Yu-gi-oh
No Limits
Chapter 37- Homeless
By
By Kevin Jones
"Do good in life Chase, always do good in life. We must be able to be more than the tragedies we face."
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The 1969 Mustang is a legendary car. The iconic shape, the sharp colors, the power, and of course, the classic muscle car engine, but unfortunately that is also what makes the car complicated.
In the age of momentum and computer controlled vehicles, less and less people have the knowledge of how to maintain these mechanical works of art. Because of this, less and less people are buying these cars which in turn means there is less and less of a demand for the proper equipment needed to maintain the complex gas driven machines.
None of this bothers Kai. In Kai's world, there are 3 joys; number 1 is dueling, number 2 is beautiful women and number 3, working on old cars. Lately the latter seems to be the only joy of his that doesn't lead to complications.
Ever since he was a child, Kai was fascinated by old cars, so much so, that he used to sneak into garages that housed old cars just so he could examine them and learn how they worked. Getting caught never bothered him because when he would get caught, he was usually able to talk the owner of the garage into making him help out as punishment.
Once he was free from the facility and it came time to get a job, Kai hoped that there were still those who remembered his passion for cars and wouldn't care about the unusual circumstances of both his arrest and release. Luckily for him, when Stan's custom garage in lower Brooklyn needed someone who understood old cars but was also young enough to spend all day working on them, Kai knew he had his meal ticket in the bag.
"Hey Kai," Kai pulls his head out of an 8-cylinder engine and looks over at a fellow mechanic.
"What's up?"
"You got a visitor."
Kai looks over at the clock on the wall. It says it's about 3 in the afternoon, which means it could be one of his friends.
"Did he or she say their name?"
"No the guy just said it was urgent."
"All right I'm coming."
"Oh crap," thinks Kai. Yesterday Kai also had a visitor, that time it was Chase and all he did was ask Kai questions about homeless people. He never said why he was asking so many questions on societies shunned.
"Hey Kai, qué pasa, long time no see."
Suddenly Kai freezes, the person sitting in one of the waiting room chairs is tall and skinny, wearing a black hoodie that in flames say's quemar, the Spanish word for burn.
"You, how did you know where to find me?"
"It wasn't easy. When Rikers Facility's power went out and the whole place plunged into chaos; the whole city was glued to the news to find out what was going on or what caused it, but for us, we were more concerned about who might get out. When a guy we got on the inside said you and a couple of white kids were the only ones who escaped, we knew exactly what to think."
"That I wanted to move on with my life."
"No, that you got yourself in deep with some powerful people and if we ever heard of you again, it would be in the obituary column."
"I'm flattered, but if you all were so convinced you'd never see me again, then why search me out?"
"Even in a city this big, news can spread like wild fire. A few days ago, the boss man heard about a mysterious boy mechanic who could operate on old cars like they were simple children's toys."
"So then what is this? You're here to kill me, or beat me up, or bring me back by my hair?"
"What, no, no, Kai old buddy, there are no hard feelings from anyone towards you."
"That's not normally the way these things go."
"Times are changing; the boss wants things more…civilized." As he says this, the man gets up and starts walking toward the door. "So long as you don't bother us, we'll leave you alone. After all someone has to keep your 4 little white friends in order. New York can be such a dangerous city for cute girls and dumb boys who like to stick there nose's where they don't belong."
"Why you," as Kai says this he turns around and throws a tight fist at the man.
"Still protective of your friends I see." As he says this, the man, blocks the punch with his right hand and punches Kai hard in the stomach with his left. This causes Kai to fall back into one of the waiting room chairs. "Like I said, you kids stay out of our business and we'll leave you all alone."
With that, the man walks out of the waiting room and Kai mumbles under his breath, "Chase what have you done now?"
…
"Look at you dressed all sexy."
"Toni cut it out, like I said I just wanted to change out of my school uniform before I head over to park."
"You never change your clothes when you and I go to places."
"First of all, it's cold; I wanted to get out of a skirt and into some pants and second, you never have the patience to let me change when we do stuff together. Speaking of which, how come when I called you to tell you about this, you just decided to come over?"
"Well I couldn't just let my best friend prepare for a hot date on her own."
Suddenly Vanessa stops walking along FDR Drive, and turns in front of Toni with a bright red face. "This is not a date!"
"Remind me how all this started."
