NovaLight (Helluva Boss AU)

Chapter 17: Not A Job For You

Loona pulled up near Chaz's house, sighing to herself. She couldn't stop thinking about how the plan might fail.

"I'm taking a gamble with Chaz. But what else can I do?" she muttered to herself before she sighed, turning her bike off. She climbed off the bike and jumped a fence, sneaking behind the house. She quickly located the security box and hacked it, plugging her phone into the box to reveal camera footage of a small house. She saw Chaz digging through a fridge as an older woman yelled from out of sight.

"You said you were going to take me to the swap meet. Now, what is it that you got to do that's so important?" the woman said, Chaz sighing as he shut the fridge and grabbed a gun from a table, shoving it in his waist belt.

"Work, Grandma. I gotta work!" he said, and she snarled back at him.

"Oh, you got a job now? Why didn't you tell me?" she asked. Chaz sighed, shaking his head as he pulled out his phone. Loona knew this was her opportunity. She hacked his phone, installing a tracker on it. He then texted someone and put his phone away, looking for something.

"It's not like that, Grandma," he said, and she groaned in anger.

"Oh, I see. It's not a job for Maurice, it's a job for Chaz," she started when Chaz sighed, shaking his head.

"Aw, come on, Grandma!" he pleaded, but she was on a roll.

"Chaz doesn't even mean anything!" she snapped, and he nodded, looking at her direction.

"Yeah, it does. It means I'm a player," he said.

"A what?" she asked, obviously confused. He groaned in frustration and replied.

"A Chaz can get into any lady's bed!" he said, and Loona scoffed.

"That makes no sense," she thought before his grandma scoffed.

"That's disgusting! Oh, I raised you better than that," she scolded when Chaz rolled his eyes, his phone buzzing. He answered it and nodded.

"Yeah, on my way," he said, hanging up before yelling to his grandma.

"I gotta go, Grandma! Love you!" he said, hurrying towards the front door. His grandma sighed and spoke back.

"I love you too, even though you're a damn fool!" she yelled, and Loona disconnected, sticking her head around a corner to see Chaz walk out of the house, hurrying towards a parked SUV. He opened the passenger door and climbed in, driving away.

"Let's see what dirt I can dig up on you," she thought, hopping on her bike and riding behind him, far enough to listen in on her phone.

"You good?" Chaz asked the Skull driver.

"Yeah, Chaz," the Skull said. They rode in silence before Chaz spoke up.

"Why's Crimson doing all this?" he asked, and the Skull laughed.

"To control a village, you go in as a friend. Tell them that everybody outside their walls is some crazy fuck who wants what they got. Eyes and ears in every house. You know what they're selling and what they're buying. You control it. Anybody steps out of line, they gonna hand him to you. So you gonna put a good word for me or what?" he asked Chaz, who laughed.

"I dunno, man. Why should I?" he asked.

"I wanna be a shot-caller, man! Come on, I drive your ass wherever you want to go. Always on time too, Chaz. Never let you down, not even once!" the Skull pleaded.

"True, true. But that's why I want to keep you where you are. Listen, though, for real. You want to move up? I ain't supposed to say nothing, but Crimson's been moving weight up into IMP City. I'll talk to him. He might be able to cut you in," he explained as they pulled into a closed-off block, two Skulls letting them in. Loona cursed and drove around the block until she spotted an opening: a hole in one of the fences. She parked it and crawled through the hole, seeing Chaz's vehicle. They were sitting inside and talking. Loona listened on her phone as they talked.