Aww, good to see you made it!" Garnet said as he raised his arms in the air, Viktor and Arthur stayed behind me as I walked over to Garnet.
"What do you need us to do?" I said as I crossed my arms, Garnet's lips curled into a chilling grin, "I need you three to go to a dust shop on 5th and go collect my payments." Arthur stepped up to speak, "Why do you say payments?"
"I was talking to your leader, not his lackeys, but I will let it slide."Garnet looked at him a malice clear on his face, Arthur stepped back and Garnet continued, "I say payments because the owner of the shop hasn't been paying his monthly fee, for about 3 months now. I would kill him but an associate of mine needs the dust, so you're going to grab it for me." I nodded and looked over to Arthur who had obvious reservations when it came to this but Viktor seemed to almost not care.
"Will this guy know we are coming?" I asked, Garnet thought for a moment, "He might have his suspicions, but he most likely doesn't." Garnet began to walk away from us and headed back to the room Amara was in, "I suggest you do this quickly... I'm not a very patient man." We left immediately after his sentence and headed to the dust shop Garnet told us about.
Luckily the dust shop wasn't to far from the warehouse but it was still a long enough walk for us to get hot. while we walked on 5th we saw the dust shop. It was a very modest building, it didn't really stand out to the rest, it was probably a family owned business. The shop was a dust ammunition store, unlike the others that sold dust as jewelry, this one sold the ammo.
"Ready?" I asked Arthur and Viktor, they both confirmed with a nod I opened the door and proceeded to walk in with the others behind me. Racks of different types of dust ammunition filled the walls and some were even cased inside a long glass box that opened on the clerk side. We walked up to the cash register to see a man in his mid to late 20's. He had brown messy hair that was almost covering his hazel colored eyes, he was about as tall as Arthur. He was wearing a normal white t shirt and blue jeans. The man smiled at us and we sent a wary one back, I was about to speak when Viktor pushed me out of the way.
"Ahem. Hi, you don't know me but you may know my boss, and my boss isn't happy with you. Skimping out on payments, that's not cool man, but hey, here's what I can do. I can ask you politely to give us Garnet's payment's or..." Viktor pulled up his wrist and switched them to attack mode and let them spark as they got close to each other, "I can deep fry you and take the dust that you owe him... Your choice." The mans eyes went wide. Viktor had successfully instilled the fear of god in this man. The man waved us to the back and handed us each a box, Arthur checked to make sure that they were dust. They were, so we each picked one up and carried it away but before we left Viktor spoke again.
"Please do not make me have to come back here." The man nodded and we walked out. I eyed Viktor for this, I knew he was a bit crazy but the way he looked during that whole situation. He looked like he belonged to this type of life.
"Viktor... How did you do it?" Arthur asked with as much curiosity that I had, Viktor looked me in the eyes, "Past experiences." Viktor looked back in front of him and kept walking. He's more of a wild card than I thought.
We walked a little bit longer because we each had a box, by the time we had got back to the warehouse Beacon's classes had most likely ended. I put down my box and opened the door, Garnet was in his previous spot playing a game on his scroll, he seemed surprised that we had showed up, but he still let out a smile.
"Welcome back boys. So how did it go?" We put the boxes of dust at his feet and opened each of them. I stood up and looked over to Viktor, he was still the same guy I knew but something was off. I'll ask him about it later.
"Nice. I'm proud of you boys. You know what? I'll throw you a bone." With that he waved for us to follow him, we headed to the back room Amara was in when we first got here, Arthur noticed and started to pick up the pace. Garnet opened the door to Amara's holding room and there she was, leaning in the corner. Amara was scared at first but when she made eye contact with Arthur, tears started to fall.
"You mind if we get a minute alone with her?" Garnet made an intrigued face and then shrugged his shoulders and walked out, Arthur immediately embraced her in a hug and she cried into his neck.
"Amara, I missed you so much!" Arthur hugged her even tighter, she looked up from Arthur and saw me and Viktor, she gave Viktor a hug and then walked over to me. She stared at me for a second then spoke.
