The two brothers' first stop was the bank. Duke and Janus hopelessly stared at the long line…
"Damn," Janus sighed at looked down at Duke who returned the gaze, "Well…I'll wait in line, it shouldn't take too, too long. Just sit in one of the chairs, k bro?" Janus ruffled Dukes hair admiringly and walked over to stand in line.
Duke sighed, plopping down in a chair, pouting a bit. There was no doubt about it…he was bored to death. He stared around at the different people…he was about to fall asleep when-
"Hey! Uh-Duke!" A voice called.
Duke turned around to face a couple of boys Janus's age. One with short, dark brown hair and blue eyes, the other with spiked blonde hair and green eyes.
"Me?" Duke asked, surprised
"Yeah you. You wanna come outside and get some fresh air? We're friends of your brother Janus, so don't worry," the blonde one said.
"Um. I don't know if I'm allowed. Maybe I should ask…"
"We already asked, its fine! Come on, you don't want to stay in this boring old place do ya?" The dark haired boy bribed.
"No. I really don't. Ok, I guess I'll come with you," Duke said, getting up and following the boys out the door. He was nervous though…. Is this right? He followed the boys to an alley behind the bank.
"Hehe…Thanks kid. For following us that is! You little sucker!" Both of the teens laughed.
Now Duke was terrified. What now? Who were these guys? What would they do to him? The spiked blonde pulled out something that chilled Duke's blood…A knife. He pinned Duke against the cold brick wall and put it too his throat, teasing the shivering flesh. The dark brown haired teen spoke up
"Kid. In your house, there's a safe with a bunch of money in it,"
"A-a what?"
"A SAFE! HEAR ME? WHAT'S THE COMBONATION? TELL US NOW OR WE'LL KILL YOU!"
Duke was ice cold with fear…What Safe? He didn't know about a safe…Do they have a safe? He's never seen it!
"I've never seen it!"
"Last chance, kid. Tell us. NOW!"
"But I"
They nodded to eachother and the blonde raised the knife. He started to bring it down on Duke when—
CRASH
A beer bottle had smashed at the guy with the knife's foot. A shadow of another person had done it. The unflattering light of the alley revealed him to be Janus.
"Here, take this too, bastard!" He threw small metal objects that hit the blonde in one of his temples. A couple of metal dice to be exact. The teen dropped the knife and fell to his knees and clutched his head. It had hit him real hard.
"Hmph. Stupid as ever I see, huh Haiyaku? And Hiroku? You haven't changed a bit! You're still a money- scavenging coward, obviously. You want my money? That's just too damn bad now isn't it?" Janus smirked and swiftly punched the dark-haired boy, Hiroku in the gut, which brought him down to the ground. Janus grabbed Duke by the arm and ran to his car. They were going home.
Janus didn't talk to Duke at all on the car ride home. Duke couldn't really talk either…still in shock. He tried to speak up though.
"Ja"
"Don't talk to me right now!"
They had pulled into the driveway a few minutes later. After Janus parked, he and Duke went into the house…Duke knew he was screwed…There was no way out of this one…