"For the one millionth time, Chase was silent during both History and English. Then, right when I was about to leave the building at the end of the day, Chase ran up to me and asked if I could meet him by the small park by the Queensboro Bridge at around 5. I said yes and-"
"And then you called me saying you had a huge crisis and you needed my advice."
"No I asked you if you knew what Chase was up to. You were the one who said holy crap he's finally doing it, I'll meet you at your place. You then hung up and showed up at my door."
"I came to help."
"Really, because you spent most of time raiding my refrigerator."
"Only because you wouldn't let me in the room with you."
"Why would I want you in the room while I'm changing my clothes?"
"It's not like you changed your underwear or anything…wait, did you?"
Now she's even redder. "What, no, why would you even think that."
"Well whenever I or one of my friends has a hot date. We practically man handle her till we figure out what looks best."
"Yeah well this isn't a date."
"Based on the pink turtle neck and black jeans, if this is a date, you're not trying very hard."
"What happened to look at you dressed all sexy?"
"I was trying to make you feel confident about a bad decision."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It's not that you don't look good, you just look normal."
"This isn't a date…what do you mean by normal?"
"Well I'm just saying…you could afford to show off some of the merchandise."
"What, are you out of your mind?!" Vanessa's face could now easily be replaced by a tomato.
"Jury's still out. Either way I'm not saying go for the hooker look. I'm just saying that you're the only girl I know who doesn't own a single low cut shirt."
"So what, that's just how I dress!"
"Or what about the other day when you showed me that hot tub by your buildings pool. When I suggested we use it, you got really defensive before saying that you had homework to do."
"I did have homework!" Vanessa is now walking away from her friend.
"Hey, hey," Toni is now following her friend. "I'm not trying to sound weird or anything, I'm just saying it feels like your hiding something."
"Chase is hiding something, Kai is hiding something, and you don't bother them like this."
"Yeah because whatever there hiding is probably dangerous and is something they want to face alone. But you're different; whatever your hiding isn't something that will probably go away with a duel. Whatever you're hiding is something real and you shouldn't have to keep it all bottled up."
"There's nothing wrong with me, I just prefer to stay warm in 44 degree weather!"
"Alright fine, either way, there's your man."
Toni gestures to a small grassy area that overlooks the east River. The area has several benches facing the water and sitting on one of these benches is Chase staring intensely at the moving water.
Vanessa analyzes the strange sight. Chase doesn't seem happy, scared, excited, all he's doing is staring intensely at the water.
"Here we go," as Vanessa says this she glances back to see that Toni has disappeared, "so much for moral support."
Vanessa takes a deep breath and scurries over towards the bench her friend is sitting at.
"Hey Chase, sorry I'm late."
With that, Chase turns his head towards her and does something Vanessa has never seen him do before; smile.
"Good you made it, for a second I thought you weren't going to show."
"Well you did just out of the blue this morning ask me out."
"Yeah well, I was originally going to ask you yesterday but I wasn't sure how to say it right."
"Well, I'm here now." These may be the words coming out of Vanessa's mouth but in her head she's saying, "Oh my god, oh my god, the way he said that. What does he mean? What if he was nervous because he was trying to ask me out!? Which means this is a date, oh god, oh no- wait a minute…making a grand assumption out of something before I actually know what's going on…oh no, I'm turning into Toni!"
"Do you have a rash on your neck?"
"What…no. Why would you think that?"
"Well you're wearing a turtle neck, so I assume you don't want people to see your neck."
"It's cold, I wanted to wear something warm!"
"Works for me."
In her head she says, "Oh my god, does he mean he's ok with me wearing the sweater or does he mean I look good!? Shut up brain, shut up!"
"Well let's go." Chase is now standing up and is beginning to walk away from Vanessa.
"Wait where are we going?"
"It's a little hard to explain, let's just say somewhere a bit more hidden."
…
"Welcome to the East River Tunnel." I've taken Vanessa, who seems really jittery for some weird reason, about 50 feet below the East River. It's cold, wet and dark in here but that's not what I'm focusing on. Right now I'm focusing on the graffiti.
"In the month in a half I've been living in this city, I have read 8 books about the history, architecture and landscape of New York and I've never even once heard of this place."
"You can't always base everything on what you read in a book. This used to be a subway tunnel, if you don't believe me, look at what we're standing on."
Vanessa is now looking down and realizing that we're currently on old, rusty railroad tracks. "Why isn't this being used as a sewer line like the rest of the old…decaying subway tunnels?"
