The Techno Bandits

Chapter 9

Harpers POV
This is a terrible idea. We're in town, after two days. "How are we gonna escape? This truck isn't exactly the best get-away car" I said. "If we do this right than we wont need a get-away car" Pitch said. "Pitch, I know you want this to work but there's just no way" I said. "What else do you suggest Harper? I know its a stupid plan but we have nothing else to do" she said. Hazel and Pyro are asleep. "Well first, I think you should get some rest. You haven't gotten much of it. And second, I think we need to stop Michael. He's still out there. We don't have to be the bad guys Pitch. We can stop him" I said. "How?" She asked. "We'll figure it out but we're not robbing a bank" I said. She sighed and nodded.

"Ok so what money do we have?" I asked. "Not much" Hazel said. "You think we can get a hotel?" I asked. "We have more than that. We could buy a two bedroom apartment" Hazel said. "How do you know that?" I asked. "I was looking" she said. "I guess we'll go with that then" I said. "Ok I'll send the money to the landlord" she said. Pitch is driving to the apartment complex and Pyro is asleep in my lap. I keep playing with her hair. She's so small but surprisingly strong. Not to mention how fast she is. I don't understand how she lives the way she does. I do feel bad for her though. We all do, we just don't want to say anything. Her own father betrayed her. Its gotta hurt.

"Pyro wake up" I said. She scrunched her eyebrows in confusion. "What did you call me?" She asked. "Pyro, that's not funny. Get up, we're here" I said. She looked up at me and her eyes widened. "Oh its you" she said. "Who else would it be?" I asked. "I'm used to my dad yelling at me to wake up" she said sitting up and rubbing her eyes. "Why doesn't your dad call you Pyro?" I asked. "Why do we call you Pyro?" Hazel asked turning around. "Cause its my name, Piper may be my actual name but Pyro is my real name" she said. That made no sense. We looked at her confused. "I do explosives. Do you need any other explaining" she said. She's lying about something. Ill ask later.

Ok we're inside now. "So two people in each room" Hazel said. "We only have two air mattresses" I said. "Yeah, its only weird if you make it weird" Hazel said. "If you say so" I said. "Yeah just don't fuck Pyro" Pitch smirked. "Wait what?" I asked. Hazel and Pitch snickered as they walked into their room. I sighed. "Come on Pyro" I said. She followed me into the room.

"So what's your plan?" Pyro asked. "My plan? You do realize its our plan right?" I asked. "Its you girls' plan. We all know I don't help. I'm only here to blow things up" she said. She laid down on the carpet floor and stared at the ceiling. "Pyro, you're worth more than you know" I said. "Don't say that" she curled into a ball. "Why?" I asked getting on my knees in front of her. "You sound like my mom" she said. "Your mom?" I asked. "She left when I was eight. After what happened with my dad, I've been thinking about her" Pyro looked at me. "Why do I sound like your mom?" I asked. "Because she was always telling me how great I am and... she's the reason I'm called Pyro" she said. "What?" I asked. "She used to say I was her firecracker. She called me Pyro" she said. "Thank you for telling me that Pyro" I said. She smiled. "Besides, I bet you'd like it if I called you mommy" she said. I gasped. "You were listening!?" I shrieked. She giggled. "I woke up before all of you" she said. "Oh you're gonna get it!" I climbed onto her and started tickling her. "No!" She laughed. "Why didn't you move!" I yelled. "Because you're comfy!" She laughed. She grabbed my hands and I stopped. She panted for breath. We both giggled and stared at each other smiling. "Are you two done? We have to make a plan" Pitch said from behind the door. Pyro and I's eyes widened and we bursted out laughing. "Coming!" We said.

"So what do we do now?" Hazel asked. "We have to find a way to stop Michael" I said. "How? We have nothing" Pitch said. "We have each other and we also have a lot of work to do" I said. "What does that mean?" Hazel asked. "It means that at least one of us has to get an actual job" I said. We all looked at Hazel. "What! Why me?" She asked. "Because you're a people pleaser" I said. "I'm an actress. There's a difference" she said. "You're getting a job" I said. She groaned. "Why cant Pitch do it?" she whined. "Pitch is going through emotional stuff right now, so is Pyro, plus Pyro would get fired immediately" I said. "You're not wrong" Pyro smiled. "Why don't you do it?" she asked. I rolled my eyes. "Because I make people mad" I said. "I see that" Hazel frowned. I grumbled at her. "If you havent realized, Im going through some shit too! I cant even look at myself in a mirror anymore! Its actually a struggle to look at myself without clothes on! You do it!" She snapped. I sighed. "Ok fine" I gave in.