After walking to a field he knew was a recruiting ground for new Dueling Thieve members. He waited a few minutes and then a boy maybe 16 years old popped up out of the grass.
"You here for recruitment?" He asked.
"No I'm here for a renewal of my membership, my card." James handed the boy a Dueling card. The boy stared at it for a second, then his eyes widened.
"Yes, yes come with me." The boy started to make his way out of the field and James followed
The boy lead James to a downtown restaurant and lead him to the back right out side the managers office. He then turned to James.
"May I see your card (James handed him the card) good now wait here." The boy walked into the office. James did as he told and waited. About 10 minutes later the boy came back out. "The boss will see you."
James walked into the room and found himself staring into the face of his former boss Neopolean Poe. He had greesey black hair and tanned skin. Was about 6 feet tall and was 20 years old.
"Well XYZ good to see you again." Neopolean said
"X, just X now" James corrected
"Well it's interesting that you're back and were going to take you back only because you never ratted on us." Neopolean
"Wonderful, now what's the first job I can do for yah?" James
"We got a couple, but why so eager?" Neopolean asked
"I want to get back to my rank at the main facility." James
"Well here's the first job you can do." Neopolean
They talked it over for a while and finally the job was decided.
The next day at a gas station a black cloaked man bragged in the door pulled out a gun and pointed it at the cashier.
"Money in the bag punk!" The figure demanded
The cashier threw all the money in the bag and then the figure ran to the front and noticed there was nobody there so he threw a grenade that blew up and engulfed the gas pumps in flames.
"Hahahahaha." The figure laughed then he threw a smoke grenade and vanished.
The next day at the academy Bryce was sitting next to Alex's bed and reading the paper while Stephanie was talking to her brother.
"Well looks like James is doing his job, say here he blew up a gas station yesterday and stole $68.47 from it." Said Bryce
"What?" Stephanie demanded
"Relax he hasn't broken his promise says here no one was hurt." Bryce replied
"Good." Said Stephanie
"He hasn't broken his promise, not yet anyway." Bryce muttered to himself.
"Good job X I have another job for you, a thrift store not to far away, is owned by a man I hate. I want you to rob him and destroy his store."
"I can do that easily." Remarked X
X ran out the front of the restaurant and down the street. One of the people in the restaurant turned around.
"Well it seems X started his criminal career off with a bang, and kept his promise to Stephanie. But will he be able to keep that promise before this mission is over?" The narrator asked.