Chapter. 7
It was still early in the day when Vincent returned home. He opened the door and spotted his sister coming towards him. "Hey Vin."
"What's up sis?"
"Heading to the mall to look at a jewelry set I want."
"Okay then." Vincent stepped aside to let Elizabeth walk past. Looking into the empty house Vincent sighed and turned back as closed the door. "Hey Liz wait up!"
"What?"
"I got nothing to do today so I'll go too."
"Okay!" The siblings walked to the bus stop. "So what brought this on? You never want to go anywhere with me."
"I feel like it right now. That's all."
"Alright then." The siblings walked down the street to a bus stop. After a few minutes their bus arrived, the two waited for its passengers to get off before they climbed in.
They took a seat and the bus was on its way. Vincent looked out the window, in his view Elizabeth was waving her hand. "What are you looking at?"
"Massaging the store to keep the set for me till I get there."
"Oh..." Vincent sat in silence as the bus rolled along. He tapped on his knees for a moment before turning back to his sister. "So... How's your... How's life going for you?"
"It's fine. Gong to go meet some friends after I buy this jewelry set."
"I see... So how are you and your friends doing?"
Elizabeth talked about her friends and interests for the of the bus ride while Vincent silently listened.
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The bus finally came to a stop in front of a shopping mall, Vincent and Elizabeth stepped off and walked inside. Elizabeth lead the way through the mall while Vincent watched the people walk by them.
"Here it is!" Elizabeth grabbed Vincent by the hand and pulled him into a jewelry store and straight for the center counter.
"There it is!" Elizabeth pointed to a purple necklace and earring set then she waved to the cashier. "Hey! I want to get the eminence set."
"Eminence..." Vincent trailed off.
As Elizabeth was making her purchase Vincent stepped out of the store and noticed the dark haired girl he saw at the library walking into an antique shop. Vincent fallowed after her, he stood in the entrance way to see her looking at an old grandfather clock.
"Vin!" Elizabeth called to her brother.
Vincent glanced the Elizabeth the turned to walk towards her. "I'll speak to her at practice."
The siblings walked through the mall while Elizabeth had her eyes on the jewelry set in her bag. Vincent grabbed his sister to stop her from walking into a crowd of people.
"What's going on Vin?"
"Let's see." Vincent lead Elizabeth through the crowd to see a stage with a large wheel with light along the rim next to a deep sliver motorcycle.
A man in a tan suit stepped up onto the stage. "Step up anyone willing to try their luck! for only ten bills you can try to stop the light on the goal! Win and you get this beauty!" The man patted the motorcycle.
Elizabeth shook her head. "Who would pay for that? The odds are way to high for this be worth a ten." Elizabeth walked off but stopped when Vincent wasn't with her. "Vin?"
"With this power you can ace tests, win bets, or even be a better fencer in your case. You now have an easy button for life." Catherine's words echoed through Vincent's mind. He wanted to walk away but he couldn't take his eyes off the motorcycle.
"Let's watch this for a bit."
"Okay." Elizabeth stood by her brother as people walked up on the stage to try to win the motorcycle. As each person tried to stop the light on the wheel Vincent muttered 'burst link' to slow time. In the virtual world Vincent climbed onto the stage to watch when and how the button was pressed, how long the light continued to move after the button was pressed.
After using the burst link over two dozen times and the crowd started to thin out Vincent headed for the stage. "Vin?" Elizabeth was shocked to see he try to win.
By the stage two people sitting at a table typed on nothing. A pay system appeared in from of Vincent's vision. Vincent paid the fee as he climbed the stage, he ignored the suited man and held his hands over the button.
"The light goes around four more times and stops eleven spaces from where it was when I stop it. I can do this." The light began spinning around the wheel. Vincent let it go around two times, waiting for the right moment.
Vincent pressed the button and watched the light keep going. After two cycles the light slowed down, inching towards its goal. Vincent tightened his fists, the light crept its way across the wheel until it finally stopped. Dead on the goal.
Elizabeth and the crowd cheered for Vincent's victory. The burst linker went straight to the suited man with his hand out. "The keys please." The man handed the keys to Vincent as he was staring at the wheel.
Vincent kicked the stand and pushed the motorcycle off the stage and towards Elizabeth. "Guess we'll need to get some helmets now." Vincent glanced to his sister who just watched him awe stricken. "What?"
"How did you do that?"
"I watched the wheel and counted the number of times it moves. I just broke it down to a science." The two arrived at a motor parts shop, Vincent sent some money to Elizabeth. "Can you get helmets? I want a black one."
"Okay!" Elizabeth went into the store.
Vincent took a seat on his new bike. Patting the handlebar Vincent grinned at his winnings. Catherine appeared in his mind and made the victory sour. Vincent rubbed his forehead as he waited for Elizabeth.
"Got them!" Elizabeth ran out of the store with two helmets, a black and sky blue. "Can I drive it?"
"You got a licence?"
"Do you?"
"I will. For now no one needs to know."
The two pushed the bike out of the mall and reached the street. Vincent took one of the helmets from his sister and put it on. "Alright, time to try this out."
Elizabeth climbed onto the bike, while she put on her helmet Vincent saw the girl again. He watched her leaving when Elizabeth patted his back. "Ready!"
"Okay is she stoking me?" Vincent started the motorcycle and drove to the street. "Where do you want to go?"
"You'll give me a ride? That would be awesome!" Elizabeth pulled up her GPS and sent the directions to Vincent's neuro linker. "Got it?"
"It's here. Time to go, hold on to me, I barely know how to drive this."
"Maybe this was a bad idea." Before Elizabeth could get off Vincent's new motorcycle began to drive off.
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