"Tonight we are honored to reveal Madame Louise's family treasures! Gentlemen, will you please remove the curtains?" Mayor Nastasha smiled as she watched the guards remove the curtains from the display cases, to which was quickly followed by awes from the guests. The mayor looked back at the guests and clapped her hands. "Beautiful! Simply beautiful!"
In a corner, not to far away from the mayor, two young guards were using their hands to mock everything the mayor said. Sai couldn't help but laugh when Domon started it and soon found himself doing the same. "Blah blah blah, people of the city, blah blah blah love me." The men laughed and went on with they duties.
So far the evening had being going well and people were enjoying themselves. Sai hated it. Why couldn't something happen? Anything, he just wanted something to do. He gave a sigh and moved on, noticing the orange haired bachelor as he walked by.
The party was crawling with the wealthiest of the wealthy the city had to offer. Soft sophisticated music wafted through the air, barely heard over the chatter of the partygoers. The event was far from exciting, but definitely the place to be seen at, receiving an invite meant one was considered high society. Between the mix of fine champagne and hors d'oeuvres hardly anyone took notice of the art.
However George couldn't help but admire the lovely art surrounding him. Almost at once his eyes landed on one, he himself had donated to the museum. It was a wonderful painting of the birth of Venus, but something was a bit different. He had seen this painting many times before and knew it by heart, but this one...it wasn't the real one. He could see it and tell. Around the woman's foot standing on the shell there was a bracelet. She never wore one before. He raised a brow and took a sip of his champagne. "Interesting..."
Had no one noticed it? Only one with a true eye for art would. He frowned and turned when suddenly he noticed a head of golden blonde hair bob up and down between some people. George made a face of panic at once and quickly turned to flee from the young Madame Louise.
He knew that avoiding a girl was anything but noble, however he didn't want to be sucked into a long drawn out conversation. Moving swiftly through the crowds, he ducked behind a statue. Once he was sure that Madame Louise had passed him by, George straightened up and pretended to be eyeing the sculpture he had used for cover. "Interesting," he said out loud to himself, hoping to look inconspicuous. Sai had been watching de Sand for a while now. His dad had told him about the cases of which included de Sand, and Sai couldn't help but wonder if maybe they were true. He watched him walk away from the statue with a great concern but then noticed Madame Louise take hold of his arm and tug him along. Sai gave a rather loud laugh and grinned at the sight of de Sand's face. It was a look of an annoyed child that had to dance with a girl he didn't like. Sai shook his head as he watched the man.
He couldn't have been the Cat, de Sand was too much, well, he was too much of a noble dork to be a cunning thief. Sai was about to turn when a head of blue hair caught his eye. A young man was off in a corner, looking at a case of jewels. Sai couldn't help but watch him. Where had he seen him before? 'Oh that's right!' He snapped his fingers. That guy works for de Sand. Yuki something...yes he was sure of it now. There were rumors about him as well.
Yuki looked up after a moment and then noticed Sai looking at him. He made an odd face and then turned quickly.
Sai frowned. 'I'll be keeping an eye on that one.'
William Stalker, ace reporter, felt he had the story of a lifetime. The wealthy, beautiful people of the city surrounded him and he couldn't be happier. He had a recorder with him, since only three news reporters were allowed to take a camera with them. He had snuck in a recorder to capture many of the conversations that were around him.
Stalker had always had an odd way of knowing what was going on in the city; some would say he even knew what was going to happen. He was both feared and famed by the city, for he always spoke the truth and loved a good story. The others in his office told him the party would be boring, but something told him tonight would be his biggest story yet.
As he mingled with the crowd his eyes landed on a young man surround by beautiful women. He gave a smile. He knew the very man well. "I wouldn't think this kind of thing would be your cup of tea, Crocket." Stalker said with an amused smile on his face.
"Well, why would I pass up the chance to make an appearance at the biggest event of the year? Not to mention, pass up the chance to meet all these pretty girls." Looking at his collection of admirers, Chibodee Crocket sat forward on the bench he was occupying. He was a well-known celebrity in Gundarium as a world famous boxer. If there was a public event guaranteed to be on television, he would be there.
Stalker rolled his eyes at the comment. "Of course, I should have guessed. Always about the ladies with you isn't it?"
Chibodee smiled. "Ha! You know me too well, can't put nothing past you can I?"
Both men laughed at the situation, carrying on a petty conversation about the utter boredom of the party.
As the party continued, the guests were so absorbed with their own conversations, no one took notice that the lights on the security cameras had all suddenly shut off. Security systems throughout the museum slowly but surely shut down.
Two shady figurers moved silently through the air vents above the main gallery of the building. The one leading the way looked back over their shoulder at their accomplice, and they gave a signal to cut the main power of the room. The other smiled mischievously, holding up a remote and upon pressing the button; the museum lights went out.
