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Chapter One: Investing
Elusive stepped out from the streets and into the shadows of an alleyway. She crept quietly to a boarded up door and slipped through a small hole. She might be sixteen, but she was thin- only 100 pounds- and short- about 5'3".
"Hey, Lil' Elusive goil."
She turned quickly as her eyes adjusted to the sudden darkness inside the building from the still bright, but quickly fading light outside. "Jesus God, Slip'not whaddya have to go scarin' me outta my wits for?"
"Ah, I was bored so it seemed loike fun." Slipknot lounged on the ratted old couch he, Lightning and Juniper had dragged in from the street corner in front of the World Building a year or so ago. The twenty-year-old ran a hand through his blond hair.
"Where you been all day, lil' goil?" he added, the tone in his voice saying that it he really didn't care- that he was just making small talk.
"Investing, Slip, investing." Elusive grinned wickedly.
"Investing? Investin', ey? I loike that." He grinned and grabbed Elusive's hand and pulled her down to the couch.
"Slip. Slip. don't you dare. Or i'll have ta hurt ya." The girl wiggled to get away from his grasp.
"Hoirt me, eh?" Slipknot grinned widely.
"Slip."
She let out a shriek as Slipknot began to tickle her waist. She squirmed and howled with laughter. "Slip! Slip.you'se.you'se gotta.gotta stop it. Slip! SLIP!"
"SLIP!" Lightning's voice thundered towards the couch from a room near the back of the building. "Will ya cut the crap?! I'm tryin' ta sleep!"
"Yes, sir." Slipknot rolled his eyes and scooted away from Elusive. When no answer came from the back he turned back to Elusive. "Jeez, Lil' Cat," he said, a nickname he had picked up from Juniper and Hawkeyes. "He's full of piss today, ain't he kiddo?"
"Isn't he always?" Elusive kicked up her legs over the arm of the couch and laid her head on Slip's corduroy lap.
"Yeah." Slipknot muttered thoughtfully as he messed up the girl's hair affectionately. "Sure as hell is."
They sat in silence for a while. "So. where's da oudders?"
"'Eyes an' Juniper are out somehere- God knows where. Orb's wit the baby walkin' the streets an' rockin' Starr ta sleep. His Royal Majesty Lightn'in is inna deep slumber in his royal chamber, Forgotten's out an' about, an' Gyn said somethin' this mornin' about talkin' to a goil so he may not be back tonight."
Elusive rolled her eyes. Gyn was always out with some girl. She didn't get what they saw in him and she voiced that opinion.
Slipknot laughed. "Ah, well, they'se loikes bad boys like Gyn. Tall, dark an' handsome, Orbsie says." he rubbed her hair once more. "Oi don't get it eidder, Elusive. It beats da hell outta me."
"Soes. what time ya gotta get ta da club tonite Slip?"
"'Bout nineish. Why?"
She was quiet for a second. "Can Oi come?"
"No way ." Slipknot pushed Elusive's head out of his lap and leapt to his feet. "You'se not allowed dere, 'Lusive. Juniper would skin me alive."
"Aww come on, Slipp'ry." She said, using a nickname from when she first met him in attempt to get under his defenses. "Oi wanna come. Juniper doesn't haveta know."
"Oi ain't fallin' for it, 'Lusive. You'se gotta stay here."
"But it's so boring here. You'se gone, Forgotten don't talk, Lightn'in's at da track tryin' to hustle unsuspectin' kids, Orb's got her hand full wit lil' Starr and, well, you know what 'Eyes an' Juniper are up ta."
"Bull, 'Lusive. That's bull an' Oi ain't fallin' for dat eidder. You'se actin' loike you'se Starr's age, complainin' an all."
"Shove it, Slip. Oi jus' don't loike bein' bored outta my mind. Is dat a crime?" Her intense green eyes bore into Slipknot's light blue ones.
"No, but you ain't comin' wit me kiddo. "
"Then what am Oi supposed ta do?" she asked as Lightning came out of the back room clad only in his pants, showing off his muscles.
"Ey, Lightn'in d'ya moind takin' the Lil' cat here ta da track wit yas?"
Lightning looked Elusive down with a calculating eye, his bangs falling into his face. "Nah, she's a pretty one with her dark looks an' her green eyes." He said with boredom in his voice, "She's bound ta attract some unsuspecting lil' boys."
"Great." Elusive said, rolling her eyes. "Ya know how I love ta be your bait, Lightn'in." she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
The young man shrugged. "Well, if you'se likes stayin' 'round here then."
"Foine, I'll be your lil' whore for the night, Lightn'in." she spat good-naturedly. "But they ain't getting' nuddin. An' no getting drunk again loike last time."
Slipknot shot a glare at Lightning at this new information. "Or else me an' Juniper'll skin yas."
Elusive laughed and threw her arms around Lightning's waist. "Aww, come on, Slip. Lightn'in's a happy drunk." Lightning shoved her away and rolled his eyes.
"Still." Slipknot said with a tone of finality in his voice as he picked up the old cloth bag he always brought to the club. "You'se be good."
Lightening just nodded his head and lead Elusive out into the darkness of the New York streets.
