"Wake up sleepy head." Chris heard a slightly aggressive feminine voice call to him as he tried to continue sleeping. "Chris!" She called more loud than before. He continued to ignore her. He waited tensely for her to leave and let him sleep, sighing with relief when he heard nothing more for a few moments and settling back down into his newly obtained bed.
His eyes opened wide with surprise as he felt weight crash onto him suddenly. He struggled and grabbed at whatever it was and felt the familiar feeling of skin. He opened his eyes to see Jinx staring straight at him with an upset face. One of his hands was pressing against her bare stomach almost directly beneath her breasts and the other on her upper thigh. She, however didn't seem to care as she didn't pay attention to his hands at all and seemed to be upset over something different. He also realized their position and blushed a little; she was straddling him with both of her hands on his chest. If she wasn't giving him a look that was capable of killing someone then he might have enjoyed it.
"Don't ignore me pretty boy." She scolded him, pushing hard on his chest as punishment. "I know you heard me, you ass." He coughed from the pressure on his chest and put his hands on her arms, trying to move them.
"I'm sorry." He coughed out as he moved her hands from his chest and put them at her side. "I was just tired."
She still looked upset, but much less than before. "That's no excuse, who has time to be tired?" She sounded like her normal excited self again as she got off of him quickly, standing up next to his bed. "Let's go we got stuff to do, lazy ass." She ordered as she walked out of the room.
Chris sighed and sat up, stretching his arms high as he did every morning as well as his legs. He swung his legs over to the edge of the bed and stood up slowly. "How does she have so much energy in the morning?" he asked as he made his way into the living room of his apartment.
"You're lucky I didn't blow up this apartment like I did most of the others." She said smiling at him.
"Excuse me?"
"The reason they're all messed up is because I got bored one day and had some fun." She said as she shrugged, seeming as though it was no big deal for her to randomly blow things up, which didn't surprise him.
"That honestly, isn't surprising."
"It shouldn't be. Come on, we're going to get some food."
"Where exactly do criminals with no money or anything get food?" Chris asked as he walked next to Jinx down an alley that was dark even in the early morning.
"You'll see." She chimed. Jinx even walked energetically, Chris struggling to keep up without looking ridiculous. They kept walking until the alley come to an end, confusing Chris.
"Uh, Jinx?"
Jinx said nothing but instead grabbed her zap gun from its holster on her thigh and aimed it at something that looked similar to a fusebox. A large shot of electricity shot from the gun and it hit the fusebox dead on, triggering something. Chris heard something move and noticed that it was the wall that was moving, shifting and changing its shape in odd ways."
"This, is where I get my food." She said, turning to him and smiling.
The wall eventually took the form of its original shape except with a few door ways.
"The one on the right is where I keep some of my other guns, the ones that don't really matter. The left is where I keep any clothes other than my usual outfit. I don't change much though. Through the middle is where I store my other stuff, mostly food."
Chris stood there, jaw hanging down. "Where did you get this? How did you even do this?"
Jinx shrugged. "I just kind of found it."
Chris was in shock. He knew there were plenty of weird things in the city of progress but this was strange, especially for Jinx to find it. "Has no one come back to it since you found it?"
She shook her head. "No, it was a place that the donger guy was staying at but he has a complete lab now, so he left this here and I took it."
"I'm surprised you don't live here instead of the apartments."
"I don't like it here all that much, not enough to sleep here at least."
Chris was surprised at how calmly she seemed to be talking, for once she wasn't overloading with energy.
The two of them sat down, both with food and empty stomachs and began to dig in eagerly. He took a bite out of his apple, which he got as a side to his meat, which was probably steak, and looked over at Jinx. She looked at her extremely large Chicken leg and watched her take a massive chunk out of it with one bite, looking very cartoonish. With the way she ate, you would never think she'd be so skinny. He ignored her and ate his food quietly.
"Alright!" She said after she had finished eating, slamming her hand on the table for exaggeration. "What're we gonna do today pretty boy?"
He took the last bite from his steak and looked at her curiously. "What do you mean?"
"Well, I don't mind having you around and we're both awesome criminals, don't you get it?"
Chris smiled a bit as she went on.
"We're creators of chaos, the destructive duo!" She grinned at him. "You and me? From here on out, we're partners in crime. So why don't we think of some crimes to commit?"
Chris' smile turned to a grin similar to hers. "Alright then partner, let's aim for the cops."
Jinx's grin widened. "Go on."
"Let's give them some trouble. Give them something to worry about so that we can do what we want for a while."
"Hell yeah!" She threw her arm into the air excitedly. "You're even better than I thought pretty boy."
