A/N: Sorry I didn't update last night. I was so tired…well anyways, thanks for all the reviews! Here's the next chappy…

Chapter 8: Bathroom Break

"So are we pullin 'The Switch' or what?" I asked, looking around at all the cars.

"Yeah. But first," Bobby reached into his coat pocket and pulled out some sort of handkerchief. "Jerry, wipe down the car for fingerprints. And take off the license plates." He handed the cloth and a knife to Jerry and looked around. "Let's go shoppin."

There weren't that many cars on the lot. Many good ones anyways. Then out of nowhere some drunken fool pulled up and parked.

The guy that came out of the driver's seat was not one you'd want to meet in a dark alley. He looked like a black Pillsbury Doughboy on crack. He quickly made his way around the car and pulled a young woman out by her hair. The woman protested and earned a slap from Doughboy.

Bobby and Angel told me and Jack to stay behind. "Whoa whoa whoa…is there a problem here?" Bobby asked interrupting the scene.

"Stay out of this asshole!" Doughboy yelled, the woman's hair still in his hands.

"No need for profanities…just want to know why you have to lay your hands on a woman like that."

"That's none of your concern!" he slurred. The woman's makeup was running, a sign that she had been crying for a while.

"See now that's where you're wrong." Bobby punched the guy while Angel caught the woman.

"You alright?" he asked. The woman nodded, still softly sobbing.

"Didn't your mamma ever teach you never to hit a woman?" Bobby spat at Doughboy below him. "Apologize to her."

"I…I ain't…apologizing…..to…to no one!" Doughboy breathed. Bobby kicked him.

"And I ain't gonna ask you again."

Doughboy stayed quiet. Bobby kicked him harder. I saw Jack wince in the corner of my eye. I lay a comforting hand on his arm.

"I'm SORRY!" he yelled out in pain.

"Yes you are." Angel murmured, keeping the woman calm.

"Alright. Now because that pathetic apology took so long, I'm afraid Ima have to knock you out anyways." Before Doughboy could protest, Bobby punched him across his face again until he was unconscious.

"Are you ok?" Bobby asked kneeling down in front of the woman.

"Yes. Thank you so much." The woman weeped.

"No problem," he rubbed her arm. "there's the checkout counter in there. My brother Jack over there is going to escort you and make sure you can get a ride home, alright?"

The woman nodded. Angel helped her stand up and brought her over to Jack and I.

"Jack, take her to the checkout counter so she can make a phone call." Jack nodded and gently took the woman by her bruised arm.

As we watched them walk away, I could feel the anger radiating off Angel as he spoke, "I hate it when men think they have the right to lay their hands on a woman."

I turned to Angel. "That's really nice." He gave me that white, toothy smile.

"Momma didn't raise no fool."

I smiled and turned to find out what Bobby was doing. He was pilfering Doughboy. "Bobby, what the hell are you doin'?"

"We're gonna need it more than him." He said, counting the money in the wallet. "This guy's ass is more broke than we are. $20 bucks and a Blockbuster card." He snorted and reached his hand into the pocket once more. "…and a set of car keys."

Angel and I turned to the car in front of us. Not too shabby. A white El Camino. Definitely the kind of car you'd see the Mercers driving.

"Ready Tai?" he asked. I pulled out a pocketknife. This was going to be fun. I haven't done this in years.

Jerry came back and took off his gloves. "Car's wiped down." He held up the license plates. "License plates off."

Bobby looked at me and gave me the signal to do 'The Switch'. 'The Switch' was something that my brothers and I have been doing since Bobby got his license.

Flashback, Mom's Birthday

"I can't believe Ma is still driving this piece of shit." Bobby said as he and I were about to drive into town and buy Mom a birthday cake.

"Bobby will you slow down? Damn…you've turned 21 and already had your license taken away 3 times" I said, holding on for dear life.

"The roads are icy! I got no traction," he said. All of a sudden, the car started slowing down. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.

"Thanks."

"That's not me." he said, his eyes narrowing. We came to a complete stop before the engine started smoking. "Get out of the car!" he coughed. I quickly obeyed and looked at the disaster in front of me.

"Happy birthday Ma, we broke your car." I said.

"There is no way in hell I'm taking this back to her."

"What do you plan on doin' then, genius?" He turned to talk, but was distracted by something he saw behind me. I turned to see what he was gawking at.

It was two guys dealing drugs. They were getting out of a black van and stepping into some bar, probably to do more business.

"Bobby we see that type of shit everyday. Why you buggin'?

"That…is a nice car."

"………Aw shit what are you thinkin'?" I asked exasperated.

"Help me push this hunk of junk to that parking space over there."

And that's when it started. We pushed Ma's car over to the parking space behind the black van. Bobby told me to unscrew both cars' license plates and gave me his pocketknife. Then, I switched them. Put the black van's license plate on Ma's car, and Ma's on the black van.

Bobby quickly unlocked the doors. He got into the driver's seat as I got into the passenger's. "Can you still hotwire this, Tai?" he asked me. I sighed.

"Man the things I do…" I muttered. I used the pocketknife again and hotwired the car. It took me about 2 minutes. "Now that's gotta be a record." I laughed.