The room filled with screams and angry shouts the moment the lights went off. The mayor's bodyguards at once tackled her for protection. The women around Chibodee screamed and then threw themselves on him for protection, although they may have needed to find someone to protect them from him. Stalker gave a cheer as he patted his recorder. Many guests began to run around, causing more chaos and confusion.
George would have found the back up lights but Marie Louise held him to tight and he frowned.
Sai shouted for people to calm down but nothing seemed to work.
An odd sound suddenly filled the room and people began to calm down slightly. The sound was like a buzz saw going off and suddenly a clean hole from the roof came crashing down. It caused a few to shriek but nothing more. Every guard in the room raised their guns to the hole, Sai did so as well but did not understand what was going on. 'Were thieves really trying to sneak in? What a stupid thing for them try and do. They had no chance!'
Two ropes came down from the hole and a slender body came sliding down. Soon afterwards another slender body came down as well. Turning around to face the crowd a light from the hole shone down on them. Sai gasped at the sight.
Two women, both with short brown hair but wearing masks that covered their eyes, stood in front of the party. They wore very tight black suits with white gloves, torso and boots. On their stomachs was a symbol, different for both.
On the girl who was a bit taller was a red heart and on the other one, a black clubs. The two girls looked almost like living cards.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We hope we haven't spoiled too much of the fun." The one with the heart spoke.
The one with the club giggled and bowed, followed by the girl wearing the heart.
The Club began to speak. "Gentlemen..." She said looking at the officers. "Do you really think we're that dumb?"
The Heart looked at the Club with an odd smile. "Well, I certainly hope they do not. Show them the remote, my dear."
The Club pulled out a remote and showed it to the officers. "Right before the party began I pushed this little button here. And I must say with my genius skills that I have..."
"Club..." The heart looked at the girl.
Club, as she must have been called, grinned and then cleared her throat. "Ah yes, well, your guns will not work for 24 hours. Thank you, that is all. Please put them down or we will use this remote to blow the place up."
The Heart showed another remote and then both grin as if they were schoolgirls. "We hope you understand." There was a moment of pause and then the Heart shouted. "Put your guns down NOW!"
Another pause and a sound followed. The sound was of guns being tossed to the ground. Sai looked at his gun and then tossed it aside.
"Thank you." Club said. "Heart, will you be a dear?"
Heart, as she was called, smiled. "Everyone raise your hands and please, all your money and belongings on the floor."
Once again silence fell over the crowd, seemingly entranced by the two thieves demanding for money. No one moved, just stared forward. There was a slight noise of a cough that echoed from the back of the room.
Club made an irritated face and snatched the remote from Heart's hand. "Give me that thing!" She held it up over her head then shouted. "Listen up folks, I don't think you heard my partner before, but she said drop your goods!" She slid a finger over the button. "Now unless y'all wanna end up blown to bits, I suggest you do it. NOW DROP THE RICHES AND AFTER THAT NO ONE MOVE!"
Suddenly the room was filled with the sounds of money, jewelry and various other items hitting the ground. The guards could only stand there and watch, one slight movement could mean the museum would go up in flames.
Heart smiled at the crowds and made her move to collect their steal. "Very nice, ladies and gentlemen. Now see that wasn't that hard was it? Didn't think so." Reaching down she picked up a diamond necklace. "Oh, now this I like. Don't you think it'll look nice on me Club?"
"Meh, diamonds are so over used. So go on and keep it, I much rather have rubies any day." Her eyes scanned the crowd and landed on Sai. "Well what's this? Ain't you a little young to be on the force?" She slowly made her way over to him. "What's a kid like you gonna do? Get on the phone and call ya mommy every time trouble shows up?"
Sai blinked and gave the girl in front of him a confused look. "Look who's talking? Aren't you a bit young to be robbing a museum?" He eyed the remote in her hand. "What can I do?" He smirked. "I can do this!" Jumping toward her, he grabbed her arm attempting to get the remote away from her.
Club growled at the boy and twisted her arm away from his grasp. "Ya wanna fight for it, Copper boy? Well then...Bring it on!" She quickly dropped the remote to the ground and before Sai could react, She kicked it into the crowd. "Fetch!"
At that point a general panic broke out among the guests, people scattered everywhere, the sounds of running were accompanied by screams. No body knew where the remote had gone, but if it was stepped on, it might blow up the building.
Sai looked at the girl known as Club. Club looked at the young officer. "AAH!!!" He shouted and went for the remote lost in the crowd.
"Good luck Copper boy, Better hurry, don't want anyone to step on it!" Club laughed loudly as she watched Sai attempt to push his way through the panicked guests.
"Everyone, clam down, hey! Stop! DAMNIT!" He shouted at random guests that were getting in his way and preventing him from finding the missing remote.
Once more there was an odd sound and it caused everyone to stop and look. The woman known as Heart was standing on a display case waving around a gun. She had shot it up into the air. "Now everyone...please...be CALM!" She shouted. A nearby officer began to reach for a gun on the ground. "Ah ah ah, officer...just because my gun works doesn't mean your does." She gave a sweet grin and then looked at the people. "Please...Club...gather our needs."
