Chapter 12
Pawn or Pwn?
I stood there for a few seconds then the wife came over to me and said "hey Louie, this guy is getting the rings." She then took off her ring and her soon to
be ex-husbands ring off then gave them to me. "Thank you." She said after she gave them to me. Sonic got up with help from the girls. He had a black eye
on his left eye, it looked really swollen. One of the girls got some ice from the slushy stand next door and put it over his eye. "Thank you ladies." Said
sonic. He motioned me to follow him. I was walking to the side of him until we got to the car. I sat down and sonic took the ice off his eye and put it in the
middle compartment. He then looked at me and said "DAMN SON THAT WAS TIGHT! The way you beat that guy, man. His junk is FUCKED UP now. He
deserves it anyway." Wait what? Was sonic actually congratulating someone? He then gave me a high five and we drove off. He looked at me and he saw I
was carrying their rings in my hands still. "Yo. J, I'm going to take you to a pawn shop so you can get some money from it ok." He said. "K then, I need
some money anyway." I replied. We then reached a concrete building with "PAWN" on the front in neon. The windows had bars on it and I saw a camera on
the top. I walked in while sonic stayed behind, he sat on the hood of car. I walked in and I saw a assortment of things. I saw clothes, jewelry, computers,
TVs, was that a gun behind the display window? I looked around and was greeted by a red fox with a backwards L.A Dodgers cap on it. "Yo, welcome to
my pawn shop kid. You pawning or buying." He said to me. "I'm just selling these rings." I said to him. I walked up to window and I showed him the rings.
He picked them up and looked at them through that little scope thing. You know the thing that jewelers look at to see if the jewelry is real. He looked at
them and said "kid I'll give you 500 credits for it." I smiled but before I said anything I saw the gun at the display window. It was a Colt.45 with a black
handle and a chrome top. It looked a little old but in working order. "You know I'll trade you the rings for that gun." I said. His brown eyes went wide then
said, "Kid you crazy if you think I'll trade you these rings for that gun." "I'm not crazy sir. I'm insane." I looked around and I saw a green visor, like the
ones they wear at poker games, sitting on the chair. "you a betting man?" I asked. "go on." He said. I then leaned in and said "I'll bet you that gun, that I
will shoot 10 cans off a wall in 10 shots. If I win I get the gun, if you win then you give me 50 credits for the rings. Deal?" he had a look in his eyes then he
said. "follow me." He took the gun from the window and we went into this sound proofed room. There was already cans lined up on a brick wall. He handed
me the gun and said "don't miss." As he chuckled. I held the gun steady with my legs apart, arms out, and my eye lined up with the sights. I looked at the
can and held my breath. BAM… BINK. Direct hit. Same thing with the next one. BAM… BINK… BAM…BINK… BAM… BINK… BAM… BINK… BAM… BINK… at this
point I was event looking. I held the gun up at my side and walked backwards. Imagine that real quick. His jaw was on the floor looking at the cans, then
me, then at the cans. I walked out holding the gun to my side with the clip out and the safety on. I went to the payment window and the guy gave me 500
credits. I walked out then he yelled "WAIT KID! If you're going to have a gun you'll need this." He then threw me a leather holster. It looked brand new. On
the side it said "Detroit Manufacturing." "thanks man." I said as I left. I got in the car and sonic then said "so how much was it?" I showed him the money
then the gun. His green eyes went huge, even the one with black eye. "Dude… how did you get that?" "I won a bet with the owner where if I hit 10 cans
with 10 shots I get the gun." I answered him. "Dude… you are awesome." He said. "Awesome." No one has ever called me that.