Chapter 9
The next day I went out to try and make some more money. I had lost time yesterday. I stood on the corner of the street leaning casually against a wall, so far I had snagged three wallets, a looking glass, and three watches, two gold ones, one gold-plated. I was planning on going to the pawning shop later. Quatre had decided that he would pawn the things for me so that I could get a fair price. I had never even thought about getting someone else to do it for me. Quatre was a sharp kid. It was a pretty good haul for six hours.
Then I spotted a boy about my age with dark brown messy hair. He was wearing a sharp blue suit, a gold watch, and... gold cuff-links? This guy was a gold mine. I snuck quietly up behind him, following him for now. It would be easier on a less crowded street. To my surprise he turned down a street that I knew turned into a dead end. Hmm, must be new here.
I followed him and reached forward to slip his wallet out... and then he swerved around grabbing my arm and twisting it into a painful lock. Shit. He caught me. I started struggling to get away but his grip was like a fucking vice. I looked up at him and his cold blue eyes raked over my face. I froze. Shit. Now he had seen my face. This was the first time in my two- year career that I had actually been caught. This kind of freaked me out because the guy was no older than me and I hadn't even touched him and he had caught me.
"Why are you trying to steal from me, it's obvious that you don't like stealing." He said in a calm tone. I stared at him in shock. How the hell had he known that? He continued staring at me.
"What let me guess, you can't tell me?" I nodded dumbly. In one quick movement he had twisted my arm a little more and slid up the sleeve on my arm. "Just as I thought, you're on a drug, who's your boss?" I shook my head, no way I was telling someone else. David had let the first time slide postponing my fix for only one day. He would not be so nice if it happened again. Plus, I wanted to make David happy.
"Hmmm, you might not want to stop now but I'm sure you'll want to stop soon enough. You on the other hand, should start trying to quit that drug." My eyes got wide. Quit the drug, was he kidding?
"No! David would not like that!" I shouted. Then I realized what I said and put my hand (the other one was still being crushed by robot boy's vice of a grip) over my mouth. Shit, now he new who my employer was. Fear pumped through me again.
"David huh? I'll research that and I'll talk to you again." I shook my head. Unconsciously my body shuddered.
"Please no! Don't! If David finds out I slipped his name, he'll hurt me!" I shouted, fear rushing through me again. David will not be happy about this. He's gonna hurt me. I involuntarily cringed.
"Sorry, but this guy sounds like bad stuff. I have to stop him. Now where does he live?" The strange boy asked me. I was really scared now. David would kill me if this stupid boy followed me home. I did the only reasonable thing I could think of. I punched him as hard as I could in the stomach. He doubled over, and I ran back towards home.
"Wait!" The boy croaked. I ignored him and kept running. I would have to stay out of this part of town for the next few days. Dammit, this was the richest part too. I decided I would have to tell Quatre about this new meeting and see what he thought.
yaay for heero's creepy robotic senses! yeah, i know it's slightly OOC but its funner this way! R&R!