Club nodded as she gave a shove to Sai knocking him over. "Right away!" She saluted Heart and then quickly hurried around the crowd grabbing everything her arms could hold.
Sai stood up and shot a glare at Club. As her back was turned he took a running charge and her and tackled her from behind. "Gotcha!"
"Why I oughta!" Club flipped herself up sending Sai to the ground once more. "You're really pissing me off, pal!" She dropped all the loot she had been holding and got in a fighting stance. "You seem to want a fight... so I'll play along." She lunged at him and the two of them began to roll about on the floor, neither one getting the upper hand on the other.
Heart's face fell as she watched Club and the officer fight.
"What an interesting friend you have there." A voice below Heart said.
The woman looked down quickly from the display case and noticed a man leaning against it. His orange hair was styled in an odd way. Heart frowned and jumped down quickly, aiming the gun at him. He looked at her for a long moment and then gave her a charming smile.
"You might want to stop that." He looked to his left at the two fighting.
Heart looked as well and frowned. She shot off the gun once more in the air, causing the group to scream and the two to stop fighting." You, little boy, move away."
George watched with an amused smile. This Heart...she was really...He smiled a little bigger until there was a loud explosion and the front windows blew in. People screamed as bright lights shone in and men in black with large guns began to shout and tell everyone to get down.
Club did a back flip away with the jewels and belongings with her. Heart and Club looked at each other and frowned.
"Damn it, what the hell is he doing?" Heart hissed.
Club tossed a bag over her shoulder and frowned as she took off towards the rope.
Heart grabbed a bag and began to run until she stopped in front of the jewel case in the glass display. She gave her hand a flick and she did an odd move with it on the glass. A hole appeared as she removed the cut glass her hand. She dropped the circle of glass on the ground and gentle pulled out the jewel case. She took off towards the rope and both girls glared back at the party and then began to climb up.
Half way up the rope, Club realized something, she hadn't retrieved the remote. She quickly made her way back down the rope and set her bag on the ground, to begin her search.
Guests ran in all directions out of fear of getting shot. Guards hurried about attempting to evacuate people out the back exits. This however upset the mobsters who had just busted in. It was hard to tell which one did it, but suddenly a loud shot was fired. Though the shot didn't help calm anyone down, it did, however, show the party that they now had the power and what they said was now law.
Club shoved her way through the panicking crowd, searching desperately for the lost remote. Finally, her eyes landed upon it along with Sai, who seemed to have found it first. Pushing past the crowds she hurried to grab it before he did. She dove to the ground and snatched it right from under his hand. "Beat ya to it, Copper boy!"
Across the room, one of the armed men smiled evilly at the opportunity that had just opened up. As Club kept the young officer distracted, the man raised his gun, targeting the boy's back. Taking out a cop, not to mention this one being the son of the chief, would definitely put one on the good side of the boss.
Time seemed to slow to a crawl in the events that followed. Club had caught sight of the gun barrel aimed in Sai's direction, though he was unaware. The trigger was pulled and a loud shot rang out followed by the echoes of shrieks throughout the room. A vase shattered as the bullet blasted through it. Two people were on the ground, both Sai and Club.
Club looked down at the officer, that she had knocked to the floor and in result, saved his life. In her mind she knew the trouble she would be in when the boss found out; however she could probably blame it on reflexes. "Gotta watch your back during a time like this Copper boy."
***
"Hurry Club!" Heart shouted as she climbed up the tunnel, the girls, had made to the roof. Pulling herself quickly out of the tunnel's top she turned to help Club but saw no one there. "Club? CLUB?" She stuck her head in the tunnel and frowned. "Oh god..."
She turned to push the bags of jewels she had gathered away from her and then looked back at the tunnel but gasped at the sight she saw. It was standing slightly away from the tunnel, leaning against the flagpole on the museum's roof. It was a shadowed figure until it walked into the moonlight.
"Why aren't you a little party pooper." The masked figure said. By the sound of the voice coming from it, it was clearly a man.
Heart looked the figure up and down. A dark blue mask covered the man's entire face, only showing to black fabric where his eyes would be. Since he wore this mask, she couldn't tell what his emotions were at that moment. His outfit was tight, showing a bit of his rather fit body off. His whole outfit, from his gloves to his boots was all dark blue, like the night. He wore a dark belt that had some rope hanging from one of its sides and many pockets. They both were quiet for a moment as they took each other's sights in.
"Well..." Heart gave a half smirk and put her right hand on her hip. "I've never been one for parties." Heart couldn't tell if he smiled or not, but the masked man folded his arms and put more of his weight on one leg. "What the hell are you suppose to be?" She finally asked after another moment of silence. She heard a small chuckle come from the man.
"Funny, I, myself was about to ask a similar question."
Heart raised a brow. "You're rather proper."
"A gentleman thief is always proper." The masked man bowed slightly.
Heart could help but not laugh. "Call yourself a thief do you? HA!!"