"I can think of a reason." He said, standing up from his seat. "Let's get moving."
"I thought you preferred to do stuff at night?" Jinx also stood up.
"Who cares, why wait?"
Jinx smiled widely and happily, jumping towards him and wrapping her arms around his neck. He jumped, startled by the sudden hug. He returned the hug before they let go of each other and smiled. "Let's go then!" Jinx cheered.
Chris let out a deep sigh, his breath visible in the cold. He glanced at Jinx, who was still wearing her typical outfit.
"How are you not freezing?" He asked.
She just shrugged as they kept walking quickly, Jinx slightly skipping. They made their way through the alley, which would lead them to their target.
"Aren't you so excited?" She asked loudly, turning to Chris so she was walking backwards in front of him. "It's been forever since I've blown anything up!"
"Jinx it's been about a day." He grinned. "You need to be more patient."
She stuck her tongue out at him. "Whatever." She whined.
Chris watched as Jinx turned back around and starting walking forward, still with the slight skip. He couldn't help but look as her hips moved from side to side with every step. He snapped out of his trance as he realized they were close to their target.
"We're here Jinx." He told her as he knelt down and placed his bag on the ground. Jinx looked at the building and looked up at it, her eyes widening.
"Woah! This building is huge!" She jumped in the air excitedly. "I can't wait to see it crumble!"
Chris grinned again as he opened his bag and took out what was inside. many pounds of explosives. He grabbed them and began placing them around the building. He realized it would be difficult to place them on the side facing the street and slightly panicked. He turned the corner and quickly tossed them onto the ground and hurried to the other side so he could complete his placement.
"Okay Jinx I'm done let's get some distance!" He called to her.
She looked at him from where she was and ran towards him. They met up and starting making their way down the alley from where they came from before they heard a noise that made them freeze.
"Hey stop right there!" The voice was very familiar.
"Not fathands!" Jinx grumbled. They broke into a sprint. "We don't need to be running!" She complained.
"Trust me, you can still blow up the building I promise!" He reassured her as they continued running down the alley. He heard the gunshots from Caitlyn's gun, "Dammit not her!"
He heard a bullet from her gun hit the wall beside him and before he could veer away he heard it hit again. He looked back and saw her looking through her scope, Vi was running after them.
"Jinx now!" He shouted.
"Finally!" She turned around, stopping in her tracks and pulled fishbones from off her back, aiming it at the base of the building where the explosives were located. She fired.
Vi dived down to avoid the missile but Cait stayed where she was. She fired one last time as Jinx's rocket flew past her. Chris heard Jinx scream for a short second before it was drowned out from the booming explosion, which sent Caitlyn flying forward. He stumbled as he looked at Jinx. Cait had hit her in the leg.
"Jinx!" He shouted. He hurried towards her. "Are you okay?"
She seemed pissed. "I don't think I can walk! Stupid fucking hat lady!"
Chris picked her up bridal style and started to run away again, to which Jinx protested.
"Put me down pretty boy!" She pounded on his chest and kicked her feet. She got quiet though as the building began to crumble more rapidly, completely falling from under itself. "Woah." She whispered as she watched the skyscraper get destroyed completely, story by story. She stop flailing and relaxed into his arms. He kept running.
Chris had managed to find his way to the apartments, Jinx now sleeping in his arms from the decent amount of blood loss and from amount of time it took for Chris to run all the way home. He entered the building and went into her room, setting her down in her bed.
She opened her eyes as he laid her gently. She groaned.
"Son of a bitch my leg hurts." She whined, a familiar sound to Chris.
He smiled, "Glad to see your okay though." He gingerly grabbed leg and looked at the wound. The bullet had gone all the way through her lower leg, the damage wasn't too bad. He got up and gathered what he could for a large make shift bandage to wrap around her leg. "I'm gonna make you feel better okay?"
She nodded, weak from the blood loss. He finished up wrapping her leg and sat beside her on the bed. "Get some rest. I'll be back in the morning." He started to get up when she stopped him. She sat up.
"Wait a sec pretty boy."
He turned to her as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his. He was surprised at first, not expecting it at all. He kissed her back, her lips were surprisingly soft and warm. They stayed that way for a few seconds before she pulled her lips away.
"What was that for?" He asked, still processing what had just happened.
She grinned. "You let me blow up a huge building today and you've saved me twice now." She kissed him again, this time a peck. "I'm just saying thank you, pretty boy."
He grinned back. "You're very welcome.
It has been a very long time since I've done anything with this sight, so I decided to come back and redo this chapter, as well as write the rest of this story. I hope you enjoyed, I'll try to update again soon.
-Lance