Runaway Alpha

2: Apartment

After the sparring match, I had to make my way to work at the restaurant after taking a quick shower at home. The restaurant was called Luna Plenum. I was actually one of the cooks for the only restaurant located in Stronghold. I learned to cook from Cindy. At first it was just something she used that would get me to open up, but I started to enjoy it and my dishes would actually come out tasting really good.

The place was slow during the start of the day, so I took my break early and walked to Mayor Scratch's office, which was located five minutes away from the restaurant. I was going to let him know that I would be using my pass for the next day. As I reached his door, I was going to knock when I heard him mention my name while he spoke with someone. He must have been too wrapped up in the conversation that he didn't sense me outside his door.

"Logan has really grown into a fine young man. He will soon be ready for what he was born for."

There was a pause and my guess was that he was on the phone with this person he was talking to.

"Don't you worry, I will speak with him soon."

I knocked on the door quickly so that he wouldn't sense me now that he wasn't distracted.

"Come in!"

I pushed the door open and walked in. Mayor Scratch smiled when he saw it was me.

"Ah, Mr. Hill. All ready to use that pass?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I'll be using it for tomorrow. I'm taking my brother with me."

"Of course, of course. Sit." He gestured to the chair in front of his desk. He sat in his seat and pulled out a folder.

"Now where will you two be headed?"

"Eroda."

"The party town. Should have known with that brother of yours." Mayor Scratch chuckled lightly as he wrote it down on his paper.

I stared at the Mayor curious to know what he knew about me. I did know he wasn't a threat because he had plenty of chances to kill me if he wanted to. He looked up and caught me staring, but he just smiled genuinely.

"You're all set, Mr. Hill. You and your brother have fun tomorrow, stay safe." I nodded and walked out of his office.

Bright and early the next morning, Devin and I left the border of Stronghold in a Jeep that Mayor Scratch provided us with. We rode the two hours into Eroda and stopped at a men's clothing store. According to Devin, we needed to look on point tonight.

"This place has the best outfits for a cheap price." We were staring at the shop window, the place looked kind of sketchy. I turned around quickly as I saw the reflection of someone I haven't seen in a long time. When I looked behind me, there was no one there. I could've sworn I saw a pair of golden eyes reflecting on the window.

"Hurry up, bro." Devin didn't even notice what happened as he was already halfway through the door.

Devin ended buying a collared shirt designed with black and white abstract art and the collar being red in color. It was a very ridiculous looking shirt that he rolled up the sleeves to his elbows. He paired it with black slacks and black dress shoes. I kept my outfit simple. A short sleeved, white buttoned down dress shirt that showed off the tattoos on my forearms. I paired it with black slacks and black dress shoes.

I don't know why we were dressed up so early when we weren't going to the club until the night. I got my answer when we stepped out of the shop.

"Devin!!" The dark skinned girl with bouncy curly hair ran straight towards Devin and they started making out with each other.