The man stood up and was quiet. "More than you may call yourself."
Heart frowned at his comment. "What the hell is that suppose to mean?"
The man said nothing though and cocked his head to an odd angle, almost as if trying to look up at something. "Your little game is rather interesting. You act one way but do another?"
Heart's eyes brows scrunched up a little in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"From what I just saw, you could have easily robbed this whole place with out having anyone notice...but you made a rather...what's the word I'm looking for?"
Heart frowned and took a step towards the man. "I don't have time for this!"
He took hold of her wrist, hard, but not roughly and twirled her around to look at him. "Well it matters not, you have something that I'm after."
Heart raised a brow, both from being twirled like they were dancing, and wondering what he was talking about.
He raised his other hand as if asking for something. "Please now, be a good girl and hand over the case."
Suddenly an odd fire burnt in Heart's eyes. "Good girl you ask? HA!" She jumped up and pushed off his front, doing a back flip and landed on all fours.
He had let go of her wrist when her right foot met his right hip. He stood, looking at her, for a moment as if in a daze and then bowed. "Nice move."
"Thank you." She said and then stood up.
He dived toward her and the battle was on.
***
Inside the museum, chaos still reigned over the crowd. Though it seemed that the guards were finally able to get people to head for the back exits. The mobsters continued to shoot at random pieces of art, doing nothing more than stirring up more panic than there already was.
Domon pushed his way past the evacuating guest, hoping to find his partner and more importantly, finding him alive. The chief would have his head if anything had happened to Sai, if the guilt didn't get to him first. Scanning the room he finally caught sight of him and the Club on the floor. "Hey!" He shouted as he hurried his way over.
Club looked up and then back down at Sai. She shot him a glare and jumped up. "You're lucky I was feeling heroic, next time you won't be so lucky." With that she turned and ran off toward the ropes, quickly climbing it and disappearing into the tunnel.
Domon ran up to Sai, then helped him off the ground. "Come on kid, I think it's time for us to get out of here, reinforcements should be here soon."
They both hurried toward the back exit. Sai glanced back over his shoulder at the ropes and the tunnel in the ceiling. He wasn't quite sure what had actually happened, but a thief had saved his life.
Once outside, Sai looked up at his commanding officer. "Those remotes, they were fake."
"What? Fake, how do you know?" Domon got a confused look on his face.
"For one, when the girl um... Club is what she was calling herself. Well when she grabbed the remote away from me, she actually hit the button, and as you can see, the museum is still standing. Also, the gun the other fired earlier, that was mine." Sai shrugged at his explanation. "They're just damn good at bluffing I guess."
Domon glanced back at the museum door. "I have a feeling, that this situation is more complicated than it appears."
***
The battle on the rooftop was something to behold. If were not for the hard blows given to each other, one could have sworn that the two thieves were dancing.
"You seem like a nice guy, I hate to hurt you" Heart laughed at the masked man as she jumped out of the way from one of his punches
The man seemed to have liked her comment and laughed. "You seem like a nice girl. I hate to hurt you."
Heart couldn't help but laugh and the two jumped at each other once more. The masked man began to give Heart blow after blow to her body, just as Heart did the same to him. The two pushed away from each other, both beginning to breathe heavily and not just from the fight.
A bead of sweat rolled down the side of Heart's head. "You're very good," She said in a tired breath.
The man nodded his head and returned the favor with a tired sigh of his own. "I have to know, if you're as talented as I think your are, why make such a racket about it? You don't seem to be the type that likes attention." The masked man asked in an odd tone.
Heart kept her battle stance but relaxed a bit. "To tell the truth...I don't" Heart smiled and then jumped at the man, giving him a hard kick to his chest.
He went back but was able to grab her leg and flip her. Both landed on the ground, looking at each other for a moment. Who started to laugh first, neither knew but their laughter filled the night.
"Ummm...want me to leave you two alone?"
Heart turned towards the tunnel to see Club holding her bags looking at both as if they were insane. Heart jumped up quickly and began to run towards Club. Scooping up her bags Heart began to run towards the edge of the building. Club turned just as quick and ran after.
The masked man jumped up and started to run after them. "WAIT!" He called out. The building was surround by cops, jumping down would have been suicide! He reached an arm out to them. "Wait!" He called out again but much to his surprise, both girls pulled out grappling hooks and shot them towards a building across the museum. He came to a stop and watched as the two girls swung away from the rooftop. "Clever little things."
The man folded his arms and then cursed when he realized something. "She still has the jewel case!"
Heart and Club's laughter filled the night air as they escaped. Almost all had gone to plan and now they were only moments away from their true freedom.
"We're free, Club! FREE!!" Heart shouted with joy.
Club laughed and the girls landed on the next roof and took off running.
Club looked at Heart before they disappeared into the darkness. "Heart! That guy back there. I just realized something!"
Heart looked at her. "What?"
"That mask guy! I think that was the Cat!"
