CHAPTER 9: Meet up.
It has been a good few weeks since the operation started, and Johnny was at the point of losing it.
Every night was all the same. Steal this store, take the supplies to the warehouse, and go home. However, it was starting to affect his morning routine, so he started to cancel some of his showings.
As the sun was beginning to rise, he heard his scroll beginning to beep.
With a simple sigh. Johnny reaches for his scroll to see who it was that messaged him.
'Hello good morning, we hope you have a fine morning today and were hoping that you are available today to visit the children at the hospital.'
Reading the message he was now debating if he should go or not. But seeing that this was the hospital in Vale and how the children just love him every time he goes.
He just texted back saying he will be there by noon.
Hopefully, soon things will get better because he is already hating Mondays.
As Popper waves goodbye to the people inside the hospital. He decided to take a stroll down Vale to get some fresh air. Walking downtown he started to see a lot more police around the area. Must be protecting the stores from all of the attacks it has been getting.
Oh well, this district of the stores were already hit so it didn't matter if they were protecting them, they were always more in the future.
"Popper?"
Popper heard his name being called behind him
'That voice...'
Popper turns around and sees Jaune looking at him.
Popper's eyes soon widen in surprise and shock.
'Why is he here?'
"It is you. Hey man, how's it been."
POP!
Popper soon signs at him but he realizes does he even know sign language.
"Uh. Sorry man I don't really know how to do that." Jaune just rubs his neck.
Popper just smacks his head and pulls out his scroll and shows it to Jaune.
"Oh, good Idea you can text me." Jaune pulls out his scroll and hands it to Popper.
After a few seconds, Popper soon returns his scroll to Jaune and sends a text to him.
'It's good to see you two Jaune how are things?'
Jaune just reads the text and his face turns rather sad.
"Oh well. Things are... Not too well."
POP?
"Nah for get it. What about you? Didn't you say that you were heading back home to Mistral? What happened."
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Shit.
Popper fidgets with his scroll and sends his text.
'Well, that was the plan. But I just wanted to explore a little bit more of Vale and well I have been doing some jobs here and there. So for now I'm just enjoying my stay here.'
As Jaune read his text. Popper soon received another text from his sis.
'Hey, Where are you?'
double shit.
'Out. I'll be home later. Doing something.'
"Well that's good.. Hey I need to do some shopping I guess we can talk later then. Right?"
Popper just looked at Jaune and points at his mouth.
"Oh right... Well, we can text later. Take care, Popper." With that, Jaune began to walk away.
Popper just looked at him walk away and realize that he was acting way different from before. Sure he only had a few conversations before with him, but now he sounded kind of defeated.
Oh well, hopefully, he gets better. And it was good to see that he was alright.
I wonder how the others are right now?
Oh well, that's not my problem.
POV Jaune
Well, it's over. Hopefully, now Cardin won't tell anyone about my fake transcripts and now that Pyrrha was willing to help me with training I think now everything will be going my way.
"Jaune Jaune Your finaly back!" Nora runs up to me and hugs me.
"Ack!" Man this hug is deadly.
"Nora you should probably let him go." Ren walks up behind Nora to try and calm her. "It's good that you're back Jaune."
"Yea, Look guys I'm sorry that I was distant from you all. But I promise to make it up to you all."
"It's alright Jaune." Pyrrha begins to talk. " We are just glad that our leader is back." She said with a smile.
"Speak for your self I want Pancakes from you buster. For two weeks!"
"Nora..."
"Fine. Just one week."
Well, I guess that's alright. Hopefully now, nothing bad will happen.
"Oh right! Guys, you won't believe who I meet in Vale."
"Who?" The three ask.
"Popper!"
POV Johnny
Dodge Dodge Dodge Parry and Knock him out.
Ack!
Another cop is down for the count.
Turning my head towards the door I inform the group outside it was clear.
POP! POP! POP!
Soon the group of Faunus wearing hoods enter the shop and begin to do their part of the job. Grabbing as much Dust as they can from the store.
I on the other hand begin to walk outside and see if anyone else wishes to get involved.
pop!
I feel my scroll vibrate and reach into my jacket to pull it out.
Did something happen?
'Popper it's good to see you're still in Vale we need to catch up with each other!'
Wait who is this?
pop!
Another message was sent and this one was from a different number.
'Sorry about her. But I am also glad that you are still in Vale hopefully we can catch up this weekend if you have the time.'
Wait really who are these people and how did they get this number? Wait don't tell me.
pop!
I see that I got another text and it was from Jaune.
'Hey, man sorry about the spam from Nora and Ren. I kind of told them you were still in Vale and they kind of put me in a corner until I gave them your number. Hopefully, we can meet up and see each other again.'
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Jaune you MotherF-
"Alright, we got it! Let's go!" I get pushed to the side and see the group beginning to run away from the store.
Looking back at them I begin to follow them and see that my scroll was beginning to be filled with messages from Nora, Ren, and Jaune.
Looking at this now. Maybe it was a bad idea to give Jaune my number.
Johnny soon Sends a text to all of them saying.
'Let's meet up this Sunday.'
As we made it back to the warehouse and see all of the Faunus take the Dust inside.
I walk towards one of the side buildings and see where Pops was at.
Walking inside I see more containers of dust that we got from the past weeks. It was getting to the point that even I was questioning why did this employer want all this Dust. What was the plan?
"Johnny your back. How did it go?"
'Same as it always goes. Get in, Steal some dust, Get out.' I sign to him.
"Good, Well get some rest I'm going to need you for this weekend."
Well, that's fine at least I will have-
POP?
'Wait this weekend? Like on Sunday or Saturday?'
"Sunday night, I got some intel that there these huge supplies of Schnee Dust Company container arriving in Vale. So that will be our next hit. For now, we won't be out until Sunday night. So, get ready."
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Maybe it was a huge mistake to give Jaune my number.
This weekend is going to be a pain. Great.