August 23rd 9:28 PM
“So, I wasn't able to spy on you guys after all,” I said.
“It's really hard to hunt a hunter. I know, I've done it myself,”
the girl called Ally Kat replied.
“I wasn't hunting. I was observing.”
“Why? Why were you following us?” Konrad asked.
“I'm an author. If you don't mind, I'd like to observe from the
sidelines and write about what you guys do. Naturally, I would change
your names so people wouldn't know.”
Konrad sneered. “Not a chance. Even if you weren't lying, you'd
just be in the way.”
“I promise, I'll only get as close to you guys as I need to. If
there's anything I need, I'd just ask you. U-unless that would bother
you.... In which case I would just make do with half a story. Please!
I don't care if I get killed. If I can just get this story, I
wouldn't mind dying, knowing I accomplished something at least.”
“We don't have time for this, kid. We've got somewhere to go and
something to do. Just go home and enjoy life. You're young. You can
accomplish plenty with the time you've got without having to bother
us.”
The three of them turned their backs to me and I could feel my only
chance slipping away. “I'll keep following you! No matter where you
go, or what you do, I'll follow you whether you like it or not!
You'll have to kill me, to get rid of me!”
The three kept walking, leaving me standing alone on the street.
~*F*~
“You know, Kon, if we just keep running around like this, we'll
never pay off our debts,” Alameda informed as she stood on one hand
and practiced shooting with the other.
“Don't worry, we're heading for a big job. I'll bet we'll be out of
the red after this one. How much do we owe, anyway?” Konrad asked,
taking a sip of coffee.
“About ten-thousand, give or take a thousand,” Ally replied.
Konrad sputtered and coughed. Wiping off his mouth, he repeated,
“Ten-thousand? A couple weeks ago it was just two-thousand!”
“Yeah, but that was before the incident with the Cotopo family. We
wound up blowing that whole building just to find them, remember? The
town charged us five-thousand for the damages.”
“It was just a building!”
“A very nice building, with a lot of expensive things. I told you
not to do it, but would you listen? Noooo!” Alameda paused her
shooting to glare at him.
“Alright, alright, I'll be careful next time. But did you see that
thing blow up? It went kaboom! Didn't it excite you at least a little
bit?”
Alameda continued to glare at him.
“You need to learn to loosen up a bit, Ally. I'm sure that all this
pent up anger will blow one day and then we'll have to pay for your
funeral too.” Konrad smiled at her.
“That face doesn't suit you, Konrad. Would you like me to fix it
for you?” Ally Kat asked, cocking her gun.
“You two going at it again?” Ven asked as he walked in the room.
“Ven, would you please explain to Konrad that he's about an inch
away from getting a black eye?” Ally asked, resuming her target
practice.
“Ven, don't side with her, you know she's just a big baby,”
Konrad spoke.
“Ven, you know better than that, I'm only concerned for the
well-being of our pocketbook, is all.”
“Ha! Fine job your doing, making a mess of it!”
“How would you like a sock in the mouth?”
“How would you like to be fired?”
“Everybody, stop it!” Ven yelled.
Ally and Konrad both looked over at Ven who suddenly realized he was
seen with an angry face and immediately put on a nervous smile. “I
mean, uh, you're kinda wrecking my concentration, and I need to
figure this out if we're gonna survive, you know?”
“Heh. You're always called the dummy of the group, but I honestly
think you're smarter than either of us,” Konrad laughed.
“Speak for yourself,” Ally Kat said, still shooting at her
target. “He's just quiet is all.”
“You're so mean, Ally. How could you say that when he's right
here?”
“The same way you don't care about our debts.”
“Hey, I got us a job, what more can I do?”
“Ah! You made me miss!”
“What are you talking about, you still hit the target.”
“Yeah, but not the middle.”
“Ally?”
“What?”
“Don't tell me you've been hitting the middle every time.”
“Of course I have! Until you interfered.”
“Ally?”
“What?”
“If you've been hitting the same place every time, wouldn't there
be a hole in it by now?”
Ally Kat laughed. “No worries, there's a bullet proof backing on
the target.”
Suddenly there came a large clang as the metal backing crashed to the
floor.
“Ally?”
“...What?”
“We don't have enough money for a new target.”
“I know that!” Ally Kat stomped out of the room as Konrad
laughed.
“Konrad, you keep teasing her like that and she really will punch
you,” Ven warned.
“Ah, I know that, but she's so much funnier when she's mad.
Otherwise, she's serious and always dwelling on her lost memories.”
“Still, I think you went too far, loosening the backing on the
target so that it would fall at just the right moment.”
“Ah, so you knew that was my doing?”
“I happen to know the builder of that target. I know his quality.”
“Oh, you do? You should take me to him sometime.”
“No one move,” Ally Kat said, coming out of the room.
Konrad spoke as he turned to face her. “Ally, I'm sorry, it was
just a jo-” He stopped short at the sight of Ally Kat standing
there, perfectly serious, with a gun in her hand pointing straight at
him.
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