The two stopped and looked back at the museum in surprise. Then slowly looking back at each other they began to laugh and took off running back into the darkness. The only sign that the girls were ever there was a hole in the ceiling of the museum and a card that had the queen of Diamonds in the glass display case.
In a corner, not to far away from the mayor, two young guards were using their hands to mock everything the mayor said. Sai couldn't help but laugh when Domon started it and soon found himself doing the same. "Blah blah blah, people of the city, blah blah blah love me." The men laughed and went on with they duties.
So far the evening had being going well and people were enjoying themselves. Sai hated it. Why couldn't something happen? Anything, he just wanted something to do. He gave a sigh and moved on, noticing the orange haired bachelor as he walked by.
The party was crawling with the wealthiest of the wealthy the city had to offer. Soft sophisticated music wafted through the air, barely heard over the chatter of the partygoers. The event was far from exciting, but definitely the place to be seen at, receiving an invite meant one was considered high society. Between the mix of fine champagne and hors d'oeuvres hardly anyone took notice of the art.
However George couldn't help but admire the lovely art surrounding him. Almost at once his eyes landed on one, he himself had donated to the museum. It was a wonderful painting of the birth of Venus, but something was a bit different. He had seen this painting many times before and knew it by heart, but this one...it wasn't the real one. He could see it and tell. Around the woman's foot standing on the shell there was a bracelet. She never wore one before. He raised a brow and took a sip of his champagne. "Interesting..."
Had no one noticed it? Only one with a true eye for art would. He frowned and turned when suddenly he noticed a head of golden blonde hair bob up and down between some people. George made a face of panic at once and quickly turned to flee from the young Madame Louise.
He knew that avoiding a girl was anything but noble, however he didn't want to be sucked into a long drawn out conversation. Moving swiftly through the crowds, he ducked behind a statue. Once he was sure that Madame Louise had passed him by, George straightened up and pretended to be eyeing the sculpture he had used for cover. "Interesting," he said out loud to himself, hoping to look inconspicuous. Sai had been watching de Sand for a while now. His dad had told him about the cases of which included de Sand, and Sai couldn't help but wonder if maybe they were true. He watched him walk away from the statue with a great concern but then noticed Madame Louise take hold of his arm and tug him along. Sai gave a rather loud laugh and grinned at the sight of de Sand's face. It was a look of an annoyed child that had to dance with a girl he didn't like. Sai shook his head as he watched the man.
He couldn't have been the Cat, de Sand was too much, well, he was too much of a noble dork to be a cunning thief. Sai was about to turn when a head of blue hair caught his eye. A young man was off in a corner, looking at a case of jewels. Sai couldn't help but watch him. Where had he seen him before? 'Oh that's right!' He snapped his fingers. That guy works for de Sand. Yuki something...yes he was sure of it now. There were rumors about him as well.
Yuki looked up after a moment and then noticed Sai looking at him. He made an odd face and then turned quickly.
Sai frowned. 'I'll be keeping an eye on that one.'
William Stalker, ace reporter, felt he had the story of a lifetime. The wealthy, beautiful people of the city surrounded him and he couldn't be happier. He had a recorder with him, since only three news reporters were allowed to take a camera with them. He had snuck in a recorder to capture many of the conversations that were around him.
Stalker had always had an odd way of knowing what was going on in the city; some would say he even knew what was going to happen. He was both feared and famed by the city, for he always spoke the truth and loved a good story. The others in his office told him the party would be boring, but something told him tonight would be his biggest story yet.
As he mingled with the crowd his eyes landed on a young man surround by beautiful women. He gave a smile. He knew the very man well. "I wouldn't think this kind of thing would be your cup of tea, Crocket." Stalker said with an amused smile on his face.
"Well, why would I pass up the chance to make an appearance at the biggest event of the year? Not to mention, pass up the chance to meet all these pretty girls." Looking at his collection of admirers, Chibodee Crocket sat forward on the bench he was occupying. He was a well-known celebrity in Gundarium as a world famous boxer. If there was a public event guaranteed to be on television, he would be there.
Stalker rolled his eyes at the comment. "Of course, I should have guessed. Always about the ladies with you isn't it?"
Chibodee smiled. "Ha! You know me too well, can't put nothing past you can I?"
Both men laughed at the situation, carrying on a petty conversation about the utter boredom of the party.
As the party continued, the guests were so absorbed with their own conversations, no one took notice that the lights on the security cameras had all suddenly shut off. Security systems throughout the museum slowly but surely shut down.
Two shady figurers moved silently through the air vents above the main gallery of the building. The one leading the way looked back over their shoulder at their accomplice, and they gave a signal to cut the main power of the room. The other smiled mischievously, holding up a remote and upon pressing the button; the museum lights went out.
The room filled with screams and angry shouts the moment the lights went off. The mayor's bodyguards at once tackled her for protection. The women around Chibodee screamed and then threw themselves on him for protection, although they may have needed to find someone to protect them from him. Stalker gave a cheer as he patted his recorder. Many guests began to run around, causing more chaos and confusion.
