He kneeled down to
where Kit was and whispered "So, can you introduce me to your friend?" "I
can," Kit whispered back. "But she's taken." Anthony looked very disappointed,
but he went to the back room. "Now, then Rehteah. What's with the box?"
Rehteah just handed the box to her. Kit took out her switchblade and cut
the tape of the box open. She saw a bunch of copies of tapes and twenty
tape recorders/players. "Are you sure this will work?" Rehteah asked. Kit
nodded. "You're talking to someone who always has a plan 'B.'"
Kit pulled
out the announcement pager and said "Attention all shoppers. As a thank-you
gift for making us your store, come to customer service to buy a tape. Only
$5. The first twenty customers will recieve a free tape recorder. And will
the owner of a white sedan, liscense plate
666-osh*t please come to the
parking lot. Your lights are on." Kit turned off the paging device and said
to Rehteah "Now we can expect a rush. I'l need some help, though." "All
right." Kit handed her friend the tapes and a few tape recorders. A crowd
gathered in customer service a few minutes after Kit made the announcement.
The girls each started to sell the tapes, each one with a fat stack of money
in their pockets.

Xanatos had a shopping cart that had a $500 aquarium, fish food and three
bags with very expensive-looking fish. He was looking in customer service,
wondering why there was a huge crowd there. He brought his cart there to
investigate.

The girls had been selling tapes for about fifteen minutes when there was
sudden commotion near the back of the crowd. Several people protested as
they were shoved aside. Rehteah flinched when she saw the pale complexion
and longish black hair. It was Xanatos. Kit told her to work from the bench
while she dealt with Xanatos. She rolled her eyes as he finally reached
the front of the crowd.