Chapter 18
I got up the next morning feeling refreshed and energetic. I ran to the richer part of town, actually hoping I would meet up with Heero. I stood at a corner and sighted out people to steal from although I really didn't feel like stealing. I wasn't even paying attention to when my next payment was. I didn't care. I felt a hand on my shoulder and whipped around. I stared angrily at Heero. God, must he always do that? It is not a good idea to sneak up on a thief who's constantly afraid of getting caught. I actually looked at him now. He had two friends- at least I assumed they were friends, with him. One was slightly taller with a large brown bang obscuring my vision. I stared for a second at that, if that wasn't the weirdest hairdo I had ever seen, I didn't know what was. I could only see one of his dark green eyes. My eyes moved to the other, an oriental with his black hair pulled back into a tight pony tail. He had dark brown eyes, that I could almost not see the pupil too. My eyes strayed to a shiny thing that caught my eye. My eyes got round, the guy was wearing an actually sword. I mean seriously, a fucking sword.
"Hello." Heero's voice snapped me out of my thoughts.
"Hi." I responded slowly looking up into Heero's deep cobalt eyes. He gestured to his two friends.
"This is Trowa." He indicated the green eyed one. "And this is Wufei." He pointed to the one carrying the sword. I snapped into my normal self.
"Hiya. Nice to meet ya. My name's Duo." I stuck out my hand to Trowa, who accepted politely. He was still silent and he seemed to be in the background. Then I held out my hand to Wufei. He stared at my hand for a second and then looked me in the eyes with a glare. I pulled my hand back slowly. OK… Whatever.
"I do not know you yet, I do not shake hands with you. I still do not know if helping you escape is justified." Wufei said calmly. I stared at him. Whatever you say, jerk. I turned back to Heero.
"So what's the deal? When can you get us out?" I asked him anxiously.
"We were thinking, next Saturday." Heero replied. OK, that gives me a week. He gestured to his friends again. "I'm bringing these two, we'll get you out." I stared at him, hoping he didn't mean what I thought he meant.
"Wait… just one second. You mean you're going against David and you are just bringing these two and yourself?" I asked incredulously. He nodded. I opened my mouth to talk but he held up a hand.
"We are very experienced fighters. We can handle it just fine." He said. He said it with such surety that I almost believed him. "We just need to know where you live now." He said calmly. Panic rushed through me. I mean. I knew he was going to ask, but I just didn't comprehend how it would feel to tell him. I nodded slowly, hoping my fear didn't show on my face.
"Well, OK then. Follow me." I said dry-mouthed. I slowly went off. I checked back every now and then to see if they were still following me. They always were. I stopped at the end of the street where the apartments were and gestured to the old apartments. "That's the place." I said still feeling kind of nervous. I half expected David to walk out the door and see me talking to Heero and them. Heero nodded. I could tell he was memorizing the look of the apartment.
"OK then, we'll see you next Saturday. Be ready." He said and turned to leave with his comrades. I watched them go and trudged up to my room. I fell onto my bed when I got there. If I had cared to look I would have noticed that on the calendar Saturday was the same day the payment was due.