George would have found the back up lights but Marie Louise held him to tight and he frowned.
Sai shouted for people to calm down but nothing seemed to work.
An odd sound suddenly filled the room and people began to calm down slightly. The sound was like a buzz saw going off and suddenly a clean hole from the roof came crashing down. It caused a few to shriek but nothing more. Every guard in the room raised their guns to the hole, Sai did so as well but did not understand what was going on. 'Were thieves really trying to sneak in? What a stupid thing for them try and do. They had no chance!'
Two ropes came down from the hole and a slender body came sliding down. Soon afterwards another slender body came down as well. Turning around to face the crowd a light from the hole shone down on them. Sai gasped at the sight.
Two women, both with short brown hair but wearing masks that covered their eyes, stood in front of the party. They wore very tight black suits with white gloves, torso and boots. On their stomachs was a symbol, different for both.
On the girl who was a bit taller was a red heart and on the other one, a black clubs. The two girls looked almost like living cards.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We hope we haven't spoiled too much of the fun." The one with the heart spoke.
The one with the club giggled and bowed, followed by the girl wearing the heart.
The Club began to speak. "Gentlemen..." She said looking at the officers. "Do you really think we're that dumb?"
The Heart looked at the Club with an odd smile. "Well, I certainly hope they do not. Show them the remote, my dear."
The Club pulled out a remote and showed it to the officers. "Right before the party began I pushed this little button here. And I must say with my genius skills that I have..."
"Club..." The heart looked at the girl.
Club, as she must have been called, grinned and then cleared her throat. "Ah yes, well, your guns will not work for 24 hours. Thank you, that is all. Please put them down or we will use this remote to blow the place up."
The Heart showed another remote and then both grin as if they were schoolgirls. "We hope you understand." There was a moment of pause and then the Heart shouted. "Put your guns down NOW!"
Another pause and a sound followed. The sound was of guns being tossed to the ground. Sai looked at his gun and then tossed it aside.
"Thank you." Club said. "Heart, will you be a dear?"
Heart, as she was called, smiled. "Everyone raise your hands and please, all your money and belongings on the floor."
Once again silence fell over the crowd, seemingly entranced by the two thieves demanding for money. No one moved, just stared forward. There was a slight noise of a cough that echoed from the back of the room.
Club made an irritated face and snatched the remote from Heart's hand. "Give me that thing!" She held it up over her head then shouted. "Listen up folks, I don't think you heard my partner before, but she said drop your goods!" She slid a finger over the button. "Now unless y'all wanna end up blown to bits, I suggest you do it. NOW DROP THE RICHES AND AFTER THAT NO ONE MOVE!"
Suddenly the room was filled with the sounds of money, jewelry and various other items hitting the ground. The guards could only stand there and watch, one slight movement could mean the museum would go up in flames.
Heart smiled at the crowds and made her move to collect their steal. "Very nice, ladies and gentlemen. Now see that wasn't that hard was it? Didn't think so." Reaching down she picked up a diamond necklace. "Oh, now this I like. Don't you think it'll look nice on me Club?"
"Meh, diamonds are so over used. So go on and keep it, I much rather have rubies any day." Her eyes scanned the crowd and landed on Sai. "Well what's this? Ain't you a little young to be on the force?" She slowly made her way over to him. "What's a kid like you gonna do? Get on the phone and call ya mommy every time trouble shows up?"
Sai blinked and gave the girl in front of him a confused look. "Look who's talking? Aren't you a bit young to be robbing a museum?" He eyed the remote in her hand. "What can I do?" He smirked. "I can do this!" Jumping toward her, he grabbed her arm attempting to get the remote away from her.
Club growled at the boy and twisted her arm away from his grasp. "Ya wanna fight for it, Copper boy? Well then...Bring it on!" She quickly dropped the remote to the ground and before Sai could react, She kicked it into the crowd. "Fetch!"
At that point a general panic broke out among the guests, people scattered everywhere, the sounds of running were accompanied by screams. No body knew where the remote had gone, but if it was stepped on, it might blow up the building.
Sai looked at the girl known as Club. Club looked at the young officer. "AAH!!!" He shouted and went for the remote lost in the crowd.
"Good luck Copper boy, Better hurry, don't want anyone to step on it!" Club laughed loudly as she watched Sai attempt to push his way through the panicked guests.
"Everyone, clam down, hey! Stop! DAMNIT!" He shouted at random guests that were getting in his way and preventing him from finding the missing remote.
Once more there was an odd sound and it caused everyone to stop and look. The woman known as Heart was standing on a display case waving around a gun. She had shot it up into the air. "Now everyone...please...be CALM!" She shouted. A nearby officer began to reach for a gun on the ground. "Ah ah ah, officer...just because my gun works doesn't mean your does." She gave a sweet grin and then looked at the people. "Please...Club...gather our needs."
Club nodded as she gave a shove to Sai knocking him over. "Right away!" She saluted Heart and then quickly hurried around the crowd grabbing everything her arms could hold.
