When Both are Wrong

Chapter 6: Blood to Water

Monday couldn't have come soon enough. Keiji had been waiting for it. He was itching for it. Maybe he was having too high of expectations but he couldn't care. It was the first major thing that's happened between these two clients. They were really acting now. In reality this step in action wasn't much but it was something. It could easily lead to something greater; a calm before the storm.

BlueBlood instructed almost everyone in the gang to go to The Purple Hyena's dens along with Keiji. They were to steal any valuables they could find. Keiji hadn't informed The Purple Hyenas that The Ivory Rose was going to raid their dens. He chose not to for his own reasons.

The members of The Ivory Rose rushed up silently to their first target destination. It was an old gutted-out factory. They stuck to the shadows a bit just in case there were sentinels keeping watch. There indeed were, as Keiji informed. It's a good strategy to leave some gang members behind just in case someone decides it would be the best time to raid their hangout, like what The Ivory Rose was doing.

"Hold on guys," Keiji whispered. They turned to address him. "I'll go scout out ahead and then come back. I'll be using my quirk so they won't see me." With that Keiji dashed into the building, leaving before a rejection could be made.

Keiji looked around. From what he could see, only 5 Hyena members were in the building, two on the ground floor, one in the upper balcony, another hanging out on the stairs, and the last sitting in a room that looked more of a storage closet. He headed to the one in the storage closet. They were playing a handheld video game, cursing and muttering nonsense about the game.

Keiji studied them. The next moment he grabbed them on the back of the next, the member hitching a gasp in surprise. "Sshhh...," Keiji shushed the Hyena down, them falling into REM sleep instantly. He then disguised himself as them, walking out and began to meander around.

"Hey Sheath! You tired of your game yet?" The one on the stairs laughed, the others who heard smirked in amusement. Keiji responded to how he thought the person he was impersonating would respond, "Shut up. That game sucks anyways." "A-hah! You're just sayin' that. I bet you'd be back to it, like you always do." They laughed a bit more until settling down, Keiji pretending to growl in annoyance.

"Move outta my way, I'm gettin' some fresh air." "Ok, game lord. You don't have to demand me twice." The one on the stairs made way for Keiji who casually went up the stairs and onto the roof. He walked over to the sentinel, the debris on the roof giving him away which was why he kept himself disguised. He was not going to use his quirk that much if he didn't need to. Plus it would be too quick and boring. He didn't want to do everything.

The sentinel looked over to see who it was, "Oh, it's just you Sheath. Came up to smoke?" Keiji walked the rest of the way up to them. "Sure." The sentinel began rifling through their pockets for a cigarette and a lighter. Whilst he was doing so, Keiji brought his hand to the back of the gang member's neck.

"What the heck?" Keiji muttered. The poor sentinel only got in a confused "huh?" before it was cut short by Keiji grabbing him and making him fall into a deep sleep, slumping down on the cold roof. Keiji removed his quirk's affect on himself and looked over the roof, conjuring a rope ladder to the impatient Rose members.

They looked up in slight defense only to see Keiji lowering down a ladder to them. The all climbed up quickly and rushed into the building down the stairs. The the sudden loud banging of feet against metal, the 4 Hyena members looked in their direction.

Upon seeing them, the Hyenas began to attack them. Keiji slipped between the commotion unseen and untouched. He figured the Rose members didn't need any help since they looked like they were doing just fine on their own. Going back to the real Sheath that he knocked out earlier, he touched his fingers to their head. He rifled around in their memory, searching for the location of their hidden goods. What seemed like a while to Keiji was really nothing in real time, but he got what he needed. He also made sure to implant the memories that he was the one to go to the roof but be sabotaged. It took a bit more effort but in the end it would help. He was left with a dull throb in his head.

When he walked out, the Rose members had just finished knocking the rest of the Hyenas unconscious. A fish looking gang member turned to him. "Well, any clue as to where they keep their treasure?" The gang member's voice rippled. "Yep, just back here Mantenna!" Keiji walked past the group and went up the steps to the indoor balcony. The fishy gang member's face folded into that of puzzlement, "Mantenna*?"

Keiji pulled a bed that was there out of the way only to find bins of clothing. Moving those aside revealed a door that, when opened, had stairs that led down to their treasurey. Keiji turned to his fellow gang members and ushered them in with a polite gesture of his hand. "After you." They all descended down the steps and into a well-spaced room full of stolen valuables and money. The Rose members quickly got to work on bagging everything they could up. Keiji just leaned against the stairway's wall, facing the members and waiting for them to be done.

Soon enough they were leaving the premises, bags of everything they collected slugged over their backs. The weight didn't slow them down much but it did make them more anxious to leave and get back to their base. Once arrived, the gang had a short celebration, laying out their stolen goods that were already previously stolen.

With a robbery well-done, Keiji traveled back to his hotel, laughing giddily.

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* Mantenna: A caracter in Shera and Heman. He is a villain that serves under the other vilain Hordak. Keiji is making reference to the character's voice.

Things are heating up! Get ready. No high expectations now...