Hearts Disguised

Chapter 10

On My Own

As things began to change, Yang no longer went to school. Without a home to call her own, she never received anything from the school wondering where she was. She was no longer connected to that place and she no longer wanted to be affiliated with it. On the other hand, there was one person who still wanted to see her, but there was no way that that she would be seen again. She was a ghost now. She wanted things to be this way and she knew that this was the only thing she could do.

Yang slowly gained more and more money without getting caught. With all of her success, she started to think she was going to be well off. She budgeted herself as to not be suspicious since she only worked on area of town. When she got low, she gained more and made sure she was smart with her cash. She had no help so money was her best friend… It was her only friend.

The only concern for her was the police. Since she didn't go to school, the middle of the day was a dangerous time. Police were on the watch for students who were out of school. Without a legal guardian, being caught by the cops was an undesirable thing so she stayed low until the weekend.

When the weekend finally came around, she was finally ready to execute another part of her plan. She was low on money so she was determined to make a high score. Most of the people she had her eyes on were big business people so they obviously had money on them. She carefully watched until it was finally the time to have her way with them. She greatly increased her fast hands so it was almost impossible for them to realize it. Once she succeeded, she slowly made her way away from the scene and examined her score.

"Dang! $200. This could get me through a lot for a while. I still need to be smart about it." She shoved the money in her pocket and walked back into the street with a smile on her face. Immediately, she ran into someone and fell to the ground.

"Ow!"

"Oh man, sorry, I didn't see…" She stopped her words with a shocked look on her face. "Blake?"

"Yang? What are you doing here?" She didn't answer. She didn't know how to answer. "It's been so long. Why haven't you been at school?" At that moment, she stood up and ran off. Thinking on her feet, Blake got up and ran after her. "Yang, wait!"

"I can't," she whispered to herself. She continued to run without knowing that Blake was still behind her.

Yang eventually turned a corner and ran into an alleyway. She then looked back and saw that she was longer behind her. But after a few seconds, she was tackled from the side and knocked to the ground. It was Blake.

"Yang, I want to talk to you."

"I'm sorry, but I can't… I don't want to talk. There's nothing I need to say." Blake's face changed dramatically.

"What are you talking about?" Yang sat up and pushed her off of her body.

"I don't have anything to say. I think you should leave."

"But I can't. I'm worried about you." Yang's face lit up slightly.

"Worried? What are you talking about?"

"You haven't shown up to school for a long time so I was wondering if you were alright."

"I'm fine. There's no need to worry about me. I'm fine." She turned around and pretty much gave her the cold shoulder. But yet, she didn't back down. Blake was determined to break her shell, but there was no way that that was possible.

"You know, there's something I wanted to tell you." Blake waited for some kind of response, but Yang was silent. "I miss you. Seeing you every day made me feel really good, but then when things happened, you started to change and that happiness turned to sadness. I guess what In trying to say is that I…" Blake gained so much momentum in her speech, but she suddenly chocked up at the end of that sentence. "I…" Yang turned around.

"You what?" Blake bowed her head with a red face.

"I… I want you to come back to school."

"I can't. There's nothing there for me. I'm sorry, but it's not worth it. I'm on my own now. Goodbye." Yang turned around again and ran off, but this time, Blake didn't follow her. She just watched her leave in silence.

"I… I think I love you." She looked up one last time and Yang was already gone. She sighed and headed back home. She exited the alleyway and noticed that a man inside a black car was staring at her with a mean look on his face. She averted her eyes and kept on going. He continued to watch Blake until her received a call.

"Have you guys found anything yet?" Inside of the car, the man picked up his radio and answer the call.

"I think I got something. Just give me a little more time to confirm this."

"Alright. I want everyone else on the scene just in case things go down." Everyone on the radio confirmed the order as things went silent once more.

Yang continued to wander around town. She scoped out numerous people for her next target, but she couldn't decide. There were so many people there who looked very official and she couldn't choose who to target. Men and women were all in business suits which made them look even more official. She stayed in the background until she decided to go after someone else. She had no reason to go after someone else, but it was probably because of her encounter with Blake. Being reminded of school motivated her to be more secure with money just so that things would feel more comfortable. Her next target was another man in a business suit. He had glasses on, but looked pretty intimidating. However, she couldn't let this affect her. She had to set her mind on it and follow through to the end.

As she started to watch his moves, he turned into an alleyway. This immediately caused her to shy away. It was almost impossible to steal money from a person in a very secluded place. Everyone else who she had her eyes on were already gone so she had to go through with this. She followed not far behind him and then peeked around the corner. When she did, she saw that he disappeared. She slowly walked into the alleyway and tried to find out where he was. She looked around every nook and cranny, but he was nowhere to be found. She walked further into the alley until the street was no longer in sight.

"Why hello little lady." Yang suddenly turned around to see the man she was following behind her. "What are you doing in a place like this?" She didn't answer. "If you think I'm oblivious, you've got another thing coming. I know you've been following me." Yang's eyes shot wide open.

"N-No I wasn't." He took a step towards her.

"Yes you were." Yang turned around and tried to escape, but another man in a suit appeared behind her. He had the same look of danger as the other man.

"You got nowhere to go." The men started to surround her. She quickly looked around as she was cornered. There was only one way out so she was determined to make that escape. One of the guys pulled out his phone and attempted to make a call. That's when Yang made her move. With one of them distracted, she ran for the opening and got out without a scratch.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Calling the boss." He waited until the other end picked up. "Boss, you there? We got her."

"Don't let her get away. The other men are making their way to you. I will be there as well." The phone immediately hung up and the two men started the chase.

Yang was fast, but as she continued to run, she saw more and more men in suits start to follow her. She didn't know why this was happening, but she did know that she had to get away from them. Turn after turn, street after street, Yang did her best to try and get out of sight, but it was no use. Her last resort was her normal hiding place so she took a couple of detours and sneakily retreated to her "home." She turned her head frantically and saw that she finally lost them. She sat down on the couch and took a deep breath.

"What the hell was that?" She thought she executed her plan perfectly, but that apparently wasn't true. A large group of men was after her and she knew she was in danger. She stayed quiet and didn't move for a solid minute until she thought the heat finally died down. Unfortunately, it did not. The men made their way down to where she was and surrounded her.

"Did you think you'd get away?" She stood up and saw that all of her exits were cut off.

"What do you want with me?"

"It's not what we want." They gathered even closer to her until they were about arm's length away. Most of them tried reaching out to her, but a voice broke through the air that caused everyone but Yang to freeze in fear.

"Don't touch her!" For some reason, that voice seemed really familiar, but everyone stood still as the person with that voice made their way down to where they were. "My orders were to find her and keep her until I showed up. What is this I'm witnessing?" Yang widened her eyes. She knew this person.

"Ms. Fall, it isn't what it looks like…" Out of nowhere, she pulled out a gun and shot one of her men in the head. His body hit the ground hard as Yang was speechless. All of the men backed up as the woman made her way closer to Yang."

"Why hello there, Yang."

End of Chapter 10