"So how did you do all that to that cop?" Steve asked her as we dined.

"Picked up a trick or two while traveling with Pops." Nyx replied while eating her pancakes with a smile.

"Do you travel a lot?" I asked, looking at her.

"Since I was eight. Pops and I traveled around the world. His job requires a lot of traveling." she said.

"Bet that sucks going to a new school." Steve smiled. "Being the new kid all the time.

"I'm home schooled, jackass." She stuck her tongue out at him.

"Whoa there, language." Steve laughed. "Does your old man like it when you use such vulgar?"

"As long as I don't get into trouble, he doesn't care. Any other questions boys?" I could tell that she was enjoying this.

"What's with the eyepatch?" Steve then asked.

"STEVE!" I hissed at him. "That's not right to ask her that."

"What? I wanna know if there was a reason she wears it or she's using it as an excuse for suckers like us to buy her food." Steve replied, sipping on his coffee. "Just curious."

"Car accident." Nyx then admits. "Mom and I were going to the store when we got hit by a truck. Mom died instantly and I lost my eye." The way she said it hit me hard. "I was very young when it happened."

"Sorry about that…" I muttered.

"It's fine." She said, reaching up and touching her patch. "Besides, makes me look like a pirate rockstar."

Steve and I chuckled. "Yeah," Steve said. "It does…"

After a while, surprising that she managed to eat all that food, I went to pay for the food since it turned out that Steve was broke. When I pulled out my wallet, I noticed something.

It was heavy.

I opened my wallet and saw that inside of the bill fold were large stacks of cash. I knew before I left the house that I had like a hundred dollars and some change. I took the money out and counted it. My heart stopped when I realized I was carrying a little over five thousand! Where did all this money come from!?

"Does your job give you that much?" Steve asked, seeing the stacks of money I had in my hands.

"N-no…" I muttered.

I looked up at Nyx who was sipping on the last of her milkshake. "That was a very good milkshake." She said with a smile.

Some reason, I had a strange feeling about this by the way she smiled at me.

"So boys, is there like an arcade here or something fun to do?" she asked us.

"I have no clue." Steve said. "I haven't been back long enough to find out."

"Actually, they did built one near the square. It's new and hasn't been open long." How i know that because I used to work at it before being a cash register at the market.

"Cool beans." She smiled before sliding out of her seat and stood up. "Mind taking me there?"

Steve looked at me and smirked. "I could use some fun."

"You're a grown man. The arcade is for kids." I told him.

"Man, you're antifun." Nyx told me. Steve laughed as he scooted off and stood next to her and waited for me.

"C'mon bud, live a little for once." Steve urged me.

What did I get into?

After paying, I took the two kids to the arcade (get it?). And as soon as we opened the doors, Nyx squealed.

"OHMYGOSH YOU HAVE IT!" I winced when she squealed so loud before taking off to a dance machine and actually hugged it. "I love Dance Mania! It's my favorite game!"

Steve chuckled. "You actually like this game?"

Nyx nodded as fast as her head could nod. "It's the most awesomest game ever!"

"I'll have to decline on that," he said, shaking his head at the game. "How is dancing actual fun? All are you doing is following moving arrows. Easy peasy!"

"Okay then, I'm gonna go now," I told them, seeing that I might have to look for another job after getting that earful from my boss.

"Hold on," Nyx said, letting go of the machine and crossing her arms. "Dancing is fun, gets rid of a lot of energy I got."

"So is shooting." Steve said with a smirk.

"Wanna make a bet on that?" she then asked. "If you beat me on this game, I'll try out the other games, if I win…" She gave him a once over before a cheshire cat formed on her lips. "You give me that watch. Unless you are a chicken?"

Oh boy.

"What did you call me?" Steve asked her, his voice raised a bit.

"You heard me."

I grabbed Steve by the arm, seeing how he was becoming. "Steve, it's not worth it, let it go." I tried to stop him but it was too late.

Next thing I knew, those two were on the dance machine. Seriously? I understand the kid but Steve?

Oh what the heck, Steve never grew up!

"How about we make this a little interesting."

"Oh?"

"If I win, you teach me how you pulled one over that cop earlier today." he added.

"Deal but I pick the song." She said with a grin.

"I'm down with that."

While those two did their challenge, I went off to grab a drink, when I came back though, I nearly dropped it for what I saw.

Steven and Nyx were dancing, the kid was dancing without missing a beat while Steve was falling behind. I saw the mode of skill they were.

Steve was at Hard but Nyx was at Professional! Her legs flew across the arrows with ease, even making her own moves at the process. I could tell Steve was getting aggravated by the way his score was compared to the kid.

Only one thought came to mind…

Who the hell was this kid? She was not normal at all.

When the dance battle was over, obviously, Nyx won. She had a joyous smile on her face and her eye twinkled in victory and not tired at all while Steve however. Steve looked like he was going to pass out and drenched in sweat. I would like to say that it's the age difference: she's two times younger than Steve but if it wasn't for what I witness from her, I'd beg to differ.

She was something else, I didn't know what yet, but she wasn't right. Almost as if…

She wasn't human.

"I won. Man that was a whole lot of fun!" Nyx giggled, striding off of the machine with her hands in her jacket pocket.

"Give me five minutes… I want two out of three." Steve breathed heavily.

Nyx shook her head. "Neh, I'd win again and second you look like you're about to have a heart attack. I pass." she takes her left hand out of her pocket.

Both of us blinked when we saw that Nyx had already taken Steve's wristwatch and was wearing on her wrist. Steve looked at her wrist and grunted.

"Okay, how did you take that without my knowledge?" Steve asked with a growl.

Nyx stick her tongue out at him and walked off.

"Hey boys, can you show me around town some more? I wanna do more stuff." she asked us.

Steve and I gave each other a look and sighed.