Sai stood up and shot a glare at Club. As her back was turned he took a running charge and her and tackled her from behind. "Gotcha!"
"Why I oughta!" Club flipped herself up sending Sai to the ground once more. "You're really pissing me off, pal!" She dropped all the loot she had been holding and got in a fighting stance. "You seem to want a fight... so I'll play along." She lunged at him and the two of them began to roll about on the floor, neither one getting the upper hand on the other.
Heart's face fell as she watched Club and the officer fight.
"What an interesting friend you have there." A voice below Heart said.
The woman looked down quickly from the display case and noticed a man leaning against it. His orange hair was styled in an odd way. Heart frowned and jumped down quickly, aiming the gun at him. He looked at her for a long moment and then gave her a charming smile.
"You might want to stop that." He looked to his left at the two fighting.
Heart looked as well and frowned. She shot off the gun once more in the air, causing the group to scream and the two to stop fighting." You, little boy, move away."
George watched with an amused smile. This Heart...she was really...He smiled a little bigger until there was a loud explosion and the front windows blew in. People screamed as bright lights shone in and men in black with large guns began to shout and tell everyone to get down.
Club did a back flip away with the jewels and belongings with her. Heart and Club looked at each other and frowned.
"Damn it, what the hell is he doing?" Heart hissed.
Club tossed a bag over her shoulder and frowned as she took off towards the rope.
Heart grabbed a bag and began to run until she stopped in front of the jewel case in the glass display. She gave her hand a flick and she did an odd move with it on the glass. A hole appeared as she removed the cut glass her hand. She dropped the circle of glass on the ground and gentle pulled out the jewel case. She took off towards the rope and both girls glared back at the party and then began to climb up.
Half way up the rope, Club realized something, she hadn't retrieved the remote. She quickly made her way back down the rope and set her bag on the ground, to begin her search.
Guests ran in all directions out of fear of getting shot. Guards hurried about attempting to evacuate people out the back exits. This however upset the mobsters who had just busted in. It was hard to tell which one did it, but suddenly a loud shot was fired. Though the shot didn't help calm anyone down, it did, however, show the party that they now had the power and what they said was now law.
Club shoved her way through the panicking crowd, searching desperately for the lost remote. Finally, her eyes landed upon it along with Sai, who seemed to have found it first. Pushing past the crowds she hurried to grab it before he did. She dove to the ground and snatched it right from under his hand. "Beat ya to it, Copper boy!"
Across the room, one of the armed men smiled evilly at the opportunity that had just opened up. As Club kept the young officer distracted, the man raised his gun, targeting the boy's back. Taking out a cop, not to mention this one being the son of the chief, would definitely put one on the good side of the boss.
Time seemed to slow to a crawl in the events that followed. Club had caught sight of the gun barrel aimed in Sai's direction, though he was unaware. The trigger was pulled and a loud shot rang out followed by the echoes of shrieks throughout the room. A vase shattered as the bullet blasted through it. Two people were on the ground, both Sai and Club.
Club looked down at the officer, that she had knocked to the floor and in result, saved his life. In her mind she knew the trouble she would be in when the boss found out; however she could probably blame it on reflexes. "Gotta watch your back during a time like this Copper boy."
***
"Hurry Club!" Heart shouted as she climbed up the tunnel, the girls, had made to the roof. Pulling herself quickly out of the tunnel's top she turned to help Club but saw no one there. "Club? CLUB?" She stuck her head in the tunnel and frowned. "Oh god..."
She turned to push the bags of jewels she had gathered away from her and then looked back at the tunnel but gasped at the sight she saw. It was standing slightly away from the tunnel, leaning against the flagpole on the museum's roof. It was a shadowed figure until it walked into the moonlight.
"Why aren't you a little party pooper." The masked figure said. By the sound of the voice coming from it, it was clearly a man.
Heart looked the figure up and down. A dark blue mask covered the man's entire face, only showing to black fabric where his eyes would be. Since he wore this mask, she couldn't tell what his emotions were at that moment. His outfit was tight, showing a bit of his rather fit body off. His whole outfit, from his gloves to his boots was all dark blue, like the night. He wore a dark belt that had some rope hanging from one of its sides and many pockets. They both were quiet for a moment as they took each other's sights in.
"Well..." Heart gave a half smirk and put her right hand on her hip. "I've never been one for parties." Heart couldn't tell if he smiled or not, but the masked man folded his arms and put more of his weight on one leg. "What the hell are you suppose to be?" She finally asked after another moment of silence. She heard a small chuckle come from the man.
"Funny, I, myself was about to ask a similar question."
Heart raised a brow. "You're rather proper."
"A gentleman thief is always proper." The masked man bowed slightly.
Heart could help but not laugh. "Call yourself a thief do you? HA!!"
The man stood up and was quiet. "More than you may call yourself."
Heart frowned at his comment. "What the hell is that suppose to mean?"