Chapter One: Investing
Elusive stepped out from the streets and into the shadows of an alleyway. She crept quietly to a boarded up door and slipped through a small hole. She might be sixteen, but she was thin- only 100 pounds- and short- about 5'3".
"Hey, Lil' Elusive goil."
She turned quickly as her eyes adjusted to the sudden darkness inside the building from the still bright, but quickly fading light outside. "Jesus God, Slip'not whaddya have to go scarin' me outta my wits for?"
"Ah, I was bored so it seemed loike fun." Slipknot lounged on the ratted old couch he, Lightning and Juniper had dragged in from the street corner in front of the World Building a year or so ago. The twenty-year-old ran a hand through his blond hair.
"Where you been all day, lil' goil?" he added, the tone in his voice saying that it he really didn't care- that he was just making small talk.
"Investing, Slip, investing." Elusive grinned wickedly.
"Investing? Investin', ey? I loike that." He grinned and grabbed Elusive's hand and pulled her down to the couch.
"Slip. Slip. don't you dare. Or i'll have ta hurt ya." The girl wiggled to get away from his grasp.
"Hoirt me, eh?" Slipknot grinned widely.
"Slip."
She let out a shriek as Slipknot began to tickle her waist. She squirmed and howled with laughter. "Slip! Slip.you'se.you'se gotta.gotta stop it. Slip! SLIP!"
"SLIP!" Lightning's voice thundered towards the couch from a room near the back of the building. "Will ya cut the crap?! I'm tryin' ta sleep!"
"Yes, sir." Slipknot rolled his eyes and scooted away from Elusive. When no answer came from the back he turned back to Elusive. "Jeez, Lil' Cat," he said, a nickname he had picked up from Juniper and Hawkeyes. "He's full of piss today, ain't he kiddo?"
"Isn't he always?" Elusive kicked up her legs over the arm of the couch and laid her head on Slip's corduroy lap.
"Yeah." Slipknot muttered thoughtfully as he messed up the girl's hair affectionately. "Sure as hell is."
They sat in silence for a while. "So. where's da oudders?"
"'Eyes an' Juniper are out somehere- God knows where. Orb's wit the baby walkin' the streets an' rockin' Starr ta sleep. His Royal Majesty Lightn'in is inna deep slumber in his royal chamber, Forgotten's out an' about, an' Gyn said somethin' this mornin' about talkin' to a goil so he may not be back tonight."
Elusive rolled her eyes. Gyn was always out with some girl. She didn't get what they saw in him and she voiced that opinion.
Slipknot laughed. "Ah, well, they'se loikes bad boys like Gyn. Tall, dark an' handsome, Orbsie says." he rubbed her hair once more. "Oi don't get it eidder, Elusive. It beats da hell outta me."
"Soes. what time ya gotta get ta da club tonite Slip?"
"'Bout nineish. Why?"
She was quiet for a second. "Can Oi come?"
"No way ." Slipknot pushed Elusive's head out of his lap and leapt to his feet. "You'se not allowed dere, 'Lusive. Juniper would skin me alive."
"Aww come on, Slipp'ry." She said, using a nickname from when she first met him in attempt to get under his defenses. "Oi wanna come. Juniper doesn't haveta know."
"Oi ain't fallin' for it, 'Lusive. You'se gotta stay here."
"But it's so boring here. You'se gone, Forgotten don't talk, Lightn'in's at da track tryin' to hustle unsuspectin' kids, Orb's got her hand full wit lil' Starr and, well, you know what 'Eyes an' Juniper are up ta."
"Bull, 'Lusive. That's bull an' Oi ain't fallin' for dat eidder. You'se actin' loike you'se Starr's age, complainin' an all."
"Shove it, Slip. Oi jus' don't loike bein' bored outta my mind. Is dat a crime?" Her intense green eyes bore into Slipknot's light blue ones.
"No, but you ain't comin' wit me kiddo. "
"Then what am Oi supposed ta do?" she asked as Lightning came out of the back room clad only in his pants, showing off his muscles.
"Ey, Lightn'in d'ya moind takin' the Lil' cat here ta da track wit yas?"
Lightning looked Elusive down with a calculating eye, his bangs falling into his face. "Nah, she's a pretty one with her dark looks an' her green eyes." He said with boredom in his voice, "She's bound ta attract some unsuspecting lil' boys."
"Great." Elusive said, rolling her eyes. "Ya know how I love ta be your bait, Lightn'in." she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
The young man shrugged. "Well, if you'se likes stayin' 'round here then."
"Foine, I'll be your lil' whore for the night, Lightn'in." she spat good-naturedly. "But they ain't getting' nuddin. An' no getting drunk again loike last time."
Slipknot shot a glare at Lightning at this new information. "Or else me an' Juniper'll skin yas."
Elusive laughed and threw her arms around Lightning's waist. "Aww, come on, Slip. Lightn'in's a happy drunk." Lightning shoved her away and rolled his eyes.
"Still." Slipknot said with a tone of finality in his voice as he picked up the old cloth bag he always brought to the club. "You'se be good."
Lightening just nodded his head and lead Elusive out into the darkness of the New York streets.