At First Sight

The Heist

Eustass Kid slammed his metal arm on to the display table, destroying the glass frame and structure. Glass shattered and covered the carpeted flooring; cheap weapons littered the floor as the merchant backed away from the Supernova. His back to the wall, Kid stomped up to him and grabbed him by the throat.

"You know who I am, how dare you waste my time with this cheap fucking garbage," he growled, squeezing the man's throat close.

The man was gasping and with a last attempt to salvage the situation, began to point to the left of him. Kid almost ignored the action, wanting to let his bloodlust overtake him and simply kill the old fool for his ignorance. He tilted his head to the left and he barely loosened his grip on the man, allowing him to greedily suck air into his lungs.

"I'm sorry for making you wait, I was bringing these up from our vault," a woman was standing by a doorway, pulling a three-tier cart behind her. From a glance, Kid could see the cart was loaded with different weapons. Sparing the old man a final glance the pirate backed off without warning, dropping the old merchant to the ground.

Stomping to the woman, Kid began to dig through the various pistols and swords, examining the quality of the steel, trying to find any imperfections or duds. Finding none, he clicked his tongue and shot the woman a glare.

"These are better but not good enough. What else do you have?"

She gave him a nervous look before glancing at the merchant. "It's ok Y/N, take him to the vault."

"Please follow me," she humbly spoke, abandoning the cart and walking back through the door, Kid following closely behind her.

Descending the steep ramp, Kid spoke. "Y/N? That's not a name I've heard before. You're not from around here are you?"

Y/N shook her head, "That's right. I came here a few months ago. Just trying to make some money and then I'll be leaving again."

They reached the basement floor and she led him to a vast vault door. Rotating the locking mechanism, Kid roughly pulled her aside and using his power, jerked the vault door open and walked inside. Annoyed that the merchant had in fact kept the good shit hidden away, Kid pilfered through the shelves and display cases.

"Are you looking for anything specific?" Y/N stood by the door as she watched the pirate.

"No," he didn't bother to explain himself. He never sought out specific weapons so much as he liked to see what was available and if anything sparked his interest. Finding several guns and daggers he liked, he grunted at the woman to indicate he was done.

The old merchant was not in the shop but he had left behind a note for the young woman. It was a short note: Give him whatever he wants and take whatever he is willing to pay. Try not to die. Close up shop when he's done.

"Just you and me now," Y/N scoffed, annoyed at the man's cowardice that he would up and leave her alone.

A menacing grin spread on his painted lips, "old man too afraid to face me again?"

Nodding, she handed him the note. Letting out sharp laughter, Kid pulled out his money clip and slapped a large amount of berri on the table while Y/N wrapped his daggers into leather sheaths and bound his purchases into a single parcel.

Opening the register, Kid was confused when he saw the woman pulling out all the money and stacking it with the berri he had given her. She ducked below the table and struggled to carry up a heavy steel lockbox, slamming it on the table.

"Can you open this?"

"Why should I?" he mocked her.

"Fuck the merchant, I'm robbing him now."