"WHOOOO!" Bobby yelled as the car started. "Toot toot, beep beep!" He sang. "Now all we gotta do is make a quick stop at Ray's, and get him to make us a key."

"…Cake." I reminded him.

"…Oh…yeah."

End Flashback

"You almost done Tai?" Bobby asked. I screwed in our plate into the El Camino.

"Done." Angel helped me up from the ground.

"It ain't gonna fall off?" he asked.

"No. Screwed in tight."

"Good. Now Doughboy here is gonna be getting followed by Sweet's guys while we take the longer route to UM." Bobby sighed. "We better get goin'."

"Where's Cracker Jack?" Jerry asked.

As if on cue, Jack ran towards us. "She'll be fine. The guy at the counter called a local hospital."

Bobby nodded as we all got in the car. "Jerry!" he yelled. "Hurry up with that note!"

"I'm comin I'm comin!" Jerry yelled. He folded the note and put it in Doughboy's pocket, who was now next to his "new" car. He also took the keys to the car and stuck it in the other pocket.

I'm guessing the note said something along the lines of, "You just escaped a gangbang shooting with two shots to your windshield and a blow to your head. Congratulations."

"Don't you think the guy's gonna notice that that ain't his car?" Jack asked Bobby.

"Naw. He'll be too fucked up to remember his own name in the morning, let alone what car he was drivin'."

- - - - -

"Bobby…I have to go to the bathroom." I said. He passed me a soda cup that we got from McDonald's earlier.

"Best I could do." He said, jiggling it.

"Naw man, we gotta stop. I gotta take a shit." Angel whined with me. Bobby put down the cup and threw him a McDonald's paper bag.

"There you go. Knock yourself out."

"Man Ima knock you out if we don't-"

"Bobby just stop the car. Look, there's a gas station right there. It wouldn't kill us to make small bathroom stop. We're ahead of schedule anyways."

Bobby groaned and made a turn to the gas station. We said our thank you's and Angel and I got out of the car.

"Hey…hey Padre, we need the bathroom key." Angel called to the guy at the counter. The guy didn't look up from the newspaper he was reading and threw us the key.

"Thanks." I said, following Angel to the bathroom.

"C'mon." he said. As soon as he stepped in, he stepped back out. "UGH! Something died in here, Tai!" He said in a nasally voice. He was probably holding his breath to block the smell.

I gulped. "…breathe through your mouth. Breathe through your mouth." I repeated to him.

We ran inside and took two stalls. "EW I CAN TASTE IT!" Angel yelled. I stifled my laughter. "SHIT!" he yelled again. "MY ASS TOUCHED THE SEAT!"

"SHUT UP!" I started laughing. I heard the entrance door open, hoping Angel would get the common sense to not shout out profanities about his ass. Which he did. It got quiet. I saw through the crack of my door that Angel finished and got out. As I was about to get out too, I saw his door slam close, but Angel no where to be found.

Worried, I opened my door and tried banging on Angel's stall. There was some struggling going on. Knowing that he was in trouble, I kicked as hard as I can. I knocked over a guy that was on top of Angel, into the toilet seat.

I quickly reached for my .38 and aimed it at him. Angel walked past me, grabbing his throat and breathing heavily for air.

"Who sent you?" I demanded.

The guy wasn't answering. I punched him out of anger, grabbed him and threw him on the filthy ground.

"You know, I wouldn't be surprised if you walked out of here diagnosed with HIV…who knows what's been goin on in that floor." I said, still pointing the gun at him.

He started breathing heavily. "Bitch." He let out. I put my foot on his throat and pressed…hard.

"I'm sorry…what was that? You were about to tell me who sent you?" The guy struggled to get my foot off his throat, but I wasn't moving anytime soon.

"Answer the…the question asshole…" Angel choked out. He was still grabbing his own throat, trying to breathe regularly.

"R-o-bert..." the guy choked out.

"Huh? What did you say?" I asked, my foot still firmly on his throat.

"R-…..Rrr….ROBERT SWEET!" He yelled. I let go. I looked over at Angel and we had a mutual understanding. I kept the gun at the guy.

"Do you know Carlton Vedar?" I asked.

"He's…he's my brother." He coughed.

"And what's your name?"

"…Darnell." He replied, his eyes on the gun I was holding.

"Is Robert Sweet your uncle?"

"…y…ye-"

"IS ROBERT SWEET YOUR UNCLE?" I said louder and clearer.

"YES!" He said.

I turned to Angel, who seemed to be gaining back his energy. "We'll tell him while we're in the car." He said, referring to Bobby. He then looked at Darnell. "You think she's bad? You lucky you're not getting acquainted with her other brother."

I put away my gun. "C'mon. They're waiting for us at the car."

Angel nodded. Before he followed me he kicked Darnell in the stomach. "THAT's for calling my sister a bitch. Now lay down and count to 100!"

We went outside and found Bobby, Jerry, and Jack finishing off some other thugs. Probably Darnell's guys. Unfortunately, these thugs weren't as lucky as he was. For one thing, he didn't have a bullet to his head unlike his partners.

Out of breath, the three of them looked at us. "…You two gotta control your bladders if you wanna live." Bobby breathed out.

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