The slingshot made a whipping noise in the air. Bulls Eye. Marcellus had hit the thug with the longer black pants. The man went crashing to the ground while he grasped his bruised shin.
"Where didja learn how to shoot like that, Marcellus", said Lil' Jimmy.
"A master never tells his secret dude".
"Nice shot, but I can top that", challenged Piper.
The other man in black dove toward them, but Piper hit him in the arm with her own slingshot. They were to play a game now that more than one person wanted to play. Lil' Jimmy asked Piper for his slingshot. She reached into her porous pocket and took the small slingshot out for the boy to play with them. The Thief Lord had already taken his own slingshot out and was firing it at the third man in tight black pants. For him everything was a game. Lil' Jimmy "accidentally" shot at a baker's window and "coincidentally", Piper was there to steal a few slices of hearty bread for lunch.
Someone shouted, "Stop those children from causing so much havoc"!
The gang was on the run yet again, laughing their heads off. Lil' Jimmy had gotten off of the Thief Lord's back and instead he was riding on Piper's. Piper was a very hardy girl for her age even though she didn't show distinct muscle. Marcellus and the Thief Lord were shooting the men while running immediately behind Piper. They were headed toward their hideout. The Thief Lord shot two men in the chest and Marcellus shot three in their corneas, but Piper shot four square in the belly button otherwise known as 50 points. She took the cake.
"Haha", chuckled Lil' Jimmy.
"And that's how you really shoot" Piper said with satisfaction.
They had finally come upon their hide out. You wouldn't describe the place as extravagant. It once was probably. You could tell because there was a dirty portrait of a rich-looking woman with a ruby on her forehead and a moth-eaten, crimson carpet running throughout the theater. Piper went into her hand-knit bag and took the chunky slices of bread out to eat. Marcellus was just about to take a chomp out of the bread when they heard a whizzing noise and a booming clatter from the back door.