~♤♡Everfall's Casino♢♧~

~~~~~~~~~~~♢Chapter 27♢~~~~~~~~~~~

"Why am I here?" Mr.Lux sloppily states barely able to form the necessary words.

I was about to open my mouth when I was suddenly interrupted by another voice, one I didn't recognise. My blood ran cold.

"And who are you supposed to be?" Out from the shadows stepped a tall and lanky man, eyes a deep purple and glowing, skin like charcoal, tail with black fluff and his hair equally as fluffy, tied back in a small ponytail.

Who was he?

Gathering all my courage I managed to say "Why does that matter?" without my voice wavering, which I gave myself an internal small pat on the back.

"Well it's not everyday that I see one of my coworkers get spiked and then dragged into an alleyway." How did he know he was spiked?

"It is quite an unusual scenario isn't it."

"Indeed." We fall into a tense silence, neither one of us daring to make the first move.

I decided to be the first to break it in an attempt to have more control over the situation.

"I think it's time for you to leave now, sir." My voice drops cold, I can see him move into a more offensive position. I feel this wave of adrenaline rush through me, ready for my fight or flight to kick in at any moment.

He rushes forward and that's when three more people jump off the shadows, and the tall lanky man disappears from my sight.

♡Chubby's: POV♡

"We're not gonna make it at this rate!" I shout at Jaza.

"As if that's my fault!" They shout back.

"Fuck it!" I pull out the pot and down it.

"What are you doing?!" Jaza yells in horror. I feel an overwhelming rush in my body and start running at a greater speed than before. I can hear Jaza call out to me as I sprint from roof to roof taking great leaps.

I see the alleyway now and I'm starting to close up on it. From a distance I could spot Miracle and our target, what? There were four other figures.

"Guess Caveron's becoming smart." I mutter under my breath. They actually took a precaution, they must have put some kind of tracking device on him, of all the things that could've gone wrong.

☆Miracle's: POV☆

They were coming at me left and right, I was trying my best to dodge them. My time pickpocketing and scamming people in the streets have come in handy, I would be almost embarrassed to say how often I got into fights and how many times I almost died because of them. Of course out of fight or flight, you bet that my wimpey ass fled like a cockroach that has just been spotted, and people dare to say that being small is bad.

Just then I received a hard punch to the face and I was knocked to the ground. Should have probably been paying more attention, I scramble to get back up when I feel the air get knocked out of me. I look up to see the tall man place a foot on my chest preventing me from running away. 'Fuck, fuck, fuck,fuck.' just kept passing through my head.

"You don't look so confident now do you? Kid." He pressed his foot down harder, anymore and I might end up with broken ribs. I couldn't speak and I was struggling to breathe, if this is how I go out I'm going to be severely disappointed. "No matter, time to send you back to your boss."

I was slightly confused, he was going to let me go? Just like that?

"What's the catch?" I manage to say my voice raspy and struggling to form the words. He snickers slightly at this, a twisted and lopsided grin spreads across his face showing off his long and sharp teeth.

"You won't be sent back alive." My eyes widen as he pulls out a gleaming silver dagger, the world goes into slow motion, he raises the dagger, the moonlight hitting it at just the right angle. I would say my life flashes before my eyes but I don't have much of a life to begin with. The only exception to it that I can think of is–

Gunshots sound heard, the air vibrating is followed by the sound of metal hitting stone and a cloud of smoke enveloping the area.

"Just can't stay out of trouble can you?" A voice says, one that I never thought I'd be so grateful to here.

Out from the smoke walks Chubby, Jaza in tow. Pistol swinging about in one hand and the other idle by her side.

"Shit." I can hear the lanky man mutter under his breath. I took the opportunity whilst he was distracted to grab his leg and with all my strength throw it off me. He stumbles back at the sudden shift, I roll away and stand up.

"Here's a little challenge for you lying thieves." Chubby's voice resumes a playful yet dangerous air lingering in it "First person to hit me gets to walk away with their life."

I felt a gush of wind sweep past me and purple particles, suddenly in front of Chubby appears the tall man dagger ready to plunge deep into her. She swiftly moves out of the way dodging blow after blow. I was just sitting there on the ground watching her, mouth agape. Out of the corner of my eye I can see the shadow of a figure, I turn my head up to see Mr.Lux looming over me, dagger in hand. I heard a small clink and a round metal ball roll on the ground and followed by a thick fog. That's when my blood ran cold.

♡Chubby's: POV♡

The fog settled in hiding the misdeeds and deadly secret that this alleyway would hold by the end of the night. I was pathetic watching this Endarian try and hit me, even more so when you realise he can teleport. I knew those stamina and speed training sessions would come in handy, I'll have to thank Rainbow for helping out with that.

The tall man suddenly disappears completely, I raise my arms up for any surprise attacks after a few seconds though nothing seems to happen, I can still struggle, slowly tapping against the stone ground and... choking?

"Jaza, you good?" It was met with silence until I hear,

"All good over here! Is Miracle with you?" Shit, that little goat, where the hell did she go?

I pushed through the fog and as it cleared I was met by something that I wouldn't have ever thought of seeing in a million years.

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