"I am so sorry you had to do that." I looked down and remembered the man's eyes when he looked at me. I started to cry, I never want to do something like that again. Amara hugged me tightly, "I'm sorry that your here." I said as she let me go. We all sat down across from each other and talked.
"So why does this guy have beef with you?" Viktor asked as he leaned on the wall, Amara looked down, "I used to go out with a... Customer of his. One day the guy didn't pay Garnet and ran, so Garnet decided to push the payments to me." I looked over to Amara, her head was hanging low.
"That's not right." Arthur said as he placed an arm around Amara to comfort her, "It doesn't matter now." Viktor added with a hint of anger in his voice, Arthur looked over to me and paused before he spoke.
"Lance... Where were you last night?" I started to blush wildly and a stutter that I never had began to show itself, "I-I was ummm, with Y-" Arthur's eyes flashed with happiness as he adjusted and sat closer to me.
"YOU WERE WITH YANG!?" I nodded but looked at my feet. I could feel my cheeks get redder by the second, "So was it fun?" Arthur instantly caught an elbow to the ribs by Amara.
"We didn't... We just talked." I tried to feel less embarrassed about what happened but it was hard, "So you two talked... For a whole night?" Viktor asked, he was a bit closer than before. I nodded to his question and received a few skeptical looks.
"Lance I know you're a real gentleman, but I doubt you talked all night." Arthur crossed his arms and tried to stare into my heart to get every detail.
A small smile creased my face, "We talked for a while and she eventually... Tackled me to the ground." Arthur and Viktor's eyes almost shot out of their sockets, "I knew she liked it rough but-" I pulled my sword and pointed it at him.
"We did NOT have sex!." I stated, Arthur put his hands up and tried to stop laughing, "When she tackled me, I tried to get her off me but she is really strong so she just held me there until I calmed down." I sat back on the wall and looked up, "What did she say?" Amara asked, I could always count on her to ask the reasonable questions.
"She asked me to stay with her and I did, she said thank you and kissed me and then we slept together but we didn't 'sleep' together." Arthur's eyes got wide again, but this time it was accompanied by a huge smile, "What type of kiss, was it like 'oh my god if we weren't at school right now' or 'you're really sweet'?" Arthur started to do different types of kisses and none of them really described what happened that night.
"I don't know, but what I do know is I never wanted to let her go, and it almost killed me when I left her this morning." Amara patted me on the knee and smiled, "I think you're in love with Yang." My face darkened when she said that. I didn't want to be in love, it's too dangerous for her, but I really do love her. School is not supposed to be this difficult.
I looked over to Viktor who was looking into the floor, "Viktor how did you know to act like that when we went to the shop?" Viktor didn't seem to want to answer but he did anyway, "I was... Part of a gang. Not the White Fang. When I was back home. I was taught how to be intimidating, but I eventually found that I liked being a good guy, so you don't have to worry about me stating like that. It was just temporary." Me and Arthur nodded and smiled.
"We've known you for almost a month now and I trust you with my life and I know Arthur feels the same." I spoke for both me and Arthur. Arthur added another comment, "I sure do."
"Alright, times up." Garnet poked his head in the door and quickly shuffled in, "Now everyone get out before I get upset." We all stood up and hugged Amara goodbye, she hugged Arthur a lot longer than any of us. We all walked out of the room and headed for the door.
"Alright boys. I don't think I will need ya'll tomorrow but be ready just in case." We all nodded and walked away from the warehouse. Once we got to a safe distance and made sure our scrolls were off we spoke again.
"Viktor you ready?" I spun around and asked Viktor. Before he had even said anything he was in all black attire and a black mask to top it off, "Born ready." Viktor said with what I think was a grin. It was hard to see due to the mask.
Arthur still seemed a bit hesitant to the whole thing but he let it happen none the less, "Viktor please don't make us regret this." Arthur patted Viktor on the back. Viktor nodded and took of running back towards the warehouse while me and Arthur went to our diner and chilled there. I think he will be fine.
A/N: AND HE'S OFF! What will our little speed demon learn from his espionage mission. I wonder who Lance and Arthur are going see? Se ya later!