The man said nothing though and cocked his head to an odd angle, almost as if trying to look up at something. "Your little game is rather interesting. You act one way but do another?"
Heart's eyes brows scrunched up a little in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"From what I just saw, you could have easily robbed this whole place with out having anyone notice...but you made a rather...what's the word I'm looking for?"
Heart frowned and took a step towards the man. "I don't have time for this!"
He took hold of her wrist, hard, but not roughly and twirled her around to look at him. "Well it matters not, you have something that I'm after."
Heart raised a brow, both from being twirled like they were dancing, and wondering what he was talking about.
He raised his other hand as if asking for something. "Please now, be a good girl and hand over the case."
Suddenly an odd fire burnt in Heart's eyes. "Good girl you ask? HA!" She jumped up and pushed off his front, doing a back flip and landed on all fours.
He had let go of her wrist when her right foot met his right hip. He stood, looking at her, for a moment as if in a daze and then bowed. "Nice move."
"Thank you." She said and then stood up.
He dived toward her and the battle was on.
***
Inside the museum, chaos still reigned over the crowd. Though it seemed that the guards were finally able to get people to head for the back exits. The mobsters continued to shoot at random pieces of art, doing nothing more than stirring up more panic than there already was.
Domon pushed his way past the evacuating guest, hoping to find his partner and more importantly, finding him alive. The chief would have his head if anything had happened to Sai, if the guilt didn't get to him first. Scanning the room he finally caught sight of him and the Club on the floor. "Hey!" He shouted as he hurried his way over.
Club looked up and then back down at Sai. She shot him a glare and jumped up. "You're lucky I was feeling heroic, next time you won't be so lucky." With that she turned and ran off toward the ropes, quickly climbing it and disappearing into the tunnel.
Domon ran up to Sai, then helped him off the ground. "Come on kid, I think it's time for us to get out of here, reinforcements should be here soon."
They both hurried toward the back exit. Sai glanced back over his shoulder at the ropes and the tunnel in the ceiling. He wasn't quite sure what had actually happened, but a thief had saved his life.
Once outside, Sai looked up at his commanding officer. "Those remotes, they were fake."
"What? Fake, how do you know?" Domon got a confused look on his face.
"For one, when the girl um... Club is what she was calling herself. Well when she grabbed the remote away from me, she actually hit the button, and as you can see, the museum is still standing. Also, the gun the other fired earlier, that was mine." Sai shrugged at his explanation. "They're just damn good at bluffing I guess."
Domon glanced back at the museum door. "I have a feeling, that this situation is more complicated than it appears."
***
The battle on the rooftop was something to behold. If were not for the hard blows given to each other, one could have sworn that the two thieves were dancing.
"You seem like a nice guy, I hate to hurt you" Heart laughed at the masked man as she jumped out of the way from one of his punches
The man seemed to have liked her comment and laughed. "You seem like a nice girl. I hate to hurt you."
Heart couldn't help but laugh and the two jumped at each other once more. The masked man began to give Heart blow after blow to her body, just as Heart did the same to him. The two pushed away from each other, both beginning to breathe heavily and not just from the fight.
A bead of sweat rolled down the side of Heart's head. "You're very good," She said in a tired breath.
The man nodded his head and returned the favor with a tired sigh of his own. "I have to know, if you're as talented as I think your are, why make such a racket about it? You don't seem to be the type that likes attention." The masked man asked in an odd tone.
Heart kept her battle stance but relaxed a bit. "To tell the truth...I don't" Heart smiled and then jumped at the man, giving him a hard kick to his chest.
He went back but was able to grab her leg and flip her. Both landed on the ground, looking at each other for a moment. Who started to laugh first, neither knew but their laughter filled the night.
"Ummm...want me to leave you two alone?"
Heart turned towards the tunnel to see Club holding her bags looking at both as if they were insane. Heart jumped up quickly and began to run towards Club. Scooping up her bags Heart began to run towards the edge of the building. Club turned just as quick and ran after.
The masked man jumped up and started to run after them. "WAIT!" He called out. The building was surround by cops, jumping down would have been suicide! He reached an arm out to them. "Wait!" He called out again but much to his surprise, both girls pulled out grappling hooks and shot them towards a building across the museum. He came to a stop and watched as the two girls swung away from the rooftop. "Clever little things."
The man folded his arms and then cursed when he realized something. "She still has the jewel case!"
Heart and Club's laughter filled the night air as they escaped. Almost all had gone to plan and now they were only moments away from their true freedom.
"We're free, Club! FREE!!" Heart shouted with joy.
Club laughed and the girls landed on the next roof and took off running.
Club looked at Heart before they disappeared into the darkness. "Heart! That guy back there. I just realized something!"
Heart looked at her. "What?"
"That mask guy! I think that was the Cat!"
The two stopped and looked back at the museum in surprise. Then slowly looking back at each other they began to laugh and took off running back into the darkness. The only sign that the girls were ever there was a hole in the ceiling of the museum and a card that had the queen of Diamonds in the glass display case.