"Those didn't become sewers on purpose. During the war, the bad guys, AKA non Americans, used the tunnels as bases. When our guys figured this out, they started flooding the tunnels. The process was expensive and time consuming so they only did it to tunnels that they could confirm had bad guys in them, for one reason or another nobody cared about this tunnel."
Now she looks confused. "So then they just abandoned this tunnel because they didn't have a use for it anymore?"
"New York City, once this place grows tired of something, it forgets about it. Now I need you to be quiet, understand?"
"Why…do I need to be quiet?"
Why does she sound so nervous? "Because I don't want anyone to hear us, well not yet at least."
"Listen Chase, before we go any further; I just want to say that we are friends and we've gone through a lot together but I feel we should really slow down and really think about what we both want out of this relationship!"
I knew this was a bad idea. "What on earth are you talking about?"
"This…why we're here…I don't know."
"I can see that. Now be quiet, you never know who's down here." We're going to get stabbed.
"…" Ok she's now finally quiet.
"Close your eyes and listen carefully. Ignore the sounds of dripping water…and the sound of your heavy breathing."
"What does this do?"
"You keep claiming you want adventure which is why you keep tagging along with me. Here's your adventure, but before we start I need to show you how to notice fine details."
"By sounding like someone out of a ninja movie?"
"No, by giving you an idea of how to shut up and listen, this way you won't have to rely on me every time things get strange. Now, what do you hear?"
"…something…spraying…like from a can. You know, like an aerosol can."
"Bingo, now open your eyes and follow me." I start walking without seeing if she's following me, I'm starting to hope she doesn't.
"Chase who's that?"
"She's the reason we're here."
Standing on top of a ladder, spray painting the wall is a little girl, no more than 12 years old with long blond curls. Her skin would normally look plain white but instead is dark and dirty.
"Who is she?"
"From what I've heard her name is Maggie and if you look around you'll understand why she's nicknamed Michelangelo's daughter."
With that, Vanessa begins to really analyze the walls around her. As she realizes what's around us, her eyes widen and her jaw drops.
"All these walls," she says shocked, "the ceiling, they've all been painted on! It's not even just normal graffiti, these look like actual paintings!"
"Bingo, this whole tunnel has been transformed from a creepy old piss hole into a masterpiece of birds and flames and…hand guns." I'm not joking, there's some pretty random and disturbing stuff on these walls.
"But this looks like it must have taken years."
"More like she spends all day and every day here."
"Wait, what? How do you know that?"
"That's what I've heard about this kid. She's a homeless girl who has come here every day for the past month, just painting this place with a bunch of spray cans."
"But why, what's she doing here?"
"Well let's go ask her." With that I grab Vanessa by the arm and pull her closer to the girl.
"I could hear everything you were saying." Maggie says this while still staying focused on painting red onto the outline of a giant apple.
"I didn't think you couldn't. I just wanted to show my friend here just how talented you are. Isn't that right Vanessa?"
Vanessa, still in shock by what's around her nods her head. "These are all very beautiful; you have a lot of talent."
"Thanks, what's with the turtle neck?"
"Ok why does everyone have a problem with this sweater? It's cold, I wanted to wear something warm...wait a second you haven't even looked this way yet, how do you know what I'm wearing?"
"Around here, being able to notice 2 or 3 things at once is a necessity. Isn't that right spiky?"
"Still as girly as yesterday I see."
"Wait, you were here yesterday?" Oh boy, she sounds shocked again.
"Yes he was. He showed up, told me he had heard about my situation and wanted to buy me dinner."
"Chase, what's going on here?"
"Then he said he'd bring me back to his place and rock my world."
"Ok that you're making up!" And people say I'm disturbed.
"Yeah I am. So what's the point to bringing your girlfriend here?"
"Oh I'm not his girlfriend."
"Good thing, this is a terrible place to bring a date. Either way you don't look like the type of girl who's into bad boys-"
"Moving on," what is it with blonds and smart remarks? "I know yesterday I might have seen a little odd but today I've got a better offer."
"Oh what, you're going to give me what's in your pocket."
"No, you're going to going to spend the night at my friends place."
"Wait, what?"
"Sounds like turtle neck over here disagrees with you."
"Could you excuse us for just 1 minute?" Oh crap now I've done it.
"I'm not going anywhere." As Maggie says, Vanessa grabs me by the jacket collar and pulls me around the corner.
"What in the world are you doing?!" Oh crap she's pissed.
"Well when I came here yesterday I offered to buy her dinner and she called me a pervert."
"And what made you think you'd get a different answer?"
"…Well looking back on it maybe I should have thought things through more."
"No duh, another thing you might want to think about is me when you make claims about things you want me to do!"
"Look, a girl like her has been raised to be untrusting of everybody, especially of strange men."
"And you didn't realize this till after you said you wanted to buy her dinner."
"Well…yeah but…that's why you're here. You're a lot better with people, so I figured she'd be more likely to go with you than me."
"And you couldn't tell me this before like during school?"
"I also figured that she might think you're a good liar if you looked like you knew what I was up to."
"So you decided to not tell me what's going on and then to put me on the spot with something that is both dangerous and insane."
"What could possibly be dangerous and insane about a little girl and either way, you like helping people."
"She's homeless, homeless people are homeless for a reason."
"I'm not asking you to bring home some crack addicted old guy living under the Tappan Zee. I'm just asking you to help me, help a little girl."
"Hello, look at her. If I bring her home with me, she's going to kill me and steal everything."
"Oh come on, you're twice her size. Either way you saved me before you knew me. What if I was a robber or a rapist? I actually could kill you if I wanted to."
"That's different; I was in complete control of the situation and either way you were in immediate danger."
"She's a little kid, how would you not be in control of the situation? Either way did you hear the weather report? We're in a strong cold front and it's only November. It's going to get below freezing tonight. Grown men die in that kind of weather, how do you think a little kid wearing rags is going to handle."
"Then let's bring her to a church or a shelter; somewhere designed to help kids like her."
"Oh please, those places just trick people so they can send the homeless off to the Satellite Sector."
"That's ridiculous."
"Easy for you to say, you don't have any real problems in life."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You have a perfect little life, in a perfectly large upscale apartment, in the perfect part of town and you go to the perfect school wearing your perfect clothes with your perfectly clean hair and your perfectly high marks."
"That's not fair and you know it."
"OK fine, your parents may spend most of the time gone but in turn they make an insane amount of money to fuel your perfect life plus you're perfect Grandfather in the meantime. You grew up in life getting anything you wanted. The one thing you couldn't get was the excitement you read about in books. I fall in your pool thanks to an explosion and you think: here's my adventure. You got your adventure, twice, all the mean while claiming that you just want to help while I do all the work. Now here we are, in a situation where you have to actually do something and you want out." Oh shit I think I struck a nerve.
"What the hell is wrong with you!? You have no right to say that about me! I have had to live with things that would make your skin crawl! I've tried to help you, I've felt sorry for you, I've covered for you and you dare call me selfish!? You dare put me in the same group as someone like Millay or half the other girls at our school!? I'm not saying we abandon this kid! I'm saying I want to be careful because unlike you, if I get myself into trouble, not magic trouble but real trouble, I have to face the consequences and that might mean violence, either way you have to come from a rich family if you go to Dewint, so why do you all of a sudden care!?"
"I'm not rich."
"What's that supposed to mean?! You have to own a golden car just to be able to afford to send your kid to Dewint."
"I'm not rich. You apparently have your secrets, I've got mine."
"Well…"suddenly she stops, she is now just standing in front of me and I can tell by her eyes, she's now thinking about something other than how much she wants to hurt me right now.
"Look, if you just want to go home, I understand."
"I keep saying all this trust stuff but I'm not even being honest."
"Is there something you need to tell me?" This is getting weird.
"What… no…well not right now at least." She sounds…bewildered for some reason. "All right, we'll bring this girl back to my place but you're not leaving me alone with her until I'm sure it's safe. We got a deal?"
"…"I swear sometimes I wonder what's going on in her head. "Yeah works for me." Now I feel bewildered.
"Here we go." As Vanessa says this, we walk back towards Maggie. Naturally, she's still working on her apple and looks completely unfazed by Vanessa's screaming.
"Just for the record," begins Maggie, "I'm siding with Turtle neck about whatever it is you 2 were arguing about."
"And why's that," I say.
"Because she seems just as confused about what you're doing as I am."
"Fair enough, so I'll just leave the rest to you Turtle Neck." With that, Vanessa takes a deep breath and walks next Maggie who's still painting her apple. Vanessa is now crouching down so that she and Maggie are at eye level…well corner of eye level.
"You're very good at that."
"You're not going to get me to go with you if compliments are all you got. Just because you're confused, doesn't mean I trust you."
"OK then, at least answer this, why do all this painting? It's too beautiful to only be in a place like this."
"Because my father told me to."
Vanessa shoots me a confused look but I just shrug my shoulders. Honestly I don't know what she means either.
"You have a Dad?"
"Yup, and no, he's not a dead beat. He and my mom have to take care of 10 of us. I'm the oldest so I have to help out with money. For the past few months, a man gives me a location to paint and a few cans to paint with. I do this till it either gets to dark or I run out of paint and in the morning, the man gives my Dad money and I get a new location."
"Sounds like a pretty good deal. You get to help your family by doing what you love."
OK something isn't right with this picture.
"Hey what's going on over here?" Oh shit, this can't be good. "What are you kids doing here?"
As soon as she hears this, Maggie drops her can and hides behind a now standing Vanessa.
"We're just passing through." I don't think he's going to believe that but it's worth a shot.
"Oh really and what's with all the paint?"
"It was here when we got here. Me my friend and her little sister were in Brooklyn for a small duel tournament. It's getting late and cutting through this tunnel is faster than either waiting for the subway or taking a cab in rush hour traffic."
"Well, I can't say your story doesn't make sense but here's the thing, for the past week there have been reports of a young girl who spends all day painting graffiti in these tunnels. Now normally, Sector Security doesn't pass through this piss hole, but since I was in the area, I figured I'd take a look; see if I could find the delinquent responsible."
He's now looking at the criminal mark on my face. "You wouldn't happen to think we're up to no good officer?"
"This does look a little suspicious."
"You think 2 teenagers and a little girl are responsible for all this? Last time I checked, vandalism in an area that no one really cares about isn't something you can just go around detaining minors for, especially when you didn't actually see any of us do anything."
"Fair enough fair enough but just one last thing. You were all in a duel tournament right?"
Instinctively we all nod.
"Way I figure it, you all must be pretty good and my shifts almost over, so how about a quickie. I always keep a spare Duel Disk on my cycle."
"OK fine," this guy won't take long at all.
"No not with you, I'd like to face the younger one."
Oh shit, there's no way Maggie has a half decent deck. This is his plan, he'll play her and as soon as he see's something fishy we're screwed.
"Works for me," wait did Maggie just say what I think she said? "I was too young to enter the tournament so Chase used my new HERO deck. I'd like for a chance to test it out."
"Is that so, well here's your chance kid."
Maggie
"All right to prove I'm a nice guy, first move is yours kid."
"Thanks mister."
"Call me officer Ferris."
"Right then officer Ferris, I draw. Next I summon Elemental HERO Avian (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000). Next I set 1 card face down and end my turn."
"Chase," Vanessa is now whispering in my ear. "That move seemed really basic."
"We might be in trouble," I whisper back. "If she keeps playing like this, he'll see through us in no time."
Officer Ferris
"Looks like you're more of a beginner than I thought. I draw, and next I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your set card."
Oh shit, my Dimensional Prison! When his monster attacked, it would have been banished.
"A weak monster and an obvious trap, a simple strategy, sorry kid but you weren't going to win a tournament like that. Next I summon Assault Dog. (ATK: 1200/DEF: 800) Now Assault Dog, go wild on that feathered freak."
I flinch as I see his overgrown Chihuahua bite into my hero's arm. (4000-3800)
"Next I set 1 card face down and end my turn."
Maggie
"That idea may not have worked, but let's try this 1. I summon Elemental HERO Wildheart (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600), now Wildheart, attack Assault Dog!" (4000-3700)
All right Wildheart, get revenge for Avian by slashing Assault Dog in half!
"Sorry kid but my dogs aren't done yet." Now another one is here. "When Assault Dog is destroyed by battle, I get to summon another!"
"I set 1 card face down and end my turn."
Officer Ferris
"Hate to tell you kid, but you should never leave an opponent's monster on the field. Especially because I can do this! I summon Jutte Fighter (Level: 2/ATK: 700/DEF: 900)!"
"Oh no that's a tuner," we're in trouble.
"Now I tune my level 2 Jutte Fighter with my level 4 Assault Dog in order to synchro summon, Goyo Guardian! (ATK: 2800/DEF: 2000)
"That thing's creepy," says Vanessa.
"More importantly, it's powerful."
"Now Goyo Guardian, destroy his warrior!"
The rope is choking Wildheart and its unfortunately dragging him to the other side of the field. (3800-2500)
"I play Hero Signal, now I get to-"
"No you don't, I play Wiretap! Now your trap is negated and it gets shuffled back into your deck! Plus thanks to Goyo Guardian's effect I get Wildheart in defense mode! Next I end my turn."
Maggie
"Chase there's a problem." Debris Dragon has now materialized next to Ferris. "In his hand he's go another level 2 tuner."
Oh crap, if he gets 2 Goyo Guardians out there's no way Maggie can win. It's either now or never.
"I play Graceful Charity! Now I get to draw 3 cards so long as I discard 2! Next I play Miracle Fusion! Now by banishing The Avian you destroyed and the Elemental HERO Burstinatrix I just discarded, I get to fusion summon Elemental HERO Phoenix Enforcer!" (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200)
"Claw boy may look tough but he won't help you here."
"That's where you're wrong. I summon Junk Synchron! (Level: 3/ATK: 1300/DEF: 500) Now thanks to Junk Synchron's effect, I can special summon the other card I discarded with Graceful Charity, Tuningware (Level: 1/ATK: 100/DEF: 300)! Now it's time to synchro summon!"
Junk Synchron flies high into the sky; he then pulls the Cord on the engine attached to his back, allowing for the engine to roar. As they make more and more noise, Junk Synchron dematerializes and turns into 3 large green rings. Tuningware then jumps through the rings and dematerialized into a shining star that arranges itself equally among the rings and in a burst of light, (3+1=4) "I synchro summon Armory Arm!" (ATK: 1800/DEF: 1200)
"A black metal arm, that's your big strategy, a black metal arm?"
"Impossible."
"Chase what's wrong?"
"Vanessa I've had that card in my deck for months and I've never even been able to summon it."
"First up, thanks to Tuningware, I get to draw a card. Now then, I activate Armory Arm's effect! I equip him to Phoenix Enforcer in order to give him 1000 ATK points." (2100-3100)
"Now he's stronger than Goyo!" Vanessa looks amazed while I still look shocked.
"Now Phoenix Enforcer, show Goyo Guardian how you use that arm!" With that, Phoenix Enforcer takes off and plunges his new red claws into Goyo Guardian, causing him to vanish. (3700-3300) "Now Armory Arm's second effect activates, you take damage equal to Goyo Guardian's ATK points!" (3300-500)
"Wow," says Debris Dragon, "now that's power!"
"Ha-ha, I've seen Armory Arm before and I'm not afraid. I'm still here, you're out of attacks and I've got a Hammer Shot in my hand, so there's nothing you can do to beat me!"
"You're not making it to next turn! Now I play Hero's Bond, so now I get special summon 2 level 4 or lower Elemental HERO's straight to the field! Now allow me to introduce you to Elemental HERO Clayman (ATK: 800/DEF: 2000) and Elemental HERO Lady Heat (ATK 1300/DEF: 1000) and with that I end my turn!" (500-0)
Winner: Maggie Loser: Officer Ferris
"How did, how did, how did you do that!"
"Simple during the end phase, Lady Heat inflicts 200 points of damage for every HERO on the field and with only 500 life points and 3 HERO's you did stand a chance."
Holy shit, I've never even thought of a strategy like that before!
"I get it; she summoned Avian in attack mode to make him want to waste a card more. Then it was just a game of getting the right cards in the grave."
"That's right turtle neck. I guess I know more than you thought I did."
"Well I can admit when I'm beaten. You kids are free to go."
Well now that that's done. We got to get back to figuring out a way to get Maggie to go home with Vanessa.
"But just to be safe, I mean this is a dangerous city, I'll walk you all home."
Wait, what?
"That's not nesciarry," says Maggie.
"Oh but I insist."
"But-"
"Now, now Maggie, Don't be rude. Officer Ferris is being nice. In fact, all 3 of us are coming to my house for dinner, you're welcome to join us Officer Ferris."
"Uhm…well…thanks for the offer but I'll just walk you home."
Well then…strange but effective.
Next time: This world is a sad, cruel place
"No way Vanessa, that's not how I do things!"
"We, as in both you and me, don't have a choice."
I know she's right, but I don't want her to be. "All right fine